(LOL I have to tell you, I thought this was going to be anothe rone of those "don't eat xyz" and my first thought when I read the title was "oh, what now?!?!?!?!?!?" LOL )

BUT, seriously, I used to work at Hungry Jacks, so let me help clear this up

The tomatoes are cut up on site, but the lettuce comes precut in those bags like the maccas lettuce. They put them in containers to make it easier to reach while making the burgers... usually the salad stuff should be (and was ALWAYS while I was working there) kept in the middle part of the prep bench in dropdown slots which are chilled. I can't imagine that it would be very feasible to keep containers of salad on the bench, especially over the lunch period, so my guess would be they may have just been preped or something, waiting to go in the dropdown slots or back in the fridge. I have a feeling the manager might have been pulling your leg if he said they had been sitting out of the fridge on the bench for 6 hours (and chances are they'd have been used over the lunch period, so I really doubt they were).

Of course, I probably wouldn't recommend eating the salad from there anyway, as you're not supposed to (though when I get the chicken burgers i LOVE i get the lettuce on it just because I forget to ask them to take it off... )

I reckon you got a dodgy HJs Chris, or maybe the one I worked for was really really strict...
But I hope this makes you feel better about what you ate! :hugs: