Last month I did a grocery shop in "America's most famous zip code." The trouble started before I even entered the store, with the well-weathered 2-inch-thick layer of trash in the bushes and the ashtray they called a parking lot. Speaking of the lot, there were more carts in parking spaces than cars.
After completing my department shops, I went to check the restroom, which was in the back, down a flight of stairs. By the third step down the stairs I was nauseated... trash, a thick layer of dirt, food residue, and grease covered the stairs. At the bottom of the stairwell was an overflowing trash can with a 2-foot ring of trash on the floor around it. I used my elbow to open the filthy door to the restroom, and refused to enter. The sink, floor, and stool were all as gross as any of the above restroom descriptions. The trash can inside was also overflowing, and the soap and hand towels were empty. I'm thinking, "I just bought food here last night, and the people handling that food used this restroom."
Last week I shopped a burger and ice cream store. The cashier (who also made my shake) had severe jaundice. After taking the required pictures I took my food and shake to the dumpster outside (untasted) and pitched them untasted, and called the health department. I few days later they called me back to say that although her condition had not been caused by anything communicable, they had "dealt with her appropriately" so that she would no longer have customer contact. I wanted to ask if they also "dealt with" the manager who made the incomprehensible decision to allow an employee with possible hepatitis to not only work but to handle food!