Years ago we had something similar happen at a very good and favorite restaurant. We were with another couple and my husband found a finger cot in his salad. We quietly called the waitress over, who was appropriately mortified, whisked it away, and asked if DH would like a replacement. He naturally declined, and by then I decided I really didn't want mine either. Our friends sent theirs back as well, and we waited for our entrees. Our waitress was back shortly with a hilarious (but unrepeatable) explanation and apology, and said the manager comped the whole dinner for all four of us. We have told the story many times, without naming the restaurant, because the manager acted perfectly and salvaged the whole evening. I do confess to being a little suspicious of my salads to this day, but happily, have yet to find any unexpected ingredients.

The peanut shells on the floor add to the atmosphere of Cody's. I've seen this done in other eating establishments. Texas Roadhouse is another restaurant in close proximity that also has peanut shells on the floor.

Baby back ribs are my go to every time we eat at Cody's. Hubby and I think they are really good.

We bought the super bowl take home dinner which had ribs, wings, chicken, salad, and rolls. They have a few steak selections but the ribeye I've had was always cooked to my liking and a decent cut.

That is horrible! Also a server there told me all their salads are bagged lettuce they open and plate... AND their dressings are Kraft bottled and their soups canned and they doctor it up!
We never eat there anymore!!!!

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Clearly states at start of thread..... this was a take-out order not left-over.........

In Virginia, I think they made it illegal to have peanut shells on the floor. It was a safety issue.

You seem to have gotten the word out through Talk of the Villages. Sorry that happened to you and your wife.

Actually I do not think that the OP’s post had anything to do with Bonnie’s memory nor the good times she had there. This was about the salad containing a food prep glove. That is just not right. Ooh...yukky!

If any of you had a brother like I did, it is a wonder we could eat at all. He was always saying gross things about the food until mom squelched him. For instance.... Tapioca pudding had "fish eyes".

Actually from a germy point of view, a food preparation glove probably had less bacteria than other common items, even the lettuce and vegetables themselves that make up a salad, that are not heated.

If we do NOT have compromised immune systems, most of us do o.k. with germs encountered in the shared world around us, and challenging our immune systems may be a good thing for healthy people.

But a glove or a mouse found in a salad is a deal breaker for most people.

Watch this and remember that flu season is STILL with us.

What's the Germiest Item on a Restaurant Table? Video - ABC News

Army messhall food probably tuned up my immune system. After basic I played in the band. We ate at the same mess hall as the MPs. Guess who were the KPs? The guys in the stockade! I didn't think about what was in my food which I did of course cursorily inspect. I once found the bristle from a broom used to sweep the floor. After living through that eating at Cody's would be a piece of cake.

Although I never felt handling a menu to be a particularly parlous procedure I do routinely go wash my hands after handling one and ordering. My world traveling flight surgeon friend and his wife always bring hand sanitizer and use it. I cannot remember them ever getting sick from a restaurant meal.

I had no idea the menu was laden with germs but it makes perfect sense. :yuck:
Now I will definitely wait until we've ordered from the menu before washing my hands.

P.S. Cody's may not be everyone's restaurant of choice, and the kitchen may well need attention.
However we don't find the peanut shells on the floor to be offensive.

I like Cody's but some of the restaurant managers do seem to act like they have a captive audience so to speak even with all the eateries that go under here. They can usually get more people into their places even with various serious problems. This does look like a real problem if someone leaves gloves in food.

I agree on the shells (and free peanuts) but here is the problem:
Woman Sues Restaurant After Falling on Peanut Shells Scattered All Over Floor - MUNCHIES

Same thing happened at a large major burger/steak chain up north many years ago. Forgot the name (edit: Just Rememberedthe name! The Ground Round!) but they went out of business not long after they removed the free peanuts because someone reportedly slipped, fell and sued.

Every place you go and everything you touch was most likely handled by somebody else and potentially laden with germs.

Yeah the TV remote is a cesspool of filth apparently.

Way back in my younger days I used to work at a restaurant that used the same cleaning cloth used to clean the ashtrays to clean the table. You really can't worry about these things or you just need to stay home and disinfect everything as it comes into your house. You just have to hope your immune system is functioning.

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No one would be happy with that glove.
So many ways to say the same thing, you cannot go backwards.

Both you and your wife should get some guidance from a doctor a nutritionist or. Certain things from a restaurant are known to be contaminated. Important ones, most common ones are SALAD and another common, popular dirty problem is leamon or lime in your water.

This is true and the exposure to much of this bacteria helps your body build up an immunity to it and will affect you much less if at all. Everything you touch is gross if you examine it. How about handling money? Yuch.

Just be happy it wasn't a Coney Island Whitefish

I remember your post, Jane, and it totally disgusted me. AMG, I am so sorry for you and your wife, your first mistake was going to Cody's in LSL in the first place. The place is a total dump, the manager/owner could care less. I've only been in there less than 1/2 doz times but from the very first time when I saw all those peanut shells on the floor, my stomach turned. Then the bathrooms, and the sticky menus the 2nd time was the icing on the cake for me. The last time was only because a group wanted to go there and I didn't want to be a party - pooper but NEVER again. I know Bonnie loved it but she was so sweet, she loved everything and everyone.
AMG, I'm so glad you put this out there because if we could stop going to the particular restaurant, perhaps the manager would realize he's in trouble. PS, I'm the one who saw the rat in the rafters, that was the 4th visit. EWWWW.

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The same can happen when the floor of a restaurant is wet. :icon_hungry: My guess an accident on peanut shells would not be insignificantly higher than another floor.

lucky for you it was a glove and not a condom. who knows what the unobserved unmanaged minimum wage kitchen staff is doing.

Condom AKA Coney Island Whitefish

On the peanut shells thing, I worked with the sweetest young gal who had a raging peanut allergy. If she even got a whiff of them she would turn beet red and have trouble breathing and kind of hyperventilate. So it was serious for her. I saw it one time with my own eyes. I doubt it would be safe for her to go to a place with peanut shells on the floor, and I know she would run like a bat out of hell out of there if she saw them.

Anyway, that idea is stolen from the late 'Ground Round' restaurant chain that had peanut shells on the floors by the 1970s.

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I agree with this conclusion. From the glove's placement in the takeaway container, among the lettuce leaves, and having some grated cheese and a tomato wedge on top of it, it likely slid off the hand of a worker on the line at the packaging plant. The employee was probably dumping the salad makings from the bag in haste and didn't notice the glove.

that is even more disturbing.

All in all....it was a mistake.....

Glove was maybe too big, fell off accidentally....

stuff happens.....everywhere.....

still gross....but still not done on purpose.....

Give them a break already.....but...if it happens again.....then we'll talk....

roaches, rats or filth....I can understand.....but something in a salad by mistake.....sh*t happenes

I very much agree with your take on this situation.

It's disgusting to think of using a cloth that cleans the ashtrays to clean the table.
But you make a good point.

Mistakes happen, I am sure it wasn't intentional. When I was young I worked in and around many kitchens. Back them nobody wore gloves even when mixing huge tubs of coleslaw with our bare hands and our arms in the stuff up to our elbows. Everybody seemed OK after eating it. I have seen things in some kitchens when I used to own a carpet cleaning company that made it so I would never eat at some of those restaurants again. Maybe that is why I really prefer to cook at home.

A few of us were discussing this thread and laughing our asses off of the over dramatization of posters on TOTV when restaurant " reviews " are posted like anonymous posts are gonna prevent others from ever stepping into the door of an establishment.

I don't think any of the posts are going to change anybody's mind about anything. Some in particular just go round and round and round....

I disagree.

Sites such as Yelp/Urbanspoon/Opentable/Etc. exist because of mostly "anonymous" posters...and are used by a lot of people to decide where to eat. :shrug:

Exactly

I agree those sites are available and people use them. I don't trust what people can anonymously post on them or TOTV. I'll decide for myself if I want to try an establishment.

I agree.
Otherwise, I would not be visiting any restaurants in TV based on the posts I have read the last 10 years on TOTV.