Posted on 03/29/2005 2:03:58 PM PST by soundandvision
Yep, something isn't right here. The Wendy's in question has no employees missing any digits. The packing house that mixes the ingredients reports the same, no one missing fingers. So the question is; Who's missing a finger, and who put it in the chili? After checking on deranged prankster employees, I would think the gaze should be put squarely on the plaintive. But that's just me...
Don't go there...I'm the most Libertarian person I know. I just was getting at that out of all of these kinds of stories, this one sounded the most authentic.
...in Saudi Arabia.
I don't think the finger came in with the meat. IIRC, Wendy's uses "overcooked" burger patties (the ones not built into sandwiches in a certain amount of time) to make the chili. Now, that chili spice and bean mixture - betcha that's pre-packaged.
Eww! I'm never eating out again!
The sauce and other spices are pre-packaged. The meat is actually leftover hamburger meat (this is why Wendy's is fresh while McD are under the warmer - they continuously have burgers on the grill at Wendy's and if no one buys them, they go to the Chili meat).
My guess is that the finger came prepackaged from the supplier. Why should this franchise lose his business for this incident? Maybe this woman should get something, but how much money would it take you to find a finger in your Chili?
Those spoons at Wendy's aren't even big enough to hold that.
"Unfortunately the lawyers are going to punish Wendy's into nonexistence."
I'm just glad Dave Thomas isn't around to see this. What a nice man and upstanding citizen he was. Rose above a cr@ppy childhood to become a success; a classic story:
http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/08/companies/wendys_obit/
Has anyone claimed to have a missing finger?
Maybe it was the owner, Dave's finger.. Did the courts rule that a finger in chili isn't against the law? I'm surprised this wasn't in Florida.
Did they ever find out just who, exactly, belongs to that fingertip?
It can't be THAT hard to figure out! Love to hear the story how she lost the finger.
"...in Saudi Arabia."
Awe, Man! Even Wendy's Chili has been outsourced? ;)
Actually, they make it in the store, which is another thing which makes this claim seem suspicious.
Having spent some time in the food industry, the possibility of having a finger in the chili is truly remote. I suspect she put it there and will be sued by Wendy's.
Food processing is the domain of truly paranoid people. everything is tested, looked at, sealed, measured, etc.
This woman is in for a world of hurt.
So whaddya think... a six or seven digit settlement?
THIS JUST IN: The finger is question has been determined to be a MIDDLE finger & now the amount has tripled. Not only did she get a finger in her chili, but it came with a nasty message.
Of course it is! What other chili can make the claim of being "finger lickin' good"?
"What about all the other people who ate the chili there around the same time? I'd be getting the freak out if I were one of those people.
Might even take down the name of her attorney . . ."
I was thinking the same thing. Surely, there was many people who ate chili that day at that restaurant? I love chili from Wendy's, but I have not stopped there since the day this was reported. This is so gross!!!
I am.
This needs to be investigated very carefully before Wendys rolls over and pays the claimant big money.
I read this the other day. I told you meat is grody.
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