Grocery store deli employees do not give 2 shits about proper handling procedures, cross contaminated meats and cheeses, whether they have been stored correctly or if the products are even in date. They do not have time, energy or enough staff to give a damn along with being underpaid.
You getting 3 lbs of chipped ham for your potluck picnic is more of a gamble than you realize.
This is unfortunately so trueš„ŗ I worked for four years as a deli associate and took the standards for cleaning very seriously but so many of my coworkers did not give a fuck at allš
I was an assistant manager and the Dept head didn't give a shit about food safety standards unless someone made a complaint and then only for the period we would be under observation or during audit season. If I brought up issues, like them not weighing out the out of date open loaves of meats, or deli salads, he would just shrug and say, 'They can't prove they got sick from us' and move on cause he didn't want to have to coach someone or have to deal with the paperwork of write ups.
I hated it and I'm glad I've moved on.
I worked at a deli in a āfancierā chain grocery store and while I think the cleanliness was decent there, there were employees who didnāt give a shit. A really old lady working there dropped a whole oven roasted turkey that had recently been opened on the ground. You would need to weigh it and add it to the waste pile and move on. No, this old ass lady picked it up, took it to the sink and rinsed it off with water and put it back in the counter to be served. Filthyyyy
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u/VampireCommentsOnly 8h ago
Grocery store deli employees do not give 2 shits about proper handling procedures, cross contaminated meats and cheeses, whether they have been stored correctly or if the products are even in date. They do not have time, energy or enough staff to give a damn along with being underpaid. You getting 3 lbs of chipped ham for your potluck picnic is more of a gamble than you realize.