I had to share my discovery in the “Comments” section of a Tennessean article. The piece was about the recall of Peter Pan peanut butter due to salmonella. “MominTN” had this great insight (and I don’t think she was kidding):

It’s because Georgia is full of illegal immigrants and that’s who the company is obviously using. Why do you think you get sick when you go to Mexico?

After several readers responded and let “MominTN” know how ridiculous she is, our valiant expert on the ties between illegal border crossings and tainted peanut butter shared this:

You are all a bunch of idiots. Do you think employers who hire illegal immigrants are going to check if the food has bacteria in it or not? Or that everyone washes their hands after going to the bathroom? Or that sick people stay at home until they are well? Corporations are just like people; One crime leads to another. As long as they make more money, they don’t give a crap.

So, those dirty illegals come to our country with diseases on their fingertips and then dip those fingers into the evil vat of corporate peanut butter. They got us again. Curses.

Personally, I think that companies who hire illegal immigrants will do their best to avoid having dangerous levels of bacteria in their food … why would they want to draw attention to themselves?

I also don’t think there is a correlation between entering the country illegally and failing to wash your hands after going to the bathroom. But, hey, if you want to insist that the “Employees — please remember to wash your hands” signs are in English only, then you’re just asking for the problem to continue.