Ignorance Is Bliss

find out that your waiter had spit in your meal

• The claim that people regularly swallow spiders while sleeping is widely considered a myth; the discovery is almost certainly not even accurate
• Human saliva is biologically similar to your own and largely harmless in trace amounts; the disgust is psychological rather than a real health risk
• Finding out a waiter deliberately contaminated your food gives you actionable recourse — you can report it and seek real consequences