They did it with their bare hands!

I'm vegetarian, so it's hard enough for me to usually even FIND a decent place to dine... And when I do, I also worry about the sanitation and cleanliness/hygiene of the workers. Thinking about it too long tends to make me feel sick! I always wash my hands before prepping food at home and wash all veggies before using them. I like to know exactly what goes into my food! Also, as mentioned, it's usually cheaper and DEFINITELY safer, and you don't have to worry as much how it was prepared!

I don't like restaurant food because you never know who is working on your food. I do home cooking and I am very happy about my choice. I think that food processing needs to be closely monitored. I rather stay healthy and save money by eating at home.

Yes it does. That is why we only eat at places with a A grade from the health department. This is the exact reason why I don't drink iced tea in restaurants as well. Thank Oprah a few years ago for ruining that for me.

Hi Yestheypayme2dothis Contrary to popular belief they do not have to wear gloves all the time that is why there are hand washing rules. Staff must wash there hands constantly wwhether they wear gloves or not to help fight cross contamination. Watch the wait staff the next time you go to a sit down retaurant. Did they was their hands after they cleaned those dirty dishes off the table next to you and then went and grabbed your food and brought it to you? Did you see them wash their hands or put on gloves before they touched your dinner roll or salad? Samonella starts before the food even reaches its destination You should worry more about ecoli when you dine out or in

I love to eat out, but this bothers me as well, my alternative is a Japanese restaurant or open kitchen restaurant where you can see how the food is prepared. Luckily for me my husband is a good cook so it feels like I am eating out every night ! :)

I have never been partial to fast food. Maybe a Pizza of Chinese every now and then but fast food like wendy's , no thank you. I don't care how cautious you are, they can't check the workers 24/7. I have noticed around my area some restaurants health code grade have gone down. Granted going from an A+ to an A may not mean much but, it shows how much an owner has time to pay attention to every small detail. I am just talking fast food here. I know of plenty respectable restaurants in the area that I would never mind going to. Knowing the chef helps ;)

that is disgusting... that's why i and my hubby prefer to eat home rather than eating outside... we never know how they prepare our food... they can be so unhygenic and we can get sick because of the germs that they passed from the food that they prepare... and eating outside costs lots of money as well... so eating home is the best options for us... take care and have a nice day...

Hi, I also prefer to eat at home because of my friend who works in hotel said, the foods there are looking so nice but it's not nice as it seen. The plate just simply wipe without washing if the plates are out of stock and many more. Could you believe that? Sometimes, I feel like I'm throwing my money for buying the food outside since I could make better. For now on, I'm totally busy with so many works around so I just cook some simple food. But I think it's better rather than buying the meal at those places.

I watched a news special once that talked about a scientific study which tested the edges of restaurant plates and toilet seats and found that the toilets were cleaner than the plates. We rarely go out to eat...I cook most days. A big source of salmonella on these vegetables are animal waste. There a huge "factory farms" everywhere to keep up with the huge demand for meat. We're literally drowning in livestock feces. My family is vegan. If more people would become vegetarian or at least seriously cut down on meat consumption we'd have a cleaner, safer environment and with less of a strain on resources. Sorry for the rant. :)

It does really bother me if I think that people who are handling food are not doing it properly. I was going to get something to eat at a fast food place a long time ago, and I saw the person behind the counter handling money, and then handling food without hand washing or wearing gloves. The long nails aren't the only thing that's bad, germs hide under chipped nail polish too, it's been proved! If I see anything I don't like in a restaurant,I won't eat there. Last weekend, I had a little shock, and this was at a country club. I went there for a family party, and the place was beautiful, and the people who were serving the food were coming around frequently to see if we needed anything. A girl was going around with a large platter of cookies, and one of the cookies dropped onto the upholstered dining chair that a little girl was sitting in. The girl with the platter picked the cookie up off the chair and put it on the little girl's plate. The little girl did not eat the cookie, but I could only imagine what was on that cookie after landing on the chair.

my sister actually works for a fast food restaurant and she was explaining that in her restaurant, the people in the kitchen aren't required to wear gloves because they are stuck at one station all day. with certain activities, the gloves could actually pose as a hazard- like over a fryer or at a dipping station. it is against company rules for anyone working in the food area to have long nails or artificial nails though. i don't say that i agree with this completely, but i can understand it. i have in recent times cut back on eating out, but mostly because money has become tighter.

These persons that work in the fast food restaurant do not take proper hygiene. They apply for the jobs and stick that they will follow the rules and regulations but when they receive it, it is a different thing. Three quarter of the time the managers/bosses does not know what is going on in the work place. Some of these staffs carry revenge and now that prices are going up every day and salaries remain the same there are going to be alot of these things happening. What we all going to do is stop eating at these restaurants and when they realize that they do not have a job then they will follow the rules. Sometimes I have to wonder if they don't believe that the customers are human just like themselves. This is the reason alot of them tell your immediate family and friends not to support these fast foods because they know what they are doing in there.

I only dine out at places where the food is prepared in front of my eyes.yeah you guessed it barbecues! i love them!Also i choose other places renowned for their quality service & hygiene.Never have i ever got sick or had nauseas after eating any food from a restaurant yet.But my sister got rashes on her leg, but it turned out that she was just ellergic to onions!

I hate to eat out. I'd rather just cook the meal at home and enjoy it, because I have worked in fast food before and I know all of the things that go on. Cooks drop food on the floor and because they are lazy and nasty they want you to still serve it....it's crazy. So yeah I cook for the most part, unless I am traveling.

That's absolutely disgusting. I like to stick to restaurants and places that I'm familliar with. I am sitting in one of my favourite cafes right now. I know all of the people in here, and they take a lot of pride in what they do.

Yes, that is just nasty! I know when I went into Taco Bell a couple weeks ago there were 2 employees in the kitchen and they were preparing burritos and tacos and were touching the tortillas, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes with their bare hands. It is just disgusting. And you just hope that they at least have washed their hands before they handled the food. And who knows at the restaurants that have the kitchen behind closed doors. It does bother me too.