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From the
http://www.dailymail.co.uk. By Emma Glanfield. 4 August 2015.
Moment diner tucking in to his Wetherspoon breakfast is left disgusted
after a 'centipede crawled out from under his hash browns'.
This is the horrifying moment a centipede appeared to crawl out from
underneath a hash brown as a diner tucked into his breakfast at a JD
Wetherspoon pub.
Steve Langley said he was mid-way through his full English breakfast
when he saw the creepy-crawly slither across his plate at The Gate Clock
pub in Greenwich, south east London, yesterday morning.
The 41-year-old, who is a full-time carer for his mother, informed staff
and was offered a replacement breakfast – but said the incident has put
him off the pub chain for life.
He told the Evening Standard: 'It was like a centipede - it just crawled
out from my hash brown on the plate.
'I was like "what's that?". It made me jump - I had a jerk reaction like
when you see a spider.'
Mr Langley, who is from Greenwich, took his plate over to the counter
and said two female workers appeared disgusted by the centipede.
They informed the manager, who took further details from Mr Langley
before offering an apology and a replacement breakfast.
However, Mr Langley said he refused a new dish and wanted to speak out
to alert others to the incident.
He added: 'It's a family pub - I've taken my son there. I couldn't
forgive myself if somebody got ill and I hadn't reported it.'
JD Wetherspoon confirmed a complaint had been lodged and said food
hygiene officers would be visiting the pub in light of the apparent
discovery.
Spokesman Eddie Gershon said: 'We will investigate this matter
immediately.
'We would also like to apologise to the customer. Food hygiene in our
pubs is of paramount importance.
'Management and staff at The Gate Clock work hard to ensure that food
hygiene standards are maintained to a high level at all times.
'This is borne out by the fact that The Gate Clock has a Food Hygiene
rating of five (out of five) on the council's website, following an
inspection from its environmental health team.
'There could be a number of explanations for the insect being on the
plate and it might not necessarily have come from the kitchen itself.
'We will await the outcome of our investigations and report this
directly to the individual concerned.'
The Gate Clock pub takes its name from the clock fixed to the gate of
the nearby Greenwich Observatory, in 1851, which is known throughout the
world for telling Greenwich Mean Time.
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