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Co op worker using his foot to break ice bag.

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kissmethere · 13/05/2015 14:38

Loading them off the trolley near the freezer, dropping them on to the shop floor then using his foot to flaten them down. So his shoed foot that has walked on many walkways, pavement etc.
I though it was quite disgusting. I want to mention to the manager although me and this worker already have a dislike for each other (another story) also I see him a lot as he lives near me.
Just thought it was rank or am I being ott.

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HopOnTheMonnerBus · 13/05/2015 14:40

Which co-op op? Could very well be where I work as this sounds just like my colleague who is a lovely lad but lacks any sort of common sense.

RiskManagement · 13/05/2015 14:41

I'm not sure I could get excited about it TBH. The ice (you mean ice for drinks?) is still wrapped in plastic and I don't suppose it's the worst thing that happens to it.

honeysucklejasmine · 13/05/2015 14:41

Ice cubes in a bag? Can't see the problem. Its a bag, he's not touching the ice. To do the same without his feet he'd need to set out a table, but on some gloves and maybe even use a small mallet, certainly I would need one!

TheMoa · 13/05/2015 14:42

I tend to assume all packaging is filthy. Its been dropped on the floor, touched by unwashed hands, put into dirty baskets and trolleys..

It won't kill you, and I'd put money on the foot stamping technique having the full approval of the manager, whatever they might say to your face.

letscookbreakfast · 13/05/2015 14:43

If it's in a plastic bag or something what's the problem?

Floggingmolly · 13/05/2015 14:43

It's going into someone's freezer, though. If you'd be happy storing someone's shoes in among your food, fair enough. I'd definitely give it a swerve if I'd seen it happen.

whois · 13/05/2015 14:48

Non issue. Dirty freezer bag touches, what? Other packaging in your own freezer? It's not like you just chuck in bits of chicken without wrapping them before freezing.

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kissmethere · 13/05/2015 14:48

Yes bags of ice. I suppose packaging is covered in germs. But his shoe! I just thought ffs come on! I do buy ice from there to for drinks and I got so put off.
I suppose I'd be wasting my time and reacon the manager would be alright with it, they're really tight knit in this one.
Just his bloody shoe grrrr...

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Allwayslookingforanswers · 13/05/2015 14:51

Its not the ice and in my freezer there is nothing that isn't in pacaking so I wouldn't actually worry about this too much tbh.

I am with TheMoa and assume all packaging is filthy and likely has had rats running over it in warehouses. (most supermarket/shops have a lot of traps set in the store rooms but never eradicate vermin completley).

CheeseandGherkins · 13/05/2015 14:52

Doubt his shoe was dirtier than the floor.

yearofthegoat · 13/05/2015 14:55

I think it is rank too OP. If this is what they do in front of customers what are they doing behind the scenes?

BIWI · 13/05/2015 14:56

But there's nothing in anyone's freezer that's unwrapped! Everything is in plastic or in a card box.

I really think this is a non-issue.

NRomanoff · 13/05/2015 14:56

I don't see the issue really. Another one that assumes all packaging is dirty. As long as the ice itself doesn't get touched, it wouldn't bother me

SomewhereIBelong · 13/05/2015 14:58

his shoes will have walked on the floor where lots of stuff is heaped all the time, stuff gets dropped on the floor all the time... rat wee is much more hazardous - and as Always says there are always vermin in the back store.

SevTSnape · 13/05/2015 15:00

I misread the title and thought the worker had broke his foot. Was really confused when reading the post.

TinklyLittleLaugh · 13/05/2015 15:00

Yep, all packaging is dirty. Most people woke from this assumption.

CloserToFiftyThanTwenty · 13/05/2015 15:03

The freezer will kill off lots of bugs anyway, won't it?

googoodolly · 13/05/2015 15:08

So do you think everything that's dropped on the floor should be binned and wasted?

His shoes are no dirtier than the floor it fell on, or on the cages they're brought in from the warehouse on, or the lorries, packaging factories etc etc.

BIWI · 13/05/2015 15:11

Actually, low temperatures don't kill bacteria. It's only high temperatures that do that.

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kissmethere · 13/05/2015 15:14

I'm going to get a grip, but before I do it's the thought of God knows what he has walked in on the street. Dog dos, spit! God knows.!sorry it's grim I just thought FFS!!!

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JemFinch · 13/05/2015 15:17

I'm sure a lot worse has happened to the packaging before his foot got to it...

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kissmethere · 13/05/2015 15:22

probably JemFinch...

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SpectrumIsGreene · 13/05/2015 15:43

You should definitely report the dirty little so and so.
The comments above really show a lack of basic understanding of food safety.
Anything on the outside of the bag can get into the bag when you open it. Not just bacteria but foreign bodies of all types. So whatever is on the sole of this guy's boots can end up in the bag of ice cubes: grass, soil, dog faeces etc. Nice.
I work in a food factory that produces frozen food for all the UK supermarkets. Our products are wrapped in film and then put into cartons (so a pack of 6 or 8 etc). The cartons are sold in the supermarkets. The rule in our factory is that anything that goes on the floor goes in the bin or if it is a carton the contents are repacked. This is enforced by our (supermarket) customers in their codes of practice and when they audit the factory.
If the guy in the CoOp thinks this is acceptable then who knows what else he may be getting up to.

TheHappinessTrap · 13/05/2015 15:45

I think whatever he does you will focus in on it. It's not appropriate, but it's a bag. Help him get some guidance, but vicariously rather than directly from you since you don't get on.

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kissmethere · 13/05/2015 15:52

SpectrumIsGreene I knew it! I mean who does that? Use a mallet and definitely don't put it on the shop floor. I worked in a supermarket years ago and we were really strict about any food item coming into contact with the floor, even in wrapping.

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