The Florida police officer denies Burger King's claim that he mistook spice mix for dirt.
Posted on 07/11/2018 4:18:54 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
The Florida police officer denies Burger King's claim that he mistook spice mix for dirt.
“I did agree that the video they showed me had no malicious activity, but it wasn’t my sandwich, Fort Myers Police Officer Tim McCormick said on Tuesday, according to The Whiskey Patriots.
Officer McCormick posted a photo of his drive-thru order receipt with the word “POLICE” typed on it to Facebook on July 3.
The officer explained that, after he stopped by the Fort Myers Burger King restaurant on Cleveland Avenue for a quick bite to eat, he noticed a gritty texture in his food.
“At first I thought it was just burned old bacon. I was hungry and ate the burger,” Officer McCormick explained. “At the last bite I saw dirt and grit on the burger. In disgust, I threw it out of the window.”
The officer grabbed his receipt, and realized it was specifically marked as an order for “POLICE.”
He promptly returned to the restaurant and went inside with the intent of speaking with the manager.
According to the post, a female staff member in the drive thru spotted him and asked, “What the matter officer? Something wrong with your order?”
The staff member and other employees then burst into laughter, Officer McCormick recounted.
The officer explained the situation to the manager, but said he received little support.
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I think he skipped an important part of "crime scene preservation" class.
““At the last bite I saw dirt and grit on the burger. In disgust, I threw it out of the window.” “
A cop should know better than to throw evidence away.
The best hamburger I ever had was at a Burger King on Airport Road in Mobile. This was nearly 40 years ago.
Never had a good one at a Burger King since.
Agreed. He probably thought “Oh crap” afterwards.
Never had a good one at a Burger King since.
Funny you should mention that! Shortly after my daughter was born, I was working 3 jobs. One of which was a software store in a shopping mall. Downstairs there was a Burger King, and during my break I'd get a Whopper. It was really good.
My daughter's now 37. Haven't been to Burger King since. :-)
Officer McCormick posted a photo of his drive-thru order receipt with the word “POLICE” typed on it to Facebook on July 3... a female staff member in the drive thru spotted him and asked, “What the matter officer? Something wrong with your order?” The staff member and other employees then burst into laughter, Officer McCormick recounted. The officer explained the situation to the manager, but said he received little support.
Throwing the contents out the window appears to be littering, to me.
Save the evidence, name the takeout place on line, and sue the place out of existence...
Burger King “general managers” and either “area managers” or “district managers” (don’t remember which title used) avoid drug testing any way they can (word from acqaintances). Fast food employees need truly *random* drug testing with no prior notice at all. The same is needed in many kinds of businesses that can affect the safety and health of employees and customers.
Imagine someone lacking motivation for hygiene and sympathy for customers handling raw hamburger just before putting fresh lettuce, tomatoes, etc., on a sandwich for a customer. It happens. So does neglect of handwashing after using bathrooms. That’s the cause of the hepatitis A outbreaks (rare in the U.S.A. before the 1980s). Drug users and sexually promiscuous people are not much inclined toward hygiene compared to others.
Not to the raccoon...
female staff member in the drive thru spotted him and asked, “What the matter officer? Something wrong with your order?”
The staff member and other employees then burst into laughter, Officer McCormick recounted.
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SOMETIMES, one mustn’t do anything, one must ‘convince’ one you MAY have done something.
That said-
I doubt any of these ‘brain trusts’ would have the ‘quickwits’ to come up with my scenario
BUT
My ‘plan’ for heavy interrogation is to make up enough stuff to be ‘believable’
One of my ‘favorite fantasy world’ things would be to ‘pass out’ and wake up ‘dazed’ and knowing it is Thursday, say “Saturday, it can’t be Saturday this building was supposed to be blown up Friday afternoon’.
And a ‘good time’ was had by all...
That reminds me of something which interested me. Not sure if it does anyone else.
Around 1965, I worked at a Summer retreat. One of the staffers was a basketball star. Maybe 6’5”, blond and handsome as a movie star. As one might guess, all the girls were gaga over him.
Around 10 years later, I was attending a 13 week training session at an Atlanta hotel complex. I had just been hired as a Federal Agent.
One day I walked over to a Burger King for lunch. There with 4 kids, none of them over maybe 9 years old was the old star athlete. We caught up on what had happened over the last 10 years.
It turned out he had married the prettiest girl on the staff. I married one from another Summer who was also a babe. Haven’t heard from him since. They probably have a dozen by now.
We gave up on BK over 20 years ago because of the one off NM528 near Obregon Rd in Rio Rancho. They were unbelievably slow.
The King kept scaring the staff
Were I a cop I’d brown-bag lunch every day...for whatever shift I was on.
Perhaps the PoPo wasn’t Welcomed?
/s
Cop should park across street from the BK and follow employees leaving work and follow them close and just wait for a small infraction, like a rolling stop or no turn signal, etc., and throw the book at them.
Too much food poisoning.
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