This time, they didn't wash their hands

Where not to eat (ver. 3.0)

A casual look over WFMY's most recent Restaurant Report Card for the greater Winston-Salem community brought these transgressions to light:

• "employees were not washing their hands, and maybe it's because there was no hand soap or towels"
• "cook wipe his hands on his apron, do other work, then come back and prepare food"
• "employee scooping out ice with a glass without washing his hands"

I will most likely never eat at any of these locations. I rarely travel to N.C., and when I do have the misfortune of finding myself in that foul state I try to avoid spending any money there.

One reason I post these items (in addition to them being a little on the nasty side) is to draw attention to how much time and effort our friends at WFMY sink into these reports.

I mean, look at the goofy banner for the page. "Restaurant Report Card" is linked under "Special Reports." Previous entries carry video reports. The station even calls the locations to talk about the inspection findings.

Maybe this attention to restaurant inspections is indicative of how little news there is in the area. Here's a scan of the other important happenings of the day:

• "Jellyfish are becoming a plague for North Carolina beachgoers"
• "Greensboro appears on Jeopardy game show as an entire category"
• "Local Pantry Forced To Buy Food"

(and my personal favorite)
"Bats Infest Reidsville Home" I love the subhead -- "Since mid-June, Wanda Mitchell and her family have been living with bats."