I thought the urine and spit flavor of taco bell was how it was supposed to taste
Sidney family wins $40,000 over urine-tainted food
SIDNEY — A Sidney police officer and his family have won $40,000 from a restaurant that had served them food tainted by an employee’s spit and urine.
In the lawsuit filed last year in Cheyenne County District Court, officer Keith Andrew and his wife said a Taco Bell employee urinated and spit in food served to them and their children in October 2005.
The lawsuit named North Platte-based Mid Plains Food and Lodging, owner of the KFC/Taco Bell.
A call to the company seeking comment on Monday was not immediately returned.
In the lawsuit, the couple said their two sons, 4 and 7 at the time, took sick after they ate the food. The 4-year-old came “violently ill,” the lawsuit said, with gastroenteritis and dehydration. He vomited for hours and was forced to spend time in a hospital.
Managers of the restaurant were aware of the contamination at the time the Andrew family was eating but didn’t inform the family, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also suggested the family was the victim of a scheme that targeted police officers.
“Employees maintained ’special servings’ of food reserved for … officers,” the lawsuit said. “The ’special servings’ had been urinated in or spit in by KFC/Taco Bell employees. In fact, defendant’s employees maintained a particular serving pan for use in creating ’special servings’ of food plus employee urine.”
An attorney for the family, Andy Snyder of Scottsbluff, said the verdict did not specify exactly how the jury believed the restaurant was negligent.
Management knew of rumors that food was being tainted and heard employees joke about it but took no disciplinary action, Snyder said Monday.
He also said the restaurant did a poor job of vetting its employees.
“I’d advise them to get a better class of employees,” Snyder said.
That is APPALLING. This is clearly a management issue and whoever that manager was (and any other managing staff) should have been fired. I almost feel that if there are any criminal charges available then they should be charged as well. My sister-in-law is a GM of a KFC and she is majorly anal about cleanliness and would absolutely fire anyone who would even suggest doing something like this. Totally, completely disgusting.
Comment by Mr. T — July 14, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Taco Bell does NOT have good enough food for me to consider going there again. I realize it was an isolated incident, but I can’t foresee any visits to my local Taco Bell. I can’t say I’ll never eat there again, but as long as I have this story rattling around in my brain I don’t think I could eat there even if I wanted to.
Comment by foxspit — July 14, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
We had an issue with feces (damn I love that word. Feces feces feces) in the taco meat a few years back here in Lincoln.
Taco bell is like long john silvers. I get a hankering about once a year and after eating it I say never again. Wait a year, repeat.
My wife worked at a KFC before I met her. It took years before she would eat chicken again. Years dude.
Fast food is fucking shit not worthy of eating. I feel dirty when I resort to it every time. A hankering turns into feeling like shit and horrific smelling feces
Speaking mostly of major chains here of course. Some local fast food is not a scientifically made chemical concoction.
Comment by beerorkid — July 14, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
Yeah I haven’t eaten at Taco Hell or Taco Johns for a long time now (especially given all the great local Mom and Pop stores that have sprung up), and this story will not change that trend. Still, I realize that - although fast food already is pretty crappy - I distinguish that from appalling incidents like this where it is intentionally tainted. When you think about it, one of those little kids could have come near death! I am still blown away at this awful story (having said that, thanks for posting it Bork).
Anyway, I still get fried chicken at KFC from time to time. Its one of the few things they actually make in the store (ie they bread it and fry it in the store). In fact I think a long time ago they even cleaned and cut the chicken in the store too but they stopped doing that because employees were cutting themselves too often (human finger parts in your food anyone?). But everything else there for the most part is canned or frozen and I don’t like it.
Comment by Mr. T — July 14, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
Oh I should also add, because my sister in law is a GM at KFC, she can bring home fried chicken and all the other KFC food every night, and she does bring it back often (because hell, its free). I have a feeling that has contributed to her obesity. She is REALLY fat. Its kind of disgusting.
Comment by Mr. T — July 14, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Heh, heh. My son wants to name his first band Endangered Feces.
Comment by foxspit — July 15, 2008 @ 8:09 am
Wow, what a bunch of assholes Taco Bell has working for them.
Comment by Gene — July 15, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Does this remind anyone else of Super Troopers?
Comment by foxspit — July 16, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
super troopers and clerks 2 all the way.
Comment by beerorkid — July 16, 2008 @ 4:06 pm