Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452
The dishes though, our school's dishwasher leaves bits and pieces of food on half the dishes, we have to pick through to find clean ones to use. Its pretty nasty considering some of the people that use these dishes.
Even though bits of food on plates is pretty gross, I'd wager money on those dishes being washed - or at least going through a rinse - in bleach. My husband worked for several different restaurants when he was younger and every one of them either had the dishes WASHED in water with bleach or dunked in a bleach rinse at some point during the cleaning process. I wouldn't worry *too* much about those plates - just stay away from the ones with bits of food stuck on them and when you see that, bring it to someone's attention. They could get in lots of trouble if the health department ever saw that.

(Speaking of the health department, they check on ALL food preparation places... restaurants, school cafeterias, etc. So use that to put your mind at ease a little more too.)