# Cockroach In The Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885 "2000-08-10T20:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/1 "2000-08-10T20:46:47Z")
Yesterday at work (I’m a waitress at a burger joint) I was waiting on these two older men and one of them said, “I think you dropped a dollar.” I looked down and sure enough there was a dollar right by my foot. Just as I bent down to pick the dollar up, that dollar shoots back into this man’s hand. He had it on a clear string. Yeah… everyone laughed at me It get’s worse I went back to that table a little later and the man said, “Oh, try this, it’s fun.” He handed me a pen and a napkin and said, “Draw a number 4 on this napkin.” I tried to write it but the lead wasn’t down so just as I pushed it… “ZAP” I get shocked. OUCH… it really did hurt. Yeah… keep going I asked the manager if she knew if they had anything else. (I guess they do this to everyone) She said, “Yeah… a cockroach.” I brought their food out and waited. Sure enough… a little later the man called me over there and made a huge scene in front of my other customers. He place the cockroach on his burger and said, “This is disgusting, I’m not eating this.” I replied, “He won’t bother you…just eat around him.” ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/2 "2000-08-10T20:48:45Z")
That was AWESOME! I can hardly type straight. 🙂 I hope they tipped BIG. You deserved it. struuter ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/3 "2000-08-10T20:53:08Z")
I think those guys have seen Victor/Victoria one too many times. I loved everything about that movie except the cockroach part. \ Although my crush on Robert Preston has cooled considerably since I found out he was the monster that sang “Chincken Fat” ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/4 "2000-08-10T20:53:58Z")
struuter, you can’t hardky type straigth, how can i do it then tonight??? That was a good one jjjfishe, i can never come up with something quickly. I always think of something to late… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/5 "2000-08-10T21:16:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjjfishe \* > \*\* > I asked the manager if she knew if they had anything else. (I guess they do this to everyone) She said, “Yeah… a cockroach.” I brought their food out and waited. Sure enough… a little later the man called me over there and made a huge scene in front of my other customers. He place the cockroach on his burger and said, “This is disgusting, I’m not eating this.” > > \*\* LOL, I think I woulda said “That’s ok, I will!” and put it in my mouth. I’m wicked that way. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/6 "2000-08-10T21:24:34Z")
jjjfishe, if my grandpa wasn’t in a nursing home, I would’ve sworn that one of those old men was him. He did things like that **all the time**. I can’t count how many times I got shocked from one of his toys. Another favorite of his was to hold out his open can of chew and tell us kids it was candy. At least one kid was throwing up at every family gathering. He laughed his ass off, too. He’s not a nice person. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/7 "2000-08-11T07:51:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by jjjfishe \* > > \*\* > > I asked the manager if she knew if they had anything else. (I guess they do this to everyone) She said, “Yeah… a cockroach.” I brought their food out and waited. Sure enough… a little later the man called me over there and made a huge scene in front of my other customers. He place the cockroach on his burger and said, “This is disgusting, I’m not eating this.” > > > > \*\* > > LOL, I think I woulda said “That’s ok, I will!” and put it in my mouth. I’m wicked that way. 😉 \*\* Voguevixen’s post reminded me of a story about Jay Johnstone, former baseball player and infamous practical joker. (I think it was Johnstone–might have been someone older) In spring training one day, the players had to give urine samples for some health related test (probably not drug testing). Seems Johnstone (or whoever) put apple juice in his vial, and showed it to the nurse, who commented that it looked unusually cloudy. At which point, Johnstone says “Let’s run it back through the system again”, and chugs it. The nurse screamed. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/8 "2000-08-11T07:54:11Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…never fuck around with people who bring you food. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/9 "2000-08-11T14:59:15Z")
That was awesome. Somehow I don’t think he will be pulling crap on you again!! ---
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroach-in-the-food/28885/10 "2000-08-11T15:48:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricepad \* > \*\*I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…never fuck around with people who bring you food. \*\* that’s true… I’ve waited tables for 6 years and I could tell you some nasty stories about the waitstaff and rude customers!