Ever sent back food in a restaurant and then thought you saw an evil glint in the chef's eye?

Here's a new reason to be paranoid: A chef in Wisconsin has been arrested and charged with a felony after hiding a collection of hairs inside a customer's food.

Ryan Kropp, who until recently worked at a steakhouse in West Bend, Wis., prepared a 16-ounce rib-eye for a man dining with his friends and family. But when the man complained that his steak was cooked medium, not medium-rare as he had requested, Kropp was told to prepare a second steak for the man to take home.

Apparently, Kropp thought the man was "just trying to get free stuff." He allegedly added a secret, disgusting (yet protein-rich) bonus: "several strands of what appeared to be hair coming out of the middle of the steak."

The customer called the police, who then charged the 24-year-old cook with a felony ("placing foreign objects in edibles") that carries penalties of up to three-and-a-half years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The hairs were reportedly from the chef's face. If you think about it, things could have been a lot worse.

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