Posted on 06/27/2014 1:47:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
Woman finds pot while taking children to Sonic franchise
A trip to Sonic intended as a treat ended with a surprise twist for a Frederick woman.
Carla McFarland said she went to Sonic on Guilford Drive on Wednesday with her 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son after a trip to the library and a morning spent packing boxes. After passing chicken strips and fries to her children, McFarland, 35, reached into the bag for her own food and found a small plastic bag containing what appeared to be marijuana in a third container holding her own fries.
“I just kind of sat there in my car in shock,” McFarland said Thursday. “I kept thinking, what if my kids had eaten it?”
McFarland contacted Sonic's management and called police. McFarland said a manager also called police and told her that an employee took responsibility for the bag, saying that it must have slipped from her apron. The manager told her the employee had been fired.
Franchisee John Louderback, who operates the location with his wife, confirmed the employee no longer works there. He said the incident was under investigation.
"As this time, we believe that concludes the issue," Louderback said. He would not comment about drug-testing policies involving employees.
McFarland said Sonic's management was apologetic. McFarland said her meal was remade and she was not charged for it. The Sonic franchise opened in May. It is the popular drive-in chain's only location in Frederick County.
“I definitely can't say that they didn't go out of their way,” McFarland said. “I honestly think they were more in shock than I was.”
Frederick County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lt. Jennifer Bailey said the case is under investigation and no arrests had been made as of Thursday afternoon. A deputy seized the suspected marijuana, but it was not clear if it had been tested and confirmed as the drug, Bailey said. She said the employee's name would not be made public unless charges are filed.
For McFarland, the trip to Sonic was meant as a treat during a difficult few months for her family. Her husband has been in Georgetown University Hospital after surgery in May, and the family now faces eviction from its condo. The family has fallen behind on rent, with McFarland unable to work with two children.
The nonprofit Patty Pollatos Fund Inc. is stepping in to help the McFarland family with an online fundraiser planned to begin sometime next week, founder Debbie Williams said.
The discovery prompted a discussion about drugs and scared her daughter, who had already eaten one of her own fries before McFarland told her children to stop eating, she said.
McFarland said she posted about the discovery on Facebook, prompting laughs from some friends. Others urged her to go public. She doesn't believe the situation is a laughing matter.
“I think that's why everyone thinks it's so funny, because it's marijuana and it's going to be legalized,” she said. “It could have been crack. It could have been cocaine in that little baggie.”
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Help the McFarland family
Patty Pollatos Fund Inc. founder Debbie Williams said a fund has been set up to help the McFarland family cover expenses. An online fundraiser is not yet available, but people may contact the nonprofit at www.ppfinc.org/.
The problem is the dealer failed to put the weed in the proper childproof container...
Whoops. I missed the part about surgery and eviction.
I remember another one, so I’m old
(sung very fast)
2 all beef patties
special sauce lettuce onion pickle
all on a sesame seed bun
what was the one that everybody murdered the words to, I seem to recall something about a sewer?
“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun.”
I remember one McDonald’s commercial where someone recited that backwards.
I just remembered the messed-up one-
McDonald’s is your kind of place
hamburgers in your face
french fries between your toes
dill pickles up your nose
they serve you chocolate milk shakes
that come from polluted lakes
McDonald’s is your kind of place
(We juveniles found it screamingly funny)
That’s the right one, I forgot the cheese
Weed is just good fiber if you don't smoke it.
No. It’s because she’s behind on the rent and can only afford to feed the kids on drive-in food.
McDonald’s is your kind of place
A crap, crap, crappy place
A sap, sap, sappy place.......
That’s the one I remember............
LOL
So that scene from the movie “I Love You Alice B Toklas” isn’t true? I wouldn’t know.
I believe that Sonic’s lawyers should hire a detective to see if there’s a connection between the employee and the customer.
Eating pot, the plant matter, won’t do anything.
No doubt.
The best thing to do is avoid fast food places
When I was in college (a long time ago) I worked at a Pizza Hut delivery near campus.
If you called and wanted a “green pizza” this one guy would bring you a small cheese pizza and an ounce of pot.
Manager once asked, “why are we selling so many small cheese pizzas?”
Thanks :)
No, she could feed three people for a week for what she spent at Sonic.
Maybe more if she sold the dime bag.
But oh no.. she needs to go viral and raise a couple hundred thou.
Right.
Once friends invited us to drive them out to an Indian Summer party out in the country. There was a big bonfire. While my husband went to park the car, I went inside, saw the refreshments and was told the brownies were MJ laced. Then I went on and talked to some people I knew. A few minutes later I want back for some punch and my husband was standing with a half eaten brownie in his hand. “How many of those have you eaten,” I asked. “This is my fourth” he responded. “Did you know those are Alice B. Toclas brownies,” I warned him. “Nope, but I guess we’re sleeping here tonight” he commented. We slept on blankets by the bonfire. Around noon the next day my husband decided he could drive home safely, but added, “I’m not going to fix the roof today.”
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