Subway - the KNIFE and other disgusting practices

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  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Sometimes eating at home can be gross too. I am constantly wiping down my counters. But as a Mom of kids you never know what is put on the counter. I have seen my kids put a utensil in the sink and then get it out and reuse it. I also make sure my cutting boards are always put in the dishwasher. I constantly using new Dish rags as well. Just the thought of it laying on the sink and then touching the counters it disgusting to me. I have seen my kids drop something on the floor and then wipe it up with the rag then put it back on the sink. My husband is a strict vegeterian so he has his own pans, cutting board. He once suggested his own silver ware and that is something I said I wouldn't do for him. I have been at relatives or friends house and they aren't any cleaner. Hopefully I didn't gross anybody out.

    Don't come to my house. I let my dog eat off my fork.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Now I want to watch "Waiting". LOL

    THE GOAT!!
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
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    yesterday i had to stop at mcdonalds for a coworker and got them a small fry the lady behind the counter walked over to fry rack and basketball palmed the fries on the top it grossed me out...ill take the knife
  • dawnp1833
    dawnp1833 Posts: 264 Member
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    Here's my subway gross out story. I was getting a tuna sandwich there (before I learned from MFP that it was evil) and there were these little gnats or some kind of little bugs hovering around the meat counter. The girl scooped out some tuna and this bug was hovering over the bread. When she glopped the tuna onto the bread, the bug was trapped between the bread and tuna. The expression on the girl's face gave away that she saw the bug and knew it was in my sandwich. She paused for a moment staring at it, then looked at me and said "what do you want on it?"
  • bigtwagner
    bigtwagner Posts: 113
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    Wow, you are all exactly correct! The sad part is that i have never thought about this until now. I will be haunted for life!
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
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    Sometimes eating at home can be gross too. I am constantly wiping down my counters. But as a Mom of kids you never know what is put on the counter. I have seen my kids put a utensil in the sink and then get it out and reuse it. I also make sure my cutting boards are always put in the dishwasher. I constantly using new Dish rags as well. Just the thought of it laying on the sink and then touching the counters it disgusting to me. I have seen my kids drop something on the floor and then wipe it up with the rag then put it back on the sink. My husband is a strict vegeterian so he has his own pans, cutting board. He once suggested his own silver ware and that is something I said I wouldn't do for him. I have been at relatives or friends house and they aren't any cleaner. Hopefully I didn't gross anybody out.

    Don't come to my house. I let my dog eat off my fork.

    ha so do i!!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Here's my subway gross out story. I was getting a tuna sandwich there (before I learned from MFP that it was evil) and there were these little gnats or some kind of little bugs hovering around the meat counter. The girl scooped out some tuna and this bug was hovering over the bread. When she glopped the tuna onto the bread, the bug was trapped between the bread and tuna. The expression on the girl's face gave away that she saw the bug and knew it was in my sandwich. She paused for a moment staring at it, then looked at me and said "what do you want on it?"

    Can I get extra gnats? You only put one on there.
  • pascale485
    pascale485 Posts: 173 Member
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    I went to culinary school and let me tell you I have heard HORRIBLE stories, so when I go to a restaurant I just shut my eyes and enjoy and I try not to go to the restaurants that are the worst...

    I understand that people want it to be clean as possible... but it's like any job, sometimes your going to be the best worker and sometimes you will be the worst.

    If we start to think about all the germs, bacteria and everything, we woudn't eat, wouldn't breathe and probably live in a plastic bubble.... If you are afraid of everything, you will not live!

    So I say, I eat, I breathe, let the cat lick the plate after you are finished !!! LIVE!!!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    I have a friend who is a hand washing freak. When we meet somewhere for lunch he washes his hands when he gets there. Then orders his food and washes his hands again because he touched money. Then he wraps napkins around the salt and pepper shakers... etc. He's also sick all the time. Once we went to a place where you order at the counter and then they bring your food to your table. We ordered and then went and got a table and he said "I'll be right back, I'm going to wash my hands." I said "Why, the cook didn't." He looked at me for a minute and said "Damn, you're probably right. I wish you hadn't said that."
  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
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    I just copied and pasted these comments onto Subway's corporate web page. I assumed they would want to know what concerns us about eating at their establishments -- hope you don't mind.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    I think that a great idea!
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
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    How do you uptight people live thru the day? By taking handfuls of anxiety pills, I guess. Trash hole? Do you think they are putting used diapers in there? They are pushing bread crumbs and spinach in there that hasn't been touched by human hands yet. And you want them to use a new knife on every sandwich? Really?

    I love how people think this is how fast food gets made. THIS IS HOW ALL FOOD GETS MADE. Even in your own homes. Do you think your mom used a fresh knife on your PB&J sandwich after she cut your brother's? Good luck at Thanksgiving.

    Can one of you alarmists please stop by your local ER and count how many people are there because of Subway, McDonalds or any other food place before you panic?

    First of all, "Mom" is not serving the general public; thus, she does not have to adhere to the same laws of quality standards for food prep set forth by the FDA. Secondly, a mom would know her own children's allergies. Not so with restaurants.

    Lastly, I used to work in an ER, and you'd be surprised at how many food allergy cases come in on a DAILY basis.

    Just wanted to comment in this as my son has a serious allergy. Although I would LOVE it if I felt I could trust any restaurant/fast food outlet to serve their food in a way that doesn't endanger him, basically over the last few years I've come to accept that they don't really care much about that, to be honest. Mostly we eat the food which I cook at home. When we do go out, we take a 'calculated risk' by taking him to certain places (with epipens on hand) after first checking their websites and have to trust that what we don't see in the kitchen doesn't contaminate otherwise safe foods. Other people's houses are often just as bad! Otherwise we'd have to live in a bubble :)

    To both of the last two comments:

    It's not the responsibility of the restaurant to make sure customers avoid allergens. It's your responsibility as a parent and an individual to speak up. All they can do is try to reasonably accommodate you.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    Can one of you alarmists please stop by your local ER and count how many people are there because of Subway, McDonalds or any other food place before you panic?
    There are probably more people there that had aneurysms from watching them wipe the knife on a paper towel that had been exposed to the air. The AIR for chrissakes! Do you know how many contagions are in the AIR at Subway?

    The AIR! I almost forgot about the air. But how do they even get inside the Subway to breathe the air? Because the DOOR HANDLES!!!! I imagine before they request a fresh knife before each slice of honey oat bread they spend 10 mins outside trying to open the door with their elbows.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
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    You do know you can request they clean the knife and change their gloves before they touch your food with it right?

    I eat at the same subway occassionally (they are about 6 blocks from my house) and they now know when I come in that I am ordering a veggie sub, with the works with house and ranch dressing... but before they even take the bread out of the oven they get a new pair of gloves and before they fold/cut my sandwich they clean the knife off - EVERYTIME. The first few times the people behind the counter looked at me like I grew another head but now its just normal.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Can one of you alarmists please stop by your local ER and count how many people are there because of Subway, McDonalds or any other food place before you panic?
    There are probably more people there that had aneurysms from watching them wipe the knife on a paper towel that had been exposed to the air. The AIR for chrissakes! Do you know how many contagions are in the AIR at Subway?

    The AIR! I almost forgot about the air. But how do they even get inside the Subway to breathe the air? Because the DOOR HANDLES!!!! I imagine before they request a fresh knife before each slice of honey oat bread they spend 10 mins outside trying to open the door with their elbows.

    I like to watch those displays.
  • txdahl
    txdahl Posts: 107 Member
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    Generally speaking, if you're overly concerned about sanitation I wouldn't suggest fast food.

    ^^ This ^^
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    It's not the responsibility of the restaurant to make sure customers avoid allergens. It's your responsibility as a parent and an individual to speak up. All they can do is try to reasonably accommodate you.

    I was just about to type this, and then found out a reasonable person was already on top of it. Good to know there are at least 16 of us on this site.

    For the rest, Welcome to Earf.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    You do know you can request they clean the knife and change their gloves before they touch your food with it right?

    I eat at the same subway occassionally (they are about 6 blocks from my house) and they now know when I come in that I am ordering a veggie sub, with the works with house and ranch dressing... but before they even take the bread out of the oven they get a new pair of gloves and before they fold/cut my sandwich they clean the knife off - EVERYTIME. The first few times the people behind the counter looked at me like I grew another head but now its just normal.

    Yeahbut they clean it with a paper towel that was in the same room as meat so how clean can it really be.
  • TahliaHarveysMummy
    TahliaHarveysMummy Posts: 59
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    A subway local to were I work did this as well as handling change (which is full of bacteria! :sick: ) and taking other things from the shelves like crisps and cookies without changing gloves or using alcohol gel. They even served me OUT OF DATE CRISPS! :noway:

    So I emailed their head office and they sent the details to the manager of the store who personally contacted me apologising offering a free subway meal and that he will speak to the staff.

    Since then they change gloves, wipe knives between sandwiches with alcohol wipes etc. They have one person on sandwiches only and one on the till only who also gets you drinks and crisps etc. They've been doing it properly now for 3 months :happy:

    Worst thing that happened to me in a subway was asking for pickle on my sandwich and getting jalepeno's instead! As they were next to each other on the veggie bit I understand how the mistake was made but it ruined my sandwich so i complained and got 4 free subs and drinks! :oD Never been in a subway in my city since that has pickles and jalepeno's next to each other lol!
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
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    You do know you can request they clean the knife and change their gloves before they touch your food with it right?

    I eat at the same subway occassionally (they are about 6 blocks from my house) and they now know when I come in that I am ordering a veggie sub, with the works with house and ranch dressing... but before they even take the bread out of the oven they get a new pair of gloves and before they fold/cut my sandwich they clean the knife off - EVERYTIME. The first few times the people behind the counter looked at me like I grew another head but now its just normal.

    Yeah but they clean it with a paper towel that was in the same room as meat so how clean can it really be.

    They can be cleaner germs at least right? Besides its not even real meat.

    I have no issue with germs at fast food - seriously if I did I wouldn't be there. The reason I do it is because I got someones left over chipotle sauce on my sandwich one day and I ended up with horrible heart burn (I can't eat spicy food even though I love it) and after that it was just easy. As for the glove thing, I do that because I am not crazy about having garbage with my food.
  • lallaloolly
    lallaloolly Posts: 228 Member
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    i would have zero problem looking across the counter and asking them to use a fresh knife or new gloves if i saw something that grossed me out. and i totally get the concern about this for food allergies (i.e. cut a tuna sandwich and move on to a person who is allergic to fish)... but in all honesty, reusing a knife is no different than what happens in most restaurants (fine or otherwise) around the world. in a nice restaurant, the chef is wiping the knife on his apron because it is there and fast and convenient. also, in a nice restaurant, the chef isn't wearing gloves as she prepares meal after meal. and i think it's crazy to expect people to ruin their hands by washing between every single sandwich. they didn't suddenly pick up an infectious disease between that ham sandwich and this turkey sub.

    which leads me to a somewhat related rant. people are far too consumed with wiping away every germ. more and more studies are showing that we are doing ourselves far more harm than good by trying to remain so germ-free all of the time. our immune systems need practice. without exposure to germs, our immune systems can't learn how to protect us and keep us protected. stop washing away every germ! let your kids reuse a fork! why work so hard to be physically fit if you are going to prevent your body from learning how to keep you healthy?

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