Comments on: A Moral Dilemma http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/ I'd rather be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: BVD http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-122 BVD Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:30:16 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-122 Being non confrontational, I would have told the guy on the sly. Being non confrontational, I would have told the guy on the sly.

]]> By: Kelly http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-114 Kelly Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:31:35 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-114 I got a letter from Kaiser a few years back stating the "equipment had not been properly sterilized between patients" for recent sigmoidoscopies-please come to have blood drawn for testing! That was a creepy feeling. Well, we could give the employee the benefit of the doubt and say she was using the 10 second rule(if food is not on the floor for more than 10 seconds, it is safe to eat) No, that is only for parents with kids. NO WAY--it was wrong,wrong....say something on the spot in a polite way to the food preparer. I got a letter from Kaiser a few years back stating the “equipment had not been properly sterilized between patients” for recent sigmoidoscopies-please come to have blood drawn for testing! That was a creepy feeling.
Well, we could give the employee the benefit of the doubt and say she was using the 10 second rule(if food is not on the floor for more than 10 seconds, it is safe to eat) No, that is only for parents with kids. NO WAY–it was wrong,wrong….say something on the spot in a polite way to the food preparer.

]]> By: Marci http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-113 Marci Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:11:53 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-113 A.N. - Unfortunately, you know what my SIL went through - sorry to hear you had to ride that train with her. :( (To this day, I can't believe they just sent letters - I think that warranted a phone call!!!) Marci A.N. –

Unfortunately, you know what my SIL went through – sorry to hear you had to ride that train with her. :(

(To this day, I can’t believe they just sent letters – I think that warranted a phone call!!!)

Marci

]]> By: A. N. http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-111 A. N. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:31:38 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-111 Marci, I was one of the patients who the lab tech possibily used dirty needles on. Got a nice letter in the mail explaining that I needed to go into for an aids test. Sweet. A.N. (Jason's aunt) Marci,

I was one of the patients who the lab tech possibily used dirty needles on. Got a nice letter in the mail explaining that I needed to go into for an aids test. Sweet.

A.N. (Jason’s aunt)

]]> By: Marci http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-110 Marci Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:20:30 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-110 Shame the fuckers when you caught them in the act with a loud 'excuse me, but didn't that just fall on the ground?' - sorry, but that really pisses me off - it's half a bagel. How many stale bagels does this place toss a day???? This is bad on so many levels - one the chick asks the other guy to do her dirty work and two - HE DOES IT. Also a call to the manager. (If it were my shop, I don't need to get sued over half a bagel.) True story; several years ago, my sister-in-law received a letter from a lab that she had gone to to get blood taken. Turned out an employee was reusing needles on the patients. Something like a couple of hundred patients needed to go through several months of HIV testing. The employee's excuse was she was saving the lab money. These two sound just like the lab employee - and it's disgusting. Think about it - not only is the floor dirty - how do you know they just didn't spray for vermin?? Gah... Shame the fuckers when you caught them in the act with a loud ‘excuse me, but didn’t that just fall on the ground?’ – sorry, but that really pisses me off – it’s half a bagel. How many stale bagels does this place toss a day???? This is bad on so many levels – one the chick asks the other guy to do her dirty work and two – HE DOES IT.

Also a call to the manager. (If it were my shop, I don’t need to get sued over half a bagel.)

True story; several years ago, my sister-in-law received a letter from a lab that she had gone to to get blood taken. Turned out an employee was reusing needles on the patients. Something like a couple of hundred patients needed to go through several months of HIV testing. The employee’s excuse was she was saving the lab money. These two sound just like the lab employee – and it’s disgusting. Think about it – not only is the floor dirty – how do you know they just didn’t spray for vermin??

Gah…

]]> By: A. N. http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-103 A. N. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:35:10 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-103 I'm a goody-two-shoes and over 50 so I now speak my mind. I would have said something to the employees--the two of them. Gross. I’m a goody-two-shoes and over 50 so I now speak my mind. I would have said something to the employees–the two of them. Gross.

]]> By: Julie Germano http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-102 Julie Germano Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:50:31 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-102 hhmmm...I'm trying to picture myself at our local coffee shop in the same situation...I would likely say something to the other person (who'd I'd probably know personally anyway - it's a small town) but I'd say it loud enough so that the employee heard me. Something like - "I didn't the five second rule applied to bagels at a restaurant!" or "Well - I hope you're getting the bagel that fell on the floor!" No matter what - I'd have to go back there, there's not many options around at 6am in Coupeville. Of course getting up 15 minutes earlier to make my own breakfast is completely out of the question :-) hhmmm…I’m trying to picture myself at our local coffee shop in the same situation…I would likely say something to the other person (who’d I’d probably know personally anyway – it’s a small town) but I’d say it loud enough so that the employee heard me. Something like – “I didn’t the five second rule applied to bagels at a restaurant!” or “Well – I hope you’re getting the bagel that fell on the floor!”

No matter what – I’d have to go back there, there’s not many options around at 6am in Coupeville. Of course getting up 15 minutes earlier to make my own breakfast is completely out of the question :-)

]]> By: Arnold http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-101 Arnold Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:50:52 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-101 I'm often too quick to stand up for what I think is "the right thing to do" and very often get myself stuck in situations which were "none of my business". I would have gone in hard and early on this one... long before I was put in the spot of knowing which bagel was who's. I sure hope Rob doesn't return. Maybe they dropped the whole tray of bagels on the ground an hour earlier. With that knowledge the server and colleague felt there was no further damage serving up the already contaminated bagel. I’m often too quick to stand up for what I think is “the right thing to do” and very often get myself stuck in situations which were “none of my business”. I would have gone in hard and early on this one… long before I was put in the spot of knowing which bagel was who’s.

I sure hope Rob doesn’t return. Maybe they dropped the whole tray of bagels on the ground an hour earlier. With that knowledge the server and colleague felt there was no further damage serving up the already contaminated bagel.

]]> By: maheen aka Maureen http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-100 maheen aka Maureen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:42:22 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-100 I ofcourse would have mentioned it to the Employee that I hope you are not trying to use the same Bagel. Also I would never return to that shop again. I ofcourse would have mentioned it to the Employee that I hope you are not trying to use the same Bagel. Also I would never return to that shop again.

]]> By: Deb http://alsboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-99 Deb Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:27:28 +0000 http://alsboy.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-99 I, too, would have confronted the bagel shop employee at the time the "handoff" was taking place. A similar situation occurred at my local Starbucks and I was very vocal. The bottom line is not our behavior, but the behavior and standards of the bagel shop and its employees. I, too, would have confronted the bagel shop employee at the time the “handoff” was taking place. A similar situation occurred at my local Starbucks and I was very vocal. The bottom line is not our behavior, but the behavior and standards of the bagel shop and its employees.

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