If you were at a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner and found a dead
cockroach in your salad, what would you do?
I'd try to hide
it in my napkin. And I'd leave my salad.
Judy,
62
Easton, KS USA
Eat it. Just kidding.
I would scream, throw the salad bowl across the room and collapse in a
sobbing heap.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
I would gently
set it aside and not say a word. I wouldn't want to embarrass the hostess.
Hopefully I hadn't already eaten a few.
Stephanie,
25
TX USA
Discreetly remove
it and keep on eating.
Talia,
25
Redding, CT USA
I once found a
dead caterpillar in my dinner when we had invited some friends round to
dinner. It appeared to have come in with some broccoli. I didn't say a
thing, partly to save my wife's
embarrassment and partly to avoid putting our friends off their dinners.
I guess it must have been pretty sterile when it arrived on my plate.
I've never mentioned it since.
David,
59
ENGLAND
Nothing. Just keep
my mouth shut and not eat the salad.
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg, MD USA
Good manners would
dictate that I quietly remove it. I probably would not eat any more of
the salad.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
Freak out quietly.
Imediately take her into the kitchen and tell her. Then she can tell the
others. Then maybe throw up.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
Good grief...I
respect coackroaches...their toughness and resilience...but give me a
break...I mean, give me a break...what would you do?
Zeno,
31
Greece
I'd pull my friend
into the kitchen and stategize with her on how to get the rest of the
salads away from the other guests without totally grossing them out. Now,
if dinner were at my sister's house, I'd probably just gag and make a
comment about her fine cooking abilities.
Laura,
37
Lowell, MA USA
If it was a close
friend, I'd toss it out and mention it to him or her later on in privacy.
If it was a new friend, I would excuse myself and go toss it in the garbage
and probably not say a word.
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
Something similar
happened to me before - I'd tell them straight away.
Aly,
17
Cardiff UK
If I were at a
FRIEND'S house, I'd say, "Uh, dude, there's a roach in my salad."
and laugh about it. If I were at a relative's or something, I'd be much
more tactful but I'd be sure nobody ate the salad.
Doug2,
30
Overland Park, KS USA
I would tell him/her
in private, there's a bug in my salad! I am very outspoken and all of
my friends would expect it.
Melodi,
19
Gahanna, OH USA
A good 7 hours
is perfect.
Tam
Politely not finish
my salad. Wonder about the rest of the food. Pull the friend aside privately
and gently let them know. Wonder about the rest of the food. Put on a
happy face and continue the rest of the meal. What are friends for anyway!
Tracy,
24
Ocean City, NJ USA
To start with,
I wouldn't be eating salad, so it wouldn't happen. Then there's the part
where I
wouldn't be at anybody's house but our parents', and I should think our
parents would understand that I wasn't going to eat a cockroach. Even
if I went to somebody's house other than our parents', it would be someplace
where such a thing wouldn't happen. But I would have to go with removing
the cockroach. As for eating the salad, I don't know, because I don't
eat salad in the first place.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
I'd stop eating
the salad and I'd look at each bite of the rest of the food before I put
it in my mouth.
Cathie,
53
Novi, MI USA
Oh my goodness...that's
a touchy one! I really don't know what I would do. I know I would feel
bad and embarrassed for the friend. I don't know if I would quietly corner
her alone and inform her of the "extra protein" found in her
salad or if I would just inconspicuously remove it from my plate
and NOT eat the salad. Probably I wouldn't say anything. I hate to make
anybody feel bad!
Tam
As long as it was
dead I'd ignore it. If it was moving around, I'd belive I'd freak.
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
Say nothing, act
full. Leave a note when I leave the house that says what I found, makes
light of it, and suggests either pest control or next time let's do it
at my place.something friendly.
Firelady,
24
Frisco, TX USA
Mention it to her
quietly and offer to clear and vet the other salads. I find this an unlikely
scenario.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
Very simple --
pick up the cockroach with a paper towel and dump it in the trash. I don't
like bugs, and don't want to deal with them.
Jared,
0
Crestline, CA USA
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