Dawn Valrose of Morant Bay, St Thomas, says she will never feel the same about patties after a needle pierced her tongue while she ate one recently.

The woman, who said she was still trying to find out how the object made its way into the meaty pastry item, sat down with THE STAR and gave her story.

"On February 5 I went to the patty place about 4:15 p.m. and I ordered a patty. I was eating it at the same place and when I reached down to a quarter of the patty I felt something pierce my tongue," Valrose said. "I stick out my tongue and it was bleeding so I rushed to the counter and asked for the person who had served me the patty."

The woman said she showed the metal-bearing patty to an on-duty security guard who came to inquire what was happening, and he removed the object. She claimed it was a needle with a piece of green thread wrapped around it.

Want answers

She said the supervisor at the shop, who later came to the floor, said that the matter would be investigated. Valrose, however, said that she was yet to get word from them, weeks after the incident.

"They need to do better. I never told them that I want money, I told them I want answers," she said. "They can't deal with people like that. I had to go to the doctor and fill a prescription for some pills and a gel for my tongue. They did not even tell me sorry."

A representative from the food outlet, however, said that there was no truth in Valrose's case to begin with, and that the outlet had already informed her accordingly.

The representative said that persons have been trying to "solicit" money from the outlet through such mischievous means. "It's a false claim from the customer," the woman said. "We sent the needle to an independent lab and investigations revealed that it was not a part of the product."