Bugging out

Karma has bitten me in the ass and damn, does my tush hurt.

Last night, reader Jamie asked me for some fun tips for curing boredom. So, thinking I was all cute, I offered this gem:

4. Call the company that makes the turkey/cake mix/whatever the last food item you bought that was not up to snuff. Complain. Receive coupon for free item in the mail. (I plead the fifth)

Well, guess what happened to me today? Just guess! I was eating some dried mixed fruit out of a big, just-opened bag. Ate an apricot, munched on an apple slice, scored a plum (okay, a prune) and then, I reached for my favorite - the pear. Such soft, melt-in-your-mouth chewy deliciousness. Until...

I noticed, as I was happily swallowing my first bite, that a tiny baby spider had curled up and gone to spider heaven right there in the bottom half of the pear that I was eating.

Now, I've waitressed for many years and know full well that lots of things worse than baby bugs can come into contact with one's food. But as soon as I saw Mr. Itsy Bitsy hibernating in my snack, the very first thing I thought was, "Where is the frigging customer service number? I am SO getting free dried fruit for life!"

Then I thought back to this blog and literally started laughing at myself. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.

But I'm still calling at 8am EST tomorrow.

Comments

OMG, that's just gross! I always plan on calling and complaining about things like that, but never do. Next time, I think I will. That's what the numbers are there for, right? Good thing you noticed it. Must be an organic munch bag, huh? LOL!

EWWWWWW!! Alas, I have had the same thing happen . . . but it gets worse. I ordered a vanilla shake from Burger King and I was all excited, and so I opened the lid (as I always do) to suck down a creamy sip of vanilla heaven . . . and I found an eyelash.

Needless to say, I have an aversion to ALL vanilla shakes now :(

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."

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That's crap. That's what the 1-800 numbers and FDA are for. To ensure quality and standards. Go get your dried fruit, Les!
Condolences to the spider family, peace to the little glutton, way to go, spidey!

Isn't it funny when you are dying to lodge a complaint, it's pass closing time and if have to wait a whole day. But those companies are very good about those sort of complaints. I once got about 5 coupons for a product I had to complain about because one frozen dinner)package was missing a meatloaf! Maybe it fell out or somebody got hunry, I say. Yeah, they send you free stuff and extras, too. I hope this doesn't ruin your love for the dried fruits, Leslie.

I have a food horror story which happend quite recently ( a couple weeks ago ) I was eating a strawberry dream waffle (which was delicious) and then I noticed a hair. But...when I pulled it out, it was a huge GLOB of human hair! Needless to say, I wasn't expected to pay for that meal. It really disturbed me.

We ordered chinese food found a wad of gum at the bottom of the container, which we discovered after we ate our food--we called to complain, their comment-oh so that's where it went. Not only did we get a refund but the promise of a free meal when we returned--which we have yet to claim.

Thank you, everyone, for your support and for sharing your stories of gastronomic woe. I did, indeed, return the bag of fruit, with the half-eaten, spider-fully-intact pear wrapped in saran wrap to te customer service counter of the warehouse-grocery store (let's call it "Sauce-Toe") and they refunded the money and filled out an "incident report." My husband and I were like, "and....?" Where's our free lifetime membership? Bottle of Dom? Flatscreen TV to makeup for pain and suffering. Apparently we need to speak with someone higher up so tomorrow, Dan will be making a call and, I hope, making someone in corporate cry until we get what we so rightfully deserve.

My friend and I got a to-go lunch at a deli here in Memphis a few weeks ago that prides itself on being fresh, healthy, and yadda yadda. So I get a sandwich w/ a fruit cup. Sandwich was awesome and I start on the fruit cup. First thing I notice is that the strawberries are kinda soft...no biggee...over-ripe fruit doesn't bother me. Then I notice that the piece of cantaloupe I just tooke a bite of is a bit ummm...fuzzy...yeah...I dump the bowl out and EVERY LAST BIT OF FRUIT at the bottom of the bowl is MOLDED. I'm talkin' full on green/white fuzzy mold with a smidge of black here and there. We called to complain to the manager and what do they offer us? Yeah...another fruit bowl.
Never going there again.

oh, jobeth...that is just
dis. gust. ing.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I guess it makes a good story, tho, right?

Donna, yours is really nasty, too. Yucko.

Les, the same sort of thing happened to me the other morning! I was at home, enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning, and when I had taken the last sip I noticed a dead daddy long legs pasted down in the bottom of the mug. Ew!

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