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I've been puking for three days after eating from a food cart. Anyone have any advice for how to get the word out so others don't get sick. Now I understand why people want these things to have letter grades.
My bedroom window overlooked a hamburger / "chimuchurri" truck.
One day, the cook in the truck asked a bum to buy lettuce for him. I saw the cook show the bum the lettuce head and then proceeded to throw the remnants in the garbage bin inside the truck. The bum, however, took the cook's money and never returned.
As the cook waited and waited, I saw how a line formed to buy hamburgers. Can you believe that the cook - upon failing to see that the bum would return, took the lettuce head out of the garbage and started to serve it to customers? It. was. gross.
I do eat at food carts occasionally, but I'm always half worried.
Still, I've had food poisoning three or four times, and it has always been from regular restaurants.
Need to know what you ate.
A lot of the time people get food poisoning it is from certain items.
This is why I am a picky eater when eating out. I don't care what looks I get or criticism - My stomach not theirs.
I will only eat simple things that are hard to mess up, like a Burger and fries. Fried chicken wings, anything cooked to death.
Too many people get sick from eggs Benedict, salad, scallops and other undercooked items. I am not saying it's impossible to get sick from a well done Burger, but it is rare and unlikely. And if you do get something, the severity will likely be mild.
Did it really not occur to you to call 311 and ask for the right division of the health department?
I have to say, though, that I've been eating from carts for years, with no problem.
And, more than that, I wanted to mention that there are kinds of food poisoning that take days to manifest themselves, so you might well be sick from something eaten previously.
I remember the last time i ate a hot dog. 2005 - i was in college and working at a retail store on 5th / 52nd st. I had the night shift 2pm to 11pm. We got out at 12pm and i had to walk to 57th/8th ave. I was so hungry. i saw a hot dog vendor on 53rd / 5th ave and I bought 1 hot dog and a can of sprite. I took a bite and it was disgusting. I took another small bite and threw it away and drank the sprite. I got on the train and by 125 th st, my stomach started going wild. I had to clench my butt, flex my calves, etc to take away from the stomach pain. As i got closer to my station, 175st, my stomach was just getting more out of control. I started pacing inside the train car. Once i arrived at my station, i just ran home. I got to my apt and thankfully no one was using the bathroom. I locked the door and started to unbuckle my belt. My belt decided it was a good time to get stuck and i defecated on myself since i couldn't hold out any longer. I just got in the shower and ran to my room naked leaving my doo doo pants, boxers, etc on the bathroom floor. I got dressed and put my pants, boxes, socks in a trash bag and threw away the evidence away.
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