Safer Sex And A Breakfast Treat Don't Go Together

More evidence for combing through your food thoroughly or trying to get a food taster: An MTV employee ate a muffin with what seemed to be a condom baked inside it. To make matters worse, the Post reports that Health Department told her to toss the "evidence" because "We won't get to your complaint for days, or maybe weeks." Burn. Theresa VanHorn bought the muffin from a bodega at 1515 Broadway, and the muffins seems to have been produced by Sensible Edibles, a bakery in Queens. Of course, Sensible Edibles is denying the condom-filled muffin could have come from them. Since the story reads, " A young Manhattan woman split open her breakfast muffin — only to find what seemed to be a condom baked inside," Gothamist can only assume that it was a condom inside the muffin, and not a finger from an extra-extra large latex glove.

A women found a finger in her salad from a Midtown restaurant. Gothamist believes in complaining, so don't be deterred by the Health Department's bureaucracy - call 311 to be able to complain about whatever you want (the car alarms outside your apartment? the awful cab driver?). Also, complain to the manufacturer; a letter about the gross mold formations in a bottle of Snapple were our ticket to a free case of Snapple.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 25, 2004 12:43 PM

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Fran

If you call 311 with complaints about car alarms, they'll tell you to call 911 -- just in case an actual crime is taking place.

311 operators are informative about nearly anything having to do with the city and often pretty nice for people who have to answer the calls of cranky New Yorkers all day.

Barry Popik

It could have been a "stud muffin." ;-)

--Gothamist reader, from Bhutan!

TonyRobots

Not that it matters much, but it was actually at 1633 Broadway. It's the building I work at too.

honey2

Hey, Bike, the City is not just a playground for hipsters and frat-boy bar-hoppers. People live and work here and have a right to have some relative quiet during the late night hours. If others are being inconsiderate and too loud and won't police themselves, then the City should do something.

erikka

Actually, the city put out press earlier this year lamenting that 311 was underutilized...use it, people.

sp

dogs in the city should be limited to those served steamed or boiled on a bun with your choice of sauerkraut onions or relish ketchup or mustard. all other must be banned. grilled dogs are only acceptable when bbq-ing on the side of the highway in the summertime.

mr. info

the store was at 1633 broadway, not 1515.

jim

That condom could have been part of a rubber glove. It's likely that the bakers wear gloves.

Blike Moomberg: New York is getting a lot noisier. It used to be quieter. Fewer bars. Fewer loud ACs. Car alarms didn't used to exist. And as a New Yorker, I have to say fuck dogs and Mr. Softee.

Blike Moomberg

Why is Gothamist condoning frivolous whining to 311?

Because of whiny complaints to 311 for stupid things like car alarms and neighbor noise, the mayor proposed bans Mr. Softee music and dogs barking. Why do you think the mayor wants to have bars close at 1am? Those noise complaints to 311.

Please, try to limit your complaints to more serious things. Things like fingers or condoms in your food. Complaints about normal New York City-living will cause our fascist mayor to ban everything.

Newsflash: NYC is noisy. Gothamist's insistence on complaining makes us think about a Midwestern soccer mom getting all huffy at a TGI Friday's, belittling the server because her order had the wrong type of cheese ("Get me the manager!").

tien

i wonder if a flavored condom would have improved the muffin.

ha, it was a carrot-nut cream-cheese-topped muffin. insert lewd comment here _____.