Horrifying video shows cleaner emptying dirt into food
Updated | By Udesha Moodley-Judhoo
The video has resulted in many people sharing why they don't buy takeout and prefer to eat home-cooked meals.

A video shared on social media has people explaining why they prefer home-cooked food rather than buying takeout
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. We cannot say we blame them for their sentiment.In the video shared on Instagram, a cleaner is seen sweeping the floor of a commercial kitchen. It doesn't look like a large kitchen, but there is a food workstation behind him and large gas burners in front of him.
A large pot sits on one of the gas burners, and it appears that something is being cooked. The cleaner is seen emptying the dirt from his dustpan into the pot.
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This video reminds us of a similar video that surfaced last year, when a domestic helper was caught urinating in the food she prepared for the family she worked for. The family ended up sick.
Watch the video below, courtesy of Instagram.
People were understandably upset to see this, whether the video was staged or not.
One person suggested that the video was AI (artificial intelligence), and while it didn't look like it, it is a serious possibility, considering that the difference between AI and real has become tricky for many.
Check out some of the comments from the post.
- "Why would any human would even think to do something so disgusting."
- "Let me continue to enjoy my home-cooked meal. Outside is dangerous, disturbing, and demonic."
- "What in the world, why would he do that."
- "This is why. Don’t eat out anymore."
- "This is why I stopped eating out."
- "Disgruntled employee taking it out on the soup?"

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