Overview
- The customer, Brazilian tourist Maria Clara, says she asked for her eggs to be cooked more and later discovered a receipt that read instructions to 'burn the eggs and spit on them.'
- Local reporting says the incident took place on August 19 at Victor Lab on Viale Ceccarini in Romagna and the server who wrote the note is a 17-year-old employee who apologized and called it a joke.
- Victor Lab posted an apology under the customer’s online review but also published a TikTok that appeared to mock the episode and ran a poll about the young worker’s future, keeping the case in public view.
- After the story went viral, some social-media users claimed without independent verification that they or others had spat on customers’ food, and Maria Clara says she received death threats and racist messages.
- The episode has focused attention on food-safety risks, how employers handle misconduct by teenage staff, and the way social platforms can amplify and complicate resolution and reputational harm.