Unexpected Cereal "Surprise"
WARNING - do not read this description or look at a larger view if you are a bit on the squeamish side. Seriously.
OK, so today I was hungry and decided to grab a box of cereal I got for my son Drew. Opened it up, opened the folded bag inside and shook a handful out into my hand. I got the cereal up to my mouth about an inch away from eating it and then I thought "Hey, what's that?" Moving my hand back down, I thought "What on earth! A twig is in here". Then I laid the Reese's Puffs on a paper towel I had on the table and saw right then just was the foreign object was. Eek! After I calmed down, I decided to take some macro shots of it on the theory that if I could just make myself be interested in the "science" and "biology" of it all, then I would stop being grossed out. Well, 12 shots later, I was still grossed out.
After an hour I decided to call the 800 number on the carton and got ahold of a Customer Service rep who was very surprised and also very concerned. After giving all the details, she put me on hold. I figured that at least I should let the company know about the problem. When she returned to the phone she gave me instructions to preserve everything and that I would be getting a call back and someone would come to pick up the whole box/bag, lizard and all. She said it may take to Monday but it was important I save it for pick up.
I have not gotten a call back yet, but I figure that this would be a good opportunity for General Mills to show good faith and interest if that is what the company says they are going to do. I promise I will come back to this photo and let friends here know "the rest of the story". At present, I am not at all interested in eating any prepared or processed food. Lost my appetite you see. I'm thinkin'... bananas I peel or hard-boiled eggs I peel myself. Yeah, that's the ticket...
Unexpected Cereal "Surprise"
WARNING - do not read this description or look at a larger view if you are a bit on the squeamish side. Seriously.
OK, so today I was hungry and decided to grab a box of cereal I got for my son Drew. Opened it up, opened the folded bag inside and shook a handful out into my hand. I got the cereal up to my mouth about an inch away from eating it and then I thought "Hey, what's that?" Moving my hand back down, I thought "What on earth! A twig is in here". Then I laid the Reese's Puffs on a paper towel I had on the table and saw right then just was the foreign object was. Eek! After I calmed down, I decided to take some macro shots of it on the theory that if I could just make myself be interested in the "science" and "biology" of it all, then I would stop being grossed out. Well, 12 shots later, I was still grossed out.
After an hour I decided to call the 800 number on the carton and got ahold of a Customer Service rep who was very surprised and also very concerned. After giving all the details, she put me on hold. I figured that at least I should let the company know about the problem. When she returned to the phone she gave me instructions to preserve everything and that I would be getting a call back and someone would come to pick up the whole box/bag, lizard and all. She said it may take to Monday but it was important I save it for pick up.
I have not gotten a call back yet, but I figure that this would be a good opportunity for General Mills to show good faith and interest if that is what the company says they are going to do. I promise I will come back to this photo and let friends here know "the rest of the story". At present, I am not at all interested in eating any prepared or processed food. Lost my appetite you see. I'm thinkin'... bananas I peel or hard-boiled eggs I peel myself. Yeah, that's the ticket...