r/science • u/eastbayted • 2d ago

Health Sick food service workers remain top driver of viral foodborne outbreaks in US

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20250331/sick-food-service-workers-remain-top-driver-of-viral-foodborne-outbreaks-in-us
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u/volkmardeadguy 2d ago

in 2016 one of the dominos i worked at had no working AC, would be over 100 F inside, people dropping from heat stroke but managements solution was to tell people to cool off in the walk in, bring popsicles and water

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u/cpMetis 2d ago

My local pizza place (at least the only one of the 7 with pizza not identical to the others) had broken AC 3 summers in a row.

But their owner ate the cost of always having an extra man on staff during midday/evening, doubled everyone's breaks, used some huge fans to get as much airflow as he could, and changed the rules to make drinks free for staff.

Eventually the HVAC guys got swapped and the new guys fixed it immediately. Helps they weren't crackhead Facebook hires.

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 2d ago edited 2d ago

100F is a cold day as a line cook. Dunno though when I did it I worked in Florida where having an A/C in the kitchen was a pipe dream most of the time.

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u/volkmardeadguy 2d ago

im not actually sure, the thermostat wouldnt show after 99, it just read HI. this was also southern NH, which gets hot but not as bad