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Cop gets served a sandwich with ground glass in it.

calamity said:
I'm not saying that the coincidence isn't a bit odd and highly suspect. But, I trust the cops are not morons, and if they say they are confident that no ill intent was found, I believe them.
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They said there was no reason to believe that at this time, but the investigation is still ongoing I believe.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
That wasn't sarcasm.
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I have been advised by a knowledgable third party that I was wrong. I apologize for my intrusion into the thread and for my remarks.

Quaz
 
X Factor said:
I see what you mean. I did work it in a restaurant for some time and I cannot tell you how many large sheets of glass we routinely dealt with while serving food and how many times shards of glass were attracted to the food of police officers. I think it was a magnetic attraction to the badge.
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Mason66 said:
Did you read the OP.

They didn't say a big sheet of glass broke, and if it did, they shouldn't be serving food from that kitchen until it was all cleaned up.

How they say it happened is highly unlikely.
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Did you guys read the OP ?

The detectives who investigated didn't believe it was intentional. But i guess you know how to do their job better than they do based on nothing more than a few lines of a news report, just like you apparently know the physics and materials science behind glass and how it breaks, huh ?
 
apdst said:
How many times have you found glass in your food?
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I worked in a restaurant for a couple of years and it can happen. Break a glass, pieces go further than you think (anyone who's dropped a glass in their own kitchen knows this can happen), kitchen staff looks and doesn't see glass and instead of trashing a bunch of food just to make sure, goes on about their business. I served a glass of tea with a cigarette butt in it one time. Same sort of thing. Guy before me dropped an ash tray, and cleaned it up, but one cigarette went about 5 feet into the ice container. Stupid, but not intentional on anyone's part.
 
JasperL said:
I worked in a restaurant for a couple of years and it can happen. Break a glass, pieces go further than you think (anyone who's dropped a glass in their own kitchen knows this can happen), kitchen staff looks and doesn't see glass and instead of trashing a bunch of food just to make sure, goes on about their business. I served a glass of tea with a cigarette butt in it one time. Same sort of thing. Guy before me dropped an ash tray, and cleaned it up, but one cigarette went about 5 feet into the ice container. Stupid, but not intentional on anyone's part.
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If you were talking about a lot of chili, I would agree, but in the case of a sandwich, the sandwich is literally handmade. Glass doesn't just fall into a sandwich.
 
apdst said:
If you were talking about a lot of chili, I would agree, but in the case of a sandwich, the sandwich is literally handmade. Glass doesn't just fall into a sandwich.
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Of course not, but back in the kitchen are probably a dozen or more open containers with meats, cheeses, lettuce, vegetables, mayo, mustard, etc. Glass in any one of them will eventually find its way into served food. And if you're the cook, do you want to tell your boss that you're throwing away a couple hundred dollars worth of food because you're an idiot and dropped a glass and it shattered?

I'm not defending the kitchen. Obviously if someone shatters a glass, if there is ANY doubt, you trash ALL the open food. I've seen it happen although with few open containers. Saw huge quantities of ice tossed several times in the bar area because a glass broke nearby (for obvious reasons - glass in ice impossible to see).

It could have been intentional, but it's not hard at all for me to believe it could have been an accident, that should cost the restaurant plenty.
 
Kal'Stang said:
1.)I'm sorry but this is TOO weird. How in the world can glass get into food? Are people THAT freaking stupid to not pay attention to what they're doing so much that glass somehow gets into the food?
2.) If its true that this was unintentional then this restaurant needs to be closed down asap and be made to get that place in tip top shape. New plates, glasses etc etc and any chipped plates/glasses needs to be thrown away immediately after they get chipped from now on.
3.) My god if this had been a child? MY child? I'd be suing the hell out of that restaurant to the point where it'd be mine plus some.

Idiotic.
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1.) unfortunately yes. its a matter of not caring. I had lots of friend that worked at a steak restaurant, like my whole circle of friends but me and the stories they used to tell me were crazy. Having said that, that doesnt mean this wasnt done on purpose just aht its definitely possible. Has there been any new news I haven't looked yet?
2.) Agreed but again youd be surprised what goes on with this stuff and health dept comes in audits and determines it fixed and schedules more audits and does like a probation status.
3.) can't say I disagree one bit, Id be on the phone to big TV personal injury lawyers in a heart beat . . .around here I'd call edgar snyder! lol
 
Since the police investigation determined that this was not intentional, then I am going to say that this was not intentional.
 
Given all the blatantly obvious kinds of cop bashing happening, this story seems pretty mediocre.
 
Absentglare said:
Did you guys read the OP ?

The detectives who investigated didn't believe it was intentional. But i guess you know how to do their job better than they do based on nothing more than a few lines of a news report, just like you apparently know the physics and materials science behind glass and how it breaks, huh ?
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They didn't find broken glass. They found a couple of plates that had chips.

What they are saying is that there is no evidence it was intentional, that doesn't mean it wasn't intentional, it just means they didn't find the evidence.
 
danarhea said:
Since the police investigation determined that this was not intentional, then I am going to say that this was not intentional.
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They didn't find evidence it was intentional. It is subtle, but there is a difference.
 
Mason66 said:
They didn't find evidence it was intentional. It is subtle, but there is a difference.
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I see. So, because there is no evidence, we can still say that it was intentional? WTF?

At worst, the cop can sue the restaurant for negligence, and if I were on the jury, I would most likely find in his favor.
 
danarhea said:
I see. So, because there is no evidence, we can still say that it was intentional? WTF?

At worst, the cop can sue the restaurant for negligence, and if I were on the jury, I would most likely find in his favor.
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That is not what I said. They said they found no evidence it was intentional, but that doesn't mean it wasn't. We don't know.

It is the difference between being declared innocent and not guilty.
 
Mason66 said:
That is not what I said. They said they found no evidence it was intentional, but that doesn't mean it wasn't. We don't know.

It is the difference between being declared innocent and not guilty.
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But the investigator himself said that he didn't believe it was intentional. I am not going to believe for a second that the investigator is going to defend someone who wants to hurt a cop.
 
Fenton said:
I hate when Im making a sandwich and enough glass falls into to cause oral bleeding and necessitate a trip to the ER. Just hate it.

Plus, crushed glass is so prevalent in commercial kitchens ( its literally all over the place ) that its nearly impossible to keep it out of the customers food, especially when those customers are law enforcement officers.

Anyone who thinks this was a accident is fooling themselves.
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And anyone that thinks cops are accidently killing innocent civilians (the majority being black) are equally as delusional.
 
Bucky said:
And anyone that thinks cops are accidently killing innocent civilians (the majority being black) are equally as delusional.
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Accidentally? Not sure anyone believes most of these shootings are accidental.
 
Mason66 said:
They didn't find broken glass. They found a couple of plates that had chips.

What they are saying is that there is no evidence it was intentional, that doesn't mean it wasn't intentional, it just means they didn't find the evidence.
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True, i concede on both points.
 
danarhea said:
Since the police investigation determined that this was not intentional, then I am going to say that this was not intentional.
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The police lie so often I'm not sure I believe it.
 
reinoe said:
The police lie so often I'm not sure I believe it.
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The police are going to lie against themselves? Whatever you are smoking, pass it to me. LOL.
 
danarhea said:
But the investigator himself said that he didn't believe it was intentional. I am not going to believe for a second that the investigator is going to defend someone who wants to hurt a cop.
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They only thing they've said thus far is "at this point in the investigation there is no reason to believe it was intentional" - it's being reported that the investigation is still ongoing.
 
X Factor said:
Well obviously this could not have been intentional. It's not like anyone's out to just hurt cops or anything.
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Assuming it could not have been intentional is just as absurd as assuming it must be intentional.


X Factor said:
It's not like anyone's out to just hurt cops or anything.
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Doesn't make assuming that it was intentional simply any more reasonable. Especially where....

"The Columbus Division of Police have tweeted that there is nothing indicating the incident was “intentional.” 10TV reports that the Lincoln Café has a “long history” of serving local police officers and that the incident remains under investigation."

Columbus Police: Glass In Sandwich Hospitalizes Officer, Lincoln Café Investigated [Updated]
 
Beaudreaux said:
I read the article, and have to say that story is one of the strangest I've ever heard in my entire life. I'm not saying it isn't true, it's just way the heck out there - glass just got into the sandwich from several plates that had chips out of them and there were glass shards under the drying rack? The glass got from under the drying rack to his sandwich?

Maybe it's true, and I guess it doesn't matter now since the cops investigated and said it wasn't intentional, but... Wow. Strange.
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I worked in restaurants for years and although they were really good ones I can't see how any glass could ever get into the food. The idea is almost impossible. No food is prepared around washing or garbage...
 
Bodhisattva said:
I worked in restaurants for years and although they were really good ones I can't see how any glass could ever get into the food. The idea is almost impossible. No food is prepared around washing or garbage...
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LOL, except it happens often enough for lawyers to address it in their public web sites. Like here: I just found some broken glass in my food. Can I sue the store or the manufacturer for selling a defective food product? | Law Offices of Jonathan M. Cooper

and here: Restaurant Liability Claims, Injury Compensation

Story here about a cook who broke a glass while cooking soup: You Found a What in Your Food?! - Lawyers.com

According to the soup supplier, FoodService Partners, Inc., a cook broke a glass container while preparing a batch of soup. Company policy requires such an incident to be reported and the contaminated food disposed of. The cook didn't do that, but rather cleaned the pot and resumed cooking. The California Department of Public Health is investigating still.
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So, yes, it can and does happen. I obviously can't prove it, but a cook breaking a drinking glass he was using during prep is what I witnessed in the restaurant I worked in for a couple of summers. The kitchen manager threw out all the exposed food, appropriately, so no harm done except wasted food.
 
JasperL said:
LOL, except it happens often enough for lawyers to address it in their public web sites. Like here: I just found some broken glass in my food. Can I sue the store or the manufacturer for selling a defective food product? | Law Offices of Jonathan M. Cooper

and here: Restaurant Liability Claims, Injury Compensation

Story here about a cook who broke a glass while cooking soup: You Found a What in Your Food?! - Lawyers.com



So, yes, it can and does happen. I obviously can't prove it, but a cook breaking a drinking glass he was using during prep is what I witnessed in the restaurant I worked in for a couple of summers. The kitchen manager threw out all the exposed food, appropriately, so no harm done except wasted food.
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We used plastic cups in the kitchen... and like I said, I worked in fine FINE dining.
 
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