ChickenGATE

'Sarah' the investigative reporter here, or at least rookie investigative reporter.  Today's undercover journey took me to one of the deepest darkest places that I have been in a long time: a stinky red dumpster in a back alley.  What I saw will shock and astonish you, so please proceed with caution.

You see, today was "cleaning" day at work - sounds like a typical annual routine indeed - however, as a result of this yearly ritual... I discovered a most grotesque and alarming site.  This exact moment happened on approximately my 6th visit to said dumpster.  I was taking yet another load of old berry branches and brochures out to the trash when a most interesting gray container caught my eye.  The detective in me couldn't resist examining the contents of the gray anomaly.  This is where I saw it, a batch of frozen chicken wings sitting in the gray rubber box...sounds innocent enough I know, until you realize where the wings were located - all alone in the great outdoors on the filthy, wet ground.  Not to mention the wings were mere steps from the busy backdoor walkway of a well-known restaurant beside a towering red dumpster complete with greasy chef smoking directly overtop and today's raindrops bouncing from the metal waste bucket onto the meat.  Not only did one gray container of wings appear, another 2 loads joined the party as the day progressed (I can only assume today's special was WINGS).  Were the wings there to thaw or cool down?  I guess I will never know.  What I do know is that this particular reporter will NEVER order another order of 1/2 chicken salad or baked pasta from there ever again (not even in desperation or starvation as I have been doing for months now). 

The picture really says it all - observe:

I know by now you are dying to know what restaurant.  For those of you who know me, you will know.  For those of you who live in this city, you can probably guess.  For those of you who don't, just ignore this blog.  If anything, I hope this inspires my readers to rethink their 25 cent wing night.