Dozens of United Airlines employees at DIA reported becoming sick after eating holiday meal

[@MayMay-qe8be]

The worst part of all these is that UA is reprimanding all employees, with the exception of pilots, who call in sick because of the meal. UA is literally giving their employees absent points that can cause verbal warnings, write ups to firing employees bc they themselves provided poisoning food to their employees.

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

firing when there is a shortage? not likely.

[@ellied618]

@@anniesshenanigans3815she’s not saying they will be fired. Her point is that verbal warnings can lead to being fired in the future, even though they clearly got sick from food at work.

[@paintediva]

Wait. So, they were fed a toxic meal and then threatened for being sick!? Yep. Boycott United.

[@curiousandcreativewithwand8515]

If I were an employee, I would want to know which foods were in the unrefrigerated bowls in the last photo, and what the temperature was in the heat keeper boxes below those bowls. I have worked in the food industry and to me it feels like there's a chance the food was left sitting for too long.

[@Somebboddyy]

Exactly

[@Carbon-DD]

So nice to get a poisonous Christmas meal provided by your own company. SMH

[@WarNoMoreMan]

Given their employees the s hits. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@colorado841]

And you can't call in sick.

[@pj-fx7gx]

In all fairness to UAL, those in-flight meals from back in the day when they actually HAD in-flight meals had to be disposed of somehow😂

[@2bjjones]

Merry Christmas!

[@lindatohara6438]

If over 400 people ate the meal and only a dozen or so got sick most likely not food poisoning. May have been a stomach bug?

[@cds1848]

Trust me: You definitely want flight attendants with norovirus handling your food and drinks in-flight. LOL. 😉

[@dragoonseye76]

Wow. Sick from the food they were given. Damn

[@BostonSteve922]

The meal made me feel ill just looking at it

[@jhar6119]

It did look a bit off! Yuck!

[@Dawn-zo2ny]

Me too...the meat didn't look fully cooked...looking at meat makes me sick normally anyway...

[@karensylvia9423]

That chicken doesn't even look cooked properly. 1:31

[@rebelwithacause2229]

Definitely on the verge of raw! Ick.

[@vaderthekittenchannel1979]

Yes, I see some pink. YIKES!

[@MaryJane-z7i]

Definitely the chicken! Lucky they’re alive! SMH.

[@hitman3531]

Gordon ramsay needs to get up in these bosses and managers faces

[@shunnaflowers3664]

At all!!!

[@mjblue84]

You couldn't pay me enough to fly anywhere these days! NO THANK YOU!!!

[@activistgranny2.066]

They take the joy out of everything.

[@tbarky123]

What’s the issue? I’ve rarely ever had any issues. The media is always doom and gloom. I personally love flying so airports don’t bother me much. Check in, security, gate. Not that bad. Rarely takes me longer than 20min to get through check in/security except for maybe the holidays after getting to airport and I’m in Chicago

[@Marilyn-s4d]

You're right! I ❤ traveling I've never had any issues with long lines! I never travel doing busy season! 😮

[@ritalukoowe5139]

That chicken or whatever it is is raw

[@lagodifuoco313]

That chicken did not look fully cooked.

[@sarahacosta4791]

I would hope United is reaching out to the company who catered that food, or go straight to the Department of Health and report that because of food borne illness, the very least they could do on behalf of their employees who got sick. Food poisoning is no joke.

[@thegreyhoundgirls536]

They don’t care. It wasn’t their CEO’s and corporate workers. And food poisoning is no joke. I’ve had it before and I was miserably sick for at least 3-4 days. I did lose a lot of weight

[@Sidicas]

sounds like United cut a few corners to save money during the Christmas dinner and got their employees sick. Save a penny to pay a dollar. Good thing I can't die from being too much not surprised.

[@bronxbearbud272]

(nasty looking clown with a menacing smile, declining the meal) "the expression is Pennywise, pound foolish'"

[@debraschuurman9172]

Terrible people got 🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@Elevyn11]

Ima getting your workers sick and getting mad at them for calling out? WTF

[@mar25947]

Corporate America

[@nealeorinick1700]

Nothing says we value your labor by giving you food poisoning. Aren’t large corporations wonderful 😢?

[@thegreyhoundgirls536]

Wonder what the CEO’s ate at their Christmas party. I’m sure it was t food that made them sick! Only the best for the CEO’s & corporate and screw the ‘lowly’ actual workers. This is disgraceful & disgusting

[@Heavenlydaz]

So you think UA maliciously provided bad food to purposely make people sick??? Maybe you should move to North Korea or Venezuela, where life is much better.

[@lisagarcia3351]

That chicken looks undercooked.

[@opinionatedartist]

Get those spiders off the eyes of the reporter at the airport please.

[@melindasmith3713]

How do people think it looks good ? To each their own .

[@abeerali7834]

@@melindasmith3713 might be a medical condition? Some sort of a mania maybe? They have a label for everything these days 😂

[@dawsie]

Glad I was not the only one that thought her eye makeup was heavy handed, how on earth could she keep her eyelids open with all that heavy mascara on them….🤢🤢😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@ranrunnn5280]

Looks like a day old ride.

[@abeerali7834]

@ Super glue? 😅

[@roberthance2412]

After the covid craze you would think that they would take illness a bit more seriously & not want them on the job ..

[@water2wine1]

When I had norovirus I had it coming out of both ends and felt horrible. No way I could work nor would anyone want someone around with it. It’s very contagious and even after the horrible symptoms subside you are still contagious for about two weeks.

[@jhar6119]

Lotsa quivering huh?

[@mar25947]

Nightmare

[@mar25947]

Legit, if the company I work for forces someone with norovirus to work in office, I’ll quit 😂

[@mslisa5791]

That chicken looks like it's still raw.

[@bigboomer751]

ugggs

[@UTR1]

That is disgusting. Shame on United Airlines for ILLEGALLY requiring a doctor's note in the state of CO. Employees have an easy case if they're fired!!

[@kkirsch3583]

It’s Colorado - the Bluest of blue flyover states. What can Blue do for you?

[@MP-lq3xx]

it doesn't look that appetizing🤔

[@jo8726t]

Other airline require it too

[@bigboomer751]

its LEGAL... stop being a fake comment lawyer...

[@jonathanbuie5605]

Airlines fall under the Railroad act that negates most State Labor laws.

[@theripleyeffect5203]

The reporter's horrific monster false eyelashes is the scariest!

[@marywatkins9438]

And this is why I don’t do work potlucks, company-provided dinners, etc. They probably gave them leftovers from an event they held previously and didn’t hold the food at the proper temp. UA could bypass all this in the future by giving their employee holiday bonuses for their hard work during such a busy time. 💰💴

[@switch1237]

Facts

[@BB-iq4su]

Hope they went to urgent care.

[@williamogilvie6909]

A disgusting looking meal. I would have chucked it in the nearest trash can and gone back to work.

[@SupriyaKonkol-s6o]

They got sick from them and then can’t call out sick. BS!

[@petraweflen677]

Spider eye attack

[@thisisallthereis]

If this was 2022 they'd be blaming it on COVID.💯

[@visceratrocar]

I smell a class action lawsuit coming up...

[@ShalomShock]

This needs to be investigated. They could get sued.

[@InnerLightDimension]

When the gravy is bubbling but it's not even hot you know not to eat it...😅

[@spidalack]

Typical corporate BS. You are sick because of your lifestyle choices, not the fact we gave you tainted food! yea, the lifestyle choice was to come to OUR party, but still your fault. Same mindset that says you alone are responsible for your health, as if no external factors existed.

[@watsonspuzzle]

We appreciate you so much. Here, have a meal.

[@thegreyhoundgirls536]

Oh, the food made you sick? Corporate- Get back to work or there’ll be consequences

[@willyjoerockhead]

You have to scan your badge to get a meal?!!!! Wow!!!

[@CBrowning]

But those eyelashes!!

[@Evyeve6582]

Note to self: There is no place like HOME.

[@morningstar8018]

This happen at my company a few years back luckily I didn’t get sick I didn’t eat the food my mom taught me don’t eat everybody’s food especially a money pinching company

[@switch1237]

Facts

[@dr.baotran8448]

It looks like the chicken or turkey is not cooked properly...it looks pink.

[@PHARA0H]

My company didn't give us any food poisoning I'm jealous. All I got was time & a half

[@shines22]

I got a dildo with the company logo on the side of it.

[@domturneryoutube]

😂

[@1Newportpleasure]

😂

[@kymcrowart7876]

Dear journalists and tv reporters…it’s not DIA…it’s DEN….

[@wakethemaster]

I got sick LOOKING at that plate of food

[@kriscampbell2327]

That meat looks disgusting.

[@HT-zx8dn]

United and American Airlines can feed those toxic meals to the passengers as well. Symptoms show up after you leave the plane. There is nothing you can do.

[@thomasmarino3160]

“How many times did I talk to them about food safety”-Captain Kramer

[@Black-Butterfly-B1]

What they are really saying is you have sick days and you can’t use them when you’re sick or you’ll get fired. There was a story about one woman felt ill and tried to leave early and they told her she couldn’t leave until her shift was over or she would be fired. Sadly, she expired on her shift. Take care of yourself… Document and sue.

[@G.Freeman92]

Now that there is a story about this, they will retract the absent-points.

[@paddy9449]

I bet the ceo is home

[@marktwaine9344]

Lawsuit time..

[@jdc8352]

I don't eat food that work has catered...... It's old and been sitting around all day

[@nickdiamond7595]

They had the fish 😂

[@wms7719]

“Surely you’re not serious?”

[@justinh5284]

"A hospital? What is it?"

[@Toad-In-A-Puddle]

I had the lasagna.

[@nickdiamond7595]

…and don’t call me Shirley!

[@dolphinbear661]

Turkey looked raw af, probably sat out for hours, too. Wonder if the ones who got sick were among the last to eat? Food for thought😅

[@angelanelson2619]

Superspreaders Wow gross!

[@Sugas_Girr]

That is sooooo messed up!!! 😳😬🤦🏻‍♀️

[@catherinelee3298]

Way to go United. Haven’t changed a bit.

[@lindaeick2379]

Can anyone point out how ridiculous the reporters eyelashes are? Long, fake and clumped together!

[@metalgrinch]

At this point just drive there.

[@burchified]

iTs tHe dEi aNd dEa iLLuMiNaTiS 😂

[@Indomitablespirit108]

Hire more unskilled humans immediately at TSA! Benefits etc

[@Boutys_mom]

Someone got new mascara for xmas ....or she got it from the Dollar General.

[@eosin785]

Dont worry about the note....maybe they wont sue us...

[@ranrunnn5280]

Did UA also require that thingy in the arm a few years back?

[@GG-lr7vs]

Not even close to the same thing. I guess being an antivaxxer messes up your critical thinking skills.

[@Damone7653]

The choices were chicken and fish... I had the lasagna.

[@paulalobato5987]

Ughh that looks nasty 👎

[@LMays-cu2hp]

I hope the Flight Attendants went to see their doctors. Has there been any look at the free holiday meals? Were the meals cooked enough? Or cooked long enough?

[@markwatney8641]

Isnt food poisoning punishable by luigi

[@jeannettelee2806]

This is so funny. They poison their whole staff and are mad that they calling in sick. I would come to work vomiting and pooping all over the place, then leave in an ambulance. United America ever stop with their nonsense.

[@KevinSamuelsPowerBottom]

So...they mass-poison the employees and then retaliate against them for being sick and needing to tend to their health? 😂😅 I hope there's a fat ass class-action lawsuit

[@ohwhataday7171]

Nothing new. I’ve had past employers inform employees to provide a note from physician if ill during critical time employees needed to perform their duties. Too many employees calling in for paid sick time especially Fridays and Mondays not to mention holidays.

[@johnp139]

They should have had the lasagna.

[@MartinisnOlives]

0:55 those eyelashes 😵‍💫

[@genx-odus5678]

JUST commented this! So not professional. They look like that MLM Younique 4D fiber spider lashes!🕷

[@jayceecee8651]

​@@genx-odus5678wish that trend would go away. They look absolutely ridiculous on people. Those long pointy nails are just as bad too.

[@carriemiranda130]

The ceo planned this. Hes very disliked at United.

[@mnm2007]

Class action lawsuit

[@user-wl6bw3jl4n]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kayhenry6293]

🤢🤮🤒 no, thanks.

[@darylhopkins9796]

I learned my lesson about food poisoning. I feel bad for them. If I don’t cook it I don’t eat it.

[@marilynsue4273]

United has a history of packaging meals at a central location, then shipping them out.

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

Lawsuit!

[@Tuber828]

Can you just imagine having to be puking while flying and working? Or the trots. God United sks

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

sorry but when I got food poisoning I could not work. Puking and diarrhea prevented me from it. Apparently it was more the 'blue flu' for them if they were really able to go in.

[@sdb3039]

"it was the salmon mousse......"

[@rondas7772]

That food looked improperly cooked, looked gross

[@saulestala2173]

What's for dinner? Chicken or chicken 🐔 😅

[@jayceecee8651]

😂 that movie still cracks me up! Miss Farley!

[@KenCunningham-fq4uy]

Jesus said, "Do you Love Me?". "Lord, you know Everything, You know I Love you.". "Come Jesus, Come Quickly."

[@michaelscott5155]

United needs to sue the caterer.

[@nrakma]

Who doesn’t want a food poisoned pilot flying the plane?

[@oneseeker2]

WHO cooked the meal?

[@levelintent]

The food looks absolutely HORRIBLE.

[@jumpiam8477]

I feel bad that they are very sick and force to go to work 😷🤢

[@bobsmith6079]

Was it fish? Were the pilots Over and Under?

[@sheilamcclellan8693]

Well no more free lunch anymore!

[@WalkingmanHD]

Textbook play by UA instead of doing the layoffs!

[@lindatohara6438]

It wasn’t food poisoning. However it could be a stomach bug that was going around. Many people had 24 hour bugs, covid, flus etc.

[@kimberlyfamoly5863]

They let the employees know after that fact, after people forced themselves to work because of fear of retaliation for calling in sick.

[@Black-Butterfly-B1]

What they are really saying is you have sick days and you can’t use them when you’re sick or you’ll get fired. Now the health department is involved! 👏🏾👍🏾 There was a story about one woman felt ill at work and tried to leave early and they told her she couldn’t leave until her shift was over or she would be fired. Sadly, she expired on her shift. Take care of yourself… Document and sue.

[@Leumasleumas725]

United: bring your own food. No more free meals

[@genx-odus5678]

Off topic..that reporter’s eyelashes?! Is she in Younique MLM?!

[@HT-zx8dn]

United, American Airlines and Southwest are all Terrible in Maintenance and service.

[@deedeerouse419]

Stay tge all home, see your loved ones anytime, not just at Xmas

[@goducgo]

Who catered these meals? Was it a pot luck? That will be the last Christmas party at UA. I was always careful at company parties for this very reason.

[@MyCardsNeverLieTarotLLC522]

i'm sorry but whoever cooked that chicken know better it don't look done at all. smh

[@xfxstinkiexfx]

Must be cheaper then pensions and salaries....