Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I was doing a search for someone and ran across this rant by a former
> > employee (no, it wasn't me!). Talk about waiter rants...
> >
> > "I am a former employee of Mortimer's, and I would like to take this
> > chance to warn anyone who might think of dining there about the godawful
> > unsanitary conditions there. Some examples:
>
> > That's enough to put me off a place. But I probably wouldn't have read it
> > if I hadn't been looking something else up.
> >
> > Jill
>
> What we don't know is if any of this is true. Disgruntled employees tend to
> "get even" with management, often in childish ways. In industry, they call
> OSHA and complain about safety violations. OSHA must respond and they
> usually know when the complainer is serious and when they are being
> spiteful. The restaurant review host should do some checking too.
>
> The reviewer may have been fired over his drug use. Or he got caught
> banging the owner's wife. Or he was drinking up the profits at the bar. We
> just don't know.

If someone really wants to know the inside scoop about a particular
restaurant's conditions and kitchen sanitation (or lack thereof), check
out the health inspection reports. However in the USA, it depends on
the state, county, & city/township laws and regulations. In most cases,
restaurant inspection reports (and other establishments like grocery
stores) are a matter of public record, but sometimes it takes effort of
the part of the 'curious' in that a 'freedom of information' form may
need to be completed in order to get the report from the local health
department. In some communities, the health inspection reports are
posted in an obvious location for the patrons to see at will.

Sky

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