sweet southern belles

Farva: Give me a double bacon cheeseburger.
Burger Kid: [into mic] Double baco cheeseburger. It's for a cop.
Farva: What the hell's that all about? You gonna spit in it now?
Burger Kid: No, I just told him that so he makes it good.
[into mic]
Burger Kid: Don't spit in that cop's burger.

This weekend past while all were reveling in the spirit of the spring season, one young man was less than spirited. A pair of southern ladies wanted to get a couple glasses of that finest of beverages, McDonald's Sweet Tea but they didn't like the taste initially. I have to assume since this all went down in South Carolina that only a half pound of sugar was used in their beverage. At any rate, these young gals sent their tea back, demanding "MORE SWEETS, SWEETS!" from their server. This would be the last straw Marvin from McDonald's was ready to take that day so he turned around, added the extra half pound of sugar and some spit, like any normal McDonald's employee would. Is this sweet justice or an example of an angry young man going too far?

I think of my times spent slanging pizza part time during college. I was a delivery driver so spent as little time in the kitchen as I could but when I did, this type of thing wasn't entirely unheard of. I don't recall ever spitting in some one's food, even if they were a total dick when ordering, but I do recall a laissez faire attitude towards "floor food". I'd expect that to be just as much of a health code violation as hawking a bit of phlegm-y special sauce in a southern belle's sweet tea but when I stop and think about it, it's clearly not. The floor was cleaned every night and I never put cooked "floor food" on any one's plate, "floor food" was only acceptable if it were going into (or back into) the oven. The oven killed all germs, it was hot and germs hate the heat, "floor food" is an acceptable edible in my home and I don't see a problem with it in the restaurants around America, either.

On the other hand, the phlegm attack by young Marvin from South Carolina was a bit over the top. What if he had mouth herpes? Worse, what if his halitosis had Ebola? The herpes could have ebola halitosis and anyone could catch it through their sweet tea addictions.