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Post by tloonya on Dec 15, 2015 15:29:49 GMT -5
I just saw it and I have pictures to prove it.
Family with 2 dogs and cats. Huge dining room table. At the one end of a table there are 2 dishes from which cat is eating (on the table). The reason being is that dogs are eating cats food and cat left hungry. Dogs dishes are on the floor.
Dogs managed to jump on the table and while people are having lunch there are 2 dogs and 2 cats are walking around the table, and sniffing their food and get some of it from the peoples hands. When people are done - dogs are allowed to lick plates clean.
And the culmination of the moment is that these people are having everything else clean, washed and in order. If it isn't love for the animals - what is it?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 15, 2015 15:32:31 GMT -5
People are gross.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 15, 2015 15:32:36 GMT -5
I can't stand when I see people having their animals on the table. Yeah, put your cat/dog's naked butthole where you eat dinner. Just no.
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Post by tloonya on Dec 15, 2015 15:37:01 GMT -5
People are gross. You have NO idea how organic it is all looking. Peace and joy! And yes! One dog was actually sniffing others but right before my face! I wasn't eating..
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Post by cktc on Dec 15, 2015 17:03:51 GMT -5
I can't stand when I see people having their animals on the table. Yeah, put your cat/dog's naked butthole where you eat dinner. Just no. While I agree with you, there's really no absolute way of keeping your cat(s) off the table. That being said, we wash ours a lot! ETA... yeah, and nobody on the table while there is food there. I was so pissed at one of my cats yesterday. I went grocery shopping and left all the produce on the counter because we were having people over and I just wanted to put my feet up for 30 minutes before starting dinner. Five times that rotten fur-ball hopped on the counter trying to investigate/eat everything and I had to get up to shoo her away/spray her with water. My DH said I should have just given her some lettuce. I said putting her outside in the rain would be more fitting. My other cat never gets on the counters, and this one only does when I leave food unattended, but she's usually not such a persistent a******.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 15, 2015 17:11:14 GMT -5
This is why I am very hesitant to eat food prepared by other people. That's why I don't do potlucks. I have no clue who was licking what before.
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Post by cael on Dec 15, 2015 17:15:01 GMT -5
My cat always gets booted off whenever i catch her on a table. She isn't huge on jumping so she isn't up there very often.. but one clap and I start walking towards her and she jumps down and runs away. My mother has tried to get her off the table, and she sits there and refuses to move, because I'm the only one who means business
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Dec 15, 2015 17:32:45 GMT -5
At my mom's place, she keeps the cats' dishes on the kitchen table chairs. Otherwise her dog eats it. My older cat who was full grown when I got him is a good boy who never jumps on tables or counters. My younger cat who I have had since she was a kitten is a spoiled princess who has her own special area of the counter. That way she can watch what is going on without interfering with food preparation.
Edit: I have a strict no cats in the kitchen policy when I am preparing food for a potluck or similar event. My mom always jokes that our family has cast iron stomachs, so I basically pretend I am preparing food for someone with no immune system every time I go to a potluck.
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Post by cael on Dec 15, 2015 17:46:18 GMT -5
See, animals in the home don't concern me as much as say, proper cooking/cooling when it comes to food prepared in someone's home. Other people's gross habits at the point of service can never be avoided and you just have to call that as you see it, but I'm way more interested in whether someone leaves their chili out all night to cool before serving it than whether or not they have a cat at home. (says the food inspector who loves cats so take my opinion with a grain of salt!)
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Dec 15, 2015 17:52:01 GMT -5
That is pretty much how I feel. A stray cat hair is gross, but way less of a big deal than contaminated food. Apparently my grandparents used to leave milk sitting out overnight and still drink it. I don't think my mom has ever gotten food poisoning, and I have only had it a couple of times (although it probably helps that I stopped eating meat 20 years ago). When I make food to share with other people I try to use the aseptic techniques I learned in grad school.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 15, 2015 18:26:22 GMT -5
This is why I am very hesitant to eat food prepared by other people. That's why I don't do potlucks. I have no clue who was licking what before. I don't do potlucks either... although it's less about the pets than it is other people's slovenly behaviors. I think the story that did it for me was a nurse telling me how her coworker would wash her work crocs in the family dishwasher with the family dishes I'd take a cat's ass over bodily fluids any day of the week. Oh make no mistake - it's not just about animal's hair for me. Seeing how people behave around food at work functions completely turned me off eating anything prepared by pretty much anyone. That being said, I am not really a germ-phoebe, I just don't want to be exchanging bodily fluids with anyone.
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Post by imawino on Dec 15, 2015 18:37:41 GMT -5
That is pretty much how I feel. A stray cat hair is gross, but way less of a big deal than contaminated food. Apparently my grandparents used to leave milk sitting out overnight and still drink it. I don't think my mom has ever gotten food poisoning, and I have only had it a couple of times (although it probably helps that I stopped eating meat 20 years ago). When I make food to share with other people I try to use the aseptic techniques I learned in grad school. How did they not die??!! Yikes! I think I got a little ill just reading that. They really were made of some stern stuff.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Dec 15, 2015 18:51:53 GMT -5
Her stories are crazy. Dinner would sit on the stove overnight and still be eaten the next day. When I was around 10 years old, my dad, my brother and I all got terribly sick, and I thought my mom was a superwoman for being able to clean up our vomit without getting sick too. We all went from thinking we were dying to feeling better within a day, so I think it was probably food poisoning. At least having a bad childhood seems to give you immunity to food poisoning.
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Post by steph08 on Dec 15, 2015 19:07:51 GMT -5
I only have dogs and no, they don't eat at the table or lick our dishes or anything crazy like that.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 15, 2015 19:42:14 GMT -5
The only animals on the table should be ones that are properly cooked
-- signed Omnivore
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 15, 2015 20:14:44 GMT -5
See, animals in the home don't concern me as much as say, proper cooking/cooling when it comes to food prepared in someone's home. Other people's gross habits at the point of service can never be avoided and you just have to call that as you see it, but I'm way more interested in whether someone leaves their chili out all night to cool before serving it than whether or not they have a cat at home. (says the food inspector who loves cats so take my opinion with a grain of salt!) Animals in the home aren't the issue....it's animals on the table. That AND people's gross habits are gross.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 20:48:03 GMT -5
This is why I am very hesitant to eat food prepared by other people. That's why I don't do potlucks. I have no clue who was licking what before. I don't do potlucks either... although it's less about the pets than it is other people's slovenly behaviors. I think the story that did it for me was a nurse telling me how her coworker would wash her work crocs in the family dishwasher with the family dishes I'd take a cat's ass over bodily fluids any day of the week.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 15, 2015 20:59:55 GMT -5
That is pretty much how I feel. A stray cat hair is gross, but way less of a big deal than contaminated food. Apparently my grandparents used to leave milk sitting out overnight and still drink it. I don't think my mom has ever gotten food poisoning, and I have only had it a couple of times (although it probably helps that I stopped eating meat 20 years ago). When I make food to share with other people I try to use the aseptic techniques I learned in grad school. How did they not die??!! Yikes! I think I got a little ill just reading that. They really were made of some stern stuff. Because we waaaaay over sanitize things these days. You have way more microbes in your mouth already than what would growin milk. How do you think yogurt is made?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 15, 2015 21:03:04 GMT -5
See, animals in the home don't concern me as much as say, proper cooking/cooling when it comes to food prepared in someone's home. Other people's gross habits at the point of service can never be avoided and you just have to call that as you see it, but I'm way more interested in whether someone leaves their chili out all night to cool before serving it than whether or not they have a cat at home. (says the food inspector who loves cats so take my opinion with a grain of salt!) This is where I'm at.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 21:08:08 GMT -5
So a question for all of you who don't eat at pot-lucks? Do you send food to the teacher at Christmas? You know, cookies, home-made candy, mixes (I got M&Ms and popcorn, for example)? Would you be insulted to know the teachers aren't eating it? I always say thank you, but I feed it to the other students. At least that way the parent and student's efforts don't go totally to waste. That mix is going to the garbage (I don't eat pop corn these days because I can't afford to break a crown on a kernel), but the jar is cute.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 15, 2015 21:34:13 GMT -5
That would also mean you guys only eat meals that you've prepared. So no eating at family functions where you didn't do the cooking?
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Post by imawino on Dec 15, 2015 22:36:29 GMT -5
That is pretty much how I feel. A stray cat hair is gross, but way less of a big deal than contaminated food. Apparently my grandparents used to leave milk sitting out overnight and still drink it. I don't think my mom has ever gotten food poisoning, and I have only had it a couple of times (although it probably helps that I stopped eating meat 20 years ago). When I make food to share with other people I try to use the aseptic techniques I learned in grad school. How did they not die??!! Yikes! I think I got a little ill just reading that. They really were made of some stern stuff. I'm not remotely germaphobic, and am not overly concerned with sanitizing anything. But rotten milk is definitely vomit inducing, and I cannot even stomach the smell of warm milk. gross. And while I know there are live cultures in my yogurt and am happy to eat them - I'm pretty sure my packaged yogurt is not actually made by leaving a carton of milk out on grandma's counter overnight and then pouring it down my gullet. And this is coming from someone whose dog DOES lick the plates (before they go in the dishwasher - calm down, people!).
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Dec 15, 2015 22:37:48 GMT -5
hair never bothered me
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 15, 2015 22:42:01 GMT -5
I just saw it and I have pictures to prove it. Family with 2 dogs and cats. Huge dining room table. At the one end of a table there are 2 dishes from which cat is eating (on the table). The reason being is that dogs are eating cats food and cat left hungry. Dogs dishes are on the floor. Dogs managed to jump on the table and while people are having lunch there are 2 dogs and 2 cats are walking around the table, and sniffing their food and get some of it from the peoples hands. When people are done - dogs are allowed to lick plates clean.And the culmination of the moment is that these people are having everything else clean, washed and in order. If it isn't love for the animals - what is it? Proof you don't need lemon-scented dishwasher detergent.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 22:51:17 GMT -5
How did they not die??!! Yikes! I think I got a little ill just reading that. They really were made of some stern stuff. I'm not remotely germaphobic, and am not overly concerned with sanitizing anything. But rotten milk is definitely vomit inducing, and I cannot even stomach the smell of warm milk. gross. And while I know there are live cultures in my yogurt and am happy to eat them - I'm pretty sure my packaged yogurt is not actually made by leaving a carton of milk out on grandma's counter overnight and then pouring it down my gullet. And this is coming from someone whose dog DOES lick the plates (before they go in the dishwasher - calm down, people!). Sitting out overnight doesn't make milk rotten though...just warm. It will definitely speed up it going bad, but it's doubtful it will make you ill beyond the psychological "making you sick". But, I'm one that grew up where we got our milk with a bucket out of the bulk tank and we didn't refrigerate the eggs.
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Post by imawino on Dec 15, 2015 23:03:19 GMT -5
I'm not remotely germaphobic, and am not overly concerned with sanitizing anything. But rotten milk is definitely vomit inducing, and I cannot even stomach the smell of warm milk. gross. And while I know there are live cultures in my yogurt and am happy to eat them - I'm pretty sure my packaged yogurt is not actually made by leaving a carton of milk out on grandma's counter overnight and then pouring it down my gullet. And this is coming from someone whose dog DOES lick the plates (before they go in the dishwasher - calm down, people!). Sitting out overnight doesn't make milk rotten though...just warm. It will definitely speed up it going bad, but it's doubtful it will make you ill beyond the psychological "making you sick". But, I'm one that grew up where we got our milk with a bucket out of the bulk tank and we didn't refrigerate the eggs. Just me alone in the world thinking milk that sits out for a day is ooky, I'm sure! I've had non pasteurized milk, we leave butter out in the dish, I'm not scared of germs. But anything other than ice cold milk can't get past my nose unless it's in a coffee. How long exactly does it take milk to go bad once it's left out at room temp?
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 15, 2015 23:42:41 GMT -5
I only exchange food with people I know, i.e - they comfortable eating what I made and I am comfortable eating what they made.
My kids have never been in a regular school setting, but if they were, I wouldn't be sending food to teachers. Gift cards all the way!!
While I don't think I will get deathly ill from eating other people's food, I just find certain things people do incredibly disgusting.
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Post by yogiii on Dec 16, 2015 7:05:25 GMT -5
I only exchange food with people I know, i.e - they comfortable eating what I made and I am comfortable eating what they made. My kids have never been in a regular school setting, but if they were, I wouldn't be sending food to teachers. Gift cards all the way!! While I don't think I will get deathly ill from eating other people's food, I just find certain things people do incredibly disgusting. Exactly!
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Post by tloonya on Dec 16, 2015 10:04:45 GMT -5
So you would eat next to it
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Dec 16, 2015 10:26:03 GMT -5
So you would eat next to it oh yeah.
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