Which is worse, a dissolved mouse in the pop can, or a large ROACH floating in the oil bin in a theater, it happened. I saw it when working in the theater concession, went to tell the manager. He said, "Fish it out and go on".
Never ate popcorn in the theaters again, NEVER.
Deep-fried cockroach!
Also worked in a theater once. Toilets backed up and the water went under the wall into the storage area, where it soaked up into the popcorn bags stored on the floor.
As in your case, manager proceeded to use the popcorn.
To be fair, hot oil will undoubtedly kill any bacteria, but still...
He claimed it felt great.
Then I guess you don't want to hear my stories from when I worked in a supermarket meat-market!!!
All I can say is - avoid the stuffed pork chops!
“Never ate popcorn in the theaters again, NEVER”
OMG, I once found 2 roaches in my movie popcorn. I returned the popcorn to the concession stand (after I barfed) and they actually scooped me another container. I said “no thank you, please just give me my money back” ugh.
Where I used to work, there was an employee cafeteria. They had a roach problem. On two occasions I bought donuts for snacks and found roaches wrapped up in the plastic wrap. I complained to the manager and he asked me if the roaches were separate, or embedded in the donuts. Apparently their supplier also had a roach problem. He said there was nothing they could do about the problem unless the owner paid for a renovation.
I stopped eating there.
Meh. I would have still ate popcorn from that very oil. I figure that, in my life, I’ve probably consumed many pounds of cockroaches in bits and pieces in the cereal I eat and other processed foods. Not to mention rats, etc.
A single cockroach floating in oil is no big deal, other than the implication that there may be others scampering around the other food. They are not loners.
I only eat theater popcorn when I feel like paying $10 for 50 cents worth of popcorn. In other words, never.