Um.... WHA...?

So, by now I'm sure you've all heard about the rat infestation of a KFC/Taco Bell in the West Village back in February. If you haven't, you can watch the video here. On my commute this morning, I perused my free copy of that high-quality journalistic masterpiece known as the Metro and came across a follow-up article.

Apparently the generically-titled Department of Investigation (or DOI) concluded that the health inspector who gave a passing grade to the restaurant just a month prior showed a "disturbing lack of diligence".

Really? You don't say. Hm. Thanks for your deep, thorough and insightful investigation, Department of Investigation.

The article then went on to reveal this absolutely DUMBFOUNDING tidbit...

"On Feb. 22nd, Thomas documented only 87 rat droppings and didn't cite an additional 20, which would have caused the restaurant to fail the inspection and could have caused it to close immediately..."

Um... WHA..?

I don't...

So, wait...

LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT... 87 rat droppings is a passing grade??? Who made up that number? Like, what? Anything over 100 rat droppings is cause for concern but, like, 95 is fuckin' reasonable. And it's not even that 100 rat droppings DOES close a restaurant, Oh, No.... 100 rat droppings "could have caused it to close".

Someone... somewhere... made up that number. Some person or group of persons had a meeting in which it was on the agenda to discuss and determine the precise number of rat turds it would, in their professional opinions, take for a restaurant to fail a health inspection.

100.

100 rat turds is too many rat turds.

But 87

or 95

or 99 rat turds = an agreed-upon, acceptable amount.

Well... now we know.