Two Weatherford, Oklahoma teens were sent to the hospital after a McDonald’s sign crashed down on their vehicle as they waited in the drive-thru.
The huge McDonald’s sign fell on two cars that were in the drive-thru, trapping one driver for 15 minutes, according to the Weatherford Fire Department.
Officials say they do not know why the sign fell. Continue reading
A 50-year-old man who had got into a fight, walked into a McDonald’s in Queens, NY., with a knife stuck in his back, his t-shirt bloodied.
The man managed to walk at least a city block to the McDonalds, where he proceeded to make a call..
“Everybody was standing there to make sure he didn’t fall backwards on the knife,” witness Tromaine Yancey told CBS. Continue reading
Meet, “Happy,” McDonald’s brand new mascot. Unlike other lovable mascots, like Ronald, the Hamburglar and Grimace, this new Micky D’s character is pure creepiness. Strangely, he doesn’t even seem happy. More, aggressive. Hey there’s a name.
Olean, N.Y. — A 23-year-old mother of two small children was fired from her job as a McDonald’s cashier after paying for the meals of a firefighter crew who had just braved sub-zero temperatures extinguishing a house fire.
The crew ordered 25 McMuffins and to thank them for their service, Heather Levia contacted her boss to see if they could swing a discount, a fair assumption considering the establishment often gave discounts to emergency crews.
After asking her manager and getting declined, Levia pulled the $83 from her own wallet and covered the full cost of the food.
The firefighters ended up with full bellies and she was promptly fired at the end of an eight-hour shift.
McDonald’s employees, who often take their meals at the restaurants they work in, were told by McResource, that they ought to stay away from eating too much fast food.. But now that website has been closed!
McDonald’s reportedly offered some of its employees an in-house, employees-only McResource Line website, on how to cope with issues like the upcoming holiday financial crunch. The McDonalds employee tips specifically mention selling the items on ebay or Craigslist among other things..
