vampgirl Posted January 23, 2006 #1 Share Posted January 23, 2006 GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) - A woman filed a lawsuit claiming that a hot fudge sundae she bought for her 12-year-old son was contaminated with human blood, but the owner of a fast-food franchise says the red substance was really just strawberry syrup. A Superior Court judge was scheduled to hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit filed by Carmen Jara against AJM Enterprises, which operates a McDonald's restaurant in Georgetown. According to court documents, Jara bought food, including four hot fudge sundaes, at the restaurant's drive-thru window on Dec. 30, 2004. Her son, now 13, dug into his sundae and "recognized the taste of blood and, upon careful inspection, noted a red substance on the side of the sundae cup as well as mixed into his ice cream," the lawsuit claims. Jara then went into the store and spoke to a swing manager, who confirmed that it was blood, according to the lawsuit. The manager, Joshua Ferrell, said the employee who prepared the sundae had an injured, bleeding finger, and told Jara that he had advised the employee to keep a bandage on his finger, according to the lawsuit. Jara, who filed a report with Georgetown police, requested that the employee, who no longer works at the restaurant, undergo a blood test to rule out any diseases, but that her request was refused. Michael Meoli, owner of the McDonald's franchise, said the claims are unfounded, and that strawberry syrup probably had clogged the sundae machine. Ferrell, who no longer works at the restaurant, should not have said the substance was blood, Meoli said. "What is he, a botanist? No, he's a 21-year-old assistant manager who saw her screaming in the lobby and said 'whatever you say lady.'" Meoli, who ran unsuccessfully for a state House seat last year, said the allegations are meant to ruin his business. "I hope she gets the same thing the Wendy's lady got," he said, referring to a woman recently sentenced to nine years in prison for planting a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili to extort money from the fast-food chain.source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplos Posted January 23, 2006 #2 Share Posted January 23, 2006 "What is he, a botanist? No, he's a 21-year-old assistant manager who saw her screaming in the lobby and said 'whatever you say lady.'" A botanist? Doesn't sound like that guys too smart either. Anyone who can confuse blood with strawberry syrup has never seen blood before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Macabre Posted January 23, 2006 #3 Share Posted January 23, 2006 ugh ... *snicker* a botanist?...lord, have mercy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebi Posted January 23, 2006 #4 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Seems like an awful lot of restaurant scams going on - there was that woman on another thread who's suing because her son was allegedly given alcohol; and now there's two cited in one story here... Now... Where did I put that mouse the cats brought home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Alexandra Posted January 23, 2006 #5 Share Posted January 23, 2006 "I hope she gets the same thing the Wendy's lady got," he said, referring to a woman recently sentenced to nine years in prison for planting a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili to extort money from the fast-food chain. Where did she get the finger...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativechick1989 Posted January 23, 2006 #6 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What is he, a botanist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_E.T Posted January 23, 2006 #7 Share Posted January 23, 2006 how much does she want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzanrom Posted January 23, 2006 #8 Share Posted January 23, 2006 WTF?! Can't you tread on American soil these days w/ out getting your ass sued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurtingSpirit Posted January 23, 2006 #9 Share Posted January 23, 2006 A Similar thing happened to my mother.. She was eating her hamburger at a resturaunt we used to eat at semi frequently in Crystal Beach texas. Well her hamburger came out, and when she lifted her bun to make sure her patty was cooked the way she likes it, she noticed a "ketsup like" liquid on the hamburger. Well most people might have just bit in thinking it was ketsup, however luckily for my mother, she's a paramedic. Well she says "this looks like blood" and we are all like, yeaaa right, its not blood, it just ketsup yata yata.. Well my mother doesnt take our word that its ketsup, (like we knew anyhow) and decides to walk back and ask the people wtf is on her burger. Well as she gets to the back where people are talking, she looks and see's the cook grab a towel and cover her hand.. Turns out, this lady had sliced her hand/fingers with a butcher knife some way or another, and instead of throwing out our food she had contaminated, she went ahead and served it anyhow... On another note, My mother was the only person that hadnt started eating =0/.. Sick freakin people.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celumnaz Posted January 23, 2006 #10 Share Posted January 23, 2006 WTF?! Can't you tread on American soil these days w/ out getting your ass sued? Was there a time you could? Not in my lifetime at least. Cut myself with one of those Subway knives when I used to work there. Bled a ton, cut wouldn't heal for a looong time. But I didn't get any in the food, the bread I was cutting open I threw away... If I did it at home though... it'd just be extra flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelekiah Posted January 23, 2006 #11 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Where did she get the finger...? A friend lost it and gave it to her. That's great that the boy knows what blood tastes like (s). And either way you see it, the assistant manager is an idiot. That's just asking to get sued, unless he felt vindictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__Kratos__ Posted January 24, 2006 #12 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I'm sure it was blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecInca Posted January 24, 2006 #13 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Well I hope she kept the sundae with the alleged blood otherwise this isn`t going to turn out well for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalomania Posted January 24, 2006 #14 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Oh yeah, what's next? People saying that their chocolate syrup is poop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelekiah Posted January 24, 2006 #15 Share Posted January 24, 2006 If that hasn't happened already, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebi Posted January 24, 2006 #16 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Looks worryingly at chocolate smoothie my husband just made me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalomania Posted January 24, 2006 #17 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Don't get me started on Vanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplos Posted January 24, 2006 #18 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Several years back some woman tried to sue the local deli because the vanilla pudding she bought, and supposedly ate half of, had "green alien globs" in it. When she presented the sample for evidence it turned out that it was tuna salad with celery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebi Posted January 24, 2006 #19 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Yup I can see how tuna salad with celery was mistaken for tasting like vanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebi Posted January 24, 2006 #20 Share Posted January 24, 2006 That's great that the boy knows what blood tastes like (s) I think most kids know what blood tastes like, they often put a cut finger straight in their mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celumnaz Posted January 24, 2006 #21 Share Posted January 24, 2006 or losing the 1st tooth sometimes there's blood. Tasted blood when I bit into an apple and it pulled one of my baby teeth out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelekiah Posted January 25, 2006 #22 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I think most kids know what blood tastes like, they often put a cut finger straight in their mouth. The s in parentheses means sarcasm. Same way the jk means joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40nrockinon Posted January 25, 2006 #23 Share Posted January 25, 2006 First off, YUCK!! Second, I kinda have to wonder...are people looking at their local fast food joint as a place for fast money?!! With the one regarding Wendy's here in CA with the finger...it was a place she & her family frequented!!! WTF?!!! She said that she felt bad for the store employees. Well, DUH!!! Don't do crap like that...cause sure you MAY get some $$$, but the employees will be the one to pay the biggest price of all. I'm just going to wait & see....I'm on the verge of thinking scam. Cause what would someone cut themselves on while making a sundae??? McD's sandaes are only soft serve "ice cream", syrup & a small package of nuts on the side. And if the employee cut themselves before serving it up, I'm sure they would have taken care of it first. But whatever!!! 40nrockinon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katkandoo_kw Posted January 25, 2006 #24 Share Posted January 25, 2006 yum yum, Ice cream and blood sundae thats just wrong, I mean, people dont even want me to TOUCH them when I got a PAPERCUT from my damn mathbook today, let alone prepare food for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebi Posted January 25, 2006 #25 Share Posted January 25, 2006 The s in parentheses means sarcasm. Same way the jk means joking. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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