Posted on 12/08/2020 4:22:50 PM PST by conservative98
Workers at an Upper Manhattan Chipotle restaurant say they’ve been fighting a losing battle against hordes of hungry rats — and a management team that let the infestation get so bad that four staffers have been bitten by the massive rodents.
The besieged fast-casual Mexican joint on Broadway near West 169th Street in Washington Heights closed to customers indefinitely late last month, but only after rats chewed through the wiring of a computer system that handled orders, two employees told The Post.
In the meantime, those workers are still going into the store to clean, in an effort to keep the vermin at bay.
They say they’ve killed dozens of the rodents by stomping on them, smacking them with broom handles, dropping boxes on them and various other medieval methods of extermination.
“It really started to take a toll on us,” said Melvin Paulino, a three-year veteran at the store who was bitten by a rat last Friday while cleaning. “We’re all scared, it’s pretty common that some of my co-workers will just start screaming out of the blue
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Oh gross. Shut that place down.
That’s a fat rat!
Elections have consequences.
I’ll stick with going to Tiajuana Flats and NOT going to new york $h!tty.
"...Fat Rat..."
“Ben, you’re always running here and there
You feel you’re not wanted anywhere
You just want an avocado snack
De Blasio has your back
I’m sure they’d vote again
If they had a friend like Ben”
Maybe they're farming them on location as a leaner, low-fat meat source.
Been commuting to NYC for years and learned long ago to never go above 86th Street unless you absolutely had to.
Ok, I chuckled.
I would eat that rat before I ate at a chipolte.
De Blasio and staff?
You realize in Louisiana that would end up in gumbo???
RATS! Rats!
They fought the dogs,
And killed the cats,
And bit the babies in their cradles...
Bet Chinatown is not having a problem. Free and fresh meat!
I avoid chipotle like the plague anyway. Have only tried about half a dozen times. Always feel sick after their food. Without fail. In CA restaurants have strict sanitation standards? So I don’t know what it is.
“What kinds of benefits do the employees get here?”
“Rat bites.”
“I’m sorry. Did you say rat bites?”
“Yes. The rats bite you here.”
“And you think that’s a benefit?”
“Well, it could be crocodile bites.”
I’ve never been to NYC,but I’ve always heard a lot of it is filthy. If true, no wonder Covid19 won’t stop there. Any New Yorkers want to weigh in?
Living on the west coast I have rats too, but most of the ones around here are the considerably smaller roof rats. A big rat here is 24 ounces. That thing looks to be at least 4 pounds!
I’ll keep my cat, he does a good job keeping them out of the house
Yikes.
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