"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>> I go with my husband to one of his favorite places to eat, a chinese
>>> buffet. They have a sneeze guard, a glass protector over the food,
>>> and every dish has a long handled spoon in it, to prevent people from
>>> getting too close or breathing or coughing on the food. The
>>> particular buffet we go to, puts out only a smallish amount of food at
>>> a time in order to keep things fresh. We understand there is only so
>>> much you can do and only so much you can guarantee or control. I had
>>> a second job years ago working in restaurants. You really don't want
>>> to know what happens behind the scenes. I think taking my chances at
>>> a buffet is no more dangerous than ordering ala carte.

A lot of my working career was in restaurants, so yes...I know what goes on
behind the scenes, and some of it *ain't purty*!!!

Cheri