AIBU to think supermarkets should cover their pastries

[craftqueen]

So I went to my local Waitrose today and thought I'd get a nice croissant or pastry.

There were flies flying around all the pastries and some were sitting on the actual pastries.

AIBU in thinking they should cover them with something so the flies can't sit on them?

I've seen a kid lick a maple and pecan one and then put it back. Havnt dared to buy anything uncovered again.

The germs are bad enough, but food lying out like that is a gift to evil people who might want to put something really nasty to harm others in the stuff.

Marks and Spencer’s bakery is like this. Delicious looking treats all exposed and low level for sneezing, flies, fingers.

Good for my waistline I suppose as I wouldn’t buy them uncovered.

You can buy frozen ready to bake croissants - at least you know they’ll not have flies on them (unless in your home 🤣)

I'm seeing this all over too. I've been fighting off flies all summer and even now they're still pestering us. They appear as soon as any food is exposed in the kitchen, so I dread to think how many are feeding on those pastries all day long.

I bet they have such stringent regulations in the kitchens where they are baked, yet they are out in the store for all and sundry to prod and poke and for flies to eat and spread their germs.
I guess it appears more artisanal.

The germs are bad enough, but food lying out like that is a gift to evil people who might want to put something really nasty to harm others in the stuff.

Well, salmonella is probably quite easy to cultivate, as is botulism. I'd guess it'd be easy to conceal an aerosol dispersant mechanism. But that said, I'm sure the premises in question have a carefully documented risk register, and would be happy to explain to the relevant authorities what compensating controls they have in place for identified risks.

Maybe they're using artificial intelligence, or facial recognition, or something really kewl . Or, then again, maybe they're not.

It is a bit weird isn't it? I love those Portuguese custard things SOOOOO much though, I don't think I'd care if a fly was on it, I'd bat the bastard away and still eat it .

I guess it appears more artisanal saves money.

It is a bit weird isn't it? I love those Portuguese custard things SOOOOO much though, I don't think I'd care if a fly was on it, I'd bat the bastard away and still eat it .

Why not eat it, and get a bit of protein ? After all, eating insects is the future. Or will be if population keeps rising.

the blue bottles don't eat much

It's not what they're eating so much as how they're eating it ... Plus the fact that they will have been on all sorts of disgusting places before landing on said pastry!

We live the German Lidl spoon thingies
Kept DS amused for ages ( which meant we had to buy Far more baked goods than we actually wanted )

OMG absolutley! Our Co-Op has had a refit and the open pastries are now at the end on the isle right next to where people queue to pay. Image a cough or sneeze off someone, or a sticky fingered child picking them up. Yet the covered french sticks are round the corner on another shelf?????

All supermarkets have unwrapped bread and cakes. Apparently it looks more appealing for the customers

DGRossetti facial recognition for the flies themselves. Bound to be.

All supermarkets have unwrapped bread and cakes. Apparently it looks more appealing for the customers

Maybe there's scope for a sweepstakes on the first death, and from which supermarket ?

When did basic hygiene become optional in the UK ?

Lol omelette.

That did make me laugh

DGRossetti facial recognition for the flies themselves. Bound to be

or bee ?

Even as I type, there's someone writing up a pitch for the government.

Thanks for all your replies.

There were 3-4 flies there, just having a party .

Really fancied a maple and pecan pastry as well. anyone know where I can get a nice wrapped up one?

I won't buy them, watched the flies and wasps in Lidl this summer on the snot height pastries, seen children playing about with bread in other supermarkets, not helped by the intro of GBBO with the little girl fondling all the bread which obviously makes it OK.

I also don't buy uncovered cold meats and deli, or serve yourself salads. Especially knowing that some places cut the old edges off the meat and put it back on display.

Much as I hate plastic use, I hate the thought of fly blown stuff even more so buy pre-packed.

There were 3-4 flies there, just having a party .

Just a thought, but turning up with 2 kids, each armed with a copy of "flies of the British Isles" and a promise of a cake (elsewhere) for the first to correctly identify (say) five different species might not go down too well.

YANBU!

I won’t buy any of the cakes, pastries, biscuits etc in my local Waitrose as the coffee machine is at the end of the stand. They queue for the coffee machine along the front of the stand! If you wanted to buy a pastry you’d have to ask someone in the queue to move for you.

All those people coughing and spluttering and toddlers and children having a bit of a poke while they’re in the queue.

“Yum. A cinnamon swirl with a tasty sprinkling of noro-virus and ooh, I quite fancy that doughnut with the flu lurking in its frosting.”

Honestly - They might as well display each product in its own sporning Petri dish.

Our Morrisons and Asda have had various things in pre-packed containers in the bakery section, maybe you could find something you fancy in one of those.

There is a touch of 'snowflakiness' here when you consider the percentage of 'animal life' that is ground up into flour and other ingredients. I suppose it is cooked though.
What are the strange 'bitter' tasting bits you get in muesli sometimes?
I did draw the line at jam after seeing a cockroach stomping around in it but my waistline didn't really need the jam.

Ew. I saw some uncovered sausage roll type things displayed in the sunny window of an artisan-y bakery. Because who wouldn't want a week on a drip to go with their handcrafted pastry

@MissTerryShopper So what was his real crime here? Dipping into the salad, or was it his age and appearance?

Actually, I don't think things have got any worse recently, have they? Certain foods have always been unwrapped - consider independent bakeries, greengrocers, fishmongers, butchers. The difference in a supermarket is that people can prod, but most people are complaining about sneezes and flies, and these are a possibility on any unwrapped food. Fruit at least is more likely to be wrapped now, so it's less often that your carefully chosen fruit develops a finger tip size bruise 24 hours after you get it home.