Pizza Yuck

[AquaGirl]

I'd call both. But call the health board first, and let them do their inspection before you call Corporate.

When you complained to the cashier, what was his/her reaction?

He looked kind of confused. Like she probably does it all the time.

I will call the Board of Health I suppose..I'm just not all that convinced they'll do anything since it is a Pizza Hut that has been there for over.20 years. I guess I figure they know they don't wear gloves and/or use acrylic nails. Maybee I should write the paper?

[Sliceanddice]

actually i doubt you will find any pizza place that wears gloves, at least not a big name place. Health codes don't require ont even to cut the pizza. The only time i ever wore gloves was when we had pineapple pizzas and i had to add the pineapple myself and that happened maybe 5 times, cause the manager didnt want to wait for me to put on the glove put on the pineapple and take off the glove and wash my hands.

[Zellie Crescent]

Where exactly is the Pizza Hut in question? Just in case I ever end up in the area.

[AquaGirl]

Where exactly is the Pizza Hut in question? Just in case I ever end up in the area.

Gainesville, GA, Browns Bridge Rd (there are 2; other one has separate management, no problems that I know of).

[AquaGirl]

actually i doubt you will find any pizza place that wears gloves, at least not a big name place. Health codes don't require ont even to cut the pizza. The only time i ever wore gloves was when we had pineapple pizzas and i had to add the pineapple myself and that happened maybe 5 times, cause the manager didnt want to wait for me to put on the glove put on the pineapple and take off the glove and wash my hands.

I hear the argument against gloves but seriously, acrylic nails? I've had acrylics and they can be filthy. Do you want to eat something with one of those baked in it? Not to mention-think of what its made of. And now your pizza is steamed in it.

[Racket_Man]

actually i doubt you will find any pizza place that wears gloves, at least not a big name place. Health codes don't require ont even to cut the pizza. The only time i ever wore gloves was when we had pineapple pizzas and i had to add the pineapple myself and that happened maybe 5 times, cause the manager didnt want to wait for me to put on the glove put on the pineapple and take off the glove and wash my hands.

that is changing VERY rapidly (esp at pizza place hint it is in the OP). they now have VERY strict rules/proceedures in place (or at least they should) involving lots of handwashing, glove use (esp at the end of the oven cutting pizzas and when handling wings), wearing of plastic aprons over cloth aprons, etc. I believe it is a national thing now.

[BeeMused]

The people at my fave pizza place never wear gloves, but they wash their hands religiously at a 1 towel pack per hour rate. I indulge in their pizza goodness often, they beat any of the pizza chain offerings easily. Ack now I crave pizza...

[greensinestro]

Yuck! If you saw this first hand, I certainly would have been on the phone reporting it to someone. I don't want to taste pizza with someone's finger saliva on it.

On the other hand, I don't think gloves are always a great idea either. As long as the employees constantly wash their hands, I think we are safe. I wouldn't want my pizza tasting like latex anyway.

[Food Lady]

I don't really like the idea of gloves touching my food (I'm strange), but I'd rather that than fake nails or saliva. It will be a long time before I want pizza again.

[fireheart]

On the other hand, I don't think gloves are always a great idea either. As long as the employees constantly wash their hands, I think we are safe. I wouldn't want my pizza tasting like latex anyway.

There are non-latex gloves out there, which look like (and remind me of) hand-shaped sandwich bags. My local Subway uses these.

You can't blow up the non-latex gloves but they do the job. I remember those gloves being handed out regularly for yard clean-up duty...

[chikenlady]

I have been in the restaurant (both fast and full service) for over 30years and have seen a lot a people think that because they are wearing gloves they can touch anything else and it is OK.
Hair, face, dirty clothes, body parts and garbage cans to name a few.

Gloves are only good for cuts, abrasions and such, they too become contaminated.

[AquaGirl]

This is not a for/against gloves, more like a horrific realization that someplace I ate has employees shedding acrylic nails and God knows what else into their food and their reaction is "sorry, but they can't wear gloves". There's a hair in there? Sorry they can't wear hairnets. Vomit on your pizza? Well I can't make them cover their mouths. Im exagerrating but maybe that makes it more clear.

[shadowpanda]

I worked as a waitress in the Hut of Pizza here in the UK and to my knowledge I never saw any of the guys making the pizza wearing gloves. I can't speak for my co workers as I honestly don't know their personal routines, but I used to was my hands fairly obsessively whenever I was working and we were strict on having our hair tied back or wearing the ever so sexy hairnets

[AquaGirl]

And not necessarily a Pizza Hut rant either, simply that particular restaurant. Saying that other Pizza Huts did x or y really doesn't make me feel any better about eating at this one.

[LadyAndreca]

I've handled food in three jobs. At the movie theater concession stand, we didn't wear gloves, but we washed our hands all the time because we HAD to, or we'd get buttersalt all over EVERYTHING, and that was a bitch to get out of our clothes. At the supermarket deli counter, you had to change gloves constantly (we had the cheap 'sandwich bag' kind) to prevent allergy-type cross-contamination. I usually washed my hands a lot just because I hate sweaty hands. At the Pizza Hut mini-store inside Target (sometimes I had to cover breaks there), there were no gloves, but there was a very specific kind of soap AND hand sanitizer to use. EVERYTHING was 'wash, then sanitize'.