Fried Rice, Chow Mein...and Glass?

[fitbabits]

So I stopped off at Panda Kitchen on the way home from a tough day at work. Not a lot in the way of vegetarian options, so I decided on an order of fried rice, an order of chow mein (after asking the kitchen staff about how they cook said dishes) and headed home. Heated up the above with some fake chicken strips and settled down to watch the Colorado Rapids play against Toronto...

Three bites in and OUCH! What the hell? Spit out my mouthful of food and find a piece of glass about the size of my pinky finger nail in amongst the food. My gum is sliced and bleeding, my dinner is ruined, but at least Colorado score a goal.

Now the question is, was the glass part of my Panda Kitchen takeout or my pre-packaged fake chicken? I've searched the packaging of both - no more glass present.

Next step will be to take pictures of the plate with the glass, my mouth, and also the fake chicken packaging.

We shall see.

[Voodoo]

You are an extremely lucky individual. While it is unfortunate that it did slice your gum you are very lucky (can't say that enough) that you didn't swallow that glass. I'm quite glad you are okay.

[fitbabits]

You are an extremely lucky individual. While it is unfortunate that it did slice your gum you are very lucky (can't say that enough) that you didn't swallow that glass. I'm quite glad you are okay.
Agreed. Actually, I bit twice before I realized something was up (the taste of blood mixed with fried rice will do that). I thought at first it was a hard piece of egg.

Had I swallowed, I would most likely have driven directly to the ER, not posted here.

[pomeroy]

If I did something like that, the biggest thing would be convincing myself that everything I bit down on wasn't glass in the future.

[wyeast]

wtf? :eek:

[OldeWolf]

I would check with the restaurant first, asking the manager very pointedly if they broke something back there while cooking. Why? Because it's easier to ask them rather than send in an inquiry to the fake chicken company.

Second, make sure that the glass itself isn't dirty or whatever enough to cause you to get certain blood borne infections.

Third, monitor your piss to make sure it's not red with blood while you pee to make sure you didn't involuntarily swallowed glass as well as your bowel movement.

Fourth, Photographing it (as you stated it) as well as "documenting" clearly what happened and where the possible sources came from so you can track it down and present a very clear source of where it came from by eliminating one or the other.

Fifth, hire OX to sue the hell out of the responsible company.

Hope that helps.
Be safe. ;)

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

Consider yourself one lucky duck!

[Widgetcraft]

I've bitten into food with glass in it as well, it is not a pleasant experience. Made me paranoid as hell.

[Chris_D]

I swallowed a piece of pretty hard plastic as a kid, which gave me eating phobias for months. Glad you are OK.

[Scull]

I've never eaten glass, but I did once bite into a GOLF TEE in my pizza. That was the last time I ate at Domino's.

[TheEpicOfTyler]

I'd call the restaurant ASAP. There could be more glass going into other's people's orders if it was in their food.

EDIT: And I seem I am very late to this thread.

[pomeroy]

I've never eaten glass, but I did once bite into a GOLF TEE in my pizza. That was the last time I ate at Domino's.

That's hilarious.

The only funny fast food story I know is one time my roommate and I got some Taco Bell drive thru. We got home, and he unwrapped his taco to reveal a bite mark out of it. His face was priceless.

[violent]

I eat glass for breakfast.

[BigJonno]

A friend of mine was in fast food management and he had some great stories. My favourite was from his time at Burger King. A woman came in complaining that there had been a piece of plastic in her burger. They sent it off to be analysed. The results came back stating that yes, it was plastic from BK packaging, but it had been fried in lard.

They don't use lard, they use vegetable oil.

This means that the woman had taken a piece of BK plastic home, fried it and then taken it back in to complain about it.

:D

[OUX]

I eat glass for breakfast.

Vegetarians can be such pussies about what they eat.

[violent]

Vegetarians can be such pussies about what they eat.

Buncha ladies.

[OUX]

Buncha ladies.

Even those have to be over 18 and washed.

[Bad Buddha]

buncha ladies.
Man up, Nancy boy!

[violent]

Man up, Nancy boy!

You bring a tear to my eye, sir.

[bstiff]

I avoid panda express like the plague. A couple of years ago, they screwed up my order and gave me shrimp eggrolls. I wolfed them down because I was starving at the time and didn't realize they were shrimp. Im allergic to shrimp and had a generalized reaction. I should have gone to the emergency room but Im to dumb to recognize things and took some benadryl and went to bed. Fortunately I woke up.

[TheKeck]

I eat glass for breakfast.
That is simply preposterous.

Everyone knows that glass is a dinner item, if not a late evening hors d'oeuvres. At any rate, a true gentleman would not be caught dead eating it before four o'clock, post meridian.

[BigJonno]

That is simply preposterous.

Everyone knows that glass is a dinner item, if not a late evening hors d'oeuvres. At any rate, a true gentleman would not be caught dead eating it before four o'clock, post meridian.

As much as I respect you for your sartorial elegance, I have to remark upon your quaint and somewhat provincial attitudes to silicate consumption. While that kind of puritanical restraint may still be common in the Colonies, a fashionable, forward thinking gentleman will find it quite acceptable to take his glass as soon as he rises, preferably while relaxing in his favourite robe and perusing a slim volume of Byronic verse.

[Thanasimos]

I eat glass and shit diamonds, motherfuckers.

[BigJonno]

I eat glass and shit diamonds, motherfuckers.

Is that some kind of fantastical alchemy where you can somehow change silicon and oxygen into carbon?

[TheKeck]

As much as I respect you for your sartorial elegance, I have to remark upon your quaint and somewhat provincial attitudes to silicate consumption. While that kind of puritanical restraint may still be common in the Colonies, a fashionable, forward thinking gentleman will find it quite acceptable to take his glass as soon as he rises, preferably while relaxing in his favourite robe and perusing a slim volume of Byronic verse.
I will admit that I can, at times, be a bit stuck in my ways. Perhaps I might venture an attempt at breaking my fast in the manner you describe.

[Ghostbear]

Bigjonno and Thekeck. I salute you both.

[Spectre-7]

I eat glass and shit diamonds, motherfuckers.

You can transmute silicon and oxygen into pure carbon?! By Zeus, you will divulge your alchemical secrets to me, or I'll be forced to adopt extreme measures. You have been fairly warned.