Customer reports contracting herpes after employee spits on sandwich at Oklahoma fast food
An employee at an Arby’s chain in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, in the United States, was arrested. The accusation is that the employee spat on a snack intended for a customer, who later claims to have developed cold sores as a result of the incident.
Jennica Church, 38, was in line at the drive-thru to pick up her order of “4 sandwiches for $10” when Amanda Hendricks, also 38, intentionally salivated over her meal, according to reports.
Security camera recordings showed the moment in which Amanda “removes meat from the slicer”, “raises it to neck height and tilts her head; it is possible to see saliva dripping from her mouth and falling onto the sandwich”, as detailed in the police report. After the act, Hendricks would have continued assembling the other three sandwiches and finalizing the order for delivery.
Customer Jennica consumed one of the sandwiches and later shared the rest of the food with her husband and two children, according to a report from the portal “The Smoking Gun”, which specializes in reporting on crimes.
After eating the Arby’s meal, Jennica reported experiencing symptoms of a cold sore infection, which included “painful lesions and sores.” In a civil lawsuit, Jennica declared that she had received a positive diagnosis for the Herpes Simplex Type 1 virus.
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Suspicious that the meal might have been contaminated, Jennica went to the police, informing the officers that there were rumors in the locality that Amanda was talking about having spit in her food.
Amanda Hendricks confessed to spitting in the food. She was formally charged with poisoning food or medicine with intent to cause injury, a crime considered serious under local law. Her criminal history already records convictions for possession of narcotics, credit card fraud, receiving stolen goods and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
In the civil lawsuit filed on June 16, Jennica maintains that Amanda was authorized to work at the establishment, even though she had “an active outbreak of herpes with visible lesions.” This allegation raises important questions about health and food safety protocols, and the responsibility of employers to ensure that employees with active infectious conditions that can be transmitted through direct contact do not operate in food handling roles.
