Bad Things You Seen AT Work...

EamonnKeane · 21-04-2008 03:55PM

I saw wasps sneaking into the pic n mix (gap at the hinges). But humans must use the scoops...

elpresdentde · 21-04-2008 04:24PM

i used to work in a meat factory the things i saw. i saw lads losing fingers
i saw lad nearly lose his leg when a giant sisorors with a faulty safety triggor
banged off a column. i stabbed myself when working with a knife after been refused a safety glove. bse handled wrongly. the tumours on the meat i used to work 16 hour days 6 days a week
great first job.

Clare Bear · 21-04-2008 04:33PM

Silent Partner wrote: »

And for this, I am so glad I am a vegetarian

Likewise! :eek:

Riddle101 · 21-04-2008 04:35PM

Just out of curiousity but have any of you guys that have seen all this stuff happen when you's were working there, why didn't you guys report any of this stuff? I'm sure Bord Bia would be unhappy with the unhygienic foods being sold

elpresdentde · 21-04-2008 04:41PM

work is work you need to make money not make waves

Keano · 21-04-2008 04:42PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

Just out of curiousity but have any of you guys that have seen all this stuff happen when you's were working there, why didn't you guys report any of this stuff? I'm sure Bord Bia would be unhappy with the unhygienic foods being sold

Ah because any follow up inspection of the facilties involved would no doubt be cleaned and sparkling if Bord Bia paid them a visit

ferdi · 21-04-2008 04:50PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

Came across loads of viking stuff on an excavation in the city centre and never reported any of it :pac: Dug it up to fcuk and covered it in concrete

...RAGE...pumping through body....neck vein popping out...skin turning green...

You...not nice person...why would you do that? I hope Thor subjects you to 1000 years of sodomy with his hammer.

boardinwork · 21-04-2008 05:00PM

deisedevil wrote: »

Mince from behind a butchery counter is something to be avoided like the plague!! I worked in a butchery and I know for a fact that they will use any meat that is nearly gone and put it in with meat that is fresh and even this meat will be only shin and heel meat. Round steak mince was a mixture of any meat that was a bit lean but rarely ever was it actually round steak that was minced. I always buy the packets on the shelves now.

Lads - where are we supposed to buy mince then? :eek:

:mad::(

Silent Partner · 21-04-2008 05:07PM

StormWarrior wrote: »

I used to work doing telesales for anglian windows, and our boss would encourage us to harrass the customers, be very rude and say extremely stupid things to them. The more pissed off a customer got, the more frequently we would phone them and say things like, "If you don't buy a window my baby will starve to death." Or start singing songs at them, or pretend we were from a different company and try and trick them into letting us come round and give them a quote, and tell them we were cartoon characters like mighty mouse and all the world's problems would be solved if they let us come round. We would tell them lies to let them come round like "We're coming to visit your neighbour anyway so we might as well visit you while we're there." Sounds silly but the customers would get so angry they would scream down the phone and threaten to call the police. Our boss gave prizes of chocolate, kfc and alcohol to whoever could cause the customers the most distress.

So the aim of that company was to irritate, aggrevate and annoy people beyond belief. Explain how there is a profit to be made in that?

RosieJoe · 21-04-2008 05:12PM

boardinwork wrote: »

Lads - where are we supposed to buy mince then? :eek::mad::(

Go to your local butcher and ask them to mince a piece of round steak in front of you!

boardinwork · 21-04-2008 05:16PM

RosieJoe wrote: »

Go to your local butcher and ask them to mince a piece of round steak in front of you!

I dont think i want to go to the butchers ever again

God i wish i hadnt read this post

truecrippler · 21-04-2008 05:22PM

beerbaron wrote: »

Another supermarmarket / butcher story:

A butcher in a well known Co. Dublin supermarket was grinding up meat in the mincer.

There was a stain on the top of the mincer from old meat he minced 2 days ago and thought I'll wipe that off.

He grabbed the nearest J cloth and started scrubbing away, but the tail end of the cloth got caught in the mincer and the entire cloth got dragged through the grinder.

The butcher thought nothing of this and sold the mince with the ground up (and soiled) J cloth included.

When questioned by a customer "Whats that blue stuff in the mince ?"

The butcher told the customer "Thats just where the cow was branded - nothing to worry about - How much do you want" :eek::eek:

Now thats a brilliant sales man.

Pigwidgeon · 21-04-2008 05:22PM

in the kitchen in work there have been several times when paninis/sandwichs etc have been dropped on the ground and sent out straight away

truecrippler · 21-04-2008 05:24PM

Well when I worked as a fruit and veg dude in a certain supermarket. The managers always try and save money and not throw produce away. Lets say I said yeah yeah yeah but I never did as I was told because its morally wrong. Lets put it this way... it was a damn fine looking fruit and veg department.

Dord · 21-04-2008 06:11PM

Just The One wrote: »

My local supermarket are always over-charging, charging for things that I didn't buy and failing to give the special-offer discount.

I won't name the supermarket but they do try to offer super value to customers.

The other day I went to the butchers counter and asked for some mince and asked if they would mince me some fresh meat please. Even though the shop didn't close for another 2 or 3 hours they told me the mincer was closed!!!!

The same supermarket won't display the money on the swipe card machine. It is normal practice to see the amount before entering the pin. They hit OK when the amount appears and then give you the machine to enter the pin not knowing how much they said ok to. It is only once the transaction is done and you get your receipt that you know how much was deducted from your card.

I'd say the reason why they said that the mincer was closed is that it had just been cleaned. Obviously they aren't going to leave this until closing to do, that would be stupid. I worked on a deli before and had to clean the slicing machine. It takes time, and is not something to do 5 minutes before closing. I had no qualms about telling stupid little old ladies that it was closed because I had just cleaned it. :pac:

As for the cost of your shopping on the swipe card machine, ask them! Even if I'm paying with lazer or credit card I always ask the total price. It's common sense FFS! :rolleyes:

Dord · 21-04-2008 06:14PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

Came across loads of viking stuff on an excavation in the city centre and never reported any of it :pac: Dug it up to fcuk and covered it in concrete

When was this?

My Dad told me about back in the 70's or 80's (not sure) he drove a cement mixer and was working on the site of the civic offices in Dublin. Same thing there, they were told to just cover it in concrete and not ask questions. Disgrace really...

Nightwish · 21-04-2008 06:28PM

I never worked around food, so the stuff we did in work was harmless in comparison. The chocolate money boxes were opened, eaten and sent back as damaged. Paintball guns were used in regular store room tournaments. Football was played across the roof f the store and adjoining shops. If a customer was rude, sometimes their orders would be "held back" to make them stew for a bit. Also some orders were kicked about the place before giving them to customers. Just to annoy head office and everyone else, the sale stock would be reserved in every store in the country just so no-one could buy it.

21-04-2008 06:47PM

A restaurant I once worked in would regularly sanitise their cups/plates/whatever using .. well.. sanitiser. That chemical that is so unbelievably bad. Got it on my hands once and it burnt. Anyways. When they were finished with this, they would then pour said liquid into a stream that flowed down into the ocean right near where people would regularly go swimming.

A shop, which has since closed down, was notoriously bad. On my first week working there I had been given a brush, a bag, and a pair of industrial gloves and shoved into a back room. They locked the door and then told me there was a rat in there and I had to kill it.

Great.

Clare Bear · 21-04-2008 06:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

A shop, which has since closed down, was notoriously bad. On my first week working there I had been given a brush, a bag, and a pair of industrial gloves and shoved into a back room. They locked the door and then told me there was a rat in there and I had to kill it.

Great.

:eek: Noooooooooo!!!!!

Pherekydes · 21-04-2008 06:55PM

If I was in work now that thread title would qualify.

Voodu Child · 21-04-2008 06:55PM

Joe Robot wrote: »

When was this?

About 3 yrs ago. Happens all the time though, time is money :pac:

yawnstretch · 21-04-2008 07:45PM

You know what's really strange? This thread has made me hungry. What the hell is wrong with me...

StormWarrior · 21-04-2008 07:55PM

Wazdakka wrote: »

What... Why??

Because the job would have been very boring otherwise. All of us, even the boss, were aged 20 and under so we just wanted to have fun. My boss was cool, he would even get everyone to stop working sometimes, put on some music and get me to give everyone an aerobics class while we should have been working.

orestes · 21-04-2008 08:02PM

Silent Partner wrote: »

So the aim of that company was to irritate, aggrevate and annoy people beyond belief. Explain how there is a profit to be made in that?

Seems to work alright for ntl (off topic I know, but god I hate those bastids :mad:)

I worked in a fast food place for years, at one stage it was the busiest one in the country in the chain (it was one of the big 2 American chains)

The things I saw working in there guaranteed that I will never eat fast food again (unless I'm hammered of course) Changing the date/time on the chicken, meat and salad so they could keep selling it instead of throwing it out was a daily occurance, milk that was due to be thrown out was opened and chucked in with the milkshake mix, and just other general grossness.

NEVER eat in a fast food place, trust me, and I'm sure anyone else here who has worked in one would agree

AckwelFoley · 21-04-2008 08:28PM

I sold a member of a travelling community wearing a tux - a slash hook, a stanley knife, a 1m length of chain and a hatchet.

I gave him 10% discount because i know he was going to do some thing good that day

21-04-2008 08:33PM

snyper wrote: »

I sold a member of a travelling community wearing a tux - a slash hook, a stanley knife, a 1m length of chain and a hatchet.

I gave him 10% discount because i know he was going to do some thing good that day

Repairing the roof in his caravan?

MarkR · 21-04-2008 08:55PM

snyper wrote: »

I sold a member of a travelling community wearing a tux - a slash hook, a stanley knife, a 1m length of chain and a hatchet.

I gave him 10% discount because i know he was going to do some thing good that day

Lolz, stars for you.

smog · 21-04-2008 09:06PM

RosieJoe wrote: »

Go to your local butcher and ask them to mince a piece of round steak in front of you!

not really, there is already about a pound in the funnel of the mincer so technically you are getting what ever the person before you ordered, dont be letting your nice steak going to the person behind you

b0bsquish · 21-04-2008 09:13PM

Some places keep there mincer in the back, and dont assume that because you watch them take the nice round steak into the back room, and hear it get turned on.... that your eating nice round steak minced the next day :pac:

*edit* and the so called safer pre packed mince, its usually the stuff that was left over from the previous day(days) display

DetectivFoxtrot · 21-04-2008 09:35PM

great thread but I feel nauseous!

I worked in Roches Stores as a teen (pizza/meat/fish butcher counters) and I have to say standards were pretty high. Big shops like that tend to be ok but at the end of the day they are relying on employees to follow the rules. I knew one guy who NEVER washed his hands even when going from handling raw meats to cooked meats. He got all the training about food poisoning and cross contamination, he just didn't give 2 sh1ts!!:eek:

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