Comments on: Please DO NOT Fondle, Grope, Smell & Contaminate My Drumstick(s) In Public… :(

By: jakespeed

jakespeed — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:09:55 +0000

In my recent trip to Manila, I had the misfortune of buying branded fresh ground pork from a well-known grocery that smelled off when I sauteed it in oil alone. I should have washed them, but I was thinking if is mandatory for ground pork to be washed first before being cooked? Here in Singapore, I do not usually wash them. I was forced to throw the whole half kilo of meat rather than getting a painful bout of gastro.

By: Chupamae

Chupamae — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:40:55 +0000

Buti na lang puro ruminants kinakain ko. Takot ako kumain ng manok tatad na ng antibiotics yan tapos 30days na lang. Tapos meron balita ganyan tinutusok ng daliri sa supermarket. Yucckkk!

By: James

James — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:02:09 +0000

The store in question should send a bill to the restaurant for the chicken that had to be thrown out.

MM, any update from the owner?

By: ellen

ellen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:51:13 +0000

Thanks for devoting time on this, MM. It’s truly disgusting to see this kind of inconsiderate behavior going on. Unfortunately there are a lot of inconsiderate people everywhere. For me, they should have been asked to buy all the packages they poked holes into. You contaminate it, you buy it.

By: Stumpy

Stumpy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:13:43 +0000

A middle-aged English woman opening packaged carrots in a major supermarket in central London to get her pick of choice pieces…it’s not exclusive to Filipinos, Ben. And this happened just a few days ago right in front of me.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:27:33 +0000

I often observed among middle aged filipinos. They have acquired a habit of no decency and devoid of social grace and social etiquette when they are out and about in their grocery shopping. I had numerous encounters with this despicable behavior in Costco. A filipino woman in her 40’s,was browsing through a box of mangoes, the mangoes were packed in 12 a piece in box with plastic transparent tape. She cut those tapes and handpicked the mangoes. She basically rearranged her box to contain the choices fruit. A Caucasian lady stared at her but she stood her ground and went about her business of dissecting all the box. This happened a million times, I was on the same store, a 50 year old filipino man cut in front of me, and there were 6 people at my back waiting for our turns. I’m glad I always get mistaken for a latino, the people at my back rolled their eyes in bewilderment. As soon as he cut me, he started conversing with his wife in bisaya,like nothing happened. Filipinos has this habit of manlamang. That’s why we’re in deep $hit.

By: star

star — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:16:24 +0000

Last Saturday morning, most likely in the same grocery being referred to by MM. There was this lady opening cartons of Driscoll’s-branded strawberries, taking out the bad/small ones and replacing them with better ones from other cartons. (I’m known in my family to go “psycho” when angry and having been clinically diagnosed with chronic stress, I decided against a confrontation and instead informed a staff about what was happening. I truly hope they did something about it. But just to be safe, I won’t be buying any of those berries anytime soon.)

I guess supermarkets should start considering putting up “idiot boards” to inform idiots the obvious that they’re not suppose to poke at pre-packed goods!

By: cw

cw — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:15:27 +0000

I didn’t know there was such a thing as hygiene standards anywhere in the Philippines. I was there on business for 2 months and the filth in even the best places was incredible.

As far as packaged goods go, how ‘safe’ could that possibly be when a live cockroach can be seen wildly trying to find its way out of the package????

By: rita

rita — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:38:31 +0000

EWWWWWWW! i had to stop after reading the part where the man was poking the plastic wrap of the chicken. not because of the rant, but simply because that IDIOT is contaminating the chicken! UGH! how stupid and ignorant is he? OMG! he surely don’t know how to handle raw meat properly. or just handling food in general. disgusting. just pure disgusting.

By: MoneyCo

MoneyCo — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:06:29 +0000

What about those dirty supermarket carts and baskets? Do they ever get washed?