Roach crawls out during interview with owner who denies insect problem
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Published 2013-04-17
Owner Tony Rodriguez called it the worst in the store's history since opening in 1958.
An inspector found a cross contamination of foods including bacon, chicken and corn dogs.
Other violations included dirty equipment, rodent droppings and roaches.
Tony told the Food Patrol that he never saw evidence of insect contamination.
"I don't think he lied," Tony said about the inspector. "I just think he thought we had the problem."
Tony invited the Food Patrol to check out his kitchen which he called "clean."
A roach crawled out from behind kitchen equipment and up the wall just seconds into the tour.
"There's a roach right there," Action 4's Ryan Wolf said while pointing to it.
Tony took his hand and killed the roach which then fell into the sink.
The tour ended shortly after with Tony asking the Food Patrol to leave.
An inspector shut the kitchen portion of the store down for 8 days until a re-inspection cleared most of the violations.
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All Comments (21)
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This is actually the type of reporting that provides value to society
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The fact he only rinsed his hands speaks volumes
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My middleschool teacher once said "you know you've spent time with roaches when you no longer use an item to squish em and just go bare hand" this dude definitely had a roach problem 😂
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The fact that he smashed it with his hand like no big deal says it all about his relationship with bugs.
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RIP Roach 1:22 You stood up for what is right, knowing it would cost you your life, thank you for exposing the truth 🥲
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“No we don’t have any roaches” Roach proceeds to walk by skipping and whistling
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Tony sure was confident. That roach was, like, “Not today, Tony! Enough of your lies!”😂😂😂
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Tony's wife: "Are you cheating on me Tony?" Tony: "ofcourse not" random woman walks out
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Interviewer: "These are bugs Tony" Tony: "no they're employees "
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Reporter: “there’s more bugs tony” Tony: “not if you close your eyes there isn’t” *turns off lights
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Ew. That buffet had the nastiest kitchen I’ve ever seen. You could get sick just being in that building. Absolutely appalling.
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We need this reporting in every city. Good job guys!
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The way he smacked it on the wall proves he’s done that many times before 😂
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He was confident with his poker face but the roach called his bluff 😂
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The cockroach really said ”Baby, I'm not even here, I'm a hallucination" lmao 🤣
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Denial is such a common response in situations like these. I can't imagine how overwhelming it must be.
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I hate ppl like Tony.. knowing full well, he's in the wrong and still lie about it...the NERVE to allow a camera in... did he think the roaches were camera shy
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Tony: “I have no roaches, you’re welcome to come back and see” Roach: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career”
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What’s up with killing roaches with your hands let alone any bug with your hands. NASTY 🤮
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Tony: We do not have roaches, they’re lying Roach: Oh no they ain’t! Here I am!
