I have recently spoke with employees of several Maryland Jerry's Subs and Pizza resturants. I spoke to them because a friend of mine ended up with food poisoning after eating a grilled chicken sub. He described this sub as being slimmy, and was sick within minutes of taking just a few bites.
You hear how resturants will drop food on the floor, pick it up and serve it.in some resturants you see roaches and unclean enviornments, but what I found out about Jerry's will truely disgust you.
Every employee I've spoke to have stated the same information, I even visited a few an watched the employees to see for myself. Appearently each Jerry's is locally owned and operated. I called the one located in Smallwood Village Center in Waldorf, MD to place a pickup for a friend (at this point, we didn't know about the problems to follow). After tring to place the order for a half hour, we gave up and told them never mind. The people in the resturant that night spoke no to little English. They had no clue what we were ordering. Anyway, after that night, we spoke to a guy we knew that worked there and asked if anyone spoke English. That's when we were given unethical and unsanitary information.
We were told that, not only do they have those horrier stories you normally hear, but none of these employees wash their hands after using the rest rooms, nor do they wash their hands after touching money and raw meats. Now, we know why people are getting food poisoning. They also do not check expiration dates on food products. The other employees are told by owners and management, that they are not to waste any food.
I couldn't believe things were this bad, even after speaking to several employees from different Maryland resturants. So, I went to some, I ordered a soda and sat down and watched for awhile. I've seen all the things lised above and more. I've seen a man open a package of chicken, smell it and have the manager smell it, the manager asks him when it expired, he told the manager a date a week before that day. The manager says, "It smells ok to me." I've seen another employee actually sneeze on someone's sub, an employee wipe their nose on their arm, and a woman that was way to sick to be working, coughing on food, complaining to other employees that the manager told her she would be fired if she did not come in that day. Disgusting isn't it. You knows what else these poeple do that we can't see. I don't even care to think!
At this point, I am filing a complaint with the Maryland Health Department. A resturant that has these practices should be investigated and shut down.
April
Waldorf, Maryland
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