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- michaelpinto, on 07/13/2009, -4/+54If you have a compromised immune system you have to really watch yourself - this is something that folks need to get better educated about.
- richmomz, on 07/13/2009, -2/+38Oh wow I thought this was going to be the garden variety taco nightmare that most people have 15 minutes after visiting Taco Bell (as in "Oh my God what was I thinking?! I need to find a bathroom NOOOOOOW!!!")
But yes, death by taco is clearly much worse. - casspa, on 07/13/2009, -3/+38"Florida's back in the news??? Did we do something good this time?....wait, nm, FMS"
- Xaevier, on 07/13/2009, -4/+31Acceptable risks we must take to enjoy tacos.
- lydiasky, on 07/13/2009, -1/+27True. However restaurants are forced to have health inspections and should be keeping to a code. While it'd be ideal to research a restaurant each time you order there, serving food that might get people sick is also something the restaurants should not be doing.
- venom8599, on 07/14/2009, -1/+23You get them out of business for good, so that nobody else gets sick from eating there.
- DirtyVicar, on 07/14/2009, -0/+22Yeah, like any restaurant will actually admit food poisoning occurred.
"Our insurance company found there was no food poisoning involved."
Interesting, I had no idea that the insurance company has biological testing labs.
BTW be sure to look them up in Google Maps... there's 27 reviews. That's quite a lot, so I'm suspecting shenanigans. - jboitnott, on 07/13/2009, -3/+23I wants to live on nothing BUT tacos... not die because of them.
- FortyCaliber, on 07/14/2009, -1/+16He can't afford Taco Bell anymore, guys.
We need to help this fella out. - pak314, on 07/14/2009, -0/+15I once got food poisoning from an undercooked salmon I prepared. Boy let me tell you food poisoning is no joke. It basically sapped my strength for 4 days. No energy even to eat. Basically a flu x10.
- skyfyre, on 07/14/2009, -0/+13I won't be reading this article. Digg will NOT take tacos away from me.
- mikemehak, on 07/14/2009, -5/+17Eating at a taco stand on the street is much like parachuting, or bungee jumping. Your chances of it turning fatal are slim, but it's still a calculated risk. So I can't really feel bad for anyone who dies doing so.
Further more, suing a Mexican taco stand seems kind of futile. Not in a suing Microsoft type of futile, but I can't imagine they are rolling in dough. What are you going to come out of it with? It won't get your dead relative back and you would be lucky to come out of it with a broken down, salmonella infested, truck. (probably with sleeping quarters) - fiatjustitia, on 07/14/2009, -1/+13This really, really tragic, but if I knew I had a weakened immune system, I'd *never* eat food that wasn't prepared in my own home ever again.
Think about it the next time you eat out, because we all will in the immediate future- most of us have healthy immune systems, and for the most part, whatever nasty things that might be growing on those delectable carne asada french fries most likely won't hurt you. But it if weren't for your health, this can happen to you from something seemingly harmless. - apollomurga, on 07/13/2009, -2/+12this is really sad.
- uncertainty, on 07/14/2009, -1/+10Agreed. There should be minimum health regulations to ensure that a company doesn't provide products that can kill their consumers (to a certain extent). The free market isn't going to deter these guys from poisoning more people.
- sirdarksoul, on 07/14/2009, -0/+953 citations? Why was the restaurant open? It sounds like the Health Department needs to be sued as well. In most states if you get a B on an inspection you have 7 days to address the issues and be reinspected. Below a B and you're closed for 30 days and must receive an A to re-open.
- cyrix, on 07/14/2009, -0/+8Am I the only one who doesn't suffer from this? I'm honestly curious. The chili cheese burritos get to me sometimes, but that's it.
- tgc1, on 07/14/2009, -2/+9Dude, I used to literally eat at Taco Bell about every other day. Sometimes everyday. I never had those problems. I miss it dearly. But I just can't afford it anymore.
Double Decker w/Hot Sauce FTMFW! - Sarcose, on 07/14/2009, -1/+8Correct. A lawsuit doesn't just seek financial reparations but can result in long-term or permanent revocation of all kinds of licenses for those in a profession requiring one of some kind. In terms of vengeance, it ***** the dudes over. In terms of "doing the right thing" and all that, it prevents them from causing more harm.
- viggooo, on 07/14/2009, -0/+7What amazes me is that health inspectors had been there, finding all sorts of violations, and NOT shut the place down.
- LennyPear, on 07/14/2009, -0/+7Gloves really aren't all that they are made out to be. They end up causing employees to wash their hands *less* often, or at best they wash them with the gloves on. If you ask most health inspectors, they will tell you that they are not big fans. Restaurants push glove use to avoid lawsuits because people don't think it through. When your hands are covered in chicken blood or dirty dishwater, your natural inclination is to wash it off, but with gloves, they don't feel gross--so we get two things. Food prepared with dirty gloves and a false sense of security.
- barc0001, on 07/14/2009, -2/+6You'll note if you read the article that there is a statement from the place's "insurance company". That would be the target. Put the restaurant out of business and make their insurer cough up big, ensuring (no pun intended) that the owners of the dead restaurant won't be getting insurance to start another one anytime soon.
- theartfuldodgr, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4No you're not the only one, I think it's just people who can't handle spicy food. I have never experienced this and I eat Taco Bell about once a week because it's the closest place to my office. I know it's not the best for me, but I much rather eat it than McDonalds, atleast it doesn't taste like fried cardboard. And no, I'm not fat, I'm 5'11" 145lbs.
- sjbdallas, on 07/14/2009, -1/+5Guess I won't complain next time I get the runs.
- digiguy, on 07/14/2009, -1/+5These restaurants do not require workers to use gloves. Seriously, go to a carl's jr. and watch the worker make your burger. I doubt you will eat there again, let alone a taco stand
- Fleagleman, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4Well, depends on who you talk to here. I'm sure if you asked the woman who died as a result of the tainted taco, she would tell you that the 'worst taco nightmare ever' commenced BEFORE the lawsuit.
- tehstyles, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4oh Florida, without the rest of America you would be a 3rd world country
- JonathanDough, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4Wow. you're really a d--k. "...it's still a calculated risk. So I can't really feel bad for anyone who dies doing so." so screw her and her 2 kids, she deserved to die for eating tacos? We've all at one point stopped off at a local greasy spoon for a quick bite to eat, your life should hang in the balance because of it.
And I'm guessing money isn't her family's only motivation for suing. Like venom8599 said above, you do it to "get them out of business for good, so that nobody else gets sick from eating there" - TheAbsintheHare, on 07/14/2009, -1/+5Do you weigh 300 pounds?
It sounds like you weigh 300 pounds. - HurricaneDC, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4Yep, some Chinese place got me food poisoning for about three days. It sucked. I was starving but I couldn't eat anything other than white rice because anything else made my stomach unstable. And drinking water too quickly after vomiting made me vomit again.
- GoodOldNeon, on 07/14/2009, -0/+4"it's still a calculated risk."
so is crossing the street.
so is taking a ***** in a public toilet when the person in the next stall drops a gun.
so is buying snake oil.
so is driving to the hospital.
just because you know that someone could screw you over (and in doing so violate the law), that doesn't make the blameless. you're essentially blaming the victim. - Gee1004, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3For one, her spleen was removed. Second, why didn't she go to the emergency at 2am when she was "violently" ill?
- GoodOldNeon, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3note to compromised immune system: do not eat out. ever.
I'll just add that one to the list...
do not swim in the ocean.
do not swim downstream any factory.
do not breathe... - s0nicfreak, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3I don't eat anywhere that doesn't use fresh gloves to make my food, and take them off before taking my money.
- ftc08, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3Space Launches?
or... that's not even working out for ya anymore. - Wilddigi, on 07/14/2009, -1/+4The only kind of sick I get from these places is Acid Reflux.
- minnecrapolis, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3Extremist vegetarians...wow.
- Kyan, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3GEE - MAYBE SHE DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE????
I did RTFA, but forgot whether that was mentioned... - Lunarbunny, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3I would think that if she had a compromised immune system she would research the health inspection grade for anywhere she ate.
Not that where she ate isn't responsible for what happened, if they can't maintain a clean restaurant then they're just plain lazy.
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/sneaky ... - Bravedude, on 07/14/2009, -5/+8Was the taco good though?
- lordmike, on 07/14/2009, -1/+3Sure, blame the victim... she was just asking for it... look at the way she was dressed... WTF? Seriously... the vwoman died through no fault of her own... leave her alone...
- Wingin, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2I had to read that bit twice. The 32 year old woman had children herself. Also she had a mother who checked on her the next day - but doesn't seem to have been living with her.
- lordmike, on 07/14/2009, -1/+3"You're a moron."
So, I guess you are a doctor, now, too? A doctor should know better than diagnosing a patient without seeing them first... - celotil, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2Here in Ipswich there used to be a legendary hamburger place run by a chinese guy named Jimmy Wa. The place looked bad at first glance, but if you took a closer look and ignored the horrible coloured paint, the bad lighting, and the fact that I never once saw Jimmy or anyone else wear gloves, you saw that Jimmy always washed his hands between orders, wiped the counters with a fresh paper towel and some lemony-smelling stuff, and never went straight from register to food without a quick stop at the sink again.
And the burgers were awesome*, even if everyone who went there, and even Jimmy himself, joked about the lack of cats in the area.
Place went to hell when Jimmy's son took over after Jimmy retired, and now it's gone.
*If you're in Wacol and you feel like a nice burger these days, go to the little joint run by an asian family (can't remember the name, just the location) right nearby the Wacol train station - not the one directly across the road from the station, but the one diagonally across. Leave Wacol station heading towards the motorway, cross the road that runs parallel to the station, then turn left and cross the street again. The big burger is big enough to fill a dinner plate, and tastes great. - minnecrapolis, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2Wait...you call Taco Bell spicy? Spicy? ***** spicy?
- Wingin, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2The article didn't mention health insurance either way but it's really sad to know that it could well have been part of the reason she died and left two young kids with no mother.
I wondered if she was too ill to think straight, or notice her purple legs, but yeah, maybe she was in the habit of thinking she would survive and that she would just have to put up with feeling ill. - zip000, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2If it's news from Florida, it is invariably bad. It's bad news it's entirely too often from Florida...though Texas isn't anything to sneeze at.
- spookyttws, on 07/14/2009, -3/+5I've had some amazing street and hole-in-the-wall-taqueria tacos. I'm talking orgasmic tacos. I wouldn't die for a taco, but I know of at least one Taqueria who I'd ask to serve me my last meal.
That said, if I knew I had a compromised immune system, I wouldn't even walk by said places. The restaurant is at least somewhat to blame for sanitary reasons, but the Girl and especially her Mother were being quite negligent. - Rikushix, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2It seems pretty clear that she suffered genuine food poisoning, but that's what I was wondering; wouldn't YOU go to the hospital if your legs were purple?
- Wingin, on 07/14/2009, -0/+2Where I live, people wear gloves to make sandwiches, then handle money with those gloves on and then go straight back to touching sandwiches ... I get the idea they are keeping their hands clean for later.
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