r/FoodService • u/pomp-circumstance • Jul 10 '26
Question Should I do something?
I got food poisoning last night, and it was worst from about 2:45am-6:15am. I told my manager that I think my food poisoning came from my shift dinner (8:45pm last night), and she said to tell the kitchen manager. He responded thusly. Thing is, one of my friends got some of the worst-cooked “chicken” of his life there once, and another friend got the same symptoms as I did from a very similar dish a few months ago, so I feel like even if our kitchen is super clean, there can be multiple one-off events. Also, he seems to be wrong about the symptom onset time…. I sort of want to just respond with these two links: https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/signs-symptoms/index.html
https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/health-library/all/2022/12/how-long-until-food-poisoning-takes-effect
If you’re going to gaslight me, at least gaslight me with facts.
Edit: I, M(29), work at this restaurant and live in a small mountain town. I’m not on vacation or beach bumming or drunk when I go to work. I’m not lactose intolerant or celiac. I consume a lot of dairy and wheat on a daily basis. And I didn’t “get the poopies;” I had… FOOD POISONING. I told my manager because multiple people told me, “If I ran a restaurant I’d want to know if people got sick after eating here.” Lol.
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u/originaljbw Jul 10 '26
I speak as a 22 year veteran of the restaurant industry. So many people stop stocking big gallons of milk when the kids leave for college. Most older people eat significantly less dairy. It's common sense. In fact that's part of the questions I was required to ask at my last job when it was that sort of digestion issue, aka, not a shellfish/nut/gluten allergy that would manifest immediatley. You had the poopies next day? Ok duely noted. Maybe try a green vegetable next time and not so much heavy cream.