[xi_hyperon]

Diner finds finger in chili

My favorite quote:

"Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited."

You don't say?

[E's Lil Theorem]

This individual apparently did take a spoonful, did have a finger in their mouth and then, you know, spit it out and recognized it...

Wow! Most times this has happened the person has recognized the big chunk before they put it in their mouth. This person in San Jose only recognized it after

[Eug Wanker]

I heard this on the radio. Apparently, nobody has reported missing a finger, but it indeed is (the tip of a) real human finger.

The bad news is the finger was in the pot all day, and several people had ordered chili that day.

The good news is the finger was fully cooked.

(And yes I'm serious.)

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
The good news is the finger was fully cooked.

[Turias]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
The good news is the finger was fully cooked.

(And yes I'm serious.)

Would cooking remove any possibility of getting an STD or other disease? I sure hope so.

That's really disgusting. *barf smilie*

[SeSawaya]

"I'll have the chicken fingers please"

[meelk]

I wish I had gotten it. Thats like winning the fricking lotto. Imagine the lawsuit money (yes, im petty, but oh well).

[entrox]

[wdlove]

If there isn't enough to do a finger print. Then maybe a DNA test will locate the owner.

It would depend on the size as to whether it would be noticed. The persons reaction sounds entirely appropriate to me.

[ASIMO]

Originally posted by wdlove:
If there isn't enough to do a finger print. Then maybe a DNA test will locate the owner.
...

They did just that, and traced it back to a variety of legumes found in the southern part of Mexico.

Pray for the missing bean.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by meelk:
I wish I had gotten it. Thats like winning the fricking lotto. Imagine the lawsuit money (yes, im petty, but oh well).

Well, it's too early to point the finger at anyone just yet.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally posted by wdlove:
If there isn't enough to do a finger print. Then maybe a DNA test will locate the owner.

Yeah maybe, but cooking sure makes DNA analysis hard.

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Well, it's too early to point the finger at anyone just yet.

Boo! Hiss!

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
Boo! Hiss!

[nredman]

i never did like wendy's chili - i always get a baked potato instead of fries at wendy's even though they aren't that good. now finger baked potato....mmmm yummy

[Deimos]

Guess they aren't too fussy about what they put into their meals.

[CollinG3G4]

Anyone ordering chili at a fast food establishment deserves to find a finger or two!

[DeathMan]

I sort of like Wendy's chili. Sometimes, though I wish it were a little bit spicier.

This is kind of like finding a hair in your food. You can either let it ruin your meal, and possibly that resturant forever, or you can just move past it. Obviously a finger is a bigger deal, because you have bioharzard issues, but I wonder if anyone in that store will eat at Wendy's again? And if so, will they ever order Chili again?

[dlefebvre]

Originally posted by DeathMan:
I sort of like Wendy's chili. Sometimes, though I wish it were a little bit spicier.

It all depends on where the finger was before it got in the chili.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by Deimos:
Guess they aren't too fussy about what they put into their meals.

Finger foods seem to be the best sellers at fast food places. Perhaps this was just a market test that simply went too far.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by wdlove:
... The persons reaction sounds entirely appropriate to me.

Same here. It's probably what I would have done actually.

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Finger foods seem to be the best sellers at fast food places. Perhaps this was just a market test that simply went too far.

Hah

[dreilly1]

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Finger foods seem to be the best sellers at fast food places. Perhaps this was just a market test that simply went too far.

While looking around for which store it happened at (Monterey Road, apparently near the airport, if you're keeping score), I stumbled across this:
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i7732


I was in the area that night, too. Lucky for me I was there on business, and a little bitter about having to go out on short notice, so my mission was to soak my employer for as much as I reasonably (and ethically) could, so Wendy's was not an option.

[Eug Wanker]

Pix!

EDIT

Link corrected.

[anthonyvthc]

That was probably the highest quality meat that Wendy's has ever served.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
Pix!

Ok, what's your username and password for your email account?

[E's Lil Theorem]

As expected:

Californians Avoid Wendy's After Chili Incident

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sales have dropped sharply at Wendy's fast food restaurants in the area of northern California where a woman claimed she found part of a finger in a bowl of chili, a company spokesman said Friday.

Franchise owners have informed the company's corporate headquarters in the Columbus suburb of Dublin that business is down, said Denny Lynch, spokesman for Wendy's International Inc. He said he could not release specific sales figures because Wendy's does not own those restaurants.

"It is an isolated incident. However, it is dramatically affecting sales in that market," Lynch said.

Authorities in San Jose, Calif., planned to search a fingerprint database on Friday to try to determine who lost the partial finger that a woman said was in the chili she was eating Tuesday night.

Capt. Bob Dixon of the Santa Clara County coroner's office said he did not know when their fingerprint expert might have a match. "Nobody's claimed it yet," he said.

Peter Oakes, a restaurant analyst with Piper Jaffray & Co. in New York, said he doesn't expect Wendy's business to suffer long term. The hamburger chain serves about 6 million meals a day across the country and has a "national reputation for both quality and cleanliness," he said.

"To me the yard stick here is whether the single incident prompts the consumer to lose confidence in the brand. It's understandable to see some kind of knee-jerk reaction," Oakes said.

...

Full linkage

[wolfen]

I guess it's true about San Francisco: Those people are kinky.

[MilkmanDan]

hmm..... 10 ways to make easy finger foods?

Jeffery Domer Inc.

[d0ubled0wn]

Meat is meat... as long as it's cooked, what's the big deal?

[malvolio]

People: The Other White Meat®

[anthonyvthc]

I bet KFC is kinda pissed it didn't happen at their store...it's like a marketing wet-dream!

[iCol]

"Our ingredients are the freshest hand picked..."

[E's Lil Theorem]

Tsk, tsk, looks like she may have planned it all along:

Warrant Suggests Finger Found In Chili Could Belong To Dead Aunt

Apr. 7 (ABC7) � A bizarre twist to the story of a finger found in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's. It happened a couple of weeks ago in San Jose. Now we hear that investigators got a search warrant for the Las Vegas home of the woman who found the finger. ABC7's Leslie Brinkley reports that this new twist may have something to do with the woman's dead aunt.

San Jose police confirmed today that they did go to Las Vegas and working with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, served a search warrant yesterday on a home on Coral Berry Street. They say that within the warrant, the possibility is mentioned at least, that the finger that was found in the bowl of chili in the Bay Area could belong to the deceased aunt of the woman who found the finger.

It was two weeks ago, on March 27th, that Ana Ayala found that one-and-half inch long portion of a human finger cooked into her portion of a bowl of Wendy's chili. It was determined to be a woman's finger with a manicured nail.

Forensic experts could find no match among 50 million fingerprints in the FBI database. DNA tests were conducted by the medical examiner's office. Wendy's workers were also investigated.

Now police are confirming this has turned into a criminal investigation.

Sgt. Nick Muyo, San Jose Police Dept.: "Las Vegas did assist us yesterday, I believe, in serving a search warrant down there. My understanding is that has been served and they have since cleared the scene. Our investigators have returned home, but we're not prepared to say anything at this point about what might or might not have been found."

We spoke with the Wendy's spokesperson from their headquarters in Ohio and they say it's a police matter and have heard nothing new. They would not comment further until there is more information.

Linkage

[frankiec]

I don't eat fast food anymore. I don't want to get severed heads, malaria, STDs, penis tops, or anything else from the third-worlders who make it.

Yuck!

[theolein]

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Finger foods seem to be the best sellers at fast food places. Perhaps this was just a market test that simply went too far.

There was something wrong with that test, however, but I just can't put my finger on what it was.

[Dex13]

Are you guys dumb?
It happened in San Jose, CA
Not San Francisco.

[OldManMac]

The plot thickens. It seems that this woman has a litigous history.

[Zimphire]

Yup, I have my doubts it actually happened either.

If so, Wendy's needs to sue the crap out of her.

[Eriamjh]

Woman drops lawsuit.
I think they were getting too close to the real answer...

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
...
If so, Wendy's needs to sue the crap out of her.

It sucks for Wendy's because her little scam attempt cost them thousands of dollars, but there's no way she can pay in those amounts.

[sideus]

Link
Police are investigating a possible connection between a woman who claims she bit into a human finger along with her Wendy's chili and another woman who lost her finger in a leopard attack nearly two months ago.

[sideus]

Woman in Wendy's finger case is arrested
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The woman who claimed she found a well-manicured finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili last month was arrested Thursday night in Las Vegas, police said.

Anna Ayala was taken into custody at her home, San Jose police spokesman Enrique Garcia said. He said police would not give any details until a news conference Friday afternoon. Las Vegas police also refused to comment.

The arrest is the latest twist in the bizarre case about how the 11/2-inch fingertip ended up in a bowl of fast-food chili.

Ayala told police she found the finger March 22 while eating at a Wendy's in San Jose. She said she intended to sue but relented, claiming the publicity was too emotionally taxing.

When police and health officials failed to find any missing digits among the workers involved in the restaurant's supply chain, suspicion fell on Ayala, whose story has become a late-night punch line.

Ayala has a litigious history. She has filed claims against several corporations, including a former employer and General Motors, though it is unclear from court records whether she received any money. She said she got $30,000 from El Pollo Loco after her 13-year-old daughter got sick at one of the chain's Las Vegas-area restaurants. El Pollo Loco officials say she did not get a dime.

Earlier Thursday, Ohio-based Wendy's International Inc. announced it had ended its internal investigation, saying it could find no credible link between the finger and the restaurant chain.

All the employees at the San Jose store were found to have all their fingers, and no suppliers reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.

Sales have dropped at franchises in Northern California, forcing layoffs and reduced hours, the company said. Wendy's also has hired private investigators, set up a hot line for tips and offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who provides information leading to the finger's original owner.



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[sideus]

This guy may have a case.

Link with PICS!

[Cadaver]

Originally Posted by sideus

This guy may have a case.

Link with PICS!

Mmmmm.... that's a skinny sandwich!

[hart]

so, anyone know what happened in this story?

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally Posted by hart

so, anyone know what happened in this story?

The lady was arrested. She'll be prosecuted in San Jose, CA.

[turtle777]

Where did the finger come from ?

-t

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally Posted by turtle777

Where did the finger come from ?

-t

Cody Dawg posted this CNN article in another thread.

From the article:

SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Police say the finger that a woman found in a bowl of chili came from an associate of her husband's who lost the digit in an industrial accident.

[Eriamjh]

Busted.