4/13/2005

Will Wendy's Business Suffer?

A woman in San Jose, California, found a 1 1/2 inch long finger in her bowl of chile last month. She has just come out and said she will not be suing Wendy's for this, but investigators are still trying to track down the origin of the finger.

I don't know about you, but I find that horribly disgusting. How can a finger end up in someone's food? Although Wendy's won't be losing any money from a law suit, I think that they will see quite a drop in sales, at least around that area of California. So do you think that the decline will hurt Wendy's at all? Or will people continue to eat at this fast food chain, in hopes they don't also come across such an interesting "treasure"?

3 comments:

Dr. Tufte said...

-1 on Fred's post for a spelling error.

It now appears that this was a false claim - they just need to get the woman to confess, or find the "donor". There are rumors they believe it is from Mexico.

Wendy's franchises in the Bay area have apparently been severely hurt by this - sales are off 20-50% according to the news.

BTW: finding any sort of substantial body part in prepared food is an urban myth. This used to happen occassionally in the early part of the 20th century (accidents do happen) but is essentially non-existent during your lifetime. Of course, then there is hair ...

Anonymous said...

Harry, you ignorant slut! Wendy's was exonerated. You should have known better. By the way, have you gotten a good look at some of the kitchen help in restaurants? I'm surprised you've been eating out all these years. If you're worried about what MIGHT be contaminating your food, you'd better start growing your own tomatoes.

Dr. Tufte said...

Umm ... Ross ... this doesn't make you look very bright. Harry wrote this post long before the hoax was figured out.