Cooking with a Corpse? Probably Not a Good Idea in a Restaurant
As seen in an article on Reuters, Jaswinder Singh was recently cooking up kebabs at his London establishment with a corpse nearby propped on a sofa. It turns out it was an employee who passed away from, according to a police, unsuspicious circumstances. It also turns out that the death happened in the middle of a rush, so Mr. Singh didn’t have time to quit serving kebabs. Which, to me, seems a bit odd. But hey, while I’m not a restaurant owner, I have worked a lot in the service industry, and understand the “customer first” aesthetic. Maybe he was just taking it to an extreme level? Though this doesn’t account for the chicken in corner that police found defrosting in a pool of blood and flies, or the other employee they found smoking and spitting on the floor “repeatedly.” So, maybe it wasn’t customer focus at all, but a new “have dinner with the dead” marketing scheme. Either way, he has now been “banned from managing food businesses and fined 3,800 pounds.”
--A.J. Rathbun
MH on October 17, 2008 at 05:08 PM
Your title sort of implies that it might not be a bad idea if it wasn't a restaurant.
AnAverageAmerican on October 17, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Nonetheless, that looks like a photo of shawarma, not kebabs. What's up with that?
My local take-out middle eastern food place always looks a bit less clean than I'd like, but the shawarma, kibble and falafel are excellent ... and I've never gotten sick after eating there. So the appearance of cleanliness is probably a cultural thing, but making certain the food is actually cooked is more important.