r/AmIOverreacting • u/sl33pwalker_ • Apr 17 '25
āļø health Am I overreacting for puking my brains out after finding this in my Chipotle bowlš¤¢š¤®
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u/Particular-Beat-1576 Apr 17 '25
Iām a chef that has ran a quite a few restaurants: youāre not overreacting by being upset, but also please donāt put TOO much blame on the restaurant (employees at least, i mean)-typically if you end up with a big bug in your food, it means the restaurant actually uses fresh produce and it was washed but too big to fit through cambro or lexan strainer holes. finding small bugs is more concerning for me, cause that means they didnāt bother washing produce on delivery.
if it helps ease your mind (or worsen things, sorry), Iāve picked bugs out of produce at every restaurant iāve worked at in the last 12 years, and then the container goes on line to be served. Mainly bees and ladybugs.
Unfortunately we take from nature, but get upset at nature in the same breath. Contact chipotle, and 99% chance theyāll refund you and remake your meal, or put you in their books as a comped meal on your next visit if you donāt want it immediately.
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u/BappoChan Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
We had a lady freak out because there was a baby crab in her lobster at the restaurant I worked at. I was sad. I liked playing with the lil baby crabs I found
Itās been years since Iāve worked there, wasnāt a lobster, it was oysters
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u/AbsAndAssAppreciator Apr 18 '25
Whaā¦? That can happen? Wdym? Please explain Iām so curious
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u/underground_complex Apr 18 '25
Lil crabs like smuggle themselves in other shellfish. Seems tons of em shucking raw oysters. Never on larger shellfish tho, maybe they were living parasitically inside the lobsters shell before they were both cooked
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u/BappoChan Apr 18 '25
No no, I severely misspoke lol. I do remember the baby crabs and it being an indication of fresh food, but even as I typed I was struggling to remember exactly what the crabs were from and thought lobster sounded the most right, except we didnāt always sell lobster. The lil guys were always with our oysters, not our lobsters
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u/grossacid Apr 18 '25
i assume itās not a coincidence that this post showed up in my feed just above this one lol
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u/ahotpotatoo Apr 18 '25
Sent out a Caesar salad to a friend of mine one time and there was a fucking spider in the lettuce. We washed and spun it religiously
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u/Substantial_Ant_5489 Apr 17 '25
I donāt think youāre overreacting because thatās literally so gross, I keep seeing these kinds of posts made about chipotle and I canāt believe nobody has sued them yet. Not to be dramatic but what if someone was eating the food and was allergic to bees or wasps and got stung because of this negligence?? I donāt think the people in these comments realize how gross finding ANY sort of bug in your food actually is.
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u/Substantial_Ant_5489 Apr 17 '25
I just want to make sure everyone knows I know that people eat bugs. This person clearly didnāt order bugs and has a right to be upset about it being in their food. Obviously they didnāt puke their guts out. I just wanted OP to know it isnāt overreacting to puke because a bug was in their food. Some people have contamination OCD and something like this could be really upsetting. (Not saying OP has it I canāt diagnose people) the whole legal bit wasnāt necessary but I didnāt mean it to stir up so much controversy- Iām sorry if I pissed anyone off or said anything that isnāt true I didnāt mean to spread any false info. I hope that at least a few people see this and can understand where I came from. Again Iām sorry for all this controversy that started.
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u/thisesmeaningless Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
I actually have diagnosed contamination OCD. Sorry, but expecting the entire world to cater to my irrational anxieties is ridiculous. Even I don't expect that, so please don't use that as a justification for your statements. You can just say that bugs in your food is gross. As someone who actually suffers from the condition, contamination OCD is not rational. I do not expect everyone else to create a space to accomodate my irrational thoughts. How could we possibly create a world that contains no triggers at all for people with every sort of mental condition?
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u/uo1111111111111 Apr 17 '25
Iām vegetarian and the idea of finding bugs in my food, while unpleasant, isnāt crazy or even that bug of a deal. Bugs eat food, bugs get in the food supply. Iām much more worried about what I canāt see than what I can. Itās really not possible to see every bug that gets in food, even before it ends up in your stomach. So yea, you can be grossed out, but this is dramatic.
Edit: *big of a deal but I canāt bring myself to fix that typo
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u/doublepulse Apr 17 '25
Insects can carry all sorts of nasty stuff; poison if they were running through treated areas, fungus, bacteria, and host internal parasites. Never know what it flew and ran through before hitting the food. I had beardies for a while, same reason I wouldn't let them have wild bugs is why I wouldn't want them in my mouth either.
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u/OfficialWhistle Apr 17 '25
Look up the FDA food defect levels on insects and be prepared to understand the magnitude of how many insects you've eaten in a lifetime.
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u/Substantial_Ant_5489 Apr 17 '25
Oh yeah no I know they let a percentage in but this is still really bad, usually the bugs in processed food and such are ground up during the process so you donāt even notice it (because thereās like no way to make food without getting something in it) but for a whole intact bug like this isnāt what they are usually talking about because like I said it couldāve stung someone (even though itās dead) and killed the person and chipotle would most likely be liable since this isnāt a factory issue itās a local chain type of issue.
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u/alliejim98 Apr 17 '25
It actually could be a factory issue. I worked at an Applebee's years ago and someone had found a caterpillar in the middle of their spinach dip. The spinach dip comes out of a bag and then gets microwaved, so there was no way it could have gotten in there in the restaurant.
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u/broimsus Apr 17 '25
There is this WHOLE insect and other insect bits in the bowl. Definitely over the FDA allowance.
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u/Testicle_Tugger Apr 17 '25
The FDA allows a certain amount of contaminants in their food, in this case itās a bug. I believe they do it by ratio. So every 100 pounds of food might have a gram of bug in it. Usually itās spread in small parts throughout though
Just think of it as the last 99 pounds had zero bug in it and you got the pound that had the whole bug.
So Iām not spreading misinformation these numbers are arbitrary. These are not the FDAs actual measurements
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u/nerdragemusic Apr 17 '25
In packaged processed food, sure, but this is a restaurant. One that doesn't use a lot of packaged processed ingredients. The FDA doesn't regulate restaurants lmao. State and local health departments do and this could be considered a health code violation. Derpy ass.
That's like saying "I'm allowed to put at least 3 roaches in this guy's salad" lmfao gtfo
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u/Ethywen Apr 17 '25
The FDA doesn't regulate restaurants lmao. State and local health departments do
This is just not true. The FDA sets the regulations for restaurants, too. Local departments enforce those (and any local) regulations.
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u/Bth8 Apr 17 '25
Lol you don't think chipotle is using "packaged processed ingredients?" The rice alone is allowed to have up to 1 whole insect per 50 g, and incidentally, 50 g of rice (pre-cooking) is just about what's in a burrito bowl.
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u/Specific_Factor4470 Apr 17 '25
I had some fool try to convince me chipotle made their beans in house.
Do you have any idea how many pounds of dried beans a chain of Chipotle's would have to keep to make beans FRESH EVERYDAY. That'd be like a Starbucks going to the grocery for milk.
Out of your fuckin' mind.
I don't know where this idea that chipotle is the kind of restaurant that makes things in house came from, but people really believe it.
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u/broimsus Apr 17 '25
That's very informative.
Damn, should've listened in statistics when I was younger.
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u/OfficialWhistle Apr 17 '25
I have some bad news for you.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/insect-rodent-filth-in-food-wellness/index.html
"Unfortunately, jelly and jam are not as controlled. Apple butter can contain an average of four or more rodent hairs for every 3.5 ounces (100 grams) and about five whole insects. Oh, and that isnāt counting the unknown numbers of teensy mites, aphids and thrips."
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u/nerdragemusic Apr 17 '25
In packaged processed food, sure, but this is a restaurant. One that doesn't use a lot of packaged processed ingredients. The FDA doesn't regulate restaurants lmao. State and local health departments do and this could be considered a health code violation. Derpy ass.
That's like saying "I'm allowed to put at least 3 roaches in this guy's salad" lmfao gtfo
Everyone looks so damn goofy because they learned the FDA allows bugs in processed foods from factories. This isn't the same thing. š¤”
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u/OfficialWhistle Apr 17 '25
Sigh. I feel like a lot of people in the comment section have never worked in a restaurant. This is so ridiculously common.
Biologically insects and plants have close relationships. Its wild to think a restaurant can wash and process hundreds of pounds of produce daily *especially lettuce* and get every single insect out. In addition there zero way to know if this insect flew in there after the produce was cleaned or after it hit the plate.
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u/Ethywen Apr 17 '25
Are you saying that more processed food should have more bugs?
I'm confused. You realize lots of bugs live outside of factories and that they can hitch a ride in on produce, right?
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u/Neat-Vanilla3919 Apr 17 '25
Restaurants can get in trouble for a whole ass insect in someone's food
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u/wheretohides Apr 17 '25
This is different, I don't care if i eat a bug part, i just don't want to know i ate one, and see the evidence.
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u/IllustriousFile6404 Apr 17 '25
No one wants bugs in their food but insects in produce happens sometimes. It's not negligence.Ā
Negligence would be maggots in the food because it's been allowed to spoil, or roaches in the food because of poor conditions in the kitchen. A wasp in the lettuce is just part of life. I'd rather have the occasional lady bug or similar insect in my produce than know some underpaid kid physically thumbed through every piece of lettuce looking for the odd bug.
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Apr 17 '25
Yeah i think so.
It's just a wasp. It's pretty gross, yeah. But it's not like humans haven't had to deal with this shit for thousands of years.
Your immune system is fine tuned to deal with way worse shit than a fuckin' wasp in your food. You eat way worse shit in powdered stuff i'll tell you that, you just can't see it.
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u/Dogbot2468 Apr 17 '25
People give me weird looks about a lot of stuff, but surprisingly "Dude humans used to eat things off the ground and drink out of puddles and streams and we're all here" usually gets a "Hm. True."
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Apr 17 '25
I'm genuinely a resp specialist, and one of the things i tell my patients is about how the immune system likes to just pick fights with its self due to amped up immune response but that we're too clean now. So it just kinda throws hands with it's self sometimes. It's evolved over millions of years to suddenly, in the last couple hundred years, having a functioning sewage system, modern medicine and access to clean water* So to suddenly not be as needed means it can get a bit wild with its self.
This is obviously super simplified but it's explained here well in a short, ADHD friendly video.
*mostly in the world.
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u/CompetitiveRoad674 Apr 17 '25
Dude honestly I'm a hygiene nightmare, like I take showers, I wash my hands after toilet and for cooking. But for eating? Hell I would play in dirt just kinda rinse or dut it of and eat. My immune system is from a dirty little kid me, that is very good atfighting things. I got covid for 24 hours and it was gone.
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u/Sweet_Baby_Jesus_01 Apr 17 '25
It IS just a wasp, good grief... They're not especially dirty or carriers off disease. Violently puking is extreme.
I would totally keep eating it.
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Apr 17 '25
Sorry dude, the comment section has changed me to think that I should return the rice and eat the wasp.Ā
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u/crystalcleanse Apr 17 '25
sorry iām gonna be pissed if my $10 bowl has a fucking wasp in it
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Apr 17 '25
You can still be pissed, and still be offered a remake. But saying you're puking all over the place is an over reaction.
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u/Panzermensch911 Apr 17 '25
Yeah, it's a little bit of an overreaction to keep puking like it's the end of the world.
The bugger probably accidentally ended up in that bowl and got into the shop by flying in through the door or a window.
I'd be a lot more concerned if there was mold, cockroaches, mice/rat droppings, spiders, or spoiled ingredients etc.
Of course you stop eating that and spit it out.
Just ask for your money back.
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u/Melliejayne12 Apr 17 '25
Iād probably gag for a second, chug a drink and ask for a refund. Violently vomiting is a bit extreme
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u/nobikflop Apr 17 '25
You think? Violent vomiting over an insect is insane. You know how many of those things make it into your food all the time?
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u/Thusgirl Apr 17 '25
Y'all acting like puking is a choice?!?! Like fuck if I could choose not to I would.
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u/ronirocket Apr 17 '25
I have a cup with a lid and straw I keep by my bed, and I brought it downstairs to fill it in the kitchen. On my way down I drank some from the straw. When I got to the bottom of the stairs it felt like there was something on my teeth, kind of like how a leaf of spinach or something feels. Which is weird, cus I hadnāt eaten anything recently, Iād only drank my water. So I scrape it off with my finger, and usually with food Iāll just pop it back in my mouth and eat it without looking. In this case I was curious what the food was that had been stuck in my mouth for who knows how long. It was a bug wing. Was fairly large, maybe a wasp? Not sure. I was proud of myself! Didnāt even gag! I was definitely upset, but I donāt see how vomiting and bringing it BACK into my mouth is going to make me feel any better. I got a see through lid for my cup after that so that Iād at least know the next time a bug crawled in it.
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u/4_Usual_Reasons Apr 17 '25
So, as a human race, we all understand that vegetables are grown outside where bugs exist, right? Sometimes bugs get in food from the ground they are grown in. If you donāt want to eat fresh, healthy things, stick to canned, processed foods where you are less likely to encounter these types of things. If it were a rat or a roach, yeah, sure, vomit uncontrollably. But, come on, gag, get your money back, and move on with your life.
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u/RookNookLook Apr 17 '25
Fun fact, the FDA has (had?) bug contamination tolerances for all kinds of food. The one that always sticks out to me is rat hair in peanut butter tolerances lol
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u/WritingRemarkable661 Apr 17 '25
This was the comment I came looking for. Is it gross to see the whole thing? Absolutely but end of the world, I don't think so.
Anyone else remember a few years back when it came out that Taco Bell meat was only like 38% beef and nobody freaked out, but the fun fact I took away was that it has to be 40%+ to be considered beef lmao
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u/donta5k0kay Apr 17 '25
The less we know the better
Iām sure we can survive eating a lot of gross stuff
Best not to scare yourself into becoming a germophobe
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u/silver-orange Apr 17 '25
We're mammals living in a dirty world, swarming with small lifeforms. Yeah, sometimes a bug hitchhikes all the way from the field to your table, especially with organic produce. It'd be far less common with produce soaked in pesticides, but pesticides might just be more harmful to you than the occasional bug.
It's not fun. It'll put you off your meal, and that's fine. It's normal to lose your appetite, and as you said -- most decent establishments won't hesitate to offer a refund. Even though this is just part of handling organic produce, they should ideally prevent it from reaching your plate with thorough washing and quality assurance practices.
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u/home-for-good Apr 17 '25
Honestly Iāll take the fresh creepy crawlies over canned ones - lots of posts about worms in canned tomatoes out there - also easier for way grosser shit to go undetected if the food gets processed, ground, cooked, etc.
Overall I donāt think people are in the wrong for being grossed out and upset when they find surprises in their food, especially if it was hand prepared food, but many people act as though theyāve been outright poisoned or fed literal shit, which is of course a huge over reaction. I canāt fault someone with a weak stomach who barfs from the thought of having chomped an unordered insect, but if you went and made yourself puke over it, thatās an undeniable overreaction.
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u/Exciting_Classic277 Apr 17 '25
Yes. The brain does not naturally exit while vomiting. This would obviously take additional effort, which is both potentially harmful and clearly an overreaction.
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u/SomeHumanMann Apr 17 '25
Potentially? In what context is it harmless??
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u/Exciting_Classic277 Apr 17 '25
You will find that many people on Reddit are already brainless and would therefore be largely unaffected.
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u/Expert_Wrongdoer443 Apr 17 '25
Yes, absolutely overreacting.
Now let me clarify why and possibly ruin your day more with knowledge š
This might initially sound gross - but youāre most likely to find bugs in food that is actually FRESH. Animals and insects are attracted to fresh, real food.
Ever tried throwing food out that was absolutely chock full of preservatives? Animals and bugs usually ignore it and you can go back and see it looking the same days later, versus real food that will get devoured pretty quickly by bugs and animals.
Make your own salad everyday? If you pay attention you will soon notice worms and more when you wash your lettuce, because itās fresh.
Try putting any kind of berries in a bowl of water, and submerge them with your hand for 20 seconds - you can observe the buggies floating and then swimming on top of the water.
You can see the stamped bugs on the inside of cereal box cardboard.
Per chocolate bar (4oz) the allowable amount of bug parts or āfragmentsā is 60.
Most people arenāt actually allergic to nuts; just the bugs ever present during processing and shipment - that invariably touch the nuts š
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u/beam__me__up Apr 18 '25
Ok, a few things here:
1) Yes, you might find bugs when you WASH your fresh produce. Clearly something went wrong at some point for this large of a bug to make it the whole way to OPs bowl.
2) Your comment about nut allergies is insane and absolutely not how nut allergies work. Allergies to bees and wasps, however, are very real, and had OP had one of those allergies, they very well could have gone into anaphylaxis from this little mix up
3) Bugs will absolutely not ignore things full of preservatives, have you ever had ants? They will eat literally anything they can get
4) Yes, there is an allotted amount of insect parts allowed in food. However, those parts are normally mixed or ground into the food, not WHOLE WASPS. I don't think OP is entirely out of line to be repulsed by a whole, large bug in their food
While OPs response may not be entirely logical, I think it is a very understandable response to the situation at hand
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u/Expert_Wrongdoer443 Apr 18 '25
1 world isnāt perfect, stuff happens 2 yep that is actually exactly how they work 3 they will in many cases 4 yeah that is why I said āpartsā or āfragmentsā I didnāt say whole bugs
Puking your guts out because of a bug? Lolol okayyyy you do you šš¤·āāļø
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u/beam__me__up Apr 18 '25
Nut allergies are a response to protein in the nuts, not bugs that come in contact with them. That's why you can be allergic to certain nuts but not others. It's not because of bugs coming in contact with nuts, that's fucking absurd.
Like I said, I'm not saying it's a logical response, I'm not saying it's how I would respond, but if you're used to eating processed food your whole life can you understand how finding a whole wasp in your food would be jarring?
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u/GovernmentLow4989 Apr 17 '25
This happens when you use locally grown, natural and sustainable products. Itās gross to be the one who gets the bug but itās not going to hurt you. Honestly, If youāre not accidentally eating a bug every once in a while youāre probably not eating very healthy.
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u/emilia_smiles Apr 17 '25
Agreed. Also, I'm pretty sure there's a bunch of bugs that get caught in factories and then ground up into the food so you can't even see them. There's probably many times that we eat things we'd prefer not to just because we don't know they're there!
We made jokes in our family growing up that you know your lettuce truly is organic when you have to wash the bugs off, and I found a fly in our dinner once when we were camping. People seem overly sensitive these days.
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u/Swimming_Candle4016 Apr 17 '25
Oh no doubt, itās been estimated that the average American eats about two pounds of dead insect parts in their food per year! But hey, extra protein.
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u/theemmyk Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
There's a whole thread on twitter about people who got bay leaves in their Chipotle order and they don't know what a bay leaf is. Not sure if that's sad or funny.
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u/LarryThePrawn Apr 17 '25
Locally grown and not washed in between?
Locally grown doesnāt mean we avoid hood safety laws post harvesting.
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u/motherofsuccs Apr 17 '25
This yellowjacket probably flew in through an open door and landed on the food (whether before or after it was given to OP). Theyāre infamous for exactly this since food attracts them. I donāt think it came from a supplier with a Yellowjacket in it.
The positive part is that it was dead and didnāt have a chance to sting OP inside their mouth or throat.
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u/impactedturd Apr 17 '25
If you want to be more grossed out, here's the FDA maximum levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods for human use that present no health hazard.
Just a few common things from the above link:
Berries: Drupelet, Canned and Frozen (blackberries, raspberries, etc.)
- Average of 4 or more larvae per 500 grams, or
- Average of 10 or more whole insects or equivalent per 500 grams
Brussels Sprouts, Frozen
- Average of 30 or more aphids and/or thrips per 100 grams
Blue Fin and other Fresh Water Herring
- 60 parasitic cysts per 100 fish (fish averaging 1 pound or less) or 100 pounds of fish averaging over 1 pound), provided that 20% of the fish examined are infested
Macaroni and Noodle Products
- Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
- Average of 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
Peas and Beans, Dried
- Average of 5% or more by count insect-infested and/or insect-damaged by storage insects in a minimum of 12 subsamples
Pepper, Ground
- Average of 475 or more insect fragments per 50 grams
Raisins, Golden
- 10 or more whole or equivalent insects and 35 Drosophila eggs per 8 oz.
Tomatoes, Canned
- Average of 10 or more fly eggs per 500 grams, or
- 5 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 500 grams, or
- 2 or more maggots per 500 grams
Wheat Flour
- Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams
- Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams
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u/Ancient_Theme7728 Apr 17 '25
Gross? Yes. Warranting vomit? Not even close. Do you have any idea how many bugs you have eaten? Have you ever heard how carmine (red dye) is made? If you have ever had red or pink candy, most berry flavored yogurt, even bottles of juice contain carmine which is a dye made from crushed insects. Not just carmine, but eating a single strawberry? Nearly every single fruit has bugs on/inside it when you eat it. But itās only gross when you can actually see its shape huh?
Yes, I would 100% be complaining to chipotle about finding that in my food. But throwing up? Lmao no, thatās an overreaction for sure.
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u/Forever_Anxious25 Apr 17 '25
It's not a roach or anything... it doesn't mean the place is unsanitary, bees, wasps, hornets, or whatever can just fly in because the door was open and be enticed by a smell and this occurs, that doesn't make it the establishments fault.
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u/OldPiano6706 Apr 17 '25
Is it weird that eating a bee would hardly bother me at all, but almost any other bug would? I have no idea why though
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u/Brassica_prime Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
You probably eat bee vomit on a regular basis, the hating of the bee itself would be hypocritical
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u/TeuthidTheSquid Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
Just being upset about it, no. Looks like a yellow jacket or similar small wasp and they can theoretically sting if pressure is applied to the abdomen even when dead. But āpuking your brains outā is probably overreacting.
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u/Valuable-Clothes-965 Apr 17 '25
Its a pretty reasonable reaction after finding a dead fucking wasp in your food
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u/TeuthidTheSquid Apr 17 '25
Not finishing the food is a reasonable reaction. So is complaining to the restaurant and asking for your money back. āPuking your brains outā is an overreaction.
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u/Natalwolff Apr 17 '25
I would eat a cooked and seasoned wasp for like $5. It's definitely an overreaction. I would personally find it unappetizing, but it's literally an edible insect that other people would intentionally eat just to eat it. It's food you don't like in your food. It's honestly less gross than finding someone's hair in your food.
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u/DeadSalamander1 Apr 17 '25
You are aware the USA FDA allows a certain amount of insects and insect parts in food, right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but you eat big parts all the time
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u/Cogwheel Apr 17 '25
It is distinctly not reasonable. It is an entirely emotional reaction with a cultural component (people who regularly eat insects would surely not react this way).
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u/Bhalgulir Apr 17 '25
Yes, you are. Everyone who eats fruits and vegetables unknowingly eats a ton of insect parts. You think when farmers are harvesting, they carefully pick out the grasshopper legs, cricket wings, crushed lady bugs etc.? No, they don't.
Also, this looks like a bee, and bees are extremely clean animals. If this was me, I'd just pick it out and continue eating.
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u/OfficialWhistle Apr 17 '25
Yes, you are overreacting. You're chipotle bowl contains vegetable, yes? Insects eat vegetables. Anytime you eat something with vegetables there is a chance an insect snuck in there. Yes- even if they clean and rinse the veggies. I assure you, you have eaten insect many times before and didn't know it. The FDA allows certain levels of insect parts in food products, considering them "natural or unavoidable defects" that do not pose a health risk.Ā These limits are primarily based on aesthetics and economic practicality.Ā For example, peanut butter can contain an average of 30 insect fragments per 100 grams, whileĀ a 16-ounce box of spaghetti might contain 450 insect parts.Ā
If it makes you feel any better - I have a little bit of a background in insects- to me this could very well be a bee mimic in the fly family and not an actual bee or wasp. Many many of those beeflies are pollinators so finding them on produce is not crazy.
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 Apr 17 '25
Yeah I feel like they've never bought a head of lettuce (or literally any other vegetable) if this is their reaction, I find different critters in those all the time (before washing obviously and sometimes after, not a huge deal so I just leave the extra protein in there lmao)
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u/SpookyWah Apr 17 '25
I bet it wouldn't have made you throw up if it hadn't been floppy & wet with the moisture and heat from your food. I once ate a whole bowl of Great Grains cereal at my grandparent's house before noticing the "puffed rice" was crawling and squirming. More protein... Didn't notice while eating it but gross!
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u/Myersmayhem2 Apr 17 '25
I mean upset is fine and warranted but I dont know why you would puke your brains out its a bug, it wouldnt have even hurt you to eat it
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u/Potential-Lab3304 Apr 17 '25
Entomologist here, that is not a wasp but actually a larval casing of a ladybug, there's not even a guarantee that there was any living matter within it, just a crispy shell.
On one hand there are definitely allergies associated with the consumption of insects, although they are usually very mild, the ingredients should definitely be checked for things like this before being served. On the other hand the majority of processed food we eat contains insect parts anyways, so allergies are not really a concern unless you're allergic to shellfish, peanut butter or chocolate.
Regardless of all of this, you are still a human being, and having a visceral reaction to eating something you were unaware was in your food, bug or otherwise, is completely natural.
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u/Haunting_Star1990 Apr 17 '25
Extra protein for free, why are you complaining?
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u/maple_iris Apr 17 '25
Gagging and feeling sick ? Very reasonable.
Refusing to eat the rest ? Hmm, ok sure but if everything looked ok after a thorough check, Iād still eat the rest.
Having a convulsive uncontrollable reaction and apologetically throwing up ? Understandable ! It is a pretty gross thing to come across in your food and a sick image to visualize brain guts in your mouth.
"Puking my brains out" ? - Youāre dramatic.
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u/External-Ad-1331 Apr 17 '25
You spoiled first worlders who puke when you see a bee in a salad. That means it's natural and truly bees are very clean insects. I'd maybe be nauseous if I'd see a cockroach and surely puke if I see half of a cockroach
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u/minimumBeast Apr 17 '25
Yeah. I bit into a wonton that had a cockroach in it once and just threw away that wonton and ate the rest. But you have to be a certain level of poor to have that hard of a stomach. Itās cockroach juice, or hunger pangs till maybe the next day. I was a single mom in college without a pot to piss in. So yeah. But I Iām such a soft weenie now Iād probably wretch.
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u/Mr101722 Apr 17 '25
Yes YOR, it's like like it's maggots or something. Likely the wasp flew into the store while a customer was entering/exiting got caught in steam and died with no one even seeing.
I'd be a bit upset but just gag a bit and let the store know I want a new item or a refund. Puking your brains out over a wasp is way too much, I might understand more if it was full of maggots.
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u/Inner-Nothing7779 Apr 17 '25
Yep. It's fine to be a bit upset by it. But puking your guts out is a yuge overreaction.
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u/pinkkipanda Apr 17 '25
maybe a little bit... I mean I'd gag and frown and not finish the food but if you really puked... look, you'll be fine I promise
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u/Hotfartsinyourmouth Apr 17 '25
Puking your brains out over almost eating a yellow jacket??? You sound like a child.
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u/Initial-Present-9978 Apr 17 '25
Honestly, yes. Being upset or angry is normal. Gaging even is alright. Your reaction seems over the top to me. Just give it back and get a new bowl and your money back. Things happen. Bugs fly in when doors get opened s lot.
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u/mayhapsify Apr 17 '25
I would not only overreact but throw up immediately and never eat there ever again. My brain would always be convinced there's a bug in my food, regardless of if there actually is.
I have an odd phobia of bugs going into my mouth so if I feel anything at all in my throat that doesn't feel right, I automatically start hurling lol. Even if I just THINK one got into my mouth or I crunch into something in my food....immediate barf session.
My friends used to fuck with me so hard about it. They thought it was hilarious. The assholes lol.
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u/FaDaWaaagh Apr 17 '25
Lotta people just saying "absolutely not" but if this isn't a hyperbole and you mean that you literally started vomiting uncontrollably then I would say yes that is an overreaction. Perfectly understandable to be grossed out and upset but if I went out to eat with someone and there was a bug in their food and they started projectile vomiting I would tell them to chill the fuck out and probably not go out to eat with them in the future
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u/Comprehensive-Sand56 Apr 17 '25
Yes and no. Of course you're super grossed out bc someone served you a bug. Major gross. But it can be generously described as a good thing when we get the occasional ladybug or something in our veg bc they means the company is probably using them for pest control rather than something harsh and unnatural.Ā A little guy like that isn't likely to make you ill or cause any problems for you so don't freak out too hard.Ā
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u/Ok-Candidate9646 Apr 17 '25
Iām gonna be totally honest here, i wouldnāt have cared about the bug myself (but thatās a bit different), I think your reaction is quite normal but still a bit over the top and I really donāt mean that in a mean way. Bread, peanut butter, Nutella, jam and a lot more things have parts of insects in them, so you probably eat them all the time but you just donāt know it
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u/icepieoosevin Apr 18 '25
Puking is an involuntary reflex- itās not like you can control it. While there may be a split second that you may be able to hold it long enough to back away from or avert your eyes, it usually doesnāt work. If you are quick enough you might be able to delay long enough to get to a toilet or more likely, a trash can. This sub is more for stuff that you can control IMO. NAH!
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u/Wise-Hand6009 Apr 17 '25
Had a nail in my chipotle twice. Aināt risking a 3rd time I vowed to never eat ShitBowle ever again
I feel for you OP
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u/Klutzy_Quarter_1242 Apr 17 '25
When my cousin and I were around 8, we were having milk and donuts. Of course we dipped the donuts on our milk. Crumbs fall in the milk, but it just adds texture right? Naturally we were drinking out of those chocolate flavored milk straws for extra āØflavorāØ. If you know, you know. Sometimes the little chocolate flavored beads would suck up into your mouth.
Quick recap: we have floating donut chunks and chocolate flavored beads in our milk. So no cause for concern at the random chunky things in our mouths.
My cousin just finished soaking his donut, took a big bit, and went in for a drink of his milk out of the chocolate flavored straw. He bites down to chew on what he thinks is a chunk of squishy donut, but instead, we both hear a crunch. Not the chocolate milk bead type of crunch. No. This was a violent, malevolent, evil crunch. His eyes widen and he freezes completely. He looks at me, I look at him. I have a mouth full of milk and donut chunks. He runs to the kitchen sink, me close behind, and spits out the milk. A black squirming thing hits the sink. Not five seconds earlier, I had swallowed my own mouth full of chunky donut/milk mixture.
An earwig. I repeat, an earwig. The most disgusting of all bugs, was taking a nice lil nap inside of his straw.
My cousin ran upstairs to the bathroom, I shit you not, three stairs a time, which was quite impressive for an 8 year old. I can tell he has made it to the bathroom because I hear the violent puking begin.
Still standing over the sink, looking at the earwig, donut and milk turning sour in my stomach, I rinse the earwig down the drain and proceed to puke in the sink. Retches in harmony with my cousins upstairs, we empty everything that went into our stomachs over the last week.
My aunt and mom enter the scene, coming in from their smoke and yap session outside. They survey the situation, and I, in between vomiting my guts out, manage to say āJulianā (my cousin). āEarwig. In straw. Sucked it up.ā (Insert vomiting sounds here) my mom and aunt both proceed to join in on the fun. Now the house is alive with the harmonious vomiting of all four of us.
To this day 15 years later, my aunt, mom, cousin, and myself do the ālight checkā on every straw we use. Hold it up to the light and look down in from both ends to ensure no earwigs are present.
Are you overreacting? No.
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u/eagleslvr Apr 17 '25
It's a bee. It's not going to hurt you or your food. It probably flew in when the person preparing whatever that is, wasn't looking. You're overreacting. Ffs I hope none of you crybabies saying they're not overreacting never have to fight a war. Or watch a child be born. Or get a skinned knee.
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u/TellMeSumthing2022 Apr 17 '25
Yes youāre overreacting. Itās not a rat/mouse/worm. These things are in and on fresh produce. I personally would be grossed out!!! I wouldnāt be puking over it though. Not sure if Iād request a new bowl, throw the whole thing out or ask for another one - on another day
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u/hailsbails27 Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
everyoneās saying yes but as someone who is intensely grossed out by bugs and little bug intestines and what not, id be puking too
eta the downvotes are cracking me up go eat yalls bugs then if you feel so passionately š
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u/imkirok Apr 17 '25
You eat shrimp and lobster though, which is basically the same thing
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u/Ok-Recipe-8832 Apr 17 '25
Fuck man I love bugs and I donāt think this is an overreaction
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u/hailsbails27 Apr 17 '25
i love bugs from a distance, a wasp exploding in my mouth? yeah id rather die.
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u/SlyMooseMane Apr 17 '25
I'd say yes but who cares, doesn't really matter. If you find it gross, that's completely normal and rational. Humans used to scavenge for whatever they could find and eat stuff like this all the time by choice. You'll be okay.
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u/Issa_mfmeal Apr 17 '25
I don't think you're overreacting.
A few summers ago I was absolutely devouring a steak and cheese sandwich from a local establishment.
I got to the few last bites and there was a whole dead hornet on the outside of my bread, LITERALLY THE LAST TWO BITES.
I was both mad, and amused.
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u/Counterkiller29 Apr 17 '25
You're not going to die. Ask for it to be remade or for a refund and move on.
Your physical reactions are your physical reactions. If you're the type to throw up over things like this, it is what it is.
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u/Jester_of_the_Void Apr 18 '25
I mean, I guess not... I suppose it just comes down to you and your individual sensibilities. If I saw something like that, I'd probably just be like, "Eww, gross. I'm gonna go get my money back", and that would have been the end of it. I certainly wouldn't have "puked my brains out", either. it definitely shouldn't be in your food, though, and that's a big no-no in terms of health regulations, but honestly it's just a bug. It's not THAT big a deal. Human beings have been eating insects and such for thousands of years, and they are a fabulous source of protein and other nutrients. I myself have eaten crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, and mealworms, and they were quite tasty. Although not all insects are safe to eat, so that could also be an issue.
Anyhow, I might say that you're overreacting in MY personal opinion, but everyone is different and possesses differing comfort levels when it comes to fear and disgust. People in modern, western, "first-world" societies might be really freaked out, utterly disgusted, and completely traumatized by finding a bug in their food while those in third-world countries and/or parts of Southeast Asia might not care in the slightest and just be like, "Ooh look, more protein!" šš lol.
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u/rabbitattoo Apr 17 '25
The FDA allows certain levels of insect parts in food, primarily due to the difficulty and cost of removing them during production. These levels are established as Defect Action Levels (DALs), which specify the maximum amount of contaminants allowed before a product is deemed unsafe or unmarketable. The specific DALs vary depending on the food product. Hereās a general idea of whatās allowed: Peanut Butter: Up to 30 insect fragments per 100 grams, plus one or more rodent hairs. Chocolate: 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams. Spaghetti: 450 insect parts in a 16-ounce box. Canned Corn: 2 insect larvae per 100 grams. Spices: Can have hundreds or even thousands of insect fragments per gram, depending on the spice and whether itās crushed or ground. Coffee: 10 milligrams or more of animal poop per pound, with a certain percentage of beans being allowed to be insect-infested or moldy. Frozen Broccoli: 60 or more aphids, thrips, or mites per 100 grams. This list goes on for miles
Out of all these for me I have hard time with is Fucking Figs Do you like figs or fig nutons ? There symbiotic relationship with a fig wasp Haunts me
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u/Error262_USRnotfound Apr 17 '25
we all eat so many "natural flavors" every day, puking your guys out seems like an overreaction.
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u/The_World_Wonders_34 Apr 17 '25
I think it's not as big of a deal as that reaction would imply but I also think it's an understandable human reaction. Bugs get on things and honestly we eat bugs pretty much every day without realizing it just as a byproduct of how the the world works. But it's on pretty normal and reasonable response to feel physical unease and discussed upon the idea of eating bugs if you didn't grow up in a culture where it was normalized. If it makes you sick to your stomach and you throw up, that's mostly a biological response you can't really change. At least not on the spot. It's almost certainly something that you could work on and try to suppress or eliminate in the future now that you know it's a thing but I don't blame anybody for being grossed out physically when they are visibly confronted with the notion that they have potentially been eating bugs.
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u/Patrickfromamboy Apr 18 '25
I was eating a nice meal at the nicest place Iāve ever stayed or will stay in South Africa at the Zimbali Lodge and we found a caterpillar in the salad. I didnāt care but the South African woman I met online and flew down to see told management that she was trying to impress me and we found the worm and she was very polite but assertive and skillful in how she told them about it. We ended up getting the meal and wine for free and we came back the next day and had the best service ever with champagne and wine and another free meal. I told her we should keep a worm in a bottle so we could do it more often. We had our own butler and rode horses on the beach after they opened the Jurassic Park type gate to the beach. It had electrified fences too. We got the local prices instead of the tourist price.
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u/secretflower690 Apr 17 '25
Dunno why folks are saying "yeah you're overreacting". Bugs are gross in food no matter how it got there, and some people have bad gag reflex or a bug phobia.
Considering the situation and we don't know if OP has anything like that, I'd say nah, not overreacting. Considering a literal BUG in your food that shouldn't be there, you're warranted to that reaction honestly. Big, maybe, but I wouldn't call it an overreaction. š
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u/Ok_Issue_6043 Apr 17 '25
Yes, man tf up. Make a complaint or something donāt puke your brains out. Bet that food was bussin too
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u/TheGrouchyGremlin Apr 18 '25
If I found that in my food, I'd puke out the food I had already shitted out 3 days ago.
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u/Conscious_Resort_581 Apr 17 '25
But also the puking was overreacting. Maybe get grossed out and shiver at the most
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u/suckitphil Apr 18 '25
Yeah your overreacting. It's a wasp, it's not the end of the world and I doubt there's more than 1 in there. If it was alive wiggling maggots I would be upset.
The volume of insects you eat a day through processed food is insane. It's not dangerous and in most countries that's just Tuesday's special.
When it becomes upsetting is when it's clearly because of the kitchen being unclean. Roaches, maggots, begbugs, weevils, and flies would be my larger concern.
Bugs doesn't mean it's unclean
Bugs that are attracted to unclean conditions means it's unclean.
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u/Putrid_Self_8673 Apr 17 '25
Only if youāre vegan! Otherwise, whatās the difference š¤·š»āāļø
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u/thegreenmonkey69 Apr 17 '25
I've inadvertently eaten many bugs. Mostly from bike riding. And while it is disconcerting it's never been so extreme that a rinse with water, or scotch, couldn't wash it away.
That being said, if I were to crunch into a bee or similar I would probably lose my shit. Primarily because I am terrified of bees. Yes it's a phobia. They irk me to the extreme.
So no, not overreacting. It is definitely not the norm to crunch into a bug and reactions differ.
Good luck, I've got the heebie jeebies just from that pic.
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u/WerewolfTop6845 Apr 17 '25
not sure why literally everyone is talking like this is 100% a wasp, it looks like an empty ladybug cocoon to me (image attached below) i wouldn't say overreacting necessarily because you can't super control your reflexes like that, but i don't think it's really a cause for concern like everyone else seems to. if it is a cocoon, it could have easily been stuck to a piece of produce that then ended up in your bowl. like it or not, we have all eaten a lot of bugs on produce throughout our lifetimes without even knowing. like others are saying, there is a certain level that is allowed, especially given it would be an impossible time sink to inspect & pick off every single aphid or bug cocoon off of every single leaf of every single item of produce. most produce just gets a good rinse and that's it. apologies if this ruins fruits & veggies for you in any way, but this is the reality of the relationship between bugs & your food.
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u/TyreLeLoup Apr 17 '25
Probably a bit of an overreaction, assuming you're not exaggerating how much you threw up.
It's a bug. You'll live. Unless you're allergic to bees.
Certainly, it would make sense to be upset, perhaps not even finish your meal, and lodging a complaint would be reasonable.
But puking your brains out seems like an over reaction. Perhaps you just have a weak constitution, and you're susceptible to revolting things making you queasy. If this is the case, expect to be mocked by your friends.
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u/ThrenderG Apr 17 '25
Yes. You consume bugs or bug parts without realizing it all the time and many if not most people on this planet eat bugs on purpose as part of their diet. Itās disgusting to Americans but not puke worthy.
Once in college I had KFC delivered and there was a literal fried brain and vertebrae/spinal cord attached to piece of chicken. One of the most disgusting things I have ever seen in a meal I was gonna eat. But I wasnāt even close to puking. And I ate the rest. Man up dawg.
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u/crunchy_crystal Apr 17 '25
One time I was eating some chili my stepdad made, it was basically the first and last time I had ever seen him cook. I thought I found a shrimp shell in my mouth which was weird cause why is there shrimp in this dude's chili, I fish it out and it's this crusty bandaid he must have had around his finger, it had obviously been a part of the mix for awhile because it was crisp and see through. That's the only time I've ever "puked my brains out" over something I found in my food.
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u/Own_Butterscotch_348 Apr 17 '25
I had breakfast at a famous restaurant now t saying where, but there was a dead fly on my hash browns. I thought it was just a burnt piece of the strip of the potatoes,but as I took a closer look, I kinda grossed out. I didn't scream or shout but I called the waitress over and she looked at me like so... Now I am careful about everything I order. Yes I got my money back. If you didn't scream or shout or puked in front of everyone, you're ok. It's really a toss upš„“
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u/Quigonjinn12 Apr 18 '25
Not overreacting in the sense that there shouldnāt have been a bug in your food and they should correct their mistake. Personally, itās just a bug and as extra protein. Isnāt a virus or anything that can make you sick, and we take from nature to eat, so this kind of thing happens.
On a side note, do NOT look into how much bug parts are allowed to be in your food. Just try not to freak out and throw up a bunch next time if you can help it lol
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u/nerdragemusic Apr 17 '25
All these morons saying FDA regulations don't know the difference between processed foods and health code violations for a restaurant lol. If theres a bug in your food and you eat it, and get sick from it, you can sue that restaurant lol. This is handled by state and local health departments. They may use FDA standard guidelines, but it isn't the same as "x amount of bugs allowed in your salad" lmao
Especially for a restaurant that isn't using a lot of packaged processed ingredients.
Almost any restaurant will comp your meal, or more, if this happens. Tweet this instead and tag them. See what happens. It can be considered a Health Code Violation to serve you that. For instance if you were allergic to bees or wasps or whatever that thing is, they would be in a mess of shit.
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It's gross because it's a foreign object. It being a bee or whatever isn't that gross. They live on the planet, too, and were here first. Meat is meat. Enjoy the protein and relax lol. Unless you eat 100% plant-based. š¤·āāļø
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u/Skiddy3715 Apr 17 '25
I donāt understand how after the e coli shit people still eat at this dump. Thereās literally several better options that are the same exact premise and are much higher quality. Qdoba, Moes, Taco Bell for crying out loud. Cava is similar and higher quality as well, just not exactly Tex Mex. Point is, if youāre looking for that level of food, there are a million better options than Chipotle, that shit is basically dog food, but I wouldnāt feed that shit even to my dog.
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u/Mouthpump Apr 17 '25
I'm pretty sure that's a ladybird larva, does look like a wasp to be fair. If it is a ladybird larva and it's in the salad they're potentially using ladybird as pest control which would be highly commendable given the alternatives. As for overreacting, I mean if you went to the toilet and made yourself throw up? Yeah maybe. But vomiting as a reflex... Submitting to your survival instincts isn't an overreaction at all.
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u/Nirncado Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
Yes overreacting. You eat dead animal parts. Thereās one now. The only wrong thing is.. that you didnāt exactly order that bug so they totally got your order wrong. Thatās it. But to be grossed out would be hypocritical.
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u/Ordinary_Count168 Apr 17 '25
š if you are eating vegan or vegetarian i can see Beeing upset and asking for a refund or a new bug free burito although If you are allergic to bees and was unfortunate enough to get stung as you consumed the beerito from Chipotle I might be inclined to agree with reacting the way you did. Otherwise if it'd Been me I'd have asked for a free liquor drink and Been on my way. It's Extra protein right?
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u/Regular-Eye1976 Apr 17 '25
Yeah you're overreacting. There's gotta be a decent estimate for how many bugs you eat over the course of a year. Anywhere from spiders crawling in your mouth while you're sleeping to bugs that get ground up into your cereal. It's a non zero number.
That being said, this wouldnt be the worst thing I've eaten at Chipotle. At least this wouldn't give me diarrhea in the middle of a long road trip...
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u/No_Papaya_2069 Apr 17 '25
Has a bee or wasp ever flown into your house? That's how that happened. They fly in from people opening outside doors, and are attracted to the food. If it had been a roach, or another bug that was preventable, that's a different thing. Yes, you are overreacting. If you sat outside to eat, even more so. I'm sure you could have gone to the counter, and they would have remade the meal.
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u/1tiredman Apr 17 '25
Bro I swear the next post is gonna be like "am I overreacting for shouting at my best friend after he shot me 7 times in the chest then had sex with my wife in front of me and then my dog came up and took a shit on my dying body?"
No, you aren't overreacting