A Burger King employee who took a bath in the burger chain’s sink is probably regretting that someone filmed it and posted the video to MySpace, because the local Health Department was among those viewers who were not amused.
Mark McDonnell, the County Health Commissioner, was emailed the video and used it as evidence against Burger King.
“Any bacteria on his skin could have been deposited giving people food poisoning,” McDonnell told WHIOTV. In the clip, the employee is seen bathing in the sink, using a bucket market “sanitizing solution” to dump soapy water on himself. At one point the employee who was filming the prank tells the manager that someone is bathing in the sink, and the manager simply shakes her head and continues counting money.
Burger King has issued this statement about the incident:
“We have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident. We have also taken appropriate corrective action on the employees that were involved in this video.
Additionally, the remaining staff at this restaurant is being retrained in health and sanitation procedures.”
Employee Takes Bath At Xenia Burger King [WHIO](Thanks, Shoan!)
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@SkokieGuy: “Doesn’t any bacteria on the hands washing the equipment pose the exact same risk?”
Yes, but judging from what I saw, his junk was in there, too. EWW.
@Nick1693: I wonder if he left any *grill marks*, if you know what I mean.
One more reason I don’t eat fast food… I’ll stick to PB&J.
@Nick1693: And I would imagine there normally aren’t any traces of feces, other than maybe from a non handwashing employee. I doubt there are normally dingleberries or bare asses touched to the silverware. Jeebus, what if this guy doesn’t wipe? Ew
I don’t know what makes this guy appear more of a moron: the fact that he did this and let it be filmed or the fact that he works at Burger King. It’s a toughie…
Here’s an interview of the guy…
[www.whiotv.com]
He looks like the Human Chicken being made into soup.
@dragonfire81: Yeah, it would suck.
But then, it’s BK. Like they really care. Their turnover rate is astronomical, just like McD, and Wendy’s, and Taco Bell, ad nauseum…
Hrmm… watched the video, interesting.
He got fired, and so did the manager. Thing was, the manager did her job. What was she supposed to do, leave the safe open and go back and yell at him? She didn’t deserve it. He did, but not her.
He did alot of apologizing in the video, which was the right thing to do.
I’m more concerned that the kid picked up some crazy disease from the sink.
Music page? What the hell kind of band is he in? Good grief Marilyn Manson? The Insane Clown Posse. He looks like he might fit in with MSI-the look, minus the gloves. I doubt I’d want to listen to the music though
@Adisharr: Mcdonalds?
That’s pretty nasty, but he seems like a cool enough guy:) Hope he didn’t party away all his bday money…
Nastier things happened at my old roomie’s restaurant job…major chain place where employees were known to engage in sexual activity in the walk-in, as well as on top of the dishwashing area…ugh.
@seanmcleary: Now we all know what is in the new and improved Whopper!!! (I couldn’t resist)
That kid is such an arrogant little bastard. That is part of what bugs me about it. Did he really think he was not going to be fired for this? Is he a trust fund baby that doesn’t have to work and got the job at BK to see how the other half lives. I don’t think so. Have a good time getting a job anywhere else (except, of course, reality tv or porn), dumbass.
From what I understand they were all fired and the items that touched dumbass’s balls have been thrown away.
My, what interesting eyebrows you have.
And, I can’t say I’ve ever seen anyone wear a black tie and red polo shirt.
And excellent advice: “Always do what you want to do, but you might not want to film what you do.”
He stated that they washed and put up all the dishes but they seemed to have missed a few that are lying right beside him by the sink. He knew it was stupid and did it anyway.
People might not get into as much hot water (no pun intended) if they will stop doing stuff they know is stupid.
@JohnMc: One word: dingleberries.
@timx: Now I understand why he did it. I think I want to try a powersoak…. but alas I refuse to work at a BK or TacoBell…
I always heard you do not want to know what goes on behind the scenes in dining establishments.
Personally I up the ante for stuff like spitting in food,serving stuff off the floor or taking a bath in the KITCHEN sink.I would make this stuff a FELONY offense.You are messing with the food supply,a public necessity.Man if a Muslim or Arab did something like this they’d be on a plane to Cuba by now.
To me this is a form of assault,reckless endangerment,public endangerment,negligence,intimidation what ever you want to call it.It’s a CRIME.
And as far as washing all the other crap that goes in there I wonder if the cleaners and procedures really cover an entire human body(residue and byproducts included)
And the manager…I once had a price dispute with a BK manager with their corporate manager present who didn’t do squat.Talk about ignorant management.
What a jackass. This reminds me of when I worked fast food as a teenager. Those were horrible, horrible times.
@Nighthawke:
Ya Think?
I Think so as well.
I bet a couple more employees will get axed in the coming weeks as well.
Of course the franchise owner will get patted on the back and given an award for outstanding franchise.
Well, its better than the Burger King employee who was urinating in the sink.
Oh wait, that was me.
Have it your way, at Burger King! Thanks, drive through.
so i guess sometimes hiring discrimination based on haircuts is justified lol
clearly he charms dem womens.
I saw this on some tabloid show. America FTW!
thats sad, at the interview he mentioned that the manager couldn’t do anything because she had registers open and thats why he did it at that time yet she was fired.
eeeeewwwwwww….
I kinda think this is funny…
I mean, I wouldn’t eat there again, but c’mon… that’s kind of amusing, at the very least.
NOTICE: All employees must bathe before returning to work!
@u1itn0w2day: I agree. I have very strict ideas. I’m also of the opinion that if you get just one DUI, or cause an accident that kills someone you get your license revoked for life, and I’m also of a mind to remove the distinction between manslaughter and murder, and lock all those people up for life. If only our prison system could handle it.
In fact, criminally negligent homicide seems to be reverse Darwinism. Anyone who does that should be executed
I’ve worked fast food before and although this doesn’t really gross me out I wonder if his balls are o.k. Some of the chemicals you put in the dishwasher are pretty strong and if you put too much in there… I don’t want to think of the possible consequences.
How would bacteria in the sink give people food poisoning? Is food prepared in the sink and then given to customers without being cooked?
@Lars: And they are comparably quite irrelevant to actual consumption of the food. A punk in the sink, however, is a serious health concern. Disgusting things like this definitely happen in all sorts of fast food joints, but people sure don’t like to hear about it.
@TomCruisesTesticles:
There’s shit in the meat. There, I said it.
Having worked at a Burger King and a McD’s as a kid, I can say that somebody taking a bath in the sink should really be the least of anybody’s concerns. Heck, at least he is using soap which is more than I can say for any of the 100s of loads of dishes I saw washed in those very same kinds of sinks.
One comparison to this reckless attempt at personal hygene is that look at all the crap that can be picked up in public pool loaded with enough chlorine to dry your skin.The big thing in a place like BK is would you want your burger flipped by a spatchula from this tub or your french fries scooped with scoop from that tub.Or your lettuce washed in that tub…
Part of the problem in a place like BK is the pay and treatment-no one gives a crap.It’s ashame because many HAVE TO look at these jobs as an honest living and not a joke for CD money.
“Hold the pickle …”
@Justifan: That’s a tough decision. Do you follow policy, count the drawers and then chew the guy out about it or do you break policy, leave the open drawers unguarded and go chew the guy out?
This was on the O’Rielly Factor with Bill!