Man Accused Of Tossing Molotov Cocktail At Taco Bell For Not Giving Him Enough Meat

Man Accused Of Tossing Molotov Cocktail At Taco Bell For Not Giving Him Enough Meat:

There's better ways to lodge a complaint against Taco Bell than by lofting a Molotov cocktail at the drive-thru window, but filling out a suggestion card wasn't the one this incensed Georgia customer chose at 5am.

Shortly before the Taco Bell was firebombed, a man called up the fast food joint to complain that his two XL Chalupas had insufficient meat and he demanded it be fixed. The worker who picked up said that the place was closing and they wouldn't be able to help him out.

According to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun, then man then uttered a phrase that used the n-word and added, "That's alright, I'll just come and redecorate the place."

Shortly thereafter, a blaze erupted outside the drive-thru window. Police found a melted plastic bottle with liquid inside at the scene. Also at the scene: a large sign that says "Come Try The New XXL Chalupa. Bigger Is Better." The suspect is still at large, the search impeded by the poor quality of the security cam footage.

Cops Hunt Man Who Firebombed Taco Bell Because His Chalupas Had Too Little Meat [The Smoking Gun] (Thanks to SkokieGuy!)

DNA Tests Show Cheaper Fish "Mislabled" As Pricier Kinds At Restaurants

DNA Tests Show Cheaper Fish "Mislabled" As Pricier Kinds At Restaurants:

In an investigation, the Boston Globe gathered fish from 134 restaurants, supermarkets and fish-mongers. They hired an independent lab to test the fish for authenticity and discovered 87 of the 183 fish tested were "mislabeled," a whopping 48%.

The Boston Globe found escolar being sold as white tuna, and the Alaskan butterfish being sold at a celebrity restaurant was sablefish, both much cheaper. $23 flounder was actually swai, sold for $4 a pound. It's a kind of Vietnamese catfish. Another common trick the paper found was for restaurants to put cod on the menu and serve up haddock.

Escolar is banned in Japan because it can sometimes make people sick. It's also referred to as "ex lax" fish because of its effects on the digestive system.

Sometimes it's error, "mislabeling," or outright fraud.

"Mislabeling fish is at a ridiculous level,'' Eric Hesse, a Cape Cod commercial fisherman told the Boston Globe. "The dealers and restaurants have a vested interest in keeping the illusion going. Every time they can say they are selling fresh local fish and get away with selling [Pacific] frozen, they don't have to buy from us. It kills us.''

Regulation is lax, enforcement is hard, and a lot of fish just looks the same after it's been cooked, turned into a fillet, or fried up.

"A lot of people do it until they get caught,'' a seafood wholesaler told The Boston Globe. "We don't play the game. But too many people do. And the average consumer just doesn't know.''

On the menu, but not on your plate [The Boston Globe] (Thanks to ABM!)

Mom Crusading Against Dirty Fast Food Playgrounds Says She's Now Banned From 11 McDonald's

Mom Crusading Against Dirty Fast Food Playgrounds Says She's Now Banned From 11 McDonald's:

Over the summer, concerned mom Erin Carr-Jordan made headlines around the country with her online crusade to clean up filthy playgrounds found at McDonald's and other fast food chains. It seems her efforts have rubbed at least one Golden Arches franchisee the wrong way, as Carr-Jordan claims she's been barred from all of his eateries.

Posting earlier today on the Facebook page for her Kids Play Safe campaign, she writes:

Had a visitor at my home this morning at 7a. I was hand delivered a notice from the attorneys representing the owner of the MRSA location informing me that I am prohibited from entering any of his 11 McDonald's (I had only previously been to the 1). What does that tell you about him and his establishments? Im thinking it means he doesn't want me to find out what's in there! I will give you a list of the exact addresses. FYI the Chick fil A's all said I was welcome and could swab whenever I want.

Reading through Carr-Jordan's previous posts, it looks like the "MRSA location" is a reference to one particular McDonald's Playland at which she claims to have, through her swabbing of slides and other playground surfaces, detected the presence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Just last week, she wrote:

Found out that the MRSA playland was not shut down like I thought! Was told that it was disinfected and it was not. There was still sand etc all over and the swab I took was black. When I went back I was actually told to leave as I was writing my name, contact info, and lab results down for the manager on duty. Since I thought it was going to be clean I had 3 of my kiddos with me (obviously did not let them touch anything). The person who told me to leave threatened to have me arrested while my children were standing next to me. I learned today that the owner of the establishment gave that order. I also learned from him that telling the managers is a useless thing to do and that if you complain you should have a "business card" to prove you have credibility??? Why is one persons complaint more valid than another because they have credentials?

Just for fun, here's her original video that got the ball rolling over the summer:

Thanks to Mike for the tip!