Fancy A Pint? No? How about a chinese?
Not sure how widespread similar stories to these two are, but I think enough now for people to believe that they're urban myths and make them feel safe again. Trust me. They're not and you shouldn't.

A local pub here very suddenly went out of business when it turned out that the amazing weekly guest ale was in fact just a cask the drip trays and barrel dregs were emptied into every night. Apparently the bastardly owner had great fun coming up with a new name for it every couple of weeks and enjoyed watching the local weirdy beardy real ale folks comment on how you could tell it wasn't mass produced but a real artisan pint (actually, I'll let him off with that one).

I'm a little more harsh on the local all-you-can-eat chinese buffet when it turned out that rather than empty the food warmers when the grub was running out they just dumped more fresh stuff on top. Unsuprisingly, leaving the three day old heat lamped to perfection food mixed in with the freshly cooked stuff is a surefire recipe for a food poisoning outbreak and a department of health closedown period. Not getting sick is not much of a comfort when you read it in the papers a week after you were all there to celebrate your mates birthday.
( Gleeballs is mostly made out of chocolate and hate., Fri 28 Sep 2007, 20:23, Reply)