Am I just being bitchy?

Question

I was killing time the other day and went to a place to get a bite to eat. I ended up ordering cheese cake. This place is noted for their different cheese cakes. Here is what happened. 

The little gal helping me, who was not a blonde, took my money,  took out the cardboard round that the cake was on and then started to put on a glove. She didn't wash her hands, but ok, there was the glove. Fine. She tried to put it on her left hand with her right hand. Since it wouldn't go over her fingers, she touched it all over with her right hand trying to get it to fit onto her fingers. After one failed attempt, she took it off and did it again, again touching the outside of the glove with her unprotected dirty hand. Then she reached with the gloved hand and picked up the cake and put it into the to-go box. I thought, "oh my God, she didn't just do that!" But I was nice. I didn't say, "Forget it, I changed my mind." It was cheese cake after all! So I didn't say a thing about it and ate it anyway. 

By the end of the evening, I had a very dry throat. All night I was coughing. By morning I was losing my voice. To my mind, she made me sick. I should have refused to eat it. Am I just being bitchy? 

What would you have done?

Jean B · Accepted Answer

Okay, I disagree with all the answers above. I would not have taken the cheesecake. How to do so graciously and not hurt the girl's feelings is the problem. But you know, when you do something wrong (which she did - she never should have touched your food with bare hands and obviously knew it, hence the glove), you have to face the fact and deal with it. So you have to go ahead and hurt her feelings a little bit now so that someone who IS bitchy doesn't blast her for similar behavior in the future. It's a balance between trying to make things right and not rocking the boat.

At the very least, you could simply say: "You know what? I've changed my mind - thanks, but never mind about the cheesecake." At the worst, you could ask to speak to the supervisor. Or you could write a letter to the restaurant about the incident, not naming or describing the person, and suggesting that they need to review good hygiene practices with their employees.

Sure, it's probably a coincidence that you felt sick later in the evening. But I myself am super-concientious about having clean hands when I touch food . . . and it seems like whenever I am in a hurry and don't bother with washing them, I regret it.

Tony Montana · Answer

It's just a coincidence that you are sick. You are not being bitchy but I think you are over-thinking the whole problem. Sit tight on your chair and start thinking that you have a headache, in less than half an hour, you will get it. You did the right thing to eat it. I am sure that you have a better antibiotic system than this.

greenjunker · Answer

I seriously doubt you could possibly get sick that fast after a possibley infected cake

RANDOM ;) · Answer

if you have to ask yourself if your being bitchy then you probably are. i would have done the same thing but i wouldn't blame the cheesecake for the sore throat.

Peter · Answer

im sure it was an accident just forget it.

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