Comments on: Hordes Of Rats Invade NYC Fast-Food Joint

Rodents Rule The Roost At A Closed KFC-Taco Bell Restaurant

[candojj1]

When my dad emigrated to America he opened an egg and butter store in Brooklyn in Brownsville or East New York (Brooklyn). He hired a cat to police for rodents. He sure loved that cat. In those days the fridge where he kept the butter slid up and down. One day when he was closing the fridge, the cat jumped towards the fridge and was decapitated while chasing a rat. Dad sold the store and we moved to a different part of Brooklyn. The rats that followed us were different. They broke into his grocery store through the skylight until my poor old dad payed the cops off.

[candojj1]

I'll never forget the day that a giant NYC sewer rat appeared in my dad's Brooklyn restaurant which was packed with diners. It was a small restaurant with booths on both sides and the rat stopped directly in the middle. Kinda comical. My dad ran to get a broom and killed it and all the customers ran for the exit screaming. I was nine. Poor old dad.

[i_am_shocked]

Hey, don't criticize the Hired Help!!

Those bold, overweight and sassy rats are there to entertain you right there on your table, or under your table, they will greet you at the door and roll around on the counter while you wait and pay for your foot. NY has the fat & happy rats.

And there's no way they will ever, ever ever clean up that mess, there's not enough chlorine in the world. ENJOY!!!

[nothappyatall]

When you think about it, this is only the one you KNOW about and this is no isolated event by any means.
Rats can get in thru a dime sized hole, they can chew through wood, sheet metal and all kinds of things. Funny thing is, the employees- think about it, nightly rat foraging like this and in the morning a couple of $5.15 an hour dimwits with no education or illegal Mexicans open the restaurant and start cooking, prepping and serving food... how much faith do YOU have these $5.15 an hour dorks actually sanitized every counter-top and surface in the kitchen and dining area with bleach before they prepped the food that became your LUNCH?
Remember, these are the same crowd who can't find Florida on an outline map of the USA for a HS test and use the restroom without washing their hands...

[twoell76]

Well, I have no sympathy - everyone knows that KFC got it's name because it is no longer serving chicken - just living protein on life support. As far as Taco Bell? Out here in the Southwest (NM) we refer to it as Taco Hell. You Yankees seem to think this is a problem - I wouldn't eat in either store if you paid me.

[CBSTV]

I thought I had connected to the CBS News web site -- but when I heard comical music played over the report, I wondered whether this is "Entertainment Tonight" instead.

[elgraz]

Rats make a good stew. Just add a few potatoes and vegetables.

[pepperwood2]

"These customers should have the right to choice to eat anywhere they like." - Mighty Mouse

[olebd]

Those are the healthiest looking, most well fed rats I have ever seen.

[caldwellptr]

if i was a rat, i would live in nyc

[tuckerndfw]

I hate to break the bad news, but all restaurants have rats running around when no one is there.

It appears these rats are seeking their five minutes of fame. And, the media complied.

Way to go, rats, next stop, American Idol.

[imho3]

But Musty2u, they won't find transfats at KFC. Remember they did away with the transfats. Now, don't you feel better about eating at KFC?

[pepperwood2]

Not all rats make their home or settle in just NYC.

This can't be happening, I,m sure this has something to do with Global Warming?

[bildooreilly]

When I was a teenager I worked at a donut shop for a few months that had roaches everywhere, roaches crawling all over the racks of donuts, roaches in the flour mixes. I've never seen so many roaches in my life. This place delivered donuts every morning to almost every gas station, convenience store, and hotel in town. I didn't eat donuts for years after that, and I'm still not too crazy about them.

BTW, if you got salmonella poisoning from the peter pan peanut butter like I did, contact your county health department, don't throw the peanut butter out, don't take it back to the store, bag it as evidence, take it to the health department with you and they will have it tested. The articles about it won't tell you this.

[neojoker]

I'm not really hungry today. I'll just take 2 rat tur*s and a coke please. Oh, You only have Pepsi? Well that's okay.

[fryedbread]

Which location was it? I know I've eaten there. :(

[elgraz]

Hooray for the Rondentia !!!!!!!!! Kick human arse.

[ultramafic23]

ooooooowwwweeeeeeeeee grosssssssssssss

[neojoker]

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[neojoker]

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