Posted on 03/29/2005 2:03:58 PM PST by soundandvision
A woman who bit down on a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in California said she was disgusted by the experience while her attorney has filed a claim with the franchise owner.
Anna Ayala, 39, of Las Vegas, was dining at the Wendy's in San Jose, Calif., on March 22 when officials said she scooped up the inch-and-a-half long fingertip in a mouthful of chili.
"Just knowing that there was a human remain in my mouth ... it is disgusting. It is tearing me apart inside," Ayala told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday.
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I really didn't care whether they were happy or not. Wealthy, poor, it didn't matter. If I got the slightest indication they were trying to con someone, they were out the door. Unfortunately there are plenty of attorneys willing to represent such schmucks.
Many years ago my grandmother worked for her parents small chain of candy and icecream stores. As was back then, everything was made by hand. The father was a real tight-a$$ so he cut corners whenever and wherever he could. He had a weekly flavor of icecream and my grandmother would cut all the fruit. She sliced off the fleshy portion of her thumb into a batch of fruit. He made her hunt for it while she bled terribly. After a while, he determined that frozen peaches in icecream had a similar texture to fingers. He was not going to throw the whole day's batch out and served it the next week anyway.
I know some married men who would stay in a jail for a month straight for free if it got them some peace and quiet.
Was the finger tested for the presence of formaldehyde or other preservatives?
Yep. A digit of doubtful provenance indeed.
We'll see, anyway.
My best friend managed a Wendy's for years.
The beef for the chili comes from the left over cooked hamburgers. If the finger was in the beef - how come no one noticed it when the burger was being cooked??
The beans for the chili come in big cans and are dumped into a strainer, swirled around under running water to rinse them before adding them to the chili.
Now, maybe the finger was in the can of beans, but it really couldn't come from the beef and should have been noticed if it was in the beans. My bet - the aggrieved party is in cahoots w/ someone working behind the grill.
When I worked 911 several years ago we got a rescue call from the kitchen of a well known Italian Restaurant about a severed finger. The employee was transported with the finger but it could not be re-attached. Three days later my good friend from work and I were at that Restaurant for a birthday celebration and we started talking to the waiter about the incident. The three of us made such sick jokes and were laughing so hard half the Restaurant was laughing along with us, and nobody got grossed out. When I remember the incident I still laugh,but It was juvenile of us to do that. I believe this woman those knives are sharp and you do not even feel the slice until after you see the blood. It probably should not be blamed on Wendy's for the clumsy,careless employee.
The meat in Wendy's chili is broken up hamburger patties so I doubt it came from the meat. Someone would have noticed it while it was on the grill
I agree. Three Bucks books would be about right. That way she can give one to her lawyer.
There is probably a mortuary connection here — either hers or that of a 'disgruntled' employee.
If it had been a Wendys employee who lost the finger, that detail would almost certainly be known by now.
Even though this case has some merit if it turns out to be true I could see it leading to people trying to file lawsuits for finding human hair in their sandwiches.
wait a minute, if the mob hacks off your fingertip because you owe them money, a gambling debt, a drug deal gone sour, whatever, you are like going to report that to the cops, I don't think so and it just happens to fall into the ground meat vat at Vinnie's Meat Packing plant that supplies Wendies
I believe this is standard protocol for loan sharks is it not, if they don't break something they cut something off? like a toe or finger
well shut my mouth, I never knew that,
I thought the chili was made off site, packaged and then warmed up at Wendies.....which would mean the fingertip could have gotten into the chili at that off site location
the chili and the soups at Tim Horton's are certainly made off site and then warmed up
Ok, fresh with canned beans. And canned tomatoes. But it was cooked that day.
Which is why I kind of doubt the story. About the only way I can see it getting in would be in the tomatoes.
Dude, I digit.
I live in San Jose, so maybe I can provide a few details. It has been pretty well concluded that the finger was last in the plant of the chili supplier (not Wendy's). They even had a finger inspection of the Wendy's employees checking for missing digits. If this turns out to be the case, I don't agree that the suit should be placed against Wendy's; against the supplier - OK. As was suggested in an earlier post, it might have an illegal at the supplier, or perhaps, the supplier emplyer was afraid to report the accident for fearing the loss of his or her job. If reported, probably an entire batch would have had to have been discarded.
What! Just because no Wendy employee didn't turn up missing a finger, you absolutely conclude it came from the supplier???? What are you, a clairvoyant?????
This could easily have been planted. Your telling me the moron who scooped out her chili didn't feel a bump or lump upon scooping or pouring into the container???? No hint, or visual clue whatsoever???? You're dreamin pal!
Chill out. You totally misunderstood what I wrote. First, I was trying to give folks in other parts of the country info on what is being said here in San Jose. Second, I'm not for anyone winning a bogus lawsuit, and certainly not against Wendy's. Wendy's is probably the target because they are probably deeper pockets than any of their suppliers. But we simply don't know if this is a fraud. I hope that is the case, but it is only speculation right now.
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