Urban Legend: Mayo-Nightmare
With all the fast food places around the world, it’s hard to fathom all the animals that have to be “processed” every day just to meet the demand. With the prices for such things dropping as well, it’s statistically impossible for mistakes not to happen. Just hope they don’t happen like this.
Sarah was having an off day; she woke up a bit late and, in the rush to get to work on time, she forgot her lunch. So, at lunch she decided to stop by the McDonald’s resturant across the street from her office.
Once in line, she decided she was in the mood for a chicken sandwich but didn’t like mayonnaise so she told them to hold the mayo. The service was fast and she was begining to like the atmosphere of the place. She took her red tray and headed to a table.
Being quite hungry, she took a rather large bite into the sandwich and felt a gooey, foul-tasting glob of mayonnaise! She got up and went to the register and told the cashier to correct her order. The cashier obliged and the kitchen swore that they had not put mayonnaise. They made her a replacement sandwich and she returned to her table.
A few moments later, Sarah felt extremely ill and started coughing. She stood up and vomitted a strange color all over the floor. Then she coughed up some blood and passed out. The paramedics arrived shortly and asked to see the sandwich she had taken back. Upon inspection, it was revealed that the chicken patty had a large abscess inside of it!
Sarah had her stomach pumped and was fine save for the haunting memory of fast food.
Urban Legend: Baozi Bun Biohazard Part 2 or Mongolian Death Meat
Another version of yesterday’s delicious legend comes from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Taking place in the 1980’s as well, it tells of a Chinese woman named Miss Wang who drove to work in Chifeng. But, one fateful day she was in a tragic auto accident and died. Her parents were notified and they went to go oversee the memorial services.
As Miss Wang’s mother was about to push her daughter’s body into the cremation chamber she felt the cover and noticed something amiss. She felt further up and the cover pressed down all the way. She pulled the cover off to unveil a horrible sight; her daughter’s body was missing a leg! She alerted the authorities and went to speak to the crematorium owner, Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee eventually admitted that he removed the leg but he was no longer in posession of it. He explained that his brother was a popular chef in Beijing and because of the planned economy in China (I’m pretty sure they mean “communism”) pork tickets were very limited and his bun shop was failing.
So in order to make up for the ingredients he would often ask Mr. Lee for filler meat. Mr. Lee admitted that this had been going on for seven years. The police searched the brother’s resturant and found the leg in the freezer. The resturant was a very popular eatery and even had a franchise in Chifeng.
Those who found out why the place closed where most likely very grossed out at the whole situation. But, you, dear reader, can rest calmly knowing that this legend, while based on true events, is just a legend.
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