Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!

[Mimi]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Just a few moments ago, I'm sitting here organizing some graphics, messing around on the computer, and sipping a can of Code Red (my one vice and addiction). I had just opened the can perhaps 20 minutes ago, and was not even 1/4 of the way through it. As I subconciously take a chug while keeping my eye on my work, I am quickly snapped into reality by the fact something small, pointy, and solid just entered my mouth from inside the can along with the soda. I quickly ran to the bathroom to spit it into the sink, and to my horrified surprise it was a HUMAN FINGERNAIL! And it was NOT MINE! How I managed to not throw up is beyond me. I must have scrubbed my mouth out with my toothbrush and toothpaste about 30 times, and I STILL feel ill and nasty! UGH! Don't people have to wear GLOVES when handling these products?? Even more, why are people handling the product at ALL before it's in the can? Don't machines do that?

I don't think I've EVER been so disgusted in my LIFE! OMG! I'm afraid to drink anything else now! UGH!

Mimi 😱

 

[daddy]

Ewwww...your lucky it wasn't a tasty toenail!!!!

peace out,
daddy

 

[Mitchell]

Ack, Mimi! Nasty! Sorry about that!😡 🙁 The closest thing to something like that happening to me, was one time I was eating at a "fine" resturant, and when I went to dig into my salad, I found a dirty human fingernail in it! I immediately called the waiter, and became so revolted. That is disgusting! Apparently, in your case, maybe someone at the packing plant had their fingernail fall off into your soda. In any case, nasty is the best way I'd describe what happened to you.

Mitch

 

[MsDivaNYC]

Gross!

Mimi,

I smell a lawsuit!! Well, given the fact that it's not as big (size-wise) as a human finger or a dead mouse, your chances to prove the incident are slim to none. Still, it's a disgusting incident which should be reported to Code Red and manufacturer PepsiCo.'s consumer affairs division. www.pepsico.com Good luck!

 

[venray]

HEY !!! GIVE THAT BACK !!!

R😛Y

 

[ticklkitten]

Re: Gross!

Mimi,

I smell a lawsuit!! Well, given the fact that it's not as big (size-wise) as a human finger or a dead mouse, your chances to prove the incident are slim to none. Still, it's a disgusting incident which should be reported to Code Red and manufacturer PepsiCo.'s consumer affairs division. www.pepsico.com Good luck!

Oh yeah, you had better at least report that! OMG, soooo nasty!

 

[Mimi]

Oh I will be! I saved the nail and the can in a ziploc bag as evidence, and we're gonna be calling them and giving them some hell! I'm STILL disgusted, and it's been a couple hours now!

And Ray, if that was your nail, you've got a seriously red bottom coming!! 😛

Mimi

 

[venray]

😛 😀 😛

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

I had a similar experience a few years ago. I ended up pouring things into a clear glass for quite a while before I'd drink from a can again.

I'd be interested in knowing what kind of a response you get. We had a jar of chicken bullione mix a couple years ago that had been contaminated with something that appeared to be powdered soap. It wasn't visible to the naked eye. So, I didn't realize until I drank it. Other than doing a number on my stomache, I fortunately suffered little ill effect from the two sips I had. But, it was like pulling teeth to get anyone to respond to what took place. This was right after 9-11 and in the midst of all the anthrax nonsense too. So, you'd have thought someone would DO something. We ended up going to the store, the manufacturer, the health dept., the local news' consumer advocate and finally the FDA. Everyone promised to look into it and get back to us. If they looked into it, I don't know. The only one who called back was the gal from the news station. I hope you have better luck!

Ann

 

[Knox The Hatter]

I can top all that: one time, while sitting down to chow one noontime on my ship, I got ready to dig into what looked like a very nice meal, only to have cockroaches crawl out. I calmly got up, and tossed my lunch in the garbage, went out on the weather decks to light a cigarette...and pondered the nice meal after Liberty Call that I would have at the base bowling alley.
You see, many US Navy ships have a roach problem. You have, in the words of Dr. Carl Sagan, BILLLLLYUUUUUNNNNNS and BILLLLLYUUUUNNNNNS of them living within the bulkheads, especially when the ship's 'cold iron'(the engines and the boilers are idle). When you light off the engine and the boilers to prepare to get underway, all the little fuckers come up from the bulkheads in the engine and fire rooms, and they're everywhere, and they're impervious to any kind of insecticide, since you've used everything already.

Sorry if I ruined any appetites here...😛

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I heard on the news yesterday that a woman in California found a human finger in her food from Wendy's(didn't say whether it was sans nail or not).

 

[maniactickler]

one time i bit into a frozen pizza and had a finger cot in it. at first i thought it was a condom. whew!

 

[Mitchell]

This didnt happen to me personally, but someone I know had an experience similar to Knox.
There is a diner down the hill from my apartment in Lancaster that I will NEVER go into. A few years ago, it was reported to me that my friend's father was in this particular diner, and when served his salad, a cockaroach came crawling out of his salad plate! I was told that he got up, showed the manager, and then walked out, vowing never to enter that "eating" establishment again. Needless to say, my friend and I will be avoiding that place forever.
I think Mimi should deal with this fingernail issue with the soda company. It is unsanitary, and unhealthy to have a dirty fingernail in one's delicious soda, not to mention disgusting!😡

Mitch

One other point: In Lancaster, with all the resturants here, and food being a part of the culture, they often have health reports of various establishments in the Sunday paper, and make unannounced inspections of places. I have heard of many a resturant being closed down for incidents like Knox and my friend's father had. Food needs to be sanitary, or people can get violently ill. I hope Mimi gets some satisfaction from the soda company for that revolting incident.

 

[Knox The Hatter]

The only thing that made a dent in the roach population on my ship was an overhaul . With the hull open in places to repair the engines, and with heat cut out of most spaces on the ship, many of them froze to death on the coldest winter days. However, when the human element returned, so did they. By the time she sailed back to Norfolk (I'm told), they were back in full swing.

I recall one time, in the galley, there was an open bulkhead where some pipes were being repaired. There was this fellow mess cook (KP in the Nav's known as "mess cooking", and worse) standing there, throwing buckets of boiling water into the corner. He was very much a "country" guy...(let's be charitable: he made Jethro Beaudine Clampett look like Einstein), and he stood there, with this dumb 'Hee-Haw' grin. I asked him what he was doing, and he said, "killin' roaches! Hunrids of 'em!" All in all, though, we learned how to co-exist. The best the Command did was send the head Corpsman around, dressed as Orkin, with his CO2 bottle shaped insecticide dispenser, spraying into corners. I think by that time, the roaches laughed instead of died...

 

[kis123]

Gee, I'm reading this just as I'm about to sit to my Easter dinner!!

This is really nasty Mimi and by the time you're finished, you guys should have enough pepsi products to last for the next year or two. Just remember to pour them into clear glasses from now on.

I don't drink much pop (soda) anymore, and now you've given me a good reason to continue in the same path.

 

[ticklkitten]

I used to work at a VERY popular produce and meat market when I first moved to this area. There is a chain link fence surrounding the back property. Well, a super popular chinese restaurant is next door. This particular restaurant got busted for illegal immigrants working there and in the surveilance tapes were the employees of this restaurant stealing from our dumpster! Yuck!!