Taco Bell worker gets six months for spitting in drink

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted May 28th 2006 @ 12:01PM

A teenage Taco Bell employee in Virginia has received a sentence of six months in jail for spitting in a loyal customer's Mountain Dew, according to the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. After the customer raised a stink about the lack of iced tea, Shaleesheya G. Ford, 18, decided to lace his second choice with something of her own. According to the victim, Ford giggled and told him to have a nice day as she handed him his drink. The victim discovered the "loogie" shortly after leaving the restaurant. "Once I touched it, I knew exactly what it was," he told the FFLS. The spit in question was turned over to police. Charges stemming from the incident include assault and battery, obstruction of justice and filing a false police report. It's unclear from the FFLS story how the charges are related to spitting in a drink.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Drink Recipes, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: america, customer, iced tea, jail, mountain dew, oddities, sentence, soda, soft drinks, south asia, spit, spitting, spitting in soda, taco bell, TacoBell, tea, teen, virginia

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5-28-2006 @12:42PM dfrost said... MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS--THEY HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE--THEY PAY THESE PEOPLE MINIMUM WAGE WHILE MOST OF THEM THINK THEY SHOULD START OUT AT THE TOP--AFTER ALL THEY HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON COMPUTER GAMES--AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR--IT PROBABLY HAS HAPPENED TO HER BECAUSE OF ATTITUDE PROBLEMS--SO SPIT OR GET OFF THE "POT"
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5-28-2006 @1:16PM Beth said... I have worked in a major chain restaurant for the last 12 years and know all about the need for cleanliness around food and health ratings and all
that.What the Taco Bell employee did was wrong,unhealthy , and disgusting!The customer has every right to complain and report the incident!I know I sure would.Anonymous fastfood employee
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5-28-2006 @1:42PM MARK said... NEVER ABUSE A FAST FOOD EMPLOYEE. THEY WILL GET BACK AT YOU.
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5-29-2006 @7:38AM spline9 said... "NEVER ABUSE A FAST FOOD EMPLOYEE. THEY WILL GET BACK AT YOU."
I have to make a slight adjustment to the above statement to;
"Never abuse anybody who has anything to do with your food, period."

Regardless of how improper, immoral, disgusting, etc it is, you are at the recieving end of OTHER peoples attitudes and how they deal with it.
This doesnt only happen in fast food joints, mind you. I have heard many a story from people (friends, even!) who have dealt similar wrath to an unpleasant customer at a "reputable" establishment. Remember the movie Fight Club? I certainly do. I also am ALWAYS nice to all employees at a restaurant. If the service is below standards, then I tip accordingly (where applicable) and never return (they will remember you).

If you must have the last word, say it AFTER you have your food.
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