Originally Posted By jonvn So a cop gets a burger that is too salty, and arrests the cook. We have given cops way too much power and control. People have no rights, and can't even make a simple mistake on their job, for fear of being arrested. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20677230/?GT1=10357" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20 677230/?GT1=10357</a>
Originally Posted By friendofdd "Hey! This is too salty, but I'll eat all of it rather than taking it back for a refund or replacement. Or just tossing it. Boy! I feel sick. I think I'll go arrest the 'cook'." Brilliant law enforcement. I feel much safer knowing I won't get a too salty hamburger.
Originally Posted By SuperDry She was charged with "misdemeanor reckless conduct." I think that's what they charge you with when there isn't really a law against what you did, but they don't like what you did. Kind of like the "no horseplay" rule - they can't describe what it is, but they'll know it when they see it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Or taste it, apparently. Or rather, don't know it when they taste it, until they eat the whole thing and then decide later. Frankly, I hope the cop gets slapped with something - "misdemeanor power tripping" perhaps.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Apparently there is more here to this story. <a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/08/mcdonalds_0909.html" target="_blank">http://www.ajc.com/metro/conte nt/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/09/08/mcdonalds_0909.html</a> "blue-light special, only that she admitted putting the salt on the burger, said Officer George Louth, spokesman for the department. "It is questionable whether she even knew it was for a police officer," Louth said. "She knew it was not up to their standards and served it anyway." ""Bull, the mother of a 1-year-old child, had made several inconsistent statements,"" ""The supervisor denied Bull's account when questioned by police.""
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/549213" target="_blank">http://www.suntimes.com/news/n ation/549213</a>,worker090907.article ""City public information officer George Louth said Bull was charged because she served the burger ''without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.''""
Originally Posted By jonvn So now you get arrested for serving a burger not up to McDonald's standards? OK. That's certainly reasonable.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893482/posts" target="_blank">http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/f-news/1893482/posts</a> ""A McDonald's worker put too much salt on a Big N' Tasty burger that was served to a Union City police officer who got sick and was briefly hospitalized."" <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0910071salt1.html" target="_blank">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/a rchive/years/2007/0910071salt1.html</a> ""Bull told cops she accidentally put too much salt and pepper on the hamburger, but since managers had been concerned about waste, she "had gone ahead and used the hamburger.""" ""While the illegal adulteration of food served to law enforcement officials has been widely chronicled in these pages--from loogies to pot to kitchen cleanser--Bull's bust is the first for such savory behavior.""
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder A guy working for me several years ago ordered a pizza. He went back in the kitchen area just in time to see the cook pick his nose and put it on the pizza. The cook also coughed up phlegm on it as well. My employee should incredible restraint. He yelled at the guy, told him to stay right where he was and summoned the cook's manager, who was livid. The cook was fired on the spot. The cook did that because the employee of mine had caught too many of his friends stealing. Had I observed that instead of my employee, I can't say for sure I would have been as calm about it.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder King of the Typos! SHOWED incredible restraint as opposed to should, Arrrrggh.
Originally Posted By mele I wonder how much salt there would have to be on the burger to cause someone to have to go to the hospital? I do wonder why the cop kept eating a burger if it was so salty? The article says that he thought there was something else wrong with it because it made him sick. Shouldn't he have to prove there was something actually dangerous in the burger before arresting someone? I also wonder how many people are going to try to sue fast food restaurants for over-seasoned food.
Originally Posted By jonvn "I wonder how much salt there would have to be on the burger to cause someone to have to go to the hospital?" Actually, it doesn't have to be that much. Salt can make you vomit pretty easily. Here's an experiment for you: Take a glass of tap water, dump in about 5 tablespoons of salt in it. Drink it. Do this by a bathroom. You'll quickly see why. The thing is if you eat something and you instantly get sick from it, you really should go to the hospital, lord only knows what sort of thing some sicko may have put on it.
Originally Posted By mele I know what salt can do but I don't know why a person would go to the hospital because of that.
Originally Posted By jonvn Because he didn't know if it was salt or some other chemical agent. You have to check.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin But, again, you would be able to taste that much extra salt and stop eating if you were a reasonable person...
Originally Posted By jonvn This IS a cop we are talking about... But I believe he got sick after two bites, this can happen easily, especially if you gulp your food. I don't doubt that aspect of the story.
Originally Posted By mele So, if someone scarfs down fast food (so quickly that they don't taste or see 5 T of salt) and they then get an upset stomach and/or diarrhea they should run to the nearest ER and be checked for chemical poisoning? Wow, I'm thinking of all of the times that eating junk food has made me feel like crap. Who knew that I should have been examined immediately?
Originally Posted By jonvn Well, the thing is if something is overly salted, you can get sick with just a bite or two.
Originally Posted By mele I understand that but it's just plain weird that a person would think it was a criminal matter when it concerns fast food. It sounds like maybe multiple burgers were over-salted and served to people. (Well, at least 2 burgers from the story). No one else has come forward to say that they got sick from them. I'm not saying that the cop didn't get sick and wasn't rightfully upset. I just think he went way overboard by arresting anybody for it. It just makes me question his attitude and perception about other things in his life.
