Fear of Eating in Some Fastfoods/Restaurants
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
Philippines
July 21, 2018 8:09pm CST
After reading posts about how some kitchen staff "lousily" handle the washing of plates and other dining utensils, it turned me off.
Though I always welcome the idea of eating out when I could not cook, I am now afraid to eat and use their forks,plates and drinking glasses. One FB post said they do not use washing detergents to clean; they just rinse it with water in haste especially when there are so many customers.
Another said that if you treated the waiters rudely, they will retaliate by doing some "dirty" tricks on your food.
As much as possible it is better to eat home-cooked food! Sometimes I always wanted to see their kitchen to see how they handle the food.
What do you think?
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11 responses
@allen0187 (59827)
• Philippines
22 Jul 18
It happens a lot. That is why I use those disposable plastic utensils when I can. Most of the time, I bring my own utensils/containers and ask the waiters/food server politely to put the food inside the containers that I bring.
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@allen0187 (59827)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@acelawrites true.
I even ordered metal straws so I don't have to use disposable straws.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
i did not know you are like that. That is nice. I also ask for disposable spoon and fork.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Oh, it's the wisest thing to do; environment-friendly too instead of using disposable plastics.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Well, when there is an occasion, we eat in restaurants. That's because we want something not ordinary and we don't want to wash dishes.
So, we would choose a restaurant that cooks delicious foods and is clean as we see it in their utensils and foods served are hot.
As for fastfood, I like McDo, they have disposable spoons and forks and their plates are the disposable cartons. I love McDo, though I know it's said that fastfoods are not healthy foods. But I don't do it always anyway. 
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@acelawrites Especially at night, I sometimes eat already at McDo before I go home. I take out something for hubby.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD it is really practical to just buy instead of cooking when you are already so tired the whole day.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
Yes, we can see the kitchen at MCDo! We do eat or buy from some trusted fastfoods when I am too tired to cook! We just take the food home.
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before eating i do inspect the utensils and the plate, but one can never see those tiny bacteria@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Yes, they are microscopic; sometimes it is better to ask them to immerse it in hot water first.
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@lady1993 (27221)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@acelawrites oh in some fast food the utensils are always immersed in hot water.. so that's good 
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@lady1993 that's good, to be sure they're really clean!
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
I like to think that fastfood is like this. I don't trust them at all. I have workmates now who worked in some popular stores and said it was really dirty.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
Oh no, the more reason we have to be cautious! Or just eat at home if we have time.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
22 Jul 18
Oh, I'm so too late because I just ate at the fast food this afternoon. But luckily it was raining so they weren't much customers around.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@acelawrites yeah, the kitchen is partially exposed.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@Letranknight2015 and you can always remind them in a friendly manner to keep watch on cleanliness in handling food.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
At least you are familiar with that restaurant; you are sure they are clean in their ways.
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@NJChicaa (127172)
• United States
22 Jul 18
@acelawrites true but fast food is always gross
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Unsanitary restaurants will lose customers; not good for business.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
22 Jul 18
i have seen the dirty tricks going on..but i've never worked anywhere where they didn't use soap.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Some could be so lazy to do the soaping art; they should do it for the safety of their customers.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Jul 18
I agree some places are filthy!
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
The reason why there should be active health inspectors.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
That's better if you have time to ensure cleanliness .
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
A home-cooked meal is always the best because you know the ingredients that were used and how it was prepared. I don't completely trust the food prepared outside the home. I have encountered an incident where my food had a hair and a fly on it. It was disgusting-- I almost puked! Cleanliness should always be the number priority in fast food restaurants!
