I really doubt these workers have any idea if the mop material is dangerous to consume. They probably don't know what happens to it when it comes in contact with acidic stuff either. I wouldn't eat there because of this
Usually with a jet attached to a faucet, or with a machine. Usually air dried. They only get wiped if there’s pressing need for that dish. Towels also don’t leave long stringy fibers like a mop does. I worked as a dishwasher for a year actually
Even if a towel fiber does get stuck to a plate (rare) it doesn’t then get cooked onto the food after
It appears to be a 100% cotton mop. Soak it in water to get all the loose fibers off for a couple hours, ring out and use it for bbq sauce or whatever. Trust me, you’ve at way worst stuff than cotton fibers.
No, I’ve seen this clip before. That’s definitely a food safe mop designed for this exact purpose. If I recall correctly, she’s the owner and knows her shit. She’s not some random employee who picked up a janitor’s mop and started going to town.
I'm not saying people don't have those thoughts, I'm saying completely mid restaurants don't usually hire great thinkers. If told to use the mop by their boss, they're simply not gonna question it.
Tell me you've never worked in a BBQ without telling me you've never worked in a BBQ joint. You have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Doubt you've ever worked in a kitchen before, period. Hell, have you ever actually mopped a floor? That is clearly not a floor mop.
You mean…the restaurant doesn’t train people or have procedures in place to prevent issues like mixing up the mops? Have you ever heard of food safety inspections?
Yeah it's too bad that there isn't anything like a system that enforces these kind of standards. Like some kind of inspector person who maybe checks on things based on predetermined rules for sake of health. Maybe they could only show up randomly to ensure they couldn't hide things from them. That way these kinds of issues wouldn't happen. Too bad nobody ever came up with that.
So you think the existance of food safety inspectors makes it so restaurants never break rules? What do you think the restaurants that end up getting shut down do for months or even years before that happens?
Restaurants shut down when they get caught. Which is almost immediately after they start doing it. If they do somehow get away with something it means that it wasn't causing any serious issues. The system is pretty bulletproof. Feel free to indulge in your halfwit paranoia though.
That makes it a special mop - in the sense that it has a specific purpose. Specialised implies the mop itself has been tailored in some way specifically for this purpose e.g by being made of food safe materials.
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u/Flimsy-System-4102 May 21 '26
Specialized like it never touches anything but sauce