Anybody giving Chipotle a 2nd chance?

Yes. The likelihood of getting sick is similar to winning the powerball. With the millions of people who eat at Chipotle daily and are just fine far outweighs the small number who have gotten sick. It is crazy to not go there for fear of getting sick. It's simple statistics that are heavily in your favor. You have a much much higher chance of getting sick from the sushi or Chinese you ate last night...

I was going to go to Chipotle lastweekend, and I though, "Nah, I'd rather go somewhere else because I don't want food poisoning."

(The End.)

This situation was easy to anticipate, given Chipotle's slack management and preference for exploiting teen workers (at least here in Warrenton, Va.) The kids are spaced-out and uncommunicative. Watching them make your burrito is an ordeal, because they are unreceptive to requests as they robotically go thru the motions, which leads to poor results--as you stand there and watch and pay.

I've been to other Chipotle's in places like Pittsburgh where employees were totally engaged and excellent. But the management-free "zombie food" model seems to be Chipotle's norm. It's no surprise that sanitation standards slip in such a setting.

And the aphorisms on their food packaging are truly pathetic, as noted writers like Jonathan Franzen and Barbara Kingsolver sell out their reps and intellectual status for easy bucks. We're totally done with the place. Good riddance.

I still eat there. Granted only maybe once or twice a month. Never been sick and I won't get sick. It's good for fast food.

Maybe everyone should learn how to grow and raise their own food so they can actually have an opinion on this matter.

china still likes them wrote:

Code Enforcement wrote:

Food Poisoning has ended many eating establishments.

Remember Chi-Chi's?

Indeed I do. Beer was good, but eating the food always seemed to leave me queasy or worse. Fortunately, the one in our town closed before the hep a outbreak.

Chipotle's problems are directly attributable to a"scandal" that preceded the E. Coli outbreaks.

About a year before, Chipotle was making headlines because news media were reporting that some of its stores employed undocumented workers. (It's no secret that a good portion of restaurants do so, Chipotle notwithstanding.) In an effort to stymie the negative publicity, the upper brass in the company made it imperative that its franchisees properly vetted their workers' legal statuses. As a result, as this move to a legalized work force took shape, this unintended consequence materialized: What was once a fairly stable workforce began to be replaced by younger workers who were more prone to higher incidences of turnover and shoddy work ethics. Surely enough, this was a recipe (for lack of a better word) for disaster. Quality began to suffer, as did cleanliness standards.

Here's one such article about the undocumented worker problem, dating to 2012:

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-24/chipotles-undocumented-worker-problem-isnt-over

If only this were Chipotle's biggest concern right now...

Their food has always been overrated, I tried them twice and the burritos were overly dry.

I like a family run Mexican joint, with a generous salsa bar, and jalapeno and carrots soaked in with the jalapeno's.

Midfontaine wrote:

Their food has always been overrated, I tried them twice and the burritos were overly dry.

I like a family run Mexican joint, with a generous salsa bar, and jalapeno and carrots soaked in with the jalapeno's.

This.

You'll get diarrhea but it won't kill ya.

White folks apparently have never heard of Baja Fresh, lol

Not this guy wrote:

Never understood the hype.

But grass fed! Organic!!

Marketing worked though - there always a line out the door during lunchtime at the one next door to our office. I usually just went to the QDoba down the street.

I also remember them getting raided, and afterwards their whole staff changed. F them and their corporate policy/culture on that.

El Chapulin wrote:

Here's one such article about the undocumented worker problem, dating to 2012:

...

You do realize it's 2016, and that the actual *source* of the E. coli was a supplier to Chipotle?

Not that appropriate employee precautions wouldn't have prevented it, but it's not like it came from an illegal immigrant who couldn't read the "Employees must wash hands..." sign in the restroom, 4 years ago.

Weaklings.

If your body can't handle those few bacteria, then your not STRONG enough.

It's called survival of the fittest. I never got sick off Chipotle.

Btw, always go for the bowl with double meat, skip the burrito/taco GRAIN cr*p.

People are bailing on Chipotle, but were lining up to buy Powerball tickets.

Does anybody understand basic statistics?

notroll wrote:

Not me, I've had food poisoning before and it's misery. And they're decision to shut down ALL their stores nationwide for a "training" day on April 8 is an admission it's still out of control.

If it was out of control then they would probably do this training day a little sooner.

china still likes them wrote:

Code Enforcement wrote:

Food Poisoning has ended many eating establishments.

Remember Chi-Chi's?

About Chi-Chi's

Odds Maker wrote:

People are bailing on Chipotle, but were lining up to buy Powerball tickets.

Does anybody understand basic statistics?

Good call...except for the small fact that if you're one of the lucky few in one scenario, you win hundreds of millions of dollars, while in the other you get e coli.

I'll take the one in several million odds of getting e. coli at Chipotle over the nearly 100% chance of getting diarrhea at just about any other fast food restaurant.