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I was surprised seeing how many people are actually okay with hair as long as the food tasted good lmao
Had this happen recently at a restaurant where it was their first day open, and I was their first customer. (They ran another restaurant in town so I knew about their quality and reputation).
I ordered Pho and found a single hair in the noodles. It did bother my appetite a bit, but I just moved on and ignored it. I did mention it to them simply because I think they should know it happened and to be careful, but it's not big enough for me too demand a new meal or waste this meal. They offered twice to replace it but I declined as I was already well into the meal. 
Thing is all the food was perfect and top notch. They ended up not charging me for the meal, even though I insisted that wasn't necessary. 
I knew they felt a bit embarrassed about that and wanted to correct the error. I think that all you can really ask for, is just to learn from it going forward. As I've said in other comments in this thread, even the most militantly ran kitchen will have that happen to them. It's inevitable it will happen once. Says nothing about the quality or sanitary conditions of the kitchen, it's simply an accident. When you have humans with hair in their heads preparing the food, and humans with hair on their head running and serving food to you, it's 100% bound to happen eventually. >

If I find hair in my food chances are it's mine. I'm a shedding monster. So I agree with you, it just happens sometimes and it's not a big deal. >

I have never had an issue with this either. It happens. >

I've seen those cooking shows on tv, and I'm more concerned about how many ounces of sweat are in my meal. Some of those chefs are runnin' around with waterfalls of sweat dripping off their faces. >

Naturally added salt.... >

r/cursedcomments >

I’d rather find a hair than a bug or slug. >

What if a slug IS the food? >

Well you could end up with permanent brain damage like the guy in Australia that ate a slug on a dare. >

Worth it >

It doesn't bother me either.  I take it out and continue eating.  Whatever microscopic particles you're worried about being transferred from hair to food, they're already in there anyway, and worse. >

Lol same. People have such weird high standards for things. They forget we live in a reality where people have hair and they make our food for us to survive and put a roof over their head. 
I swear, I'm one of those people where someone can show me dirty kitchen and where the food was cooked and if the food still looks delicious, I don't care, I want to eat it. 
Finding bugs and stuff like that is another thing I think is worthy of a refund or free meal. >

I read that as 'we live in a society' and instantly thought of joker shitposts >

Especially when it’s a friend/family member.
I’ve seen someone completely embarrass a family member because one of her hairs showed up in a dish. We’ve all been to this woman’s house. It was always impeccably clean. But a hair might have been caught in her sleeve when she was cooking. Just remove it and move on with your life. Why make a scene over something so benign? >

Not a big deal but still nasty >

I have four huskies, husky glitter is everywhere, and lint rolling isn't 100%, so I might have brought the hair in on my sleeve or something....
If the hair was curly, I might question it, but not if it could be my own hair or my dogs. >

Husky glitter 😂 >

It doesn't bother me, when it's multiple hairs though in a 5 star that means there's an issue with quality control and it's something they need to stay on top of
And don't get me started on the one time I went to eat a baked roll, only to discover a hair had been baked into the roll... >

Wait until OP discovers humans all have bacteria living on our skin >

Yeah agree, if there’s a hair just toss it out and keep it moving >

One hair means there can be a lot more nasty stuff hidden from view >

Well yeah if I know it’s my hair it’s fine  if it’s someone’s pubic  or rat hair in my food that’s rational concern that comes to mind when a hair is in my food that I did not make . And that’s why I’m out >

The only time I cared was a really obvious hair at the top of my drink. Sitting on the top ice cube like a garnish. Like the waiter should have definitely seen it immediately and replaced the water. 
Also waiters should not have giant beards IMO. At least not without some sort of covering. >

Yeah...No. First off: Hi! I'm someone who's ServSafe certified and has taken courses on food safety. Second off: Hair in food is considered contamination for a reason. Bacteria can reside on hair strands. Particularly Staphylococcus. This can transfer from the hair and onto the food itself. Hair strands also contain oil, sweat, and possible chemical residue. A hair in your food can also indicate poor sanitation throughout the entire restaurant. So yeah. Don't eat food if you find a hair in it unless you want to risk getting food poisoning. 
Edit: Should you get super pissed when you find a hair in your food tho? No. Accidents happen. Be patient and considerate. It's just best for your safety to just not eat the food and request something new and reiterate that you're not upset and that you understand it wasn't intentional. >

One hair is definitely forgivable but multiple hairs is definitely a red flag >

It is if you have texture issues. I never think about whose hair it is or whether it was clean or not, the feel of a hair in my mouth causes a gag response. I've pulled a long hair through food I was chewing and partially in my throat. I just cannot bear that feeling, or the feeling of trying to corral the hair with my tongue and fingers. If a family member or friend has been gracious enough to invite me over for dinner and I just see one on the plate or in the food, I would never embarrass anyone or call them out on it. I just push that portion of food aside or slip it into a napkin and go on about dinner.
It's safe to say that I'd rather have food in my hair, than hair in my food. >

you're right.   
Of all the things to find in your food, hair is probably the cleanest. If you get a bug or a leaf or something, you don't know what's on it or where it's been. A bandage or something will be filled with bacteria and blood. But most chefs working in restaurants will have clean uniforms on, have washed themselves and their hair before starting their shift and have been wearing hats to keep contaminants off them during their shift.   
But people are happy to eat a meal they see a wasp or fly land in, but not if they find a hair. >

If a hair is in a plate of food, it's safe to assume that the kitchen it came from isn't sanitary or properly managed. It instantly ruins my appetite to think about whatever else touched my food, plus the textural expierence of having hair in my mouth is revolting >

It is not safe to assume that lol >

I'll continue assuming it >

If it's pubic hair then I wonder whats going on in the kitchen?! >

If they can't do the bare minimum of keeping hair out of the food I shudder to think about what else they are slacking on. Especially for food like sushi, which I did find a hair in and you bet I never went back >

I think it's not intrinsically a problem, but indicates that the kitchen isn't particularly sanitary. >

Which in reality isn't true. A stray hair is an unfortunate accident. You can run everything absolutely perfectly and still have that happen. >

Idk. It makes me lose my appiteto. >

Not that big a deal for me either, but I will still bring it to the attention of the waiter to get a discount or something. >

I agree with you. And the hair is most likely mine >

Depends on the hair... >

Downvoted because I agree with you >

You guys notice hairs in your food? >

If I can see who the hair belongs to, then I can just pick it out and carry on. If not, then I'll ask for it to be re-made. Usually, i can tell who the hair belongs to. Yeah... I know, it's weird. >

Finding a nail in my food is fair I draw the line. >

This applies to long hair specifically but my hair goes into my mouth sometimes so whenever I find some random person's hair from my food that's all I can think of lol. It's very offputting but won't stop me from finishing >

I don't care about hair in my food. However, if a fly gets in there, I am throwing the house away. >

yes very unpopular >

I mean, ya, i guess anything is gross if you stop and think about. >

If I find hair in the food that I cooked, I just remove it because it's usually my hair
If I find a hair in food in a restaurant, I will prob just remove it and not eat the part of the food where I found the hair
You can be bald and there's still going to be a chance to find hair hair in your food, it's just hair, remove it and keep eating >

I agree with you, it’s all good. Gross but I’ll take it out and eat the rest. 
However… one time I was in Austria with a friend while in high school visiting his family. His grandma made fresh bomb ass pierogis almost every day. They were fruit or berry pierogis and she would cover them with a kind of sweet yogurt sauce on top. They were good. 
One day I was eating away and found a small hair sticking out of one. His grandma had long and THICK black grandma hair. Anyways hair in the food was gross but yeah whatever I put that one to the side. When I did so, all it did was slide that pierogi off the hair and expose more of the hair which went into another one below. Ugh. But ok did the same thing and the same thing happened. Wow. 
Also like I didn’t want to embarrass anyone and I was worried it would have been rude not to eat it or to bring up the hair. So I figured I’d just grab the hair, close my eyes, pull it all the way out and then just eat everything else. 
I started pulling it and getting some resistance, some tension, and pulled harder and it snapped. The end that broke off quickly shrunk back into the pierogi and disappeared. Pulled that top of off and did the same thing, same thing snapped and disappeared. So at this time I’m flipping everything over trying to just fish it out like an animal and I come to find it’s like a huge rats nest of several hairs in a know and somehow cooked into every single pierogi and I honestly just couldn’t do it. 
But yeah I do agree with you otherwise. >

i have intense sensory issues, so even if it’s my own hair that’s still connected to my head it’ll ruin it for me lmao- i don’t eat meat specifically because there’s always something rubbery or crunchy eee i’m making myself gag just thinking about it >

Shit you guys are nasty