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[squexx]

It's Sunday morning, nice first day of June and I was out for a walk. I wanted to get some bread at the nearby mom & pop bakery. A customer was just leaving as I walked in, and the pop (only one present) had obviously handled the money. There were several loaves of fresh baked bread on a table and I pointed to one. He picked it up with his hands and carried it into the back. Then I noticed the many flies landing on said bread--as the door was open and there was no wrapping/covering on the bread. Needless to say, I walked out and walked a few blocks more to Tous Le Jour and bought some bread. I'll be buying my bread from there from now on, even if it is a bit more inconvenient!

Even at the public school I work at, I've noticed very few Koreans, even the teachers wash their hands after going to the bathroom. That's why I never eat something a Korean has handed me. Eeuugghh!

[OneWayTraffic]

In most of the chain stores they use plastic gloves. Aside from that, all too many small bakeries just keep bread until it sells, even if it's a week later. I've talked about this with some Koreans and many of them say that they can't tell the difference between today's and yesterday's bread!

[blaseblasphemener]

The girl at Baskin Robbins was taking money and scooping ice cream, no gloves and no hand washing. There were 3 people working but no thought to having one person take money.

The Ka-guk-su restaurant lady was wheeling around a cart with kimchi on it, and stopped to arrange shoes before going back to handing out plates of kimchi.

[Kimchi Cowboy]

[poet13]

I worked in the food industry too, and when I see people handle money and then food, I walk away.