Lest you think the idea of fast-food workers messing with your order is just an urban legend... Mrs. HM will now prevent PROOF! Or at least circumstantial evidence!
Remember how the Hillbilly Family stopped by McDonald's on the way to the casino on Monday? And how Mrs. HM was concerned that the workers would exact revenge for Farmer H daring to complain about nobody coming to the window? And how the sandwiches were very loosely wrapped, almost as if they had been opened?
Wednesday night, I was suddenly a bit indisposed... during the last 15 minutes of a special 2-hour live episode of Big Brother! I missed the very end! All because I was in pain, sitting upon the throne. My poop stomach had been rumbly for a couple days. And a little painful. This was the result.
It continued for about three hours. Multiple trips back to sit upon the throne. Also, a feeling of nausea, though nothing came of that.
Thursday morning, Farmer H reported that he had a terrible night. That he had a headache and bellyache and nausea, and that he broke out in a sweat, then got cold.
Thursday morning at 11:30, The Pony sent me a text that he been up with diarrhea since 5:00 a.m. That he didn't think he could make our Errand Day shopping trip.
Well. What's the common denominator here? It hit us all within eight hours of each other. I used to think that food poisoning hit about 24 hours after you ingested something bad. Looking it up, Google said it could be within 2-4 hours, or take days.
When I mentioned that to Farmer H, he said that he had had diarrhea before leaving the casino on Monday! At around 1:30. We ate the McDonald's around 9:30.
I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure the McDonald's food is what made us sick! Too much time waiting, without seeing what was going on behind those windows blocked by ads.
The Pony pointed out that the casino was on a boil water order that day, in compliance with the city-wide alert. Indeed, we could not get our FREE fountain sodas. The casino had free bottled water. That's what we had with our meal. The Pony said the only other possibility was that the cook had used tap water to wash our food, and maybe the water was bad. I don't think so. You don't wash corn dogs, fries, battered catfish, or fried chicken. Besides, the frying itself would kill anything contaminated by washing.
I'm pretty sure those petty McDonald's workers were trying to kill us!
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I think you are right. Last Thursday my husband picked up groceries before coming home. We work together putting things away and I already had supper warmed up and ready to eat. By Saturday afternoon, I was coughing and had woken up earlier with a sore throat. On Tuesday, my husband texted from work that he had a sore throat and sinus infection. By the time he got home from work, he also had the cough. I have not left the house for several weeks, other than just going outside etc. Not around people. Now, I got sick before him. Seemed weird. Well, it has taken its toll on both of us and still working through our system almost a week later. My husband assumed he was the carrier and gave it to me, despite him not having any symptoms. Then he remembered...the young dude who scanned and bagged our groceries, stopped and blew his nose before tearing off the receipt from the register. Ugh! So, we think our plague carrying cashier spread his germs all over the groceries and receipt. I told my husband that probably wasn't the only time he blew his nose. If the grocery store can provide tissue, perhaps a bit of hand sanitizer would be a good idea.
I'm still coughing, and my husband got much worse and is still fighting his way through it. Was it the newest round of covid? Don't know, don't think so, but who the heck knows. So, in your case, McDonalds may have not only spit but spread their germs in their own way. God help us all. Keep us safe from the ignorant and the idiots of the world. Stay safe. Ranee
Rae,
I hope you are feeling better. That DOES seem like how you caught this bug. You must have handled the more contaminated groceries, and got it first. Just think about how many items that infected dude touched all day! You never know...
I always wash my hands first thing when I get home, but I might not put away the groceries until after I've washed them. I don't think about washing my hands again from touching the groceries!
I have heard of people getting this after eating Macca's foods so I believe you. The most likely cause would be the washed but uncooked lettuce on the buns if the tap water was unsafe, or meat patties left out too long before being cooked. I would avoid that store for a while.
River,
I'm not sure how clean these young workers are! Even if they didn't do it on purpose, I think they had a "hand" in it. An unwashed hand!
At least there was no lettuce on our breakfast foods. And at the casino, I specifically asked for no lettuce on my chicken sandwich, while Farmer H had fried catfish, and The Pony had corn dogs. Nothing there that I could imagine being washed in bad water.
We only go to that McD's on the way to the casino. So it will be a couple months before we go back, probably. By then, I bet none of the same workers are there!
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