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I went to a "hot" new restaurant recently... It was busy alright. The owner was running around like a mad person furiously cleaning tables. I enjoyed my meal

I went to a "hot" new restaurant recently... It was busy alright. The owner was running around like a mad person furiously cleaning tables. I enjoyed my meal, the service was great, but as we were leaving I was disgusted to see the owner (who was cleaning tables, mind you) cough into her hand and then use that same hand to wipe down a table. I noticed her voice sounded a bit off as well. Anyways sure enough, the next day, I got sick. When I told my friends I was considering leaving a 1 star review for that restaurant as a result... they were dumfounded... how could I possibly... you pariah you! I was flabbergasted. This restaurant owner came into her own restaurant knowing she was sick, and was publicly cleaning tables with dirty hands that she was coughing into... and I was the one getting pushback for wanting to leave a 1 star review as a result. I left the review, the owner apologized and essentially admitted that she had come into work sick. But I still feel weird about the whole ordeal. What's the point of a review system if you are pressured to always be positive? No matter the circumstances?

s73v3r_ 8y ago
I guess they were thinking that the owner probably didn't have a choice. When the restaurant is just starting, they probably didn't have anyone to take over for them.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
  The place had been open for about 1 year already at that point. But even if it was their opening day... it is unacceptable to be cleaning tables if you are sick to the point that you're coughing everywhere. Capitalism shouldn't trump common sense.
atombender 8y ago
The incubation period for colds and flus is several days, usually about a week, so you wouldn't get sick the next day. Unless by "sick" you mean that you got food poisoning, but that wouldn't be from the owner's cough, but rather poor hygiene in the kitchen. Presumably the owner wasn't also making the food.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
  I misspoke. It was a few days between my visiting the restaurant and my getting sick. This transpired a long time ago now.
  - dawid-s 8y ago
    I totally agree that coughing into your hands and then touching things that other people touch, especially in a restaurant is disgusting. However the fact that you got sick doesn't prove anything at all. It could have been one of hundreds of coincidences that we come across every day that we don't really pay attention to until it matters.
- dawid-s 8y ago
  Actually, the incubation period can also be the case if it comes to 'stomach bugs'. It could be something you ate couple of days ago that is giving you hard time. It alway perplexes me how people immediately associate their stomach or intestine discomfort (and I am talking about something a bit more serious like diarrhea or vomiting) with the last meal they ate. Which also normally leads people to ban the restaurant, take away they ate from immediately. How many times it has happened that you at the same thing as other people and you were the only one sick? Plenty, I am sure.
Scea91 8y ago
I wonder if this is an American thing, just as calling even mediocre stuff awesome. In my small European country there are no such pressures. I once left a 2 star review because we had to wait 15 minutes in a restaurant before we could order so we stood up and went elsewhere. Last week I gave a Uber driver 4 stars because he took other road than the GPS suggested and we ended up in a traffic jam costing us about 10 minutes.

s73v3r_ 8y ago

I guess they were thinking that the owner probably didn't have a choice. When the restaurant is just starting, they probably didn't have anyone to take over for them.

flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
The place had been open for about 1 year already at that point. But even if it was their opening day... it is unacceptable to be cleaning tables if you are sick to the point that you're coughing everywhere. Capitalism shouldn't trump common sense.

atombender 8y ago

The incubation period for colds and flus is several days, usually about a week, so you wouldn't get sick the next day. Unless by "sick" you mean that you got food poisoning, but that wouldn't be from the owner's cough, but rather poor hygiene in the kitchen. Presumably the owner wasn't also making the food.

flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
I misspoke. It was a few days between my visiting the restaurant and my getting sick. This transpired a long time ago now.
- dawid-s 8y ago
  I totally agree that coughing into your hands and then touching things that other people touch, especially in a restaurant is disgusting. However the fact that you got sick doesn't prove anything at all. It could have been one of hundreds of coincidences that we come across every day that we don't really pay attention to until it matters.
dawid-s 8y ago
Actually, the incubation period can also be the case if it comes to 'stomach bugs'. It could be something you ate couple of days ago that is giving you hard time. It alway perplexes me how people immediately associate their stomach or intestine discomfort (and I am talking about something a bit more serious like diarrhea or vomiting) with the last meal they ate. Which also normally leads people to ban the restaurant, take away they ate from immediately. How many times it has happened that you at the same thing as other people and you were the only one sick? Plenty, I am sure.

Scea91 8y ago

I wonder if this is an American thing, just as calling even mediocre stuff awesome. In my small European country there are no such pressures. I once left a 2 star review because we had to wait 15 minutes in a restaurant before we could order so we stood up and went elsewhere. Last week I gave a Uber driver 4 stars because he took other road than the GPS suggested and we ended up in a traffic jam costing us about 10 minutes.