Posted on 03/24/2005 7:08:03 PM PST by XR7
SEARCH CONTINUES - A woman bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit. The incident occurred Tuesday night at a San Jose Wendy's restaurant and left the customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department."She was so emotionally upset once she found out what it was," Alexiou said. "She was vomiting."
Employees at the Wendy's store were asked to show investigators their fingers after the Tuesday night incident. All employees' digits were accounted for, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.
"All of our employees have ten digits," said Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio. He said there have been no reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.
"By law, you can't hide that sort of stuff," Lynch said. "All of our chili suppliers report no accidents."
Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours late Tuesday.
Health officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 1/2 inches long.
They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.Alexiou said the woman, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger.
"It's an extremely low chance because the chili was cooked at a very high temperature that would have killed anything in the finger," Alexiou said. Still, she said health officials would ask the woman's doctor to test her blood "to make sure nothing got passed to her."
Ummmm, this was in San Jose, a few blocks from my house...
I lost a finger tip in a snowblower accident many years ago, and never found it... could this be it ???????
They're Gollum gnashing good, Smeagol smacking snacks.
Hello, my name is Enrico Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.
WENDY's finger
AIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
I remember that, what, 4 years ago? I haven't eaten at Mickey Dee's since.
Well, ok then. As long as it's a for-sure finger. You had my mind reeling with the MJ connection.
well I hope they nail the knucklehead who mitted out this awful deed
Good point. After all, she had those right at hand.
Now, a fried chicken head - that's much harder to acquire, generally. That could be a fake too, I 'spect.
"Here at Wendy's, there's a little bit of Wendy in everything we do!"
And i was just reading last week that business at Wendy's has been poor. I doubt this will help.
It's the "Special" barbeque sauce that matters afetr all.
Perhaps someone will finger the culprit.
Things point in that direction.
I will never order chicken fingers again.
"WHERRRRRE'S THE BEEF?"
The modern world; even the chili is digital.
It just seemed that we might be looking for a formerly six fingered man, in drag. I dunno.
Something is terribly wrong with this whole story but I just can't put my finger on it.
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