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IoCuS
How does a restaurant get to that point?
Tana1234
Think that's bad? Take apart the ice machine u bet it's far worse
hedcase
Don't wanna.
peygah
Most of them are slowly going out of business...
AngryAndConfused
Must be a very cultured establishment.
thealmostcatlady
I've never eaten at Long John Silvers, but I'm certainly not going to start now
IridescentLotus
I wouldn't blame all for one store
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
Husband used to be sort of a fast food restaurant fixer. Go in and clean house literally and figuratively. One place had maggots (1/2)
SlurmsMcKenzie
There was a Long Johns near me that was shut down for similar reasons. They made all the employees walk the plank. Sad, really.
iclearlyhavetissues
Shiver me timbers!
Bleaseman
Lichen John Silvers
InvertebrateErotica
I lichen this comment
ObeySparky
I've called the health department so many times, many of them actually know me by name now. They love it too, when the public helps them.
imyourrealdad
At least you get penicillin with your $3 bucket of shrimp.
ItsZones
I worked at whole foods, found maggots in the cheese slicer. I have the picture too. boss tried to say it was fine. fuck that place
HeyFreckleFace
Oh gross. I would have thought Whole Foods would have higher standards, aren't they the fancy pants grocery store?
ItsZones
They like to pretend they are, but they are not. Money hungry, and skirt rules all the time
HeyFreckleFace
Jeez :/
AntzInMyEyezJohnson
Fucking Ew...
alupnya
Fucking Science…
KirklandSignature
THIS NEEDS TO BE KNOWN.
Kusaji
Working on it.
zatgal
LJS.no. The one in my area flooded in '05. When they cleared it out, they found years of dead maggots imbedded in rancid grease on the fryer
chrimmm
They?
zatgal
The employees who had to clean it up. I was dating the fryer bitch. He was traumatized.
Lugh314159
years worth? That doesn't make sense… if they were dying, how could they accumulate? If they didn't die, they'd grown into flies and leave
AdditionalSupplyDepotsRequired
More flies show up and make more maggots from outside, I'd wager.
zatgal
Years was a guess. The grease caking was definitely years worth, and the maggots were all through the grease cake, some partially fried.
SpiritsLink
...how has this gotten this bad without a health inspector getting called in or something?
TrueA
Someone please tell me this isn't real.
Kusaji
It is very real.
Haxbrygd
You'd be amazed what you see in this business.
lx45803
Okay. This isn't real.
REDfohawk
How can it be? Are our eyes not apart of the realm of what I'd real?
Tastymarmot87
Never ate there, now never will
IridescentLotus
I wouldn't judge one bad store to the others - their hush puppies are so good
utur
Mmmm lookit all that penicillin
CodyL95
Wrong type of mold
zarikimbo
WHICH ONE?!?! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE NEED SAUCE, OP.
Kusaji
Posted it many times on my reddit thread. This store is located in Penn Hills, PA.
rivenwhistle
Not the one where I live. It closed months ago. :(
ASuperCallousedFragileMysticHexedbyHalitosis
Reddit OP said "the store's location was in Penn Hills, PA."
ElectronicArtsOfficial
I'm not sure you want any sauce from here.
cyndylexibear4
Nice.
RogueTampon
It's probably one that's been closed down or abandoned for a while.
Kusaji
Nope, still open to this day.
BubblesTheFish
THAT Long John Silvers. I work at a KFC LJS hybrid thing and everything is cleaned nightly. Everything.
ManLonG
I was working for a Domino's franchise when Boogergate happened, the calls from idiots were unreal
mirria
Most large chains have very strict health codes. They have a reputation to maintain. Small restaurants don't really care.(worked at Wendy's)
Lugh314159
Is wendy's the large chain in this example?
OneMoreLagerAndIMightLearnToLikeYa
If you're eating at fuckin Long John Silvers, you're not trying to live anyways
Nasser3
I'm done I hate soft drinks now
ThePsychicZombie
Oh dear god http://imgur.com/0f9ko0I
cyntalle
This is the best reaction gif of what I did irl
MrPredator
mistergoblin
onefishtwofishredfishjewfish
Time to pour bleach into my eyes
1stLtObvious
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LadyMoto
Or on the mold
lysithean
Accurate
HeyFreckleFace
giitsok
:)
Khyr33
Long John Silvers is devoted, they even have ALGAE
HeyFreckleFace
Hahahaha
ElvisParsly
Thanks, I did LOL in a most significant way.
ElTbonesteak
Algarade
innocentmofo
Just invite gordon ramsey, the king of insult
SchmidtyC
Underrated comment
bigmee
Tartar sauce!
StrangeBirds
Looks more like mold.
mastermind671
That's sodapressing.
kingkong87
I was already on the next page with i fully processed your comment. I felt obligated to come back and give you your upvote
PhunkyMunky
mmcg5
You wonderful bastard
Artoris
Comment of the day: You win +1!
punkermatt
http://www.lovethispic.com/uploaded_images/82287-This-Is-My-Job-Its-Soda-Pressing.jpg
juicygingrr
Best comment ever! Lmao
AniceModernGentleman
Youuuuuu.
iamwherethewildthingsare
It was about the same at a braums I worked at. I cleaned it one day and I got fired for working on "distracting tasks" instead of working.
twistedVAINS
Well sounds like you didnt have skills to talk your way out of it or you were a Dick about it or it was good to get fired because fuck that!
TheSparkySparkyBoomMan
running fudge kettles, the sign is legally true and stays up. Today I got in trouble for damaging out over thirty slices caked in mould 2/?
TheSparkySparkyBoomMan
In my shop we sell fudge with a sign "Made daily". The stuff we sell was made MONTHS ago, but because the fudge section still has 1/?
LyricChae
Hello fellow Southerner. Braum's is a gift that should be shared with the world.
aSuspiciousPanda
Your old Braums needs to be shut down.
RavioliRavioliEndMyExistenceoli
Sorry that happened hope you got a better job.
iamwherethewildthingsare
I did haha I work at the zoo now.
RavioliRavioliEndMyExistenceoli
Glad to hear it
MagneticLasso
what fucking retarded management; well atleast you did the right thing
iamwherethewildthingsare
My head manager was terrible. 0/10 worst job I've ever had.
MagneticLasso
i'm glad, keep up the good fight!
YallGonnaMakeMeLoseMyMind
Found the Okie.
iamwherethewildthingsare
Texas haha
TheSparkySparkyBoomMan
because I was "removing sellable product" from the shelves. They backed off when I said if a guest ate it and got sick we'd be sued so hard
Lugh314159
What shop? ... so I can avoid it. (You can PM me with the name if you're worried about your job... but I really wanna NOT eat there.)
iamwherethewildthingsare
Man sometimes people are only worried about the money than someone's life or livelihood.
1stLtObvious
"Sometimes" being when they are upper management, shareholders, or owners.
nihilzero
I know this feeling. I used to run the Seafood Dept at the Fresh Market...the guy who ran it before me was SOOOO consumed with cutting loss
nihilzero
That he would try to sell STINKY fish after he washed it off with ice water to dull the smell. He was consumed with shrink b/c his sales...
nihilzero
were 50% of what they should be. I asked my boss about the department when I started: "Smell this. NOW do you see why no one comes back???"
xcelita
At Dairy Queen no one knew we were supposed to clean the ketchup dispenser. After 6mo my boss opened it & half of it was caked on nastiness.
iamwherethewildthingsare
Can't see is disgusting
iamwherethewildthingsare
When you've got forty minutes to close and there are more visible things that need cleaning we are told to clean them everything the public
IratetheD
omg im from CA and i had never heard of Brams before my Fiance introduced me to it while visiting him and omg i love it soo much!!!
AuntieMeat
This is why I only go to Braum's for ice cream, like the good lord intended.
iamwherethewildthingsare
Don't be so sure haha I worked fountain which included ice cream and it's just as dirty. When you close kinds clean is ok.
iamwherethewildthingsare
Most things will sit for weeks without getting cleaned such as scoops or the things that hold strawberries and cherries.
4estGimp
I really hope you are not in Tulsa
iamwherethewildthingsare
No I worked at the one in Dallas
KillerAceUSAF
That is where you call HR, and the Health Inspector on their asses!
beeratius
Remember, HR is there to protect the company, not the employees.
eddiebarzoon
Yep. You are a resource, and when the resource goes bad you throw it out.
iamwherethewildthingsare
Of claims and the inspection never happened.
iamwherethewildthingsare
I wanted to but I had been told that the shift manager that quit a couple months before me tried his best to get it inspected and made a lot
DeannaZone
oh my word!
o11c
Losing your job means you have monetary claims, that has a way of making things happen.
iamwherethewildthingsare
It really didn't matter to me at the moment I was just glad to leave the place I got another job with in the next two weeks so its a'll good
WaitSoMyUsernameCanBeAnything
Really? They fired you?
iamwherethewildthingsare
3) I just had a really shit head manager.
Spune
yeah, wow, I still think about going to get revenge on some of the shitty joe-job managers from my youth, but they got nothing on yours.
iamwherethewildthingsare
I've had other bad jobs mainly is fast food but braums for sure will be unforgettable.
iamwherethewildthingsare
1)Yeah I mean it was my last write up and we only got three. The first was because I threw up and had to go home the second was I forgot
iamwherethewildthingsare
2) to charge myself for cherries in my cherry limeade.
WaitSoMyUsernameCanBeAnything
Hahaha what the fuck. I'd be happy to get fired.
iamwherethewildthingsare
I was ha ha my new job is so much better, I get to work at a zoo!
productofmyowncreation
So, this place is closed right? Health code violations this bad mean they closed, right? RIGHT?
iluvcats
This would not even warrant a followup inspection..
BurntMomWarfare
Because the mold formed a solid connection from the plug to the metal cook top. We couldn't pull it our to clean it with out someone dying.
StooperDave
On the plus side, you now have immunities to bacteria science has yet to identify.
ljsilvers
The team at Long John Silver's is taking this very seriously. The top execs are aware, and are determined to make this right.
illpickausernameafteridoadab
post pics of people cleaning the machine. were the internet, we need proof.
Draygen
Wife was pissed that the local LJS closed. She wanted to go eat there. I was like, "They're closed because of massive violations, woman!"
mirria
"But I never got sick!"
jackpkmn
My grandma refuses to go to subway ever again becasue she got some stomach flu once, like 30 years ago.
mirria
Does she wear a seatbelt?
jackpkmn
She wont let the car move if everyone's not buckled up.
mynameisreallylongandhardtospell
This is me. So what if that chicken sandwich was in my car for two days. It was sort of chilly at night. That counts.
rustyspade
you need multiple/repeat violations to get closed. Unless they find e-coli or something like that in the actual food.
BurntMomWarfare
Who knows. I worked at Mcdonalds that had a grease/dust/mold mixture growing every where. Especially the grill. Cooks always got shocked 1/2
IWantToMakeAThemeAccountLikePorridgeOrCeraOrTinyOctopus
when they would put their penises in the power outlets. 2/2
Kusaji
Wrong. They were still open when I went back to talk to their manager on duty now because she was trying to figure out what was happening.
Olimpt
I looked on reddit, I
Olimpt
It could be, but if not the guy reported it.
RaggedWombat
More than likely not. I work for a health department and mold in the drink machines is actually very very common to find.
Maelchry
Got any references to link? For knowledge's sake?
RaggedWombat
First hand experience. Go on your counties health inspection oage and you can see everything a restaurant got marked for, this is common
StephanieWasTheTrueVillainOfLazyTown
Call the health inspector.
StupidIdeaMaschine
Why? To collect all this raw penicillin?
FrogPaste
Which one? Is there only one? Is that why so many restaurants are dirty? This person can't possibly ever visit them all....
neonoptic
More like call whoever the fuck can nuke the planet from orbit.
WhythehelldidImakethisaccount
If it is this bad, the health inspector has already seen it and didn't care.
FrostytheSnowcolt
Fuck it. Burn it to the ground.
Clemins
PousiStorm
I was looking for this
nextuk
Or, you know - maybe just clean it... Who has time to find the health inspector's phone number when this type of cleaning is needed.
TheOldNewSlowFast
...or just yell at the manager yourself, since you're right there? What's with this nanny state shit, just handle it.
ElizKM86
Well yes, that should ALSO happen. But if this is visible to the public, imagine how bad the violations must be behind the scenes.
theicechinchilla
Spongebob killed him.
ljsilvers
The top execs at Long John Silver's are aware of this situation, and are taking it very seriously. They're determined to make this right.
MazMaz
Call the police and the fireman.
Nutznvoltz
Ha they won't do shit I've seen way worse and nothing happens this is why I don't order drinks from fast food chains
MoreAwesomerDan
Shiver me timbers
eliard
And maybe a hazmat team.
ChanelK
Motherfuc...wait we don't have this fast food place in Australia...carry on.
chuckconqueso
Are those barnacles?!
Hyero
Well it is Long John Silvers
KimSchlongFun
Comment of the year
Beepity
Even Hitler's disgusted.
FLDairyTrooper
Yeah I would've covered this thing in red stop use tags by now. Someone isn't doing their job.
alupnya
*cough* call the science inspector *cough*
azureharri
Well, if that's what you're into..
silentjay
There does seem to be science up in that bitch.
MornieAlantie
I'm gonna science the shit out of this fast food restaraunt!
MichaeIJCaboose
MMMMMPH
TheNextGuy
Gonna science it so hard it's going to shut down
TexanLeadFarmer
What hitler said like 900000000000000
NeoDarkElf
*slightly further away* Call the health inspector!
CityOfThePath
Call the locksmith!
Kaysmira
Reddit: OP has reported it to management above the store level. This is against company policy, probably weeks of failing to clean it.
ForTheSwarm
Company policy: must clean when mold reaches the water lever.
arumunus
It's not even that difficult to clean those things at the end of the night..
NotACreativeName1
Way more than weeks!
Ipurgepeople
At 7-11 we deep cleaned our fountain machine weekly. As in pull everything apart, soak it, put it back together.
KuronekoKat
probably days, that mold is really fast!
silentjay
Its against company policy? Shucks.
MichaeIJCaboose
Who'da thunk it, Cletus
Kaysmira
I just know people will go all hysterical and say all of the stores and employees suck. I worked at a BK, we cleaned those things.
ZacMuerte
yup. everywhere I've worked you take it apart and clean all the outer pieces nightly (splash guards, collection tray, nozzles, that stuff)
ZacMuerte
and once a week I get to disassemble and clean EVERYTHING. turns out: a lot of shit builds up inside as well. same with the ice machine
WalterMatthau
*reeks
nation543
they have also contacted the health inspector
storebrandproductmascot
I just witnessed a drive-by shooting, so I reported it to the leader of the gang.
gewalt
I wanted to link one of those logical fallacy ref cards, but im not sure which of the several that apply to your post is most offensive.
storebrandproductmascot
Well, think on it and get back to me. Sorry for breaking the rules of Imgur Formal Debate.
gewalt
maybe in a few more cups of coffee. im retired, I dont like to think too hard anymore
Kaysmira
Leader of the gang promotes violence; regional manager of a restaurant wants to promote sales, not food poisoning and lawsuits.
storebrandproductmascot
The manager wants max profits for minimum effort and expense, and many aren't above taking some chances to get that.
Ipurgepeople
You're talking corporate level, not managerial level.
SneakySpoons
Uh Wut. Management outside of a store usually takes their job more seriously then those who run this single store.
SneakySpoons
Plus, this isn't about cutting costs because wiping something down doesn't cost money. It's about laziness and lack of supervision.
HornyZebras
Minimum effort usually doesn't result in max profits.
flassk
months*
weedbratton
Years*
JonSnowsAbs
Decades*
Snodig
Centuries
Snodig
Centuries*
LrrrOfOmicronPersei8
Lifetimes*
zigbigidorlu
As a former attendant to this kind of machine: These things get bad very quickly. This could have been mere days worth. It's supposed 1/
AwkwardJedi
This is definitely not mere days. At least 3 weeks.
flassk
i used to handle them as well. doesn't take long to build up syrup deposits all over the place, but mold...
Yaminohere
I work at a store that's 24 hours. We have slushie and fountain drinks. Our machines NEVER look like this. Because we clean them daily.
zigbigidorlu
I used to work at a convenience store. Our machines never looked like this either because I ran overnights and cleaned them. 1/
zigbigidorlu
to be cleaned and sanitized daily, but if it's a 24-hour location, it's guaranteed that someone will bitch about it during downtime /2
StarrryNight
Fuck calling management. Call the FDA. Call OSHA. Call someone that will fine their ass.
pizzarollsandoreos
Call Ghostbusters!
WithMyHeadInTheClouds
Companies are terrified of bad internet PR. Reporting to corporate and posting here will get it fixed. These places know how to pass inspec
StarrryNight
I don't doubt it'll get it fixed. Like I say, I want them punished.
WithMyHeadInTheClouds
And you're relying on the government to do that? Corporate punishment is far more swift.