Today, I went to a restaurant for lunch. I began to eat when I noticed a blond hair in my food. When that happened, I went up to the counter and began complaining about their hygiene. When the manager insisted no one that works there had long blond hair, I realized that it was my hair. FML
I agree, your life sucks (2241) - you totally deserved it (35710)
On 09/30/2009 at 5:22pm - misc - by Anonymous (woman) - Canada (Ontario)
lol I hate bad jokes too but I think the "hairy situation" joke was kinda amusing actually. I mean just cause it's ridiculous. It made me smile
you're right, all FML comments should be "witty" and sound like they were stolen from a dean cook skit, like all you high schoolers try to do. And then add in "STFU" or "kthxbaii" at the end. and then go take 25256 pictures of yourself at weird angles for your myspace.
#103 - On 10/02/2009 at 8:26am by kaleid0scopeEyes
XD, Cue the dumb blonde jokes.
EDIT: hmm, i was a little late on this post lol.
#4 - On 09/30/2009 at 7:31pm by FFFFFFUUUUUUUU_
Ummmm - is that an assumption on the service staff or what? I read this FML several times, I have no idea WHERE you get Mexican from! Oh, and plenty of Mexicans are blonde. Mexican is naturally the cross between the indigenous and Spanish cultures, so remnants of both societies still remain.
Geez, picky picky. Even if it WASN'T your hair, think about how much nastiness you've eaten and not known about! Just pick it out and continue eating. Hair is the most hygienic gross thing you could possibly find in your food. It's not like it was a pube, or an eyelash, or a booger, or a rat hair, or a bug. I can think of a million things more gross than a hair in your food. YDI for being so prissy.
Actually, hair is a major source of staph infections and other gross things, so you really shouldn't just pick it out and eat around it. Besides, most decent restaurants (and some state laws) require that food service employees secure their hair or wear hairnets or hats. It's not prissy at all to complain about hair in your food.
#14 - On 09/30/2009 at 7:50pm by amandopolis
I can promise you, the employee who fails to wash his hands after using the bathroom is more of a risk to your health than a random hair that gets washed daily and doesn't even touch anything. And I also can promise you that you've ingested far more gross things than the few germs that are on a hair. Did you know there's an allowable level of rat poop? And that level is not zero. 1 in 4 people don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.
Clearly you've never worked in a kitchen if you actually believe that all hair gets washed daily. Ick. And the existence of other health hazards related to eating out doesn't negate the hazards associated with hair in food. That's like saying that because people die in hospitals because of medical negligence, you really shouldn't worry if the janitorial staff didn't clean the toilet in your room properly.
#67 - On 09/30/2009 at 10:58pm by amandopolis
@14 no, but it is prissy to complain about the hygeine standards because a single hair slipped through. theres no reason to be a cunt about it, simply say oh, i found a hair in this could i get a replacement please. its not hard. complaining just makes you a prick and you deserve everything you get.
#71 - On 09/30/2009 at 11:51pm by organisedchaos
I generally dislike people who do extreme bitching about food, for whatever reason. Well, unless the food was like molding or something, but how often does THAT happen?
I agree there's no need to make a scene about hair in your food, unless it's really really hairy.
It's still disgusting though, you should most definitely NOT eat around it. And that rat poop thing? Yeah, food is normally cooked, so...
And, I mentioned this elsewhere, but I did a poll across three sites and found that most people (of the people who answered, that is) actually wash their hair every other day, instead of every day. Every day was second place.
I'd sayyy I got about... oh, at least 50-60 unique voters. Nah, it's not scientific research, but don't most people say you shouldn't use shampoo in your hair every day or it's more harmful than beneficial anyway?
Just pointing it out... if you want to get anal about it, even if you wash it every day, it's still exposed to all kinds of stuff and can easily get dirty quickly. I know when it's really windy around here my hair gets dirtier quicker.
#75 - On 10/01/2009 at 1:23am by DameGreyWulf
Arguing on the internet- its like running in the special Olympics, even if you win you're still retarded
Oh wow. Just wow. Waiting for this to show up on Not Always Right. That's what you call a BLONDE MOMENT!
Ha first thing that came to mind. I was like " This belongs in Not always right" but from the employee.
#74 - On 10/01/2009 at 12:46am by xgoldfishx
You make it seem like it's a big coinsidence. BLONDE
When your ready to take that stick out of your ass let the world know....dig?
#19 - On 09/30/2009 at 7:54pm by thatoneguyinca
Lol. I have a friend who is blonde, and whenever she does something stupid she goes "I just had a blonde moment" I die of laughter. Yah next time always make sure it's not yours. I was about to do the exact same thing till my mom noticed it was mine.
really you couldent have looked at the color of the servers hair big fail on your part
#30 - On 09/30/2009 at 8:14pm by litthenewman386
90% of the time, hair in your food is your own since most restaurants require kitchen staff to wear hearnets and hats and servers to tie hair back.
#32 - On 09/30/2009 at 8:20pm by disney_blonde
wowwwwwwwww
OP
u know that ur kind of a fucking idiot
x)
and ppl who spazz about dumb blonde jokes its just a joke doesnt really matter
but its true alot of girls that go to the mall and only think about fashion and hair etc are blonde
and i am NOT saying all blondes are like that
( i am a natural blonde myself)
This was on The Customer Is Always Right. It was from the employee's point of view, and they had to argue with the woman for a while, proving that none of the employees were blonde. This was a Chinese restaurant, all the employees were Chinese. This is fake, it was on that website several months back. Exact same situation, just different point of view.
#39 - On 09/30/2009 at 8:58pm by OhSnapsizzle69
Just because something's submitted on one site doesn't because it's on another site suddenly make it fake. There's plenty of idiot customers out there in the world.
#40 - On 09/30/2009 at 9:01pm by redbluegreen
Yeah, it's a bit suspicious, but I can see it happening fairly frequently. Or, it's the same person, they just didn't say "several months ago" because you have to start an FML with "Today". They might have just found the site recently. I believe it, regardless.
#42 - On 09/30/2009 at 9:11pm by captain_cookie
Did you accidentally drop a fly in your soup as well? Or maybe accidentally chop off your own finger and find it in your chili?
#41 - On 09/30/2009 at 9:09pm by captain_cookie
Thats the first thing I'd think if I found a hair in my food. I would know that it's mine right away
If I were a douchebag, I would totally make reference to the fact that you're blonde :P
#48 - On 09/30/2009 at 9:22pm by peepingthesmurf
Wow Birds...so if you found a strand of hair that you knew wasn't yours in your meal, you'd just pick it out and keep eating it?? Or worse, just keeping eating around it??????
...that's more than a little disturbing. Nice of you not to make a fuss, of course, but stupid of you for not thinking of your health. Use your brain...not everyone practices the necessary good hygeine that would include washing their hair everyday.
#51 - On 09/30/2009 at 9:42pm by shaerbear00
I want to say, "That's not really surprising..." But that would be rude, and I'm no rude person... xP
#66 - On 09/30/2009 at 10:51pm by ThexFroggyGirl
Seems kinda dumb that you didn't think it was your hair straight away. If my hair was long and blonde and I found a hair just like it in my food, I'd just think it was mine
#69 - On 09/30/2009 at 11:12pm by shoegal808
This post reminds me of a joke...
two flies were eating on a pile of shyt with a pitchfork in it. After they feasted, one fly went to leave, deciding to climb the pitchfork handle before taking off because he was so full. after taking off from the handle, he plumetted to his death...
the moral of the story?...
NEVER FLY OFF THE HANDLE WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE FULL OF SHYT!! LOL
#76 - On 10/01/2009 at 1:30am by Gruffy
Today, I was briefly embarrassed in front of the staff of a business I'll likely not visit again. Woe is me, suicide must be the only option! FML.
Alright, These things happen. No one likes it when it does, but there is no denying it. Hair gets into food. And no, I don't think you should just eat around it. Any decent restaurant will replace your food if hair is found cooked into it. But if you bitch, and whine, and make a big deal about it, and piss off the people serving you, then more likely you'll end up with worse things in your food that you can't see.
I work in a restaurant, will even be so bold as to say Pei Wei, and hope the company doesn't track me down and fire me. And I very nearly went off on a customer for being bitchy. I ended up going off on the kitchen instead. But they know I wasn't upset with them, and the other customers who saw/heard me going off to the kitchen were extra polite. And they left quickly. Quite frankly, if it happens again this weekend, I might just go off on them. And not care if I get fired. Because people like that are the reason I hate my job. Seeing the same customers, serving people, making them smile, all satisfaction from that is completely negated by the assholes who expect napkin in the lap treatment. If you want that, go pay $50 bucks for your meal, and leave a damn good tip.
And by people who go crazy about accidents, and about things outside of our control. I'm sorry that we're busy and we don't get your food to you in 5 seconds. Deal with it! Accidents happen. I'm sure everyone, no matter where they work, has made some form of accident. Misfiling papers, missing a deadline, whatever. We do it too. No one is bloody perfect. Everyone has bad days. And when you except the fact the people serving you have lives just as, if not more stressful than yours, everything will become that much easier.
What's more. Just because I'm a blonde, who works in a restaurant, and goes to community college, doesn't mean I'm stupid. Believe it or not, I am actually fairly intelligent. Do I understand quantum physics? No. Do I get how the price of oil in Venezuela relates to corn prices in the US? Not exactly. Do I know how to do my job? Yes. If you think you can do it better, feel free to try.
Also, we are waitresses, and servers, and cashiers, and hostesses, and more generally food service people. Not babysitters. Letting your kids run around wildly pisses us off. It pisses off the other customers. It pisses off anyone anywhere that has to deal with your bad parenting. Extras props to parents with good kids! Extra props to kids with good parents. But all those parents who let their kids run around like crazy in restaurants is gonna end up with spit in their food. (Not that I would do that. I'm much more likely to scare your kids into behaving.)
And for the last time, the oranges at the drink counter are not free appetizers! They are drink garnishes! And the fact that so many people eat them as garnishes, along with taking 5 full sized disposable napkins a person, is the reason you are paying 8.12$ a plate for chicken, and $1.89 for a coke. Believe it or not, those things are not free!
I think I'm done with my rant. Now hopefully people will learn from it.
#80 - On 10/01/2009 at 2:58am by masquerade08
Dude you need someone to talk to.... XD
OP you're the epitome of a dumb blonde, keep making us proud
#82 - On 10/01/2009 at 3:24am by RetardedBuddy
noones gonna learn from a half-hour rant that they wont even read, #80
#91 - On 10/01/2009 at 11:34am by Gruffy
A woman did the same exact thing to me when I was working in a restaurant. I would have laughed if you got punched in the face. YDI.
#94 - On 10/01/2009 at 2:26pm by theodivine
i think i just read the counterpart to this on notalwaysright.com lol if not i want to BELIEVE it was.
#95 - On 10/01/2009 at 3:04pm by chibivampire09
you deserve that bad. I've worked in a restaurant and been complained at for hair in the food when it obviously wasn't the staff's and then had to be overly nice to get a bad tip. I wish I had a manager once who had the guts to say that it wasn't ours, would have saved me some trouble
I've had that happen to me before working at Tims... we were in the middle of a huge rush, cars lined up way out in the parking lot, and here this individual was yelling at us for a hair in their food, making a big ruckus.
I took one look at the hair, put on a glove, picked it up, and asked the person if they could show me a strand of their hair, when they did, they did the exact same thing as you, I didn't even have to remake the sandwich :D.
ps: YDI XD, just be certain to check the hair next time :P
I don't mean to be rude but you're not really helping the whole, "Blonds are stupid" situation.
Blonds are not stupid. It's just a common sterio type.
:P
#99 - On 10/01/2009 at 6:46pm by cuzirock132
I'm a waiter. And I have to say that people like you piss me off
#102 - On 10/02/2009 at 3:25am by musicmakercann1
It's a hair, lady. Not a severed finger. Sure, you can complain that there's germs on it, but what the hell doesn't have germs on it? They're *everywhere*.
Here's an idea that'll save you some money and time bitchin': Make your own damn food.
You totally deserved it.
