munchies.vice.com – The number of foodborne illnesses reported at the store in 25 years? Zero. The number of petty jerks? At least one.
In the most recent Yelp review for the Meanley & Son hardware store, the actual hardware is secondary to the store’s real selling point. “I can’t walk by Meanley & Son without stopping in,” Scott G. wrote. “Right inside the smell of fresh popped popcorn greets you, and it is super tasty, help yourself to a bag.” Unfortunately for Scott, that’s no longer possible—not since the San Diego County Health Department caught a whiff of that popcorn, too.
Meanley declined, opting instead to unplug the popcorn machine and put it in storage. It was the first time the store had been popcorn-free in more than 25 years; he estimated that, on average, he served between 30 and 40 bags of popcorn every day. “I hate to take away something that our customers really like,” he said. “On the other hand, this whole thing has made me more aware of our liability.”
So how did the Health Department find out about Meanley’s unlicensed and unregulated old-fashioned popcorn machine? Because of a ruthless snitch. Some anonymous busybody made the Fun Police’s equivalent of a citizen’s arrest, calling the Health Department to report that they’d seen someone grabbing popcorn out of the self-serve machine with their bare hands.
There’s always one joyless snitch bitch around…I hate germs as much as the next person but damn dude..just don’t eat the fucking popcorn. No reason to ruin it for everybody smfh.
I sure hope that person’s last name is Grinch, if not it should be. How cowardly to “anonymously report”. Grinch indeed.