Takeout Mishaps

All Wound Up: Bus Driver Says He Choked on Coil-Laced Chicken

Chew carefully!
Chew carefully! Photo: Hannah Whitaker

An MTA employee alleges that earlier this month, the JFK Fried Chicken in Sunset Park served him a big piece of metal with his lunch. Lajzer Grynsztajn, who drives a city bus, says he ordered a two-piece combo at the fast-food chain on January 9 and choked on a two-inch coil that he says was cooked into the chicken. The wire was later removed from Grynsztain’s throat at Lutheran Medical Center. It was lodged so deeply in his throat, the Daily News reports, Grynsztajn had to be anesthetized first; the case is now going to supreme court. In the meantime, the city bus driver says he’s brown-bagging his lunch these days, while the News quotes an employee who answered the phone at JFK Fried Chicken as saying, “I think this guy is bullshitting us.” [NYDN]

All Wound Up: Bus Driver Says He Choked on Coil-Laced Chicken