16 Fast Food Workers Dish Out The Menu Items To Never Order

All Food & Drink Lifehacks Lifestyle Work August 29, 2024

Look, it happens to the best of us. You could be crushing it on your healthy, consistent gym regimen and then you could experience a moment of weakness. It’s okay. Sometimes, it boils down to a matter of necessity. You might just not have the financial means nor the literal time to make a vegetable-packed spread. However, you won’t want to catch yourself ordering any of these menu items off the menu. Thank goodness for tips like these.

1. The iced coffee machine isn’t playing games.

A Reddit comment by user "pugteeth" describes working at CircleK for three years, noting good coffee but a difficult-to-clean cappuccino machine. An engineering professor customer observed and commented on the machine's poor design. The comment has 7.7K upvotes.

2. Don’t let that thin crust catch you.

Screenshot of a Reddit post by user stryst. The post reads: "At little caesars, normal crust is made in store. Make our own dough and everything. But if you order a thin crust, you get a premade crust that may have been sitting in an open cardboard box for days to weeks." It has 1.4k upvotes.

3. Didn’t see that coming from fruity pebbles.

A Reddit post by user Minaowl, with an avatar of an owl in a winter hat. The post reads, "I used to work at a froyo shop. If you see a topping and think 'I've never thought of that being a topping for froyo,' you probably aren’t alone. Things like fruity pebbles were just put back out every morning getting older and older because no one ate them." The post has 8.1k upvotes.

4. No more island oasis then.

A Reddit comment by user "survivorgreys" from 28 days ago. The comment says, "At dunkin, I'd say everything is fine except frozen drinks made with the old island oasis machine. My store now has a vitamix blender, but the old machine was never cleaned well enough." The comment has 12.9k upvotes and 6 replies.

5. It’s always the ice machine.

A social media post by user ddrive1234567 that reads, "The ice machine. They don't get cleaned as often as you'd hope," with a timestamp of 28 days ago. The post has 15.8k likes, options to reply, share, or upvote/downvote.

6. Come on, Sonic.

A post by user "LunaMothThinking" warns about peanut allergies, advising against getting drinks from Sonic due to issues with cross contamination. The post shows 2 upvotes and a hand clapping emoji in the reply icon.

7. A little bit extra for a lot of peace of mind.

A screenshot of a Reddit comment by user "goodbyeson" from 27 days ago. The comment reads, "I do pest control. I pay a little extra for a bottled drink instead of the fountain." Below the comment are icons for replying, awarding, and upvoting, with the comment having 1.6k upvotes.

8. Taco Bell should’ve been left out of this.

A Reddit post by user iMakeTacos describing unsanitary conditions involving iced tea at Taco Bell. The user claims that the inside of the iced tea canister often has a tissue-like brown film around it, and it is easy to overlook or forget cleaning it.

9. Actually good to know.

A Reddit post by user "subnautus" discussing topping usage at Papa John's. The post advises against overloading pizzas with too many toppings and explains that the amount of each topping decreases as the number of toppings increases.

10. Not again with the cross-contamination.

A screenshot of a social media comment by user "teeth_wreath." The comment reads: "Taco bell worker here, I would not go here if u are strictly vegetarian/vegan- there are plenty of non meat options but the cross contamination is everywhere." The post has 193 upvotes.

11. That’s just nasty.

Screenshot of a Reddit post by protomanEXE1995 reading: "I worked at Steak 'n' Shake and Burger King 10 years ago. Everything was on the level over there. My brother, however, around that same time, worked at Arby's and told me that other workers would regularly drop roast beef on the ground, pick it up, and still put it on the sandwich to serve. Given that that's their signature item, I say just avoid the entire restaurant lol." There are icons showing 1.9K upvotes and 226 comments.

12. Almost suspect with that level of cleanliness.

A Reddit comment from user "breadanddogs" states they’ve worked at multiple Starbucks locations and found them all very food-safe, mentioning daily ice bin cleaning and close monitoring of dairy products. They feel confident about the cleanliness at Starbucks.

13. Honestly, not too shocking.

Reddit comment by user "rileycolin", posted 28 days ago, describing their experience working at an Italian restaurant similar to Olive Garden. They mention lasagna being microwaved and broiled briefly, while other pasta was decent. The comment has 798 upvotes and 4 replies.

14. Always with the canned beverages.

A Reddit comment by user Accurate-Nerve-5722 from 28 days ago. The comment reads: "Get canned beverages everywhere. Fountain drink machines are rancid and unless you're a restaurant with that one person on staff who cares too much, soda fountains will help strengthen your immune system in the worst way possible." The comment has 33 likes and one reply.

15. Don’t toy around with the tuna.

Reddit comment by user "Colonel_Moopington" talking about their brother's advice against eating tuna from Subway, with 510 upvotes and 6 comments. The user's avatar is a cartoon character wearing a suit and a hat.

16. Hard no on the unripe avocados.

A Reddit comment by user "axebodyspray24" mentions that the Panera where they worked always had unripe avocados, except in the summer when they were heat-damaged since the AC wasn't set below 20 degrees of the outside temperature. The post has 177 upvotes.
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