Well, there goes my plans for this evening...

So, is it okay to throw drinks at Today Show producers?

They will do this to the wrong person and experience "Bullet in the Head"...

i only wish you people could've seen the shit i saw working for 8 months at a Starbucks drive-thru in Houston, Texas.

i never felt less human than i did then.

My dad has been known to hurl iced tea at the building if they give it to him warm. Not at the employees, though.

i don't get the point of this article

YouTube's sure creating alot of stupid fads. Wasn't it only a month ago when people were doing fence plowing? [www.youtube.com]

Somebody should tell MSNBC that people are actually being shot at in the world. Maybe they could cover that.

Or how about an expose' on how cab drivers are constantly trying to run over pedestrians (their CUSTOMERS, BTW)? That is actual harm.

I also wonder if anybody bothered to find out what burned that one kid's eyes? It seems unlikely that somebody could get the cola from the kid, put something in the drink and then throw it back at him, all in the couple of seconds he is sitting there.

I saw one of these videos a few months back. I really hope someone catches those little bastards and beats the crap out of them.

It is bad enough being someone who has to work at a crap job making minimum wage without having some entitled douchebag throw a drink in your face.

@urban_ninjya: Why can't these crazy kids use YouTube for something useful... like Rickrolling?

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this makes me feel awful. kids these days, i swear.

It probably would burn a little bit if you got Coca-Cola in your eyes or something, that's likely all it was, really.
It's not like he was blinded or anything.
wp Today Show, top class reporting this

Just for airing this on TV they too are condoning to this issue just like they do to any other issue that the put on the news.
Now that more kids know about it they too will want to join in on the "fun"…

Thanks Today show... No go find you next fix for ratings.

It's not like they are using new videos either, that Lion vs Buffalo Vs Croc video is so old and yet the Today show is acting like this happened yesterday. They suck, get some real news.

If these retards want "fire in the hole" action, perhaps a judge will order one of them into the Marines to go fight in Iraq.

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It is all fun and games until one day the fast food worker pulls a gun on them.

It goes both ways.

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If the Today show could find these videos on YouTube, so can the police. The should (theoretically) be able to get an IP address of whomever uploaded the videos.

The today show is so unitelligent fluff designed for blue hairs and the unemployed. I can't stand to even watch te millisecond I see while flipping channels. BTW I am sure this won't effect most of you but the Today show is going to be extended by one hour so NBC can cancel Passions. One of my friends is a video editor for them and thought he was getting the axe but HBO or Cinemax ..I cant remember which is picking up the show for at least a year.. Yeah even more time for dumb reporting.

I'm surprised more places don't have cameras capturing the license plate numbers if for anything else to help CC fraud and/or theft.

And thanks to our legal system, the asshats that perpetuate this crime will win some multi-million dollar lawsuit if the employee runs and beats the living dog crap out of the deserving driver.

While throwing food at someone is totally uncalled for, I can understand the frustration. It seems that it's near impossible for some of these people to get orders right. My bf hates cheeseburgers and wants his hamburgers PLAIN. And yet they keep slapping cheese on. You'd think it'd be easier for these idiots to NOT do something than to do it. And yet ...

And before people come along and say "it's fast food, what did you expect?" I say "I expect to get what I ordered". You don't mess with peoples' food. You don't know why people ask for something to be left off their food. They could be allergic. They could be SEVERELY allergic. And who do you think is going to be liable when the customer has a receipt that clearly states "custom order, no X" when they got seriously ill or died from eating food that had X on it?

Pick it off? Why should I do their work for them? And then there's still bits of X still in the food.

If they can't make your food right, stop right there and tell them the food was made wrong, and isn't what you ordered, and wait right there until you get what you did order. BE POLITE, but firm.

@Hawk07: Two wrongs don't make a right... if you commit assault, you deserve what you get. Right answer: call the police and phone in the license plate.

@Tian: and gets thrown in jail for attempted murder, as they should.

Oh just wait till this Monday. "Lonelygirl15 killed by common household appliance that could be in YOUR HOUSE"

And now everyone who didn't already know about it does... I bet we see an increase on this craptastic behavior shortly

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This reminds me of how a few years ago, our local news started running stories on how teenagers can legally buy salvia at head shops and get really really f'd up on it. Surely all that did was promote the reckless behavior. Way to go, 'news'!

@shirou: I heard that there was Cayenne pepper added to the water and that's what caused the eye irritation.

How did they add Cayenne pepper to it? While they were sitting there? Did they order a coke and then go around again?

That's a lot of effort for this lame joke.

That sucks. Working at a drive-thru is bad enough without teenage douchebags throwing soda in your face.

Wow, a story about consumers doing something wrong. That's a first, and it figuers Carey would be the one to do it. Ben and Meg would never actually admit that consumers can be wrong sometimes.

Worked drive-thru at the second worst place to possibly work drive-thru, Taco Bell. Some thoughts:

1. Carrying? In a restaurant? In work clothes? No sir, I don't think that's even possible.

2. Closed Cameras? Never gonna happen. If there's one thing that franchise owners hate more than "drive-by tossing", it's spending money on more cameras. Cameras that don't prevent theft. Sure, they might punish the perps, but they won't even prevent anything.

3. Drive-thru sucks. Worst position in the entire crap-fest that is fast food. Things I hated:

A. People who drop change.
B. People who drive off.
C. People who change their order at the window. (Mainly to get free stuff)
D. People who Yell.
E. People who Whisper.
F. People who aren't ready at the window. After seeing me holding their order.
G. People who ask for things that aren't remotely related to the store. What am I, your mom?
H. People who drive back around instead of going inside for a problem. Does this look like the complaint window?
I. People who walk through the drive-thru. I'm not opening the window for you.
J. People who yell "Hello" although they're not quite on the sensor that tells me that someone's there.
K. People who stick me with drive-thru because I was the only one mature enough to do the jobs that no one else wanted to do. Yeah, the "happy employees" who didn't have to listen to a beeping, yelling microphone for 8 hours a day.

//Rant off.

I can't wait until some of these dorks get busted. It's not only assault, but in Florida at least, it's 'Throwing a deadly missile' which is a felony.

I bet they'll experience fire in the (ass)hole when they go to jail.

@Buran: I really don't think this is about frustration with the workers. It's just people being horrible to fast food order takers they view as not important. Maybe you should avoid the drive-through window if seeing the employees get drinks thrown at them causes you to bring up why they probably deserved it!

This idea was stolen from the CKY movies (pre-jackass). I'm surprised they didn't get blamed for this one, like they did with everything else.

Hmmmm, I can think of a few solutions....

I have the local law enforcement number on speed dial. I just call my Uncle Bob and give him the tag number.

Uncle Bob is the patrol captain.

Never hurts to have family or friends on the force.

@Hawk07:

You are absolutely right about a beating is about to happen. Especially if the guy in the window is also the biggest baddest dude in the local HS and has to protect his rep.

@welsey: People are getting angry for a reason. And it's pretty likely, given how stupid these people tend to be as a whole, and unable to follow basic instructions, not giving people what they paid for (which I'm pretty sure isn't legal), that they screwed up and got a few people a bit too angry one time too many.

This is totally unacceptable. It's wrong on so many levels. If I was behind a car that did this to an employee in the drive through window I would make sure that the cops get these bastards.

I can't understand why people would find so much enjoyment in doing this, honestly I wish people would just follow the golden rule. Treat people how you want to be treated. I have to put up with similar crap at the place I work at, people think they can push you around because your just a lowly retail worker.

this is hardly a new "fad". its been going on around here for probably 20 years.

i think the today show has another headline that would be appropriate for their show...

DO BEVERAGES MURDER?

Studies show that 63% of 99% of beverages are capable of murder. What are YOU drinking??

Umm first, this has been going on for years. Youtube isn't the fuel here.

Second, a burning sensation? It's a fucking carbonated drink, it may sting a little. Quit whining and gtf over it. It wouldn't be cayenne pepper. That shit would probably require at least a hospital visit.

I'm glad my tax dollars are hard at work for such a heinous crime to be solved.

Aww, you had soda spilled on you. Yea, I'd be pissed. Yea, it's embarrassing and unfortunate - but get the hell over it.

@StevieD, that's gonna be just a little tough to follow through on if no security camera picked up his license plate ;) so fuck your "force" family.

@ SCUBA STEVE

See the point of a drive-thru is so that I don't have to get out of my car. I'm in a hurry. I get "fast food". If there is a complaint, ya know, like you got me a soft taco instead of a hard or put beans on my nacho bell grande, I'm going to make sure that you're the one who knows about it. I shouldn't have to get out and stand in line inside because you fucked up my order. Wanna know what I hate about fast food?

1) When you go through the drive through and the person on the mic sounds like they just got their tonsils ripped out

2) When my order is completely incorrect.

3) Being asked if I wanna try a Special Combo. No, blow me.

4) Putting tomatoes, when I specifically asked no tomatoes. I can't even stand the taste or smell.

5) Having to wait in line or in the drive through because your having a conversation about your boyfriend/girlfriend/three kids to the co-worker next to you.

6) Starting your greeting with "What"

7) Thinking that you deserve a medal for your "tough" job because you get paid shitty and have shitty hours. Awwwww... :(

Okay, this was funny when Brandon Dicamillo from the CKY and Jackass gang did it about 10 years ago. I may be missing the point, but these kids piss me off. They didn't think of it.

That's pathetic when throwing a drink at somebody is consider a night's fun filled thing to do. I guess these guys have nothing better to do???
Bubba: Let's go and throw drinks at the drive-thru person!!
Herman: Yeah!! I love Friday nights! Let's record it too!! Put it on YouTube and get out 15 minutes of fame!
Bubba: Yeah they're just stupid drive-thru workers, they're not important!

These guys need to get a life. I hope the next time they go to the drive-thru in town and are really ordering to eat maybe an employee will spit in their food, drop it on the floor, etc.

@Curtis_B:

I doubt that cause you can't freaking move if you're smoking good salvia. Seriously, when I tried that stuff I couldn't even stand up much less engage in reckless behavior.

Salvia isn't a party drug, that's for sure.

man kids today suck, can't they think of something more clever?