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Jaime
Tell Confess. I asked Conf.
Bunny
Hello friends. Welcome to another ass talking video.
Jaime
I really missed those.
Bunny
Just to piss you guys off one last time.
Jaime
Oh, goodness.
Bunny
So on the last Ask Talking Fest, Patreon members submitted multiple stories of they've done to food and fast food restaurant secrets. And it is overwhelming.
Jaime
I wasn't prepared.
Bunny
I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Jaime
It's rough, guys.
Bunny
Like I'm. And there's so many. We could make this a fucking series and it could go on forever. Like there is so many.
Jaime
Believe the stories we have since heard.
Bunny
All right, I'm going to kick it off.
Jaime
Okay. You seem like you're excited.
Bunny
I'm ready. I'm. Well, you kicked it off last week. All right. Oh, I have a few. I worked in the food industry for 12 years at a restaurant in Texas in 2007. Ish. I walked in on my boss banging multiple different servers, sometimes at the same time. He was called the Server Slayer. He was our boss, but his mommy and daddy owned the place. No, I never went near that. I was also 15 or 7. 15 through 17. I worked as the hostess. But I also worked at burger King in 2011 and I walked in on a manager's banging one of the cooks. Her. The manager's nudes later got leaked through the whole team and she was given an unfortunate nickname having to do with Arby's. I have witnessed cooks doing lines off the counters and wiping it down with a wet rag and then cooking on it. I could keep going, but I'll end it there.
Jaime
What about fast food? Makes people so horny.
Bunny
Everybody's horny. Crazy, right?
Jaime
I don't get it.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
The amount of sex that happens in restaurants is baffling to me.
Bunny
Probably because you're just stuck working together with these people all night long and everybody just gets a little horn dog.
Jaime
It's like they're slapping meats in every different direction, man.
Bunny
I mean, it's kind of hot. I don't mind the sex stories. Like, I think that's hot. It's the fudgeing, like drugs and the fudgeing with people's food that I'm like, bro, this is fudgeing weird. Even down to the scissor sisters in the freezer the last episode. Like, rub it out, get one in. You know what I'm saying? But don't fuck with people's food, dude.
Jaime
I mean, I guess I would probably take sexual acts over like my food being spitting or a fly. Or like a fly story was crazy.
Bunny
Or heroin.
Jaime
Yeah. The scabs, bro.
Bunny
And then cooks. Doing lines on the counter, wiping it off, bro.
Jaime
Nowadays. And I guess that was an older story, but like imagine nowadays, like little with fentanyl. It takes to that could.
Bunny
I feel like there's so many cameras nowadays though that maybe this has gotten better. I don't know. Maybe because a lot of these stories aren't recent.
Jaime
Yeah, that's true. You know. Okay, so I got one that's not so recent.
Bunny
Okay.
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Jaime
Many years ago, when I was a teenager going through nursing school to supplement my income, I worked at Waffle House, the big dub. I really love Waffle House, guys.
Bunny
I don't. It's so dirty. I would expect to go down at Waffle House.
Jaime
You know, there was a lot of things out of this story I expected. This wasn't one of them.
Bunny
Oh, Lord.
Jaime
So while she was working at Waffle House at nights and on weekends during my training, an old lady that had long, curved fingernails and was a smoker. When you could smoke inside of the Waffle Houses. Do you guys remember that?
Bunny
No.
Jaime
Oh, okay. So when we first came here, they would ask you if you wanted smoking or not smoking, but it's the same building, so it's either you're sitting by the smokers or on the other side. It was crazy. That was the biggest trip when I moved to Tennessee was whether you want.
Bunny
If you sit on the other side, like, the smoke doesn't travel.
Jaime
Exactly. If we would walk in there like, you want smoking or non smoking? And you're like, I guess non smoking.
Bunny
But like, that's just a haze, dude. I grew up in Vegas and casinos. Yeah, everybody used to smoke in the. Cause they still do. Yeah, they do hate it.
Jaime
So she had these long curved fingernails and she was a smoker. When you could smoke inside Waffle House still while smoking. A cigarette hanging. While smoking had. She had a cigarette hanging out of her mouth with ashes a mile long. It would. And during that time, she was teaching me how to stir the orange juice with her arm when you couldn't find a clean spoon.
Bunny
I. I need an example.
Jaime
She said she just stick her hand down in the orange juice and stir when there were no clean spoons available.
Bunny
Ew.
Jaime
You're just raw dogging these nasty nails. And cigarette. She said she used to wait for the ashes to drop into the food. Yeah, that she was preparing.
Bunny
Bro.
Jaime
I'm not.
Bunny
I'm kind of not surprised, though. Waffle House is like, they don't have a reputation for being clean. I mean, you go to Waffle House when you want some sloppy fucking dirty food. Yeah, I climbed on the counter in Waffle House.
Jaime
That's. You did. You did. Nobody recently, too. That wasn't very long ago.
Bunny
Nobody cared.
Jaime
But imagine the gunk under fingernails and you're just sticking your hand down and mixing up the OG I stick stopped.
Bunny
Getting my nails done because when I would pet the cows, I would get so much dirt under my nails, and I. It drove me crazy.
Jaime
Even now with my natural nails, I've got a little scrubber by my sink, and I scrub under my fingernails because I'm so scared of, like, going and touching stuff later.
Bunny
Yep. Me and Mimi are growing out our natural nails right now. Everybody's, like, freaking out online. They're like, bunny, you don't have your nails on. And I'm like, is it really that big of a deal? Like, I'm trying to do something.
Jaime
Comment sections are wild when you don't have nails on.
Bunny
Yeah. It's like, I could be talking about, like, the coolest. And they only care about my nails.
Jaime
Yeah. Like, look at my tanning booth. And they're like, why don't you have nails on?
Bunny
Yeah. It's crazy. I'm like, let a girl live, man. Jeez.
Jaime
I'm enjoying the. The natural nail era, though.
Bunny
I am, too. But we'll see how long it lasts.
Jaime
Are you going to put some on?
Bunny
I don't know. We'll see how long it lasts. I'm like, I like to just do what I like to do. This one broke my heart.
Jaime
Oh, no.
Bunny
It's going to break yours, too. My first job was at a local Mexican restaurant. They recycled the salsa. Whatever was left on the table after guests, they just poured right back into the bucket to serve to the next customers. I only worked there two days, and I never ate there again. It's one of my worst fears, just eating people's saliva. Saliva salsa? Yeah. You're just fucking. That juice is really. People spit. It's not even saliva. It's not even salsa. Not even salsa juice. It's saliva.
Jaime
I'm going to throw up. I'm going to throw up. I know that's not okay.
Bunny
It's pretty gross.
Jaime
You're just dumping it back in.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
Okay. That. Because I fear it so much, I always tend to throw a little trash in mine. Like, like, at the end when you're cleaning up, I always, like, take, like, any little, like, trash that we have and I'll, like, pile it. Because that's always been a fear of mine. It's like, I don't want other people ingesting my DNA.
Bunny
If they don't use yours, they're going to use somebody else's, and you just ingested somebody else's DNA, so what does it matter if you do a little.
Jaime
I'm trying to break the cycle pile.
Bunny
Trying to be one last spittoon.
Jaime
Why would you do that?
Bunny
I love it.
Jaime
Someone tell me if that's still done or not, because that's making me question all my life choices.
Bunny
Yeah. I'm never eating out again after this, bro. I'm not doing it.
Jaime
Ruined me. So not talking about, like, awful things that people did. Food. But food preparation. Have you guys seen how viral Applebee's was going? Because they microwave their steaks.
Bunny
They're fudgeing. Gross. I would. I wouldn't imagine them being grilled Applebee's. Who goes to fucking Applebee's for a steak?
Jaime
I feel like a lot of people do.
Bunny
Remember we had this conversation the other day. You guys wanted to go to Chili's, and I was like, I'll probably get a steak. And then I was like, ew. Who orders fudgeing steak from Chili's?
Jaime
Jaime does.
Bunny
I raise my hand immediately. So six ounce sirloin, baby.
Jaime
Oh, yeah. It says, I worked at Applebee's and pretty much everything is microwaved and frozen.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
I also don't know what it was in their water there. But everyone was hooking up, especially in their storage closet by the dumpster. We also tipped out our bartenders and hosts, and one of our managers would tell us we owe them even more money than we actually did and they would steal all of our tips from us. That's. Especially if you're a waitress. That's really fucked up. Because waitresses don't get paid the same.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
As, like, bartenders and things like that. The bartenders are already making a substantial amount more. Yeah. And it's like you're going to take their tips from their waitresses. That's crazy.
Bunny
Have you ever seen the movie Waiting with Ryan Reynolds?
Jaime
Obsessed. That's kind of the idea we got here that, like, everyone was like, I'm here for the waiting in the comment section on Patreon. Because that's a good movie.
Bunny
Yeah, it's great.
Jaime
That's exactly what I feel like we're experiencing right now. The amount of stories on Patreon about people rubbing food down their pants and serving it to people.
Bunny
Butt cracks.
Jaime
Yes. Did you read the. Oh, Charlie's one.
Bunny
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Jaime
Mean rightfully so is a little bit.
Bunny
It was for a good cause.
Jaime
It was a good cause.
Bunny
Was good.
Jaime
It was revenge. Pubes. Yeah, that's okay. But I have a lot of questions. Did you have gloves on? Did you raw dog it? Did you just.
Bunny
Does it matter?
Jaime
And then went back to serving other people's food.
Bunny
He literally ripped pubes off.
Jaime
I meant like other, like preparing other food.
Bunny
Oh yeah. He probably just went right about his day. Taco Bell's crazy.
Jaime
The, the amount of stories on Patreon that people dropped about from Taco Bell, the Taco Bell preparation, how you literally just add water to everything.
Bunny
Well, that. And they also said that a lot of food is expired and they change the expiration dates on it. And that's what people get the run.
Jaime
For throwing it away. They were like, hey, we'll it. We'll just like serve it anyways because our manager is going to tell us to do it. Like what. How are you.
Bunny
How is regulated? That's what I don't understand. Like how are these people getting away with like, how are these huge corporations getting away with like this? I mean, who but you guys won't pass triapetide.
Jaime
Thank you. Like thank you. It's insane. The, the ones that I saw was like the beans are just like a powder that they add water to. Same with the ground beef and the chicken. They Just like boil in bags and they have to be super careful rinsing it afterwards because it will crumble apart.
Bunny
Yeah, it's just nasty.
Jaime
Where's that meat coming from? Is it. Is it meat, though?
Bunny
I heard a rumor and I don't know if it's true that Taco Bell meat is really made from soy. The beef is made from soy.
Jaime
I'm asking Chat right now.
Bunny
Yeah, ask Chat. Give it a goo or give it a chat. Give it a GPT.
Jaime
Yeah. What is Taco Bell meat made out of?
Bunny
He's probably gonna have the politically correct answer.
Jaime
Taco Bell seasoned beef is actually made with real beef. Specifically 100 USDA inspected beef, according to the company.
Bunny
Go to Google. Say, is the Taco Bell meat made from soy?
Jaime
It says they put oats in it too.
Bunny
Oats and beef. Yeah, it said it was made with beef, not just beef. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jaime
It says no seasoned beast. Their seasoned beef is not soy based. This does say though, that the beef ingredients, by the way, should be 100%. It's not oats. A malt. Maltrin, Dextrin. Maltodextrin.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
Is a food additive derived from starch and then an anti caking agent trio.
Bunny
Yeah, there's something wrong with that cornstarch.
Jaime
There is soy in it though. Helps prevent separation. Oh, and then citric acid, sodium phosphate. Why are all these things in the meat, you guys?
Bunny
We've told you this before. If you look at an ingredients list and there's more than three ingredients in it, don't eat it.
Jaime
That's crazy.
Bunny
Don't eat it. The more ingredients there is in it, the more sick it's gonna make you and the more terrible it is for your body.
Jaime
I was teaching Olivia that because we went through this like, big per. I think it was like after the Danny podcast and I went home and I was like, you know what? No. Like, I'm not doing this anymore. And I like cleaned out my pantry of anything that had like mile long lists of ingredients. And we switched over to like the kids snacks being like Annie's and like there's this other one. We took all the dyes out of there and like, it's crazy, the difference in like ingredients lists when you're comparing, it's kind of weird. It's wild.
Bunny
It's wild. And that stuff has different effects on your kids and you and like mental health and just everything.
Jaime
Cash and red dye do not mix. And I never thought I would be one of those parents. I swore I wouldn't until I Experienced it firsthand. And like my mom sometimes slips up because she doesn't. She's not as like aware of those.
Bunny
Things, not as crunchy as us.
Jaime
I'm a crunchy mom for sure.
Bunny
And like Bailey calls me a crunchy mom.
Jaime
I am 100%. And literally she'll slip up cuz she'll be like, the other day she was like, but it's not red. And I'm like, I understand that the product itself wasn't red, but it doesn't mean that there's not red dye in it. And I knew the minute I walked through that door, I said, he had red dye. She's like, no. We went over the list of things he ate that day and I was like that right there. What does he act like insane?
Bunny
Oh no.
Jaime
Like you think he's wild just by himself. He will. Like there's like a, like a switch that just turns on in his brain when he has red dyes or any kind of dyes, blue, yellow, it doesn't matter. Just a lot of like food dyes will switch this in him and he does not. You can literally tell he's not himself. Like it's like a look in his eye and it's so weird. Like if you're not a parent of a child. Like, no, I couldn't really understand it. But like I'll just look at him and I'm like, you had red dye?
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
We were shopping for stuff for Easter today.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
And I was trying to like find at things I could put in their Easter eggs that weren't red dye. And there was two options.
Bunny
Crazy.
Jaime
So we ended up.
Bunny
Didn't they just outlaw. They said they outlawed red dye.
Jaime
So yes, they did pass a law, but it won't go into full effect because all these manufacturers have to like switch over. Yeah, all these things. But yes, one of the red dyes, that's not all of them. One of them was just became illegal.
Bunny
I don't trust anything that if, if somebody comes to me and they're like, it's FDA approved. I'm like, and.
Jaime
And you know what else?
Bunny
Yeah. Like that doesn't make me feel better.
Jaime
No, not at all.
Bunny
Do my own due diligence.
Jaime
Exactly. This girl said, my boyfriend worked as a cook and I was the waitress at the same restaurant. I had a table of three men who were talking down to me. And when I came back to the kitchen in tears, my boyfriend, seeing me upset, asked what happened. I explained to him the way these men's were speaking down to me and Treating me. My boyfriend, who was responsible for making their food, rubbed their shrimp skewers across the bottom of his shoes and placed them back on their plates. If you've ever worked in a kitchen, you know how disgusting the floor gets back there. I served them their plates and I'm not going to lie, it definitely made me feel better knowing they got theirs. Moral of the story. If someone's responsible for handing your food, kindness goes a long way. I quit race dressing years ago and would never go back because of the mistreatment from customers. Oh, yeah, that's crazy.
Bunny
I always, always, always try to over tip my weight, my waiters and my waitresses. Because I used to be a waitress. I used to. I worked at Shoney's, I worked at Caro's on the Strip in Vegas. Where else did I work? I worked at. I think that was it. That's all the. And then I did cocktails and then I was bartender. So it's like, I don't know. I just could never imagine being mean to somebody who's working.
Jaime
Talking down to someone like, get out of here, bro. What kind of entitlement do you have that you felt to.
Bunny
Yeah, like, to treat a way I would. I'll treat a CEO the same way as I'll treat a janitor.
Jaime
Absolutely.
Bunny
Like, you cannot be a good human and look down on people ever. And I loved waitressing, bro. I would waitress now if I could.
Jaime
My dad never let me go into food service because he did it for so long.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
He's like, you can do anything but food service. Oh, yeah, it was crazy. I always wanted. Yeah, I really wanted to be a waitress. Now, though, I think back at it, I wouldn't have been a very good waitress because I don't have good memory retention. So if someone had asked me for ranch, I wouldn't have remembered for like four hours. Yeah, like, I probably wouldn't have been a good waitress.
Bunny
But now I was. I killed it. It was fucking. Because I get to multitask, so it was just fucking.
Jaime
You have really good memory to number.
Bunny
Especially run table. That's like. And I always got tipped really good. Even when I was like fudgeing younger. Like, I just always got crazy amounts of money waitressing. Yeah, I loved it. So, yeah, I couldn't imagine. I hate that she experienced that.
Jaime
But also, on the other hand, Jaime, you made a good point. Like, you're doing that stuff behind the scenes, but that person was blatantly rude to your face.
Bunny
Something to think about, you know? So who's More.
Jaime
Yeah.
Bunny
Who's got more balls?
Jaime
But I mean, who's more evil in that situation?
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
You did something without their knowledge.
Bunny
I hate sneaky shady. I would rather punch me in my face, but don't lie behind my back. You know what I'm saying?
Jaime
It kind of makes a point of like, you did that without their knowledge, but they were blatantly rude to your face. But in the end, that's kind of, I don't know, a little kind of worse, would you say?
Bunny
I would. All these stories are crazy. Ladies and gentlemen. If you have learned anything the past two weeks from these. Askel confesses is that kindness goes a long way. Long on both ends. Yes. So if somebody's serving you, be kind to them. If some. If you're serving somebody and they're having a bad day, be kind to them. Love conquers all, ladies and gentlemen. And then we can avoid people doing weird putting pubes and burritos scratching. I still can't get over the heroin scabs.
Jaime
It makes me question every time I ate fast food.
Bunny
Oh, God.
Jaime
There was a period in my life I survived off of fast food.
Bunny
Me too. All of us, we've all gone through.
Jaime
When I first met Jason, we had like zero, zero money. Like him and I. That was the brokest we'd ever been. Was right. When we had met and we just talked about the other day, we lived.
Bunny
Yeah.
Jaime
On the dollar menus.
Bunny
Oh. Almost every meal. I got food poisoning from Jack in the box one time. Now it makes me wonder what happened.
Jaime
What?
Bunny
Oh, whose semen did I swallow? And on that note, we're out.
Jaime
Love you.
Bunny
See you later.
Jaime
Bye.
Title: Ask, Tell, Confess: Feral Food Service Secrets
Host: Dumb Blonde Productions
Release Date: April 25, 2025
In this episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast, hosts Bunnie XO and Jaime delve into the murky and often shocking secrets of the food service industry. Titled "Ask, Tell, Confess: Feral Food Service Secrets," the episode explores a variety of unsettling anecdotes submitted by Patreon members, shedding light on the unspoken and sometimes disturbing practices behind the scenes in restaurants and fast-food establishments.
The conversation kicks off with Bunnie expressing her astonishment at the volume and severity of the stories received from Patreon members. Jaime reflects on the overwhelming nature of these confessions, stating, "I wasn't prepared" (04:06). The hosts discuss a range of inappropriate behaviors they've encountered or heard about, including sexual misconduct and drug use within restaurant settings.
Jaime shares a harrowing account from her 12-year tenure in the Texas restaurant scene, where she witnessed her boss, dubbed the "Server Slayer," engaging in multiple affairs with different servers simultaneously (04:38). Another disturbing story involves a Burger King manager who engaged in inappropriate relationships with cooks, leading to the leak of compromising nude photos that earned her an unflattering nickname related to Arby's (04:44).
The discussion takes a deeper dive into the issue of drug use in fast-food environments. Bunny recounts instances where cooks were doing lines off the counters, subsequently wiping them down with wet rags before resuming food preparation (05:44). Jaime adds that she has heard of similar practices involving heroin and fentanyl, highlighting the extreme measures some employees take to conceal their substance abuse (06:39).
Both hosts share their personal experiences working in the food service industry, providing a firsthand perspective on the challenges and unsanitary practices they encountered.
Jaime narrates a particularly unsettling memory from her time at Waffle House, where she observed an elderly customer with long, curved fingernails and a cigarette habit. This woman taught Jaime the gross habit of stirring orange juice with her arm when no clean spoons were available, leading to a repulsion for consuming food handled in such a manner (08:39). Jaime remarks, "I'm trying to break the cycle pile" (12:56), emphasizing her efforts to maintain hygiene standards despite witnessing poor practices.
Bunny reflects on her multiple roles in the food industry, from working at Shoney's and Caro's on the Strip in Vegas to bartending. She shares a particularly disturbing incident where her first job involved working at a Mexican restaurant that recycled leftover salsa, exposing customers to potentially contaminated food (11:53). Bunny underscores the importance of kindness in the workplace, emphasizing that mistreatment from customers can lead to extreme reactions (23:25).
The hosts transition to discussing broader issues within the fast-food sector, focusing on ingredient quality and unethical practices.
Bunny expresses her disdain for Applebee's approach to cooking steaks, likening it to microwaving and freezing, which compromises the quality and taste of the meat (13:35). Jaime counters with her own negative experiences at Taco Bell, recounting a story where an ex-boyfriend added pubic hair to a burrito as an act of revenge (15:01). Both stories highlight the lack of hygiene and respect for food integrity in these establishments.
The conversation shifts to the alarming number of additives found in fast food. Jaime and Bunny discuss the extensive list of ingredients in Taco Bell's seasoned beef, revealing that it includes not only beef but also oats, maltodextrin, citric acid, and sodium phosphate (18:30). Bunny advises listeners to "look at an ingredients list and there's more than three ingredients in it, don't eat it" (19:34), advocating for cleaner, more transparent food labeling and personal responsibility in food choices.
Amidst the grim revelations, the hosts emphasize a key takeaway: the power of kindness in transforming the customer-service dynamic.
Jaime recounts a story where a supportive boyfriend at a restaurant responded to rude customers by rubbing shrimp skewers on his shoes and placing them back on the plates, a gesture that provided emotional relief and reinforced the importance of treating service staff with respect (22:34). Bunnie echoes this sentiment, stating, "If somebody's serving you, be kind to them. If you're serving somebody and they're having a bad day, be kind to them" (25:34). This moral underscores the episode, highlighting that positive interactions can mitigate negativity and foster a healthier service environment.
As the episode wraps up, Bunnie and Jaime reflect on their shared experiences and the unsettling stories they've heard. They agree that while the food service industry has its dark sides, maintaining kindness and respect is crucial for both employees and customers. Jaime expresses her renewed commitment to healthy eating habits, influenced by the disturbing food handling practices discussed (21:58).
Bunnie shares her frustration with online critiques over personal choices, such as growing natural nails, illustrating the broader theme of resisting undue criticism and focusing on personal well-being (11:24). The hosts conclude with a strong message advocating for empathy, respect, and personal responsibility in both consuming and serving food, hoping to inspire listeners to make better choices and foster a more positive food service environment.
Jaime on Overwhelming Stories:
“I wasn't prepared” (04:06)
Bunnie on Kindness:
“If somebody's serving you, be kind to them. If you're serving somebody and they're having a bad day, be kind to them” (25:34)
Jaime on Food Additives:
“If you look at an ingredients list and there's more than three ingredients in it, don't eat it” (19:34)
Bunnie on Customer Treatment:
“You cannot be a good human and look down on people ever” (23:58)
This episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast offers a candid and often shocking look into the hidden struggles and unethical practices within the food service industry. Through a mix of personal anecdotes and crowd-sourced stories, Bunnie XO and Jaime highlight the importance of hygiene, integrity, and kindness both behind the scenes and in customer interactions. The episode serves as a wake-up call for consumers to be more aware of where their food comes from and advocates for a more respectful and empathetic approach to service work.