Fork Dropped In Filthy Street, Food Delivered Anyway

[spasticated]

<br /><img src="style_emoticons/default/coffee1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="coffee1.gif" /> <br />any one got a similar great story ? Located in Issan, or Phayao maybe ? How about " I found an ant on my plate"<br /><br />I am 100% convinced that in EVERY country in the world, this kind of "event" happens quite often....As long as waiter/waitress is not busted, why should he/her do the extra effort ?? That's a non event, and Thailand is no different from any other place.....Careless people are everywhere. And bacteries are not selective<br /><br />Next ????.....<br />

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And customer service???? sorry forgot "TIT" .Its just polite to change the fork.

[kmart]

This could be the dropped fork that was heard around the world...? Probably not.

[Who, me ?]

<br /><img src="style_emoticons/default/coffee1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="coffee1.gif" /> <br />any one got a similar great story ? Located in Issan, or Phayao maybe ? How about " I found an ant on my plate"<br /><br />I am 100% convinced that in EVERY country in the world, this kind of "event" happens quite often....As long as waiter/waitress is not busted, why should he/her do the extra effort ?? That's a non event, and Thailand is no different from any other place.....Careless people are everywhere. And bacteries are not selective<br /><br />Next ????.....<br />

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And customer service???? sorry forgot "TIT" .Its just polite to change the fork.

Once again this is not just in Thailand......

customer service ??? what we don't see does not hurt....It does not mean it did not happen

[jayjayjayjay]

Well, alot of people don't know this, but if you drop food on the floor for even a second it is compromised and you should toss it out. When you consider the filth on the streets in Pattaya, its almost too horrible to imagine. Now if this was the US and I saw a waiter do that, I would have said, oh no you deeedint, beeeyitchhhh ...

I thought the cleanest place in Pattaya was the street itself!!!!!!!

[Crossy]

If you reckon the streets in Pattaya are filthy, try coming to India.

Delhi is iffy, Bangalore is bad, Mumbai is worse, dropping a fork on the street in Mumbai will result in it dissolving (or being stolen and sold for scrap) before it can be retrieved

If I had dropped the fork whilst eating, I would have picked it up, wiped it, and carried on eating, a bit of muck never hurt anyone (well my mum always used to say that, always believe your mother)

Of course the waitress should have got a fresh one, but she didn't and I don't expect any harm has come to the client. As to the moral dilemma, as others have said, a case of mind your own business.

[Eric1949]

Would you belive, 25 replies on a droped fork? TIT

Thank Chr**t she didn't drop the spoon as well!!!

[sylviex]

I have noted the wiping of utensils with tissue, but can't see what good it would do without use of very hot to boiling water and/or disinfectant.

The Chinese dip their chopsticks in tea or hot water before eating in restaurants. (However, they don't usually have separate seving utensils. The personal chopsticks are dipped into the communal dishes. Though practices changed during the SARS scare, I think they may largely have reverted.)

I often find these topics about the details of life interesting . Look at the range of reactions.

[nidge]

I have noted the wiping of utensils with tissue, but can't see what good it would do without use of very hot to boiling water and/or disinfectant.

My utensils are washed with cold/warm water. Temperature depends on how sunny it is outside. I am yet to die or even be sick from eating with my bacteria riddled forks. Sure boiling water kills bacteria but is it really necessary? I don't think so and i am sure that everyone else in Issan that washes their dishes in cold water agrees with me. I don't think i have ever seen or heard of anyone in my area with food poisoning. In fact the last time i heard of it was in the UK and people there always was with hot water.

[sayitaintso]

that farang deserved a filthy fork because he only came to thailand to take advantage of that poor server girl and probably even tried to short time her after the meal-Maigo6

[Lemmy]

You wont be able think about fried shrimp in the same way for a while just because a waitress dropped a fork in the street?

Bit lame that dont you think?

[trader1]

Clearly you should have given the waitress a good slap. There she was, a 'third world' tart, in 'filthy' Pattaya and she had the temerity to walk past you, rather than crawl. Bitch. I bet she would have made eye contact too if you'd said something. You should teach these natives a lesson, mate. Otherwise, you never know where things will end up.

[WeekendWarrior]

I saw one of them donut sellers on the bikes one day drop all the donuts on the street, a filthy street to it was and she pisked them all up and put them back on the bike to continew to sell.

I also saw a dryed meat seller dry his meat on his bike over the exhorst vent in the street where all the shit smell comes from.

[jaiyenyen]

Were you tempted to shoot them?

[sunreader]

OK, I had a teeny tiny moral dilemma yesterday on the filthy streets in front of the filthy beaches of Pattaya (or rather, Jomtien).

I witnessed a young woman delivering a plate of fried prawns walking on the way to a beach customer, most likely a farang based on the demographics of that beach area, and she dropped the fork on the filthy street. Now, this caught my attention. What would she do? Would she do the right thing and go back to the restaurant to get a clean fork? Of course not! Without any pause she swooped up the infected utensil and continued on her merry way to the happy, unsuspecting, customers.

Now we know she did the wrong thing. I did nothing. How wrong was that? Would you do differently? I must say if this was my home country I would have either confronted the waiter and/or warned the eaters. But here I did nothing ... Its just healthier to mind your own business here, don't you think, but I won't think about fried shrimp the same for awhile.

I find that you did nothing quite incredible, if the recipient of those prawns used the contaminated fork and later died of food poisoning this as far as I am aware makes you an accomplice in his murder and you should be tried in a court of law as such.

I feel it my duty having witnessed through your admittance of negligence to prevent this potentially heinous incident from occurring to ask the owners of this website to trace you through your IP address and force a prosecution for the benefit of all other potential prawn eaters who may go on to use a dirtied fork that is unreported by you the observer of dirtyness.

[megashox]

If you reckon the streets in Pattaya are filthy, try coming to India.

Delhi is iffy, Bangalore is bad, Mumbai is worse, dropping a fork on the street in Mumbai will result in it dissolving (or being stolen and sold for scrap) before it can be retrieved

If I had dropped the fork whilst eating, I would have picked it up, wiped it, and carried on eating, a bit of muck never hurt anyone (well my mum always used to say that, always believe your mother)

Of course the waitress should have got a fresh one, but she didn't and I don't expect any harm has come to the client. As to the moral dilemma, as others have said, a case of mind your own business.

Sorry to digress and with all due respect Crossy, its a getting a bit monotonous that you take every opportunity to bitch about India on a Thai forum.

Everyone knows India is backward, dirty and doesnt provide the same entertainment as Thailand.

For your sake, I hope the money in Bangalore is good - otherwise I wonder why you should be there at all ....

Edited February 27, 2008 by megashox

[Wrong Turn]

Well, alot of people don't know this, but if you drop food on the floor for even a second it is compromised and you should toss it out. When you consider the filth on the streets in Pattaya, its almost too horrible to imagine. Now if this was the US and I saw a waiter do that, I would have said, oh no you deeedint, beeeyitchhhh ...

I almost always wipe my chopsticks and spoon if they are brought to me and not on the table.

This said, I think we in the West, sometimes, are too finicky about germs, etc.

But clean hands and proper food preparation is important to me.

[toptuan]

Wait 'til you see a dog piss in the dishwater at the sidewalk noodle shop where you're eating....

Edited February 27, 2008 by toptuan

[WeekendWarrior]

So many people take cleanleyness to extream this day and age.

We used to eat dirt as kids playing in the back yard and never got sick.

I often in the toilet wonder how many people wash their hands after have a pee. I never or rareley do.

The way I figure it is that I have only touched my penis and nothing or noone elses so why should I need to wash my hands, it is not dirty.

Do I have to wash my hands after I scracth my balls also, or my nose or ear or head ?

[BigSnake]

Nasty, I would think twice before I ate there again.

[sayitaintso]

So many people take cleanleyness to extream this day and age.

We used to eat dirt as kids playing in the back yard and never got sick.

I often in the toilet wonder how many people wash their hands after have a pee. I never or rareley do.

The way I figure it is that I have only touched my penis and nothing or noone elses so why should I need to wash my hands, it is not dirty.

Do I have to wash my hands after I scracth my balls also, or my nose or ear or head ?

i think it's reasonable to ask that you wash three times before posting, i am about to wash my eyes after reading your last post.

[stiggy]

Wait 'til you see a dog piss in the dishwater at the sidewalk noodle shop where you're eating.... sick.gif

Seen similar i just went easy on the condiments ...

regarding the fork you people never heard of the five second rule ....

[Who, me ?]

So many people take cleanleyness to extream this day and age.

We used to eat dirt as kids playing in the back yard and never got sick.

I often in the toilet wonder how many people wash their hands after have a pee. I never or rareley do.

The way I figure it is that I have only touched my penis and nothing or noone elses so why should I need to wash my hands, it is not dirty.

Do I have to wash my hands after I scracth my balls also, or my nose or ear or head ?

b]and never got sick.[/b]

Are you really sure ???

[gunnyd]

Having worked in the food industry in my misspent youth I try not to think about what goes on in the kitchen, let alone if I see something happen with my eyes. I would never eat out EVER!

[peter991]

regarding the fork you people never heard of the five second rule ....

In some restaurants I have been in and even worked in - it's the 10 second rule! Food that is dropped on the kitchen floor and picked up in under 10 seconds is served to the customer - with maybe a wipe over (the food, not the customer).

Peter

[sylviex]

My utensils are washed with cold/warm water. Temperature depends on how sunny it is outside. I am yet to die or even be sick from eating with my bacteria riddled forks. Sure boiling water kills bacteria but is it really necessary? I don't think so and i am sure that everyone else in Issan that washes their dishes in cold water agrees with me. I don't think i have ever seen or heard of anyone in my area with food poisoning. In fact the last time i heard of it was in the UK and people there always was with hot water.

Do you use detergent/disinfectant ?

Regarding UK - yes, can happen anywhere, hence my caution (perhaps over-caution). It's not just about food poisoning. Cholera is a risk, as are parasites and various other nasties.

Also, even if the water is clean, if pipes are contaminated/old/rusty, they can cause a lot of trouble.

I wash with detergent and rinse with water boiled in a jug. Doesn't take any longer.

Edited February 27, 2008 by sylviex

[Wash]

Relative and selective issues of importance.

I had a friend from Wales that went on and on in our discussions about using the filthy little dip pans provided in the Thai toilets and for sure he was paranoid about his concern for the bugs and vermine that each bowl contained to the degree that he refused to even touch one.

On the other hand he was violently opposed to wearing a seat belt in his pickup and refused to use the safety feature.

Guess what killed him?

[nidge]

My utensils are washed with cold/warm water. Temperature depends on how sunny it is outside. I am yet to die or even be sick from eating with my bacteria riddled forks. Sure boiling water kills bacteria but is it really necessary? I don't think so and i am sure that everyone else in Issan that washes their dishes in cold water agrees with me. I don't think i have ever seen or heard of anyone in my area with food poisoning. In fact the last time i heard of it was in the UK and people there always was with hot water.

Do you use detergent/disinfectant ?

Regarding UK - yes, can happen anywhere, hence my caution (perhaps over-caution). It's not just about food poisoning. Cholera is a risk, as are parasites and various other nasties.

Also, even if the water is clean, if pipes are contaminated/old/rusty, they can cause a lot of trouble.

I wash with detergent and rinse with water boiled in a jug. Doesn't take any longer.

I use washing up liquid, but as for rinsing with boiled water, no. I use the tap water then leave everything outside to dry. If i had to boil water every time i wanted to wash the dishes i would never keep my electric bill below 500 baht!!

[jayjayjayjay]

Wait 'til you see a dog piss in the dishwater at the sidewalk noodle shop where you're eating....

Still this is better than some of the videos I've seen on Discovery catching disgruntled employees using there own initative to substitute mayonase in hambugers, in America!!!!!!

[micksterbs]

So many people take cleanleyness to extream this day and age.

We used to eat dirt as kids playing in the back yard and never got sick.

I often in the toilet wonder how many people wash their hands after have a pee. I never or rareley do.

The way I figure it is that I have only touched my penis and nothing or noone elses so why should I need to wash my hands, it is not dirty.

Do I have to wash my hands after I scracth my balls also, or my nose or ear or head ?

i think it's reasonable to ask that you wash three times before posting, i am about to wash my eyes after reading your last post.

[tgeezer]

I have noted the wiping of utensils with tissue, but can't see what good it would do without use of very hot to boiling water and/or disinfectant.

My utensils are washed with cold/warm water. Temperature depends on how sunny it is outside. I am yet to die or even be sick from eating with my bacteria riddled forks. Sure boiling water kills bacteria but is it really necessary? I don't think so and i am sure that everyone else in Issan that washes their dishes in cold water agrees with me. I don't think i have ever seen or heard of anyone in my area with food poisoning. In fact the last time i heard of it was in the UK and people there always was with hot water.

Thats a good point I felt a bit guilty reading the 50 degree temperature post because I am like you. Why would you be sick from not killing the bacteria which you didn't eat and are now gone down the plug-hole?