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A Tennessee Burger King customer seeking out some fast food allegedly got an unwelcome surprise in the form of having a gun pulled on her by a BK employee after hitting up the drive-thru on New Year’s Day, according to reports. The customer says that this jolt to start the year came after she complained […]
San Diego native Mark Mendenhall became the envy of no one when he set a new record for eating Chick-fil-A for 114 straight days, according to the New York Post. Mendenhall, who has become known as “Mayor of Chick-fil-A” by employees at his local restaurant, set out to accomplish this bizarre feat after hearing about a […]
On Saturday, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created quite a stir among those at Art Basel Miami and beyond when his latest piece titled Comedian was sold for a shocking $120,000. The installation, which was basically a banana secured to a white wall with duct tape, would be eaten later in the day by another artist named David Datuna as part of an art performance called Hungry […]
Employees from 13 McDonald’s restaurants across Chicago filed a lawsuit against the company on Thursday for putting workers at “daily risk” of violence. As ABC 7 Chicago reports, the group of 17 employees said McDonald’s has not put enough consideration into the safety of workers, citing the threat of dangerous customers. In the lawsuit filed in […]
Another day, another ridiculous story brought to you by the Popeyes chicken sandwich. According to The Root, an employee at the fast food chain located in Colony, Texas was fired after a video surfaced showing his son lending a helping hand to the overworked staff as they tried to meet the overwhelming demand for the chicken sandwich. The worker’s child, who can be seen […]
Decades from now, you can sit down your grandkids and tell them all the wild stories that were brought about by the Popeyes chicken sandwich, including a stabbing and someone finding a half-smoked joint in their meal. There was also when a Virginia chain needed to meet a 100-sandwich order, so a recent hire decided to construct a makeshift […]
Here’s a nice story that kind of makes some mid-level Waffle House employees — or whoever’s in charge of scheduling — look bad. A Birmingham, Alabama Waffle House burdened with late night customers and just one person on staff managed to survive the shift after several (or at least more than one) customers went from diners […]
McDonald’s announced Sunday that CEO and president Steve Easterbrook is stepping down after violating company policy by having a consensual relationship with an employee, CNBC reports. The board determined that Easterbrook should go because he “demonstrated poor judgment” with his behavior. Both of his roles will be assumed by McDonald’s USA president Chris Kempczinski, who joined the company in 2015. Easterbrook explained the reason for his sudden departure in […]
As expected, a wildly popular sandwich of the chicken variety will make its grand return to Popeyes. Early Monday, the poultry-focused restaurant chain announced that its infamous chicken sandwich would be available again starting Nov. 3. Additionally, the sandwich will now apparently be a full-time menu item, assuming another sell-out doesn’t occur like the one that […]
It looks like Popeyes’ infamous chicken sandwich will be making its return. The sandwich that damn near started a war has been on hiatus since August, when Popeyes officially announced it was “sold out (for now).” But recently, Popeyes has been sending out targeted Instagram ads that say, “The sandwich is coming soon,” according to […]
