What would you have done if you saw this happen?

[lbgraves]

Yesterday I took the kids to a birthday party for a friend that DS has known for 5 years. After the kids did the gym play they sat down to eat. The dad started cutting the ice cream cake & after the first piece said something about wow what alot of icing. I looked over & saw him lick his hands 4 or 5 times then proceed to cut the next piece & put it on the plate using his hands. I just couldn't eat a thing after that. Everything had been prepared by them...fruit salad, cheese biscuits, cupcakes. I was totally grossed out & had to just try not to think about it since both of the kids were eating. Would this have bothered anyone else?

 

[HaleyB]

ewww, gross. Yes that would bother me a lot too.

 

[Blondy876]

I would have been grossed out too. Yuck! I don't blame you for not eating anything they made. If licking fingers is the norm when serving cake I can't imagine what must have happened when things were being prepared.

 

[disneyaggie]

Eewww!

I would have handed him a napkin (preferably an anti-bacterial wipe) without hesistation and said, "Here. Looks like you need this".

 

[Microcell]

I would have been bothered, but then I try to remember what my Biology 101 teacher said "There are no toilet seat diseases" meaning I remember that and put it in perspective, and if my child gets a cold, it will take care of 1 of the Approx 300 cold viruses that exist. Did you know that when you have a cold, you will not get that particular strain again? That is why the older you get, the less colds you catch! Really he performed a public service!

 

[momrek06]

Yes, absolutely. I think I have hygiene issues anyway. But I know you could not have controlled whatever it was they were serving you that they made ahead of time when you were not there yet.

BUT I def would have said something like..."hey, Jim, aaa, your hands(??),aaa please".. and every so nicely picked up a cake server and handed it to him or suggested "where do you keep your cake server I will grab it for you".....kinda like not to be rude, like a joke BUT also he might have CAUGHT ON....and then properly used a knife/server to continue with the cake cutting and distributing....AND NOT HIS HANDS...

Yes, bottomline, this would have bothered me as well.

 

[Kirk]

My guess is his plan worked!!! He was trying to keep as much for himself as he could!

 

[azgal81]

Um gross.

 

[nwdisgal]

Oh yuck! I think I would have .

 

[outstandinfarmer]

Yep, gross. The only person I don't mind licking their fingers and then touching my food is me. (I'm sure there's times when my kitten has sneaked a few licks when I wasn't looking though)

 

[Snow_White]

I would have been bothered, but then I try to remember what my Biology 101 teacher said "There are no toilet seat diseases" meaning I remember that and put it in perspective, and if my child gets a cold, it will take care of 1 of the Approx 300 cold viruses that exist. Did you know that when you have a cold, you will not get that particular strain again? That is why the older you get, the less colds you catch! Really he performed a public service!

Yes, but aren't the strains constantly mutating?

 

[Shelby5514]

Ummmm...Icing! Me likes icing! (preferably homemade) No, I wouldn't eat any piece that he had cut. Could you wait and cut your own after he was done, or was he cutting and dishing out the whole cake?

 

[RitaZ.]

Everything had been prepared by them...fruit salad, cheese biscuits, cupcakes.

That is precisely the reason why our schools don't allow home baked/prepared items to be sent in.

 

[Freyja]

My guess is his plan worked!!! He was trying to keep as much for himself as he could!

Love this theory.

 

[daisyduck123]

Yes it would have bothered me...but it also would have been a good thing for me... seeing that happen would have helped me stick to the diet I've been on & off with...so skipping all the food would have been perfect!

 

[Evil Genius]

Yep I would have been grossed out. I used to work for a place that would do a monthly birthday cake for the employees and one of the admin ***'t would cut the cake and she would do the same thing. I would never eat the cake, I finally said something to someone in our department and they mentioned it to the admin. She was quite insulted. I guess she felt that she didn't have any germs.

 

[ktpool]

One of the guys my team goes to lunch with during the week always reaches into the noodle bowl at the Chinese restaurant with his fingers and grabs a few. YUCK! I always make sure I use my spoon to get a few out first for my soup. I even offered him a clean spoon last week - he just says "Oh, no, that's allright, I 'll just use my fingers, no problem". Ummmm...wasn't worried about your inconvienance, just my health and sanity!

People touching my food drives me insane!

 

[rt2dz]

Gross. Very, very gross. I don't know what I would have done. Not eaten anything else, that's for sure. But my kids?????

 

[ilovepcot]

I'm constantly surprised at how many people just don't know *how* to be clean.

 

[Andrea]

that is why i dont eat things that are made by other people or people i dont know.

i really hate eating out, we really dont eat out a lot.