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Fridge clean out empties office

If anyone out there needs help getting their colleagues to keep the office fridge clean, just tell them this little tale…

A Californian call centre had to be evacuated and a seven people taken to hospital after a bid to clear the office fridge. The stench of rotting food was so bad that firemen had to clear the whole of the AT&T building in San Jose.

Seven workers were taken to hospital and another 28 taken ill after a worker decided it was time to clean out the mini-fridge.

The mixture of old food, thought to be rotting meat, and two different cleaning chemicals caused people to need treatment for vomiting and nausea. But authorities said the worker who cleaned the refrigerator didn’t need any treatment - as she can’t smell because of allergies.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .