Finding a hair in your food is not THAT nasty. amirite?

For me, it's depends. If I'm at home or family members house, I will just pull out the hair and continue. But if I bought a prepacked sandwich from the shops and there is a hair in it, I wouldn't really want to eat it.

by Cgutmann 5 months ago

This exact situation happened yesterday to me. I decided to try sushi from Whole Foods & it had single long hair in it. I figured this string of hair probably wasn't any more harmful than the raw fish I'm eating so I just pulled it off & kept eating. Didn't think about it again until just now lol

by Anonymous 5 months ago

It depends. A normal hair is okay. A pube is where I draw the line.

by Puzzled_Bet 5 months ago

Which liner do you use

by Anonymous 5 months ago

A thick one

by Puzzled_Bet 5 months ago

Touchè

by Puzzled_Bet 5 months ago

how would u even know it's a pube? also how would one even get in there damn

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Too think and curly would be highly suspicious. Also, you don't wanna know.

by Puzzled_Bet 5 months ago

I'm with you. I just move on. The odds of a random hair carrying any sort of dangerous bacteria or virus is practically nil. Stuff happens. I take it out and move on.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Same here. It's a mental thing more than anything. My appetite is instantly gone and I can't do anything about it.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

You need to improve your outlook on food then. You'll waste too much food with that way of thinking

by Anonymous 5 months ago

No no, I think I'm fine not eating hair cheese. Thanks, though!

by NoCard 5 months ago

It's not like mold. It doesn't spread

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Its less about seeing it, more about finding it after you take a bite and have the texture of a foreign hair in your mouth/throat. There was a long hair under the cheese of my pizza slice once, took a bite and had it go between my teeth.

by Primary_Umpire8033 5 months ago

Years ago the oldest kid was sharing a bowl of snacks with me. She has long blonde hair so it easily blended in with the snacks. I took a handful and was chewing then started to swallow when I felt a hair on my lips. With a throat full of food that was at the early stage of the swallow I didn't want to cough it up everywhere. So I was trying to make my way to the kitchen trash can while trying to grab the hair. I didn't know how long it was and it was inside the chewed up clump of food in my throat. So I had to slowly and calmly pull on the hair so it didn't break and pull the clump of food out with the hair. Finally came out and there a ball of wet food hanging onto the end of a foot long piece of the kids hair. I still think about it a decade later.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

It's not the hair I'm worried about so much as what else is in my food that im not seeing that also shouldn't be there.

by Ylindgren 5 months ago

And you think a second plate from the same place will be any better?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Or that the nasty wouldn't be there without a hair?

by Realistic-Goat7226 5 months ago

It's not a big deal and is nothing to get upset about but it is still reasonable to ask for a fresh plate.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

A guest once found a little snail in his salad. We kept the snail and named him Kevin. He had a little house on his back.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Yeah my friend once refused a wrapped jolly rancher because i happened to have a stray hair on my hand when I handed it to him. It wasn't even touching his food! Wtf.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Many people don't know how many abscesses in animals are being processed into food. Enjoy your salami next time.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I always wondered what these people do at home when they cook and find their own hair in the food. Do they throw the whole dish out and cook another?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I feel like finding your own hair and finding someone else's hair are two different things.

by alphonsovanderv 5 months ago

I personally pick out my own hair or my moms hair in food I eat at home but if I find one that was at a restaurant I just get grossed out. Idk who or where that person has been, how oily their hair is. Even if it's dramatic I just genuinely can't eat a dish after I find another persons hair in it. I probably wouldn't ask for another one tho and just take the L

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Hair contains all kinds of nasty oils and bacteria, regardless if the restaurant is otherwise hygienic. It simply is not sanitary so it makes sense people would find it gross (escpecially when it's not their own hair)

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Your finger is covered in all kind of nasty bacteria. Your gut contains all kind of nasty bacteria. Your entire body is covered head to toe in all kind of nasty bacteria. Fair enough from a 'gross' aspect, and it's obviously part of unsanitary practice, but to act like hair is going to make you sick is not correct.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

My own of anything is fine because it's mine. But if I'm paying for someone else to make my food, I'm paying for them to uphold at least the basics of cleanliness which does include keeping you hair pulled back and/or covered to avoid it getting in food.

by alphonsovanderv 5 months ago

Kitchens are not sterile environments and therefore there's gonna be human oils and bacteria in most food you eat. Sweat also carries that stuff, at least you can see and pick hair out.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

True, but people want as least amount of that stuff possible in their food. The hair isn't doing anybody any favors

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I doubt anyone really wants hair in their food, I'm just saying it's a psychological aversion and hair being present doesn't increase the likelihood of actual disease being present.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Legitimately the least nasty thing in food to me. Unless it's a pube.

by MasterpieceJaded 5 months ago

No. It's disgusting. You don't know if it's from someone who washes their hair or where on their body it might be from. If you get it in your mouth then the feeling is revolting and kills your appetite. Plus, if a hair got into the food, what other things may have gotten in?

by WayRelative3110 5 months ago

Hair in food at a restaurant means not following basic sanitation guidelines.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Yes it is wtf

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Was it in the spaghetti or was it just a garnish?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

It's mostly the idea of a stranger's part (e.g hair) getting in my mouth.

by Different-Object-426 5 months ago

I used to find dog hair in my food all the time back when living with my parents when we had 4 dogs, 1 of which was a hyper shedder. Wasn't even worth the effort to pick out. Just saw it and ate it whenever it landed on my spoon

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Jerry Seinfeld has a bit on this

by No-Promise 5 months ago

If it's a pube, I can understand it, but a regular hair is whatever.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Maybe. It's an indication of other hairs, and you don't know where it's been.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

If it's at home and it's mine or my daughters, no big deal. If it's a strangers, it's gross (to me) because I don't know how clean they are or any scalp (or face) conditions they have. We don't go out to eat but maybe 1-2 times a year though; it's literally never happened to me.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I once picked up my favorite breakfast burrito. Huge burrito, very filling, on my second bite I felt the inside of the burrito being pulled out and there was a 3 foot long hair inside of my burrito. The experience ruined my favorite burrito for me.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

What if it was a pubic hair?

by langworthreagan 5 months ago

Why would it be? How could it be?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

chef might have needed a wee scratch mid-cooking

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Human hair, I tend to ignore. Unless there's other issues with the food, 1 hair isn't a big deal. If it looks like animal hair or like…body hair, I'm gonna pass.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Nope! It's grim, especially in a restaurant, a huge lapse in basic food hygiene and safety standards.

by Prestigious-Tart-388 5 months ago

The person who made the food was likely sweaty as hell at some point during their shift. It's also possible they didn't wash their hair after their last shift. It's nastier than you think it is. There's just a fair level of ignorance about it in general though.

by Tromporlando 5 months ago

a hair in and of itself is no big deal (unless it's a pubic hair ew), but i think it speaks to the general hygiene standards and practices of the place.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

As someone with a reasonable amount of experience in food service, there's likely hair in every meal you eat. And it's not going to hurt you.

by North-Opportunity401 5 months ago

This is truly unpopular

by Anonymous 5 months ago

one is fine, many and ill be too disgusted

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Agree. If I find a hair in my food, though i usually eat at home, I just pick it out and separate the part of the food it was on then continue.

by Albert93 5 months ago

It's gross... Professional chef and restaurant manager here... Nobody has ever gotten sick or died from a hair in their food. However, most people can not continue eating the same food the hair was found in. It's great you have the palate fortitude to continue eating... I happily have the meal replaced for a guest when hair is found.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

A short hair is fine, the longer than an inch ones gross me out. 6" long hair pulling out of my eggs is nasty, doubly so if its in my mouth

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I think it depends on what food

by robertacarter 5 months ago

I'm not disgusted by the hair itself. But when you eat a burrito or something and have to fish out a huge hair from your mouth something switches and I physically can't eat anymore 😂

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Better a head hair than a pubic hair. Better a fingernail than a toenail

by robelchance 5 months ago

Let me guess- you're European and she's American?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

I agree. Hair really does not gross me out that much lmao.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

nope. it is gross. I have long hair and tie it up when I am cooking. if I find MY hair in my food I throw the entire thing out. I dont know why I find it so gross because my hair is clean and most hair is clean...it is just...ugh. I dont know. I will throw the whole pot of food away if there is a hair in it.

by Existing-Worker710 5 months ago

Yep this opinion sucks ass. I literally gag, and sometimes vomit if I find a singular piece of hair. Even if it's my own. It doesn't even need to be in my food. Also, that food is then blacklisted for the next year.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Agreed. A hair in the food is a super minor offense. Though as someone in the food industry, please don't be afraid to ask for a replacement. It's really no big deal, and you deserve to have food that doesn't make you worried.

by elmoswift 5 months ago

I agree. Conceptually it is horrifying, but functionally its a complete non issue. We're animals and animals eat way worse all the time. Infectious or toxins aside of course.

by Tarynrolfson 5 months ago

I have long hair and shed pretty often so I just gaslit myself into always thinking it's mine. Works pretty well.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

It depends on how hungry I am at the time.

by Cremineverardo 5 months ago

I'm not the type of person to complain or leave bad reviews. But if there's a hair in my food, yes I will send it back, explain why, but also let them know I understand stuff happens. I am not about to pick a stranger's hair out of my paid meal and keep eating. Don't have to be a dick though. I've been around enough people in public AND in kitchens to know that not everyone has a standard of hygiene that I'm comfortable with. Who knows how dirty their hair really is? Plus it's hair.

by Eastern-Incident-547 5 months ago

I agree with this. I've picked hairs and bugs out of my food and just kept eating. It's not a big deal. Would I rather not find a hair in my food? Sure, but it's not going to kill me. People are becoming germaphobes, IMO.

by Vmclaughlin 5 months ago

Finding hair in my food (in a restaurant) is disgusting because you don't know if it's the only one. I would also want it to be remade. Finding it at home is also pretty gross tbh, but like… it is what it is just pick it out Finding hair in your MOUTH is an absolute week ruiner

by Dapper-Brief-1206 5 months ago

Hair is gross, but no one ever mentions toe nails, which would be a higher tier of grossness.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Sometimes it's the implication that the presence of a hair gives, rather than its mere presence.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Oh hell nah. This is my worse case scenario. Ruins my entire meal even though I know it's not rational

by evelyncruicksha 5 months ago

Oh I'm absolutely making a fuss. Enough of a scene and maybe they comp your meal

by Nels63 5 months ago

At a restaurant I would care but I'm literally eating a sandwich that definitely has some car hair on it so like I think it makes a context difference

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Yea i agree. I even think hair adds flavor. Especially armpit hair. It's a good supplement for onions.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

No curly wurlies thanks.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

It's absolutely not a big deal at all—& it's always the same people freaking about hair in their food who refuse to shave their own body hair and shame people that do, too. It's wild.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

what

by Anonymous 5 months ago

lol oddly specific

by Excellent_Leave4866 5 months ago

I used almost entirely monosyllabic words; where is the confusion?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

where you got this idea from...

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Yall are just asking to pick up the nastiest diseases and microbes known to man

by Anonymous 5 months ago

If someone is diseased then they're spreading it to your food, hair or no hair. You're talking about microbes but implying the absence of a visual threat means safety from said microbes?

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Your body is covered head to toe in bacteria that CAN kill you. Our immune system and GI tract keeps the vast majority of infection away. There is no GI infection found in HAIR that is going to get you. It would be no different to sucking your finger.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Right, I'm gonna get aids and brain eating amoeba from a hair in my dish

by Kind_Try_9908 5 months ago

If you are that concerned about a piece of hair, I would recommend you eat at home.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Good luck out there! As they say, ignorance is bliss.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

But hair is not dangerous. That's the issue, if it was it would be different. Fingernails and sneeze are not comparable

by Anonymous 5 months ago

The chances are low, but it can be, and it eventually could be even more so. But I'm not bouta argue with you about the importance of cleanliness and how the best way to prevent sickness is to reduce bacteria transmission, sticking to protocols, etc. May natural selection do away with you.

by Anonymous 5 months ago

Yea, no. It's nasty af

by konopelskisammi 5 months ago