Hmmm... Peanuts, Pretzels or Rat Poopies?

By Andrew Peerless in Miscellaneous on Mar 31, 2005 4:58PM

Everyone's eaten airline food that tastes like shit, but no one really expected this: Mayor Daley's Dumpster Task Force reportedly shuttered an O'Hare warehouse containing snacks and beverages, intended for airline passengers, due to fecal contamination. Yum!

The warehouse of Gate Gourmet, an airline food distributor, was closed yesterday after inspectors discovered more than 1,000 rat droppings nestled among the pretzels and beer. Mmmmmm, pretzels and beer... Chicagoist actually thinks these rats sound pretty awesome.

Turns out the city had a real coup with this one, as the Department of Revenue also crashed the Gate Gourmet party because they were - oops! - operating without a business license. Silly Gate Gourmet...

This story is clearly nastified, but Chicagoist is kind of intrigued by the Dumpster Task Force. What do they do? How does one become a member? Their link on the city's Web site leads to a perplexingly terse definiton of "Fly Dumping," and nothing more. Details, anyone?

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