Where Would You Eat?

This morning on a radio station, one DJ said she was in a restaurant in the Pittsburgh area, when she saw a violation of FDA. She said she and her child were in the bathroom when an employee came in, did her business, checked her look in the mirror and then left (gasp!) without washing her hands.

The DJ then told her daughter, "You can eat her but I'm not going to".

We all see the sign, "All employees must wash their hands". Most of us don't wash our hands, and how many of them really do when no one is looking? Let's face it, more gets done to our food in the fast food and restaurant business than we care to know. We've heard the urban legends and seen some of the hidden camera documentaries.

Anyway, the point of my story was, this DJ would subject her child to the urine or fece laden food touched by this employee, but save herself? I'm not thinking too highly of her parenting skills right now. When a co-DJ asked her about those actions, she said that it was a restaurant that her child enjoyed eating in (hmmm child liking fast food, I'm thinking McDonald's or Burger King) and she didn't want the child to get upset. Let's see...temper versus explosive diarrhea due to contaminated food! One or the other?

Which is a better situation to have...a screaming tantrum throwing child for the ride home, or a greenish yellow stained car seat with the smell of hard boiled egg yokes?