Do the employees at restaurants actually wash their hands and change their gloves? This is what I have seen in the worst restaurants in the years of working behind the counter for these establishments. Hand washing and wearing gloves for most employees is seen as a requirement to the employee only if someone is watching them.
The procedures to wash hands and wear gloves is only followed as a whole when the general manager of the store sets the example and enforces them. Otherwise, the employees begin to practice unsanitary practices on a regular basis.
One of the biggest problems with the employees that don’t follow the procedures, is their mentality. A lot of them believe that washing their hands and wearing gloves wasn’t necessary, because they were already ‘clean’ and smart person. They thought because they dressed well and took care of their physical appearance and smelled like perfume/cologne, that this meant that they didn’t need to practice hygiene in the restaurant workspace.
These same individuals are often arrogant when it comes to real hygienal practices. They will take offense to anyone correcting them on their filthy habits in the restaurant, even if the correction comes personally from a visiting health inspector.
This is some of the things they will do:
If the manager on duty is only concerned about getting in trouble when they are caught letting employees get away doing these, then everyone will break the rules. This is how things like this end up happening in a restaurant to begin with.
In these circumstances, sometimes the managers do care, but the people above him/her don’t. The best thing to do to get all of their attention is to notify the health department of what is going on. Repeated unsanitary violations can get a restaurant like this shut down or suspended.
Restaurants like this are also more susceptible to house flies, roach infestations, and rat infestations. These infestations are commonly linked to restaurants with many health code violations. Usually the establishments that do well on inspections can be trusted to handle their guest’s food with better care. Unfortunately some of the things mentioned above still happen, even in the best restaurants, and behind the manager’s back.
Every establishment will get an employee every now and then that will not wash their hands or change their gloves when handling food while touching unsanitary things. When it does happen, it is up to the establishment to decide if they are going to address the individuals personally that are doing these things or not. Also, someone working in the restaurant will usually care enough to tell somebody about it as long as it doesn’t risk their livelihood.
Luckily not everyone restaurant is like this, and there are plenty that have all of the staff following all the food safety regulations, but not all of them.
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