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."
Eeeewwwwwww!
And the finger food jokes commence....
Was she a Commie Pinkie?
I just checked my wife's hands. All digits accounted for.
Is there a medical college nearby? You know they do work with corpses all the time, and given the radical nature of the liberal youth of Seattle, it wouldn't surprise me if one of the punks planted this to destroy Wendy's business.
That's just lovely. I ate a chili at Wendy's yesterday!
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What? I stir my margaritas with a finger when they don't come with a straw. No problem.
I was just there today, glad I ordered the spicy chicken sandwich
I'd hate to point the finger at anyone.
Sure it wasn't a plate of finger sandwiches...
Well, maybe they didn't notice. They should take finger-inventory again.
Of course, if it came from an 11-fingered someone, they may never crack this case. Justice foiled again!
What are you implying - it wasn't a finger?
Foul play has a hand in it.
Where's my digitalis.
Perhaps I'm out of line for even considering the possibility, but I can't help but wonder if the woman somehow aquired the finger and planted it herself, with the aim of winning million dollar+ judgement in court.
I guess the obligator "boy, they really gave him the finger" joke has been said already?
(didn't search the thread yet)
Bones
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