People might laugh because they did this to a cop but it is pretty sad. I hope they throw the book at these guys.

That's really gross, although I'm not sure if Monroe (the encourager) should be charged. He didn't actually do anything, and unless he actually physically assisted Bender, I think they should just let him go.

I work with the police on the weekend, and the one rule they follow for food orders is to not take their squad car through the drive thru.

It's pretty sad for the 32 year old. I mean it's bad enough he works for Wendy's. Now he'll face punishment for this and probably... uhh... get a job at Taco Bell?

32 YO and working fast food? Dead ender, I agree.

This could have all been avoided of Bender had just walked up to the cop and said "Bite my shiny metal ass!"

explain why it matters if he has diseases? Everything I can think of (outside of crabs) can't be transmitted through dead hair.

@boomerang86: Some people are not as fortunate as others, doesn't mean you have to be poumpus about it.

oh noes! One undeserved harassment incident to police vs. the how many hundreds of thousands against private citizens. A sad day indeed. ;)

@puevigi: "the how many hundreds of thousands against private citizens". What do you base that comment on? The one or two YouTube videos of one incident depicting undeserved harassment against a private citizen?

Look at the bright side of this: They probably gave him the food for half price!

Did the cop order a liter of cola too?

Does New Jersey have something to do with this?

I agree with the above commenter that we shouldn't judge anyone based on where they work, particularly in this economy (reply button is still broken). However, it is sad that someone in his 30s would do something this immature. This might be a prank if done by a 17 year-old; it's just pathetic coming from someone who's been alive for three decades.

@TanKill3R: I think if a 32 year old working in fast food adds pubic hair to a sandwich then it just might be safe to look down your nose at him.

@ngc6027: ew!! in what way can you physically assist someone placing pubes on a burger?

This is one of those times where the 20-somethings think "Yeah, we're stickin' it to 'the man.'" But watch when one of those same 20-somethings shits their pants when they get held up after closing time, and then wonder where the cops are.

He should have just ordered a large Farva.

@ngc6027

Charles Manson didn't really do anything either, he only encouraged his followers to do it.

@Willow01: LOL. I was just about to comment on how much I loved the article pic.

@ngc6027: ew!! in what way can you physically assist someone placing pubes on a burger?

He was the one that coughed up the hairball.

@puevigi: I'm just checking, but you are aware that police officers are individuals, and not part of some hive mind that makes all of them responsible for the actions of one of the members of the force, right?

@Your friends can call you HoJu!: you win

Food tampering stories always make me cringe because if these fools are willing to do it to cops, what would stop them from doing it to me? Hopefully these will be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

I have to call shenanigans

Maybe he is afraid of getting crabs in his cop mustache.

@puevigi:
No one deserves a wad full of pubic hair in their food. It's absolutly disgusting.

I don't like cops much but they do serve their purpose. Try living without them next time you run into a bad "private citizen".

@ngc6027: If he encouraged him or was a part of it, it's pretty much near the same as being the one to do it.

For example, if someone is standing outside a building playing look out while his accomplices rob the place, he's going down as being a party to it.

The same principal applies.

@Your friends can call you HoJu!: I was thinkin' the same thing.

@godawgs7: I got nothin'...

@Your friends can call you HoJu!: Yeah, the article has me confused... like? Did he find steel wool in the burger then?

Regarding looking down on Bender... in the current economic climate, it's possible that anyone, with any job history, could end up working at a fast food place.

But considering what Bender did, I think it's safe to say that being a fast food employee at age 32 was the peak of his career.

If a terrorist did something like tampering with food they would be in Gitmo by now .

I hear too many stories from restaurant workers and food bakeries about what's done to the food and laugh about it . If you don't like the job QUIT ! Better yet if you have a problem with the employer take up with or out on the EMPLOYER and NOT the customer .

At least respect the CUSTOMER ; the reason YOU have a job .

I don't care if this employee hates cops or it was a frat prank to me this is no less than poisoning the food .

To Gitmo this person should go !

@MyTQuinn: It's more of a, "Where can he go now" at 32 years of age rather than looking down on the profession.

I guess there is busking isn't out of the question.

@macinjosh: He didn't want a large Farva he wanted a goddam liter of cola.

The article is strangely silent on why the cop checked his sandwich. Were they snickering when they handed it to him? Did he want to make sure they left off the pickles as requested? What? Crappy reporting.

DISGUSTING.

Likewise: DAMN the commenting-reply failure at Consumerist. How can this be taking so long to fix? Is it an attempt at irony? (Consumerist.com consumers frustrated by continued software glitch....)

At least the officer wasn't forced to ingest HFCS. Win!!

@dragonfire81: At least they skipped the special sauce, it's been so many years since I saw that film all I remember was that it was crap.

@ Godawgs7
If there were folicular tags on the pubic hairs, those can transmit blood borne disease as they contain blood. Not very much, but on par with an areosol based delivery(coughing, blood spray).

Beavis and Butt-Head: Where Are They Now?

I love that you actually found a picture to go with this story. Ha!

I'm not saying this is right in any way, but seems somewhat odd that the officer expected it to happen.Does the cop do things to the defendants first? Oh my, the officer is too busy to pack a lunch, and can only spend tax payers money on fast food. That is really sad that he has to rely on wendy's.

gotta say the officer should consider themselves lucky, if they were a private citizen being abused by a police officer it may have been a baton to the head, taser to the chest, or fist to the face (if he was a 16 year old girl) instead of a couple pieces of hair.

if the only thing these officers have to live in fear of is a crack dealer shooting them or some short and curlies in their sandwich thats not too bad a deal . . . i have to worry about being shot by crack dealers AND police officers for no reason.

@godawgs7
"explain why it matters if he has diseases? Everything I can think of (outside of crabs) can't be transmitted through dead hair."

Perhaps because of the localle of the hair to fluid emitting orifices. If there were trace amounts of fluid (either accidentally or purposely deposited) I would imagine that the chance for disease transmission would increase.

Disclaimer, I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV.

Radiohead sent a press release calling the cop "a big crybaby".

At least he didn't find "Buckets O' Cum" in his sandwich!

@Papa Midnight: That's entirely different.

"Hahaha, do it, do it!" Is not "Ok dude, I'll watch for the cops while you steal stuff"

@puevigi: Yeah, cops have the right to not have their food defiled too. The thing that pisses me off is that you can be horrible to ordinary people all you want, but if you do it to a COP, oh no...they feel like they have the right to come down on you like the wrath of God.

Trai_Dep
12:46 PM

At least the officer wasn't forced to ingest HFCS. Win!!

That made me LOL!

Off-topic: I just finished drinking a bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola WITH SUGAR. OMG this is what Coke is supposed to taste like. Thanks everyone for telling me about it! :D