Giving The Finger

[Jimd]

This didn't happen where I work, but I got a kick out of the story anyway.

Bucks County Courier Times s (07/25/05)



Inmate Sues Over Fingertip in Frozen Food

The Associated Press



SAN FRANCISCO - A California prison inmate has sued after finding a fingertip in his frozen dinner - and this time the food company is not crying fraud.



Pelican Bay State Prison inmate Felipe Rocha was eating dinner in March when he "chewed on a crunchy object" in his cornbread and discovered the fingertip, according to the lawsuit filed against GA Food Services Inc.



The Florida company wrote a letter of apology to the prison regarding the "foreign object" in the food, and acknowledged a worker "severed" the tip of a finger while cleaning machinery when the cornbread was produced last July.



"There's probably some substance to Mr. Rocha's claims," John Hale, chief operating officer of GA Food Services, told the Associated Press on Friday.



"We're red-faced about it. We're apologetic about it," he said.



Rocha's attorney said his client is a Buddhist - and a vegetarian. Rocha, who is serving time on a drug conviction, lost 15 pounds in six days because he could not eat and is still in counseling, his lawyer said.



In March, a Las Vegas woman claimed she bit into a fingertip in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose. Wendy's officials insisted the digit had been planted, and the woman was charged last month with conspiracy to commit fraud and grand

[Stuart Ackerman]

I have the world's tiniest violin, and I am playing a sad tune for Mr Rocha... :D

[The Deacon]

Read that the other day in the local paper, was actually feeling a bit sorry for the inmate till I read the BS from his lawyer. Prison certainly does inspire some strange religious conversions. On the other hand, while I'd have no trouble with the idea of intentionally eating "long pork", finding a finger in my food would freak me out a bit too. Manufacturer has virtually admitted responsibility, and it sounds like there's no way this could have been set-up with a confederate on the outside, so the man does have a legitimate case.

[Stuart Ackerman]

Drug conviction?
I feel very little for him, finger or no finger...
Deacon, imagine one of YOUR kids wasted from HIS drugs...

I have seen the waste drugs causes, and if he was a crooked lawyer, ( bad example, but you get the picture) maybe my sensibilities would be more forgiving.

And before anyone asks, I drink alcohol seldom, never smoked, never done drugs...

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