Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: sward666
Will somebody please tell Amused and Fausto to STFU before they ruin it for the rest of us? Geez. Successful buffet dining demands that one not think about that kind of thing.
seriously.... what do you guys travel around wearing masks and rubber gloves?
Go take a food safety course. Buffets are just large petrie dishes that fester with the bacteria of every single slob that has shoved his hands into it, coughed into it, and slipped gawd knows what else into it. It's not that you're simply coming into contact with germs. That's not a big deal. It's that the germs are being cultured at an accelerated rate in a prime environment, and you're not only coming in contact with them, you're ingesting them. Not only that, but with specifically prepared food, you only have to worry about the cook and waiter. With buffets, you need to look around the room and realize that every fat, nasty slob with smokers cough that's been picking his nose and/or ass has had his hands in your food. And the kids... good gawd, just sit near a buffet one day and watch what kids do.
The last time I ever ate at a buffet (excluding the Paris in LV) I watched a mother change her baby's diaper, NOT wash her hands, and a few minutes later she went to the buffet to get more food.
I sh!t you not.
Unfortunately, she didn't.