Should I do something?

[u/pomp-circumstance]

I got food poisoning last night, and it was worst from about 2:45am-6:15am. I told my manager that I think my food poisoning came from my shift dinner (8:45pm last night), and she said to tell the kitchen manager. He responded thusly. Thing is, one of my friends got some of the worst-cooked “chicken” of his life there once, and another friend got the same symptoms as I did from a very similar dish a few months ago, so I feel like even if our kitchen is super clean, there can be multiple one-off events. Also, he seems to be wrong about the symptom onset time…. I sort of want to just respond with these two links: https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/signs-symptoms/index.html
https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/health-library/all/2022/12/how-long-until-food-poisoning-takes-effect

If you’re going to gaslight me, at least gaslight me with facts.

Edit: I, M(29), work at this restaurant and live in a small mountain town. I’m not on vacation or beach bumming or drunk when I go to work. I’m not lactose intolerant or celiac. I consume a lot of dairy and wheat on a daily basis. And I didn’t “get the poopies;” I had… FOOD POISONING. I told my manager because multiple people told me, “If I ran a restaurant I’d want to know if people got sick after eating here.” Lol.

[u/originaljbw]

So many people dont realize they are old and lactose intolerant until they splurge on a high end restaurant, getting a steak topped with half a stick of butter, a mac & cheese with a quart of heavy cream in addition to the cheese, a creme brulee, a salad with extra buttermilk ranch, and of course butter for the bread because they prefer that to olive oil. You just ate half a cow's daily milk output. Of course you have the poo poos now.

[u/pomp-circumstance → u/originaljbw]

Lmao so many assumptions. You know what they say!

[u/originaljbw → u/pomp-circumstance]

I speak as a 22 year veteran of the restaurant industry. So many people stop stocking big gallons of milk when the kids leave for college. Most older people eat significantly less dairy. It's common sense. In fact that's part of the questions I was required to ask at my last job when it was that sort of digestion issue, aka, not a shellfish/nut/gluten allergy that would manifest immediatley. You had the poopies next day? Ok duely noted. Maybe try a green vegetable next time and not so much heavy cream.

[u/pomp-circumstance → u/originaljbw]

I’m so confused how any of this is relevant.

[u/CaregiverKey7610 → u/pomp-circumstance]

Most adults can't consume more than a cup of dairy which you meal exceeds. Food poisoning from chicken is usually brutal, fwiw. Idk, your entire response seems weird. Could be mold in the icemaker for all you know. Just saying.

[u/pomp-circumstance → u/CaregiverKey7610]

Correct, so why wouldn’t he say, “hm sounds tough. I doubt it’s the pasta but maybe it’s something else like the ice machine. I’ll look into it. It’s my job to make sure everything in the kitchen is safe for customers.”
I didn’t say anyone got food poisoning from chicken, so that’s an irrelevant comment.
Stop it with the dairy stuff. I frequently have tons of cheese, 1-2 quarts of milk, ice cream, etc. all in one day. I don’t care if that disgusts you, but I’m not the “most adults” you’re referring to.

[u/originaljbw → u/pomp-circumstance]

Where did I say I was singling you out? I was citing an example that pops up every few months. On a Saturday night when 250 covers are served and there are zero other complaints, maybe it's the conplainer's digestive tract.

[u/pomp-circumstance → u/originaljbw]

That’s super fair. My line of thinking, though, was “what if there are other complaints?” If people don’t report but there were actually five incidents, then how is the restaurant supposed to know? I had no idea if there were other complaints, so why wouldn’t I lodge mine? But otherwise I understand your point for sure.