Stadium vendor fired for bringing snow cones in the bathroom
By Sam Laird, From Mashable
Well, this is disgusting, and it may make you think twice before ordering a snack from one of those stadium vendors next time you’re out at the ol’ ballgame.
A roving snow cone salesman at Major League Baseball’s Minute Made Park in Houston was fired after a fan used his cellphone to film the vendor setting down a tray of the icy snacks on the floor of a bathroom stall while he sat down to use the toilet during an Astros game.
The grossed-out fan then shared the video with Houston’s local NBC affiliate.
In addition to serving as the Astros’ home ballpark, Minute Made Park hosts other entertainment and sporting events. Its food concessions are handled by the company Aramark, which told the Associated Press the incident is “a clear violation of our food safety practices and are not reflective of our standards.”
Astros president Reid Ryan released a statement as well, which read: “The Astros were notified immediately by our partner Aramark of the incident involving a vendor on Monday night. We commend the swift reaction displayed by Aramark of terminating the employee immediately upon learning of the incident that evening.”
The lesson here, as always: Your dirty deeds can never be secret in the digital age.
Image courtesy Flickr, Sean Loyless
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