Insects In Your Food Can Get You Discounts

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Insects in your food can get you discounts Mar 25, 2008
I couldn't stop laughing at this article :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10200171.html

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Mar 25, 2008
Should have charged more for extra ingredients.
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^ian^ wrote:Should have charged more for extra ingredients.


yeah extra for a crunchy cockroach :lol:

I still find it 25% too less for a bug in your food!!! last time I had the same situation I got the meal paid in full a 100% discount :)
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quatroporte wrote:
^ian^ wrote:Should have charged more for extra ingredients.


yeah extra for a crunchy cockroach :lol:

I still find it 25% too less for a bug in your food!!! last time I had the same situation I got the meal paid in full a 100% discount :)


This is Dubai... I had a bottle of wine knocked over on me by accident... do you think they replaced the bottle?
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If I'd seen this on any country outside of UAE - i probably wouldn't have believed it.

However knowing the intelligence of service staff here, it makes perfect sense. Pretty funny though.
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I once sucked a cockroach from a straw while drinking my coke at Burger King. Silly me thinking it was just ice blocking the passage of that sweet nectar! Well when it got to my mouth I felt something was wrong, literally. It was all soft and I was thinking wtf? Why is there something soft in my fricken coke?! I spat it out and it was one of those small black cockroaches. I thanked them for the extra nutrients they have placed in my meal afterwards.
No, I didn't. But I did get a refund (fricken yay) and 3 free meals. Damn wonder how much I would have made if I was in the States.
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MC wrote:I once sucked a cockroach from a straw while drinking my coke at Burger King. Silly me thinking it was just ice blocking the passage of that sweet nectar! Well when it got to my mouth I felt something was wrong, literally. It was all soft and I was thinking wtf? Why is there something soft in my fricken coke?! I spat it out and it was one of those small black cockroaches.


the way you expressed it :sad3: made me ewwwww

you dont have to be so detailed :shock:
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MC wrote:I once sucked a cockroach from a straw while drinking my coke at Burger King. Silly me thinking it was just ice blocking the passage of that sweet nectar! Well when it got to my mouth I felt something was wrong, literally. It was all soft and I was thinking wtf? Why is there something soft in my fricken coke?! I spat it out and it was one of those small black cockroaches. I thanked them for the extra nutrients they have placed in my meal afterwards.
No, I didn't. But I did get a refund (fricken yay) and 3 free meals. Damn wonder how much I would have made if I was in the States.



Ooo that made me feel abit icky, i don't think i would want the free meals incase there was anything in them too.

I know this is Dubai and theres insects/bugs everywhere but i can't stand them crawling around let alone in my food.
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this for sure goes the "only in dubai" section ... the waiter basically gave written proof to the customer that they had insects in there food. A lawyer can turn that receipt into lots of money ! :)
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MC wrote:I once sucked a cockroach from a straw while drinking my coke at Burger King. Silly me thinking it was just ice blocking the passage of that sweet nectar! Well when it got to my mouth I felt something was wrong, literally. It was all soft and I was thinking wtf? Why is there something soft in my fricken coke?! I spat it out and it was one of those small black cockroaches. I thanked them for the extra nutrients they have placed in my meal afterwards.
No, I didn't. But I did get a refund (fricken yay) and 3 free meals. Damn wonder how much I would have made if I was in the States.


:shock: :o ...Argggghhhh...yuckkkkkkkkkkkkk
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MaaaD wrote:this for sure goes the "only in dubai" section ... the waiter basically gave written proof to the customer that they had insects in there food. A lawyer can turn that receipt into lots of money ! :)



Haha yep keep the evidence. :)
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MaaaD wrote:this for sure goes the "only in dubai" section ... the waiter basically gave written proof to the customer that they had insects in there food. A lawyer can turn that receipt into lots of money ! :)


great idea; but time consuming lol
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Mar 25, 2008
So...I can put a bug in my food when I am almost finished with it, rant and rave and save a little doe?
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Jozen-Bo wrote:So...I can put a bug in my food when I am almost finished with it, rant and rave and save a little doe?


You want to save a female deer? That is so thoughtful.
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