Horrible story - Black Straw

Horrible story of mine goes back to year 2005 March.
I ordered a Club Sandwich and a Sprite in a restaurant somewhere in
Manila . When I finished half of the sandwich I sipped a sprite. But it
didnt taste like an ordinary sprite I used to drink. So I sipped once
more, but it still tasted the same. It tasted like a sprite mixed with
some kind of oil. I called the clerk and asked him if the sprite has
expired. He said it was just delivered today. So I asked him to taste it.
Then he also found that something was wrong with it.

Both of us were wondering for a while. Then I got to look inside the
straw. There were a lot of tiny black round things that looked like eggs.
So I cut the middle of the straw lengthwise to have a better look. Yuck.
There were a lot of tiny black round things in it. I suppose they were
eggs of cockroach. About 1000 eggs were there. Then I began to check all
the other straws in the straws case one by one. Almost all of them
contained black eggs that seemed to be either the cockroach eggs or
excretions.

After the incident I began to check all the straws in the restaurants and
fast food chains that I had gone to. Almost of all the straws contained
the same black eggs. Especially the darker the colors of straws, the more
black eggs were found. In black straws, extreme amount of black eggs
were found.
It was found out that it's because the cockroaches live (hatch eggs and
excrete) in the dark places.

* 80% or more restaurants in the malls use red or black colored straws.

SO NEXT TIME.... BE CAUTIOUS... CHECK THE STRAW BEFORE YOU PLACE IT INSIDE THE DRINKS.

Regards,
The Uneducated
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