View Full Version : McDonald's Worker Arrested for Serving Cop Salty
kg4kww
09-09-2007, 04:38 AM
This is going to far folks.
A McDonald's worker in Union City, Ga., was arrested and jailed Thursday night for putting too much salt and pepper on a police officer's hamburger, MyFoxAtlanta reported Friday.
A police officer purchased one of the salty burgers and became sick. According to MyFoxAtlanta, the police accused Bull of purposely pouring the salt and pepper on the burger and charged her with reckless conduct. The police photographed the burger, took the sick cop to the hospital, and carted Bull off to jail.
Full Story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296155,00.html)
Is "far" a verb now? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
kn4ds
09-09-2007, 04:40 AM
Sorry, this is exactly the behavior that must be corrected by jailing thugs who'd do this.
If you read the story, or viewed the video, you'd see that the woman *knew* she put too much salt on the burger... and served it anyway.
What would have happened if someone with seriously high blood pressure got that burger?
When you know you've done something wrong, and continue with it, that's reckless endangerment.
Prison for her.
I would NEVER eat food that has been in a MacDonald's. The cop nearly won a Darwin award for doing so.
I'm so glad to see Fox covering important stories like this one.
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k4kyv
09-09-2007, 05:08 AM
Quote[/b] (al2i @ Sep. 09 2007,04:51)]I would NEVER eat food that has been in a MacDonald's. The cop nearly won a Darwin award for doing so.
That's why I call it McBarfald's.
n2ize
09-09-2007, 05:27 AM
Generally if you are using good meat you shouldn't have to add salt to make the burger taste good. I have barbecued many a burger on the outside grill and a NEVER had to add salt to the meat to improve flavor. The burgers taste fine using the regular ground meat, NO SALT, and cooked over charcoal or wood to lock in a nice mesquite or hickory grilled flavor. Anyone who wants salt or ketchup is free to add their own after the meat is properly cooked. I see absolutely NO reason wy any salt needs to be added.
If McDonalds has to add salt to their meat before cooking then they must be using a rather poor quality meat. I would hesitate to eat there.
n7zsd
09-09-2007, 06:03 AM
Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Sep. 08 2007,22:27)]Generally if you are using good meat you shouldn't have to add salt to make the burger taste good. I have barbecued many a burger on the outside grill and a NEVER had to add salt to the meat to improve flavor. The burgers taste fine using the regular ground meat, NO SALT, and cooked over charcoal or wood to lock in a nice mesquite or hickory grilled flavor. #Anyone who wants salt or ketchup is free to add their own after the meat is properly cooked. #I see absolutely NO reason wy any salt needs to be added.
If McDonalds has to add salt to their meat before cooking then they must be using a rather poor quality meat. I would hesitate to eat there.
I'm sure the meat they use is high quality, it's just NOT beef! I don't know what it is, but it sure ain't beef. No dogs or cats in the neigborhood, hmmm... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
N4AUD
09-09-2007, 06:08 AM
Experienced officers eat buffet. Rookies think no one messes with their food.
BTW, Greg, I had my food poisoned once when I was an officer...when I was a rookie. I got REALLY sick. The woman that did it was mad at ANOTHER officer over her husband getting arrested the night before and I just happened to be the one who paid the price. From then one, I only ate at buffets or where I could watch the person prepare my food.
n7zsd
09-09-2007, 06:17 AM
Quote[/b] (n4aud @ Sep. 08 2007,23:08)]Experienced officers eat buffet. #Rookies think no one messes with their food.
BTW, Greg, I had my food poisoned once #when I was an officer...when I was a rookie. #I got REALLY sick. #The woman that did it was mad at ANOTHER officer over her husband getting arrested the night before and I just happened to be the one who paid the price. #From then one, I only ate at buffets or where I could watch the person prepare my food.
That explains alot. Whenever I go to lunch with the police chief, he always insists on the buffet. He usually insists on buying, so I don't argue.
ka5piu
09-09-2007, 06:40 AM
Hello.
Correct, the Buffet is the way to go.
I had a person insist that I meet him at a fancy french food joint.
I was told he was not there by the door greeter dude.
I was very careful, and called my boss, and had him call me at the restaurant number.
A few days later, the guy turned in an expense report, and tried to explain that I did not show up.
We finally did meet, and I got a bit ill.
After that, buffet, and "I" pick the buffet.
Anything else and the deal is off.
I also make it VERY clear, I do not consider doing lunch or dinner as being a condition of negotiation.
In fact, I give preference to people who do not do this.
I base deals on how concise the information you provide is.
If dinner is involved, it counts against the clock.
This is outrageous! Arresting someone because a police officer did not like how a hamburger was seasoned.Law enforcement appears to be completely out of control. What next arresting a cook because the eggs where over done or the toast was burnt. Or how about throwing some poor a donut maker in the slammer because there where not enough sprinkles on some officers morning donut. McDonald's should take a stand in this case. They should demand that the charges in this case be dropped and an apology issued. If not McDonald's should enforced a new policy of refusing to serve peace officers.
N4AUD
09-09-2007, 07:48 AM
Quote[/b] (n6yg @ Sep. 09 2007,03:45)]This is outrageous! Arresting someone because they did not like how a hamburger was seasoned.
That's NOT what it said.
"A police officer purchased one of the salty burgers and became sick."
Quote[/b] (n4aud @ Sep. 09 2007,00:48)]Quote[/b] (n6yg @ Sep. 09 2007,03:45)]This is outrageous! Arresting someone because they did not like how a hamburger was seasoned.
That's NOT what it said.
"A police officer purchased one of the salty burgers and became sick."
Sure he did http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif according to the video two other people had eaten the burgers and they did not get sick. It's not McDonald's fault if he is sickly or over sensitive.
Think about it, How much salt could you physically mix into hamburger meat where one single bite would make you so sick that you would need to be rushed to the hospital? Sorry something in the officers story sounds fishy
KL1ZB
09-09-2007, 07:58 AM
Geezz, If I owned a restaurant in that area I would stop serving police officers altogether. Your liable to find your wait staff shot if the local pig doesn't find food up to his "level".
EDIT: Must be nice to be a police officer, because this poor woman can't even get a officer to show up to the fast food restaurant.
http://graphics1.snopes.com/crime/audio/burger.wma
The more I think about it, the more I don't think it's physically possible to mix enough salt into hamburger meat as to cause a normal healthy adult male to become ill to the point of hospitalization after consuming a single bite. Think about it! How much hamburger is in an average bite of a McDonald's burger?
OK It's 1:30 am and I'm tired but this story is so crazy that I have to toss some numbers so I can better understand this officers claim and see if his story jives.
Average patty is what about 1/4 pound before cooking. Then there are cooking losses. In the end the average patty probably loses 25 to 30 percent so we are left with about 3 oz of meat.
Now how many bites does it take to consume a 1/4 pound burger? I have no way to know for sure but I would assume that unless you are a gross pig it takes the average person about 15 bites. So that equates to about .2 oz of meat per bite. Now for sake of argument let say the hamburger meat was 50 percent salt. That equates to .1 oz of salt per bite!!! Is this officer trying to tell me that 2.83 grams of salt put a healthy adult male in the hospital?
I just can't imagine someone biting into something that tastes offensive and then eating all of it. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
Quote[/b] (ku4my @ Sep. 09 2007,01:46)]I just can't imagine someone biting into something that tastes offensive and then eating all of it. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
I agree. Think about it, if he ate the whole thing after tasting excessive salt to the point of being offensive and then got sick its his own fault and he should be nominated for the Darwin award.
Here is another video (http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=98380354D139C16195255C969865EB94 ?contentId=4301898&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1), In this video the City PD comments on the arrest. They say the officer became violently ill after only consuming "ONE BITE" Apparently they are starting to realize how stupid this sounds and they revising their story to include looking for other possible causes. Hey maybe he has that mysterious and elusive MSG sensitivity??
Considering that MSG is considerably safer then table salt I don't think they would try to blame it on it. In the last 40 years I have only met one person who was legitimately sensitive to MSG.
She was a tiny sickly person who was allergic to just about EVERYTHING peanuts, gluten, grass (lawn) ... you name it and she was allergic to it. She was so bad that I refused to let her eat at my home. We asked her to bring her own food and drinks when she came over. Now I have met lots of people who claimed to be allergic to MSG but none where. All of them where nothing but a bunch of hypochondriacs and health nuts stuck on junk science.
kb2vxa
09-09-2007, 12:06 PM
Hi fast food junkies,
Totally Faux News this time. McD's does NOT prepare hamburgers, they're delivered as frozen patties in a cardboard box. Conileezaments are available in packets at a stand near the soft drinks server and nothing but the usual red and yellow goo, pickles, lettuce and tomatoes are put in the bun before serving.
"I just can't imagine someone biting into something that tastes offensive and then eating all of it."
Likewise. You'd have to eat an awfully large amount of salt to get sick. Dehydration due to reverse osmosis is the usual result of excessive salt intake like drinking sea water.
Somebody is obviously full to the eyeballs with bovine excrement.
"Now I have met lots of people who claimed to be allergic to MSG but none where. All of them where nothing but a bunch of hypochondriacs and health nuts stuck on junk science."
You don't have to be allergic to feel the ill effects of MSG. It happened to me at my favorite Chinese restaurant where I was friends with everybody BTW and Ng Chu got a little heavy handed with it. My BP shot through the roof and I felt light headed and disoriented but the symptoms subsided within an hour or so, nothing too serious. I made it clear to him not to use it in my food again with a "chee shee kai dai ah" as an exclamation point. FYI, the "ah" is a term of endearment used in this way to indicate sarcasm rather than cussing him out.
W4INF
09-09-2007, 05:22 PM
"One cheeseburger..... Its for a cop" From one of the movies I saw which name escapes me. It was funny, but they really do spit in LEO's food, etc...
KD6NIG
09-09-2007, 09:01 PM
Quote[/b] (W4INF @ Sep. 09 2007,10:22)]"One cheeseburger..... Its for a cop" From one of the movies I saw which name escapes me. It was funny, but they really do spit in LEO's food, etc...
"Super Troopers"
You'd think one bite and you'd notice something was up and you'd spit the thing out immedietely though.
n7rjd
09-09-2007, 09:20 PM
Simple solution, skip the salty McDonald's burger and get a hot cup of Wendy's chili complete with finger. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif And yes I know the finger thing was a hoax but I was making a funny. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
There is a class of persons who have an untold amount of contempot for any authority figure. They have this and zero class and ethics.
I was hired to secure a taco stands parking lot.The employees, white teens, offered me a taco. Then one went into the bathroom and pooped in the shell. They dressed it up, put the add ons, and servedit to me. I had a cold that day, and it was obvious. I also have a cronic sinus condition. Smell and taste for me is always lessened. I didnt realize what I bit into until all my sences told me that somthing was wrong.The punks got a charge out of it. A customer called the cops, and the cops called the stands owner. I just quit, and my boss cancelled the conmtract.
I was advised to sue the taco stands owner, but it was not he who did the deed, and I let it ride, not being built that way.
I do not like certian cops, and mistrust them in general, but I will never stoop so low as to poison one for my own amusement like the Mcdonalds employee did. Fry her.
w2amr
09-09-2007, 11:29 PM
Quote[/b] (nq6v @ Sep. 09 2007,16:11)]There is a class of persons who have an untold amount of contempot for any authority figure. They have this and zero class and ethics.
I was hired to secure a taco stands parking lot.The employees, white teens, offered me a taco. Then one went into the bathroom and pooped in the shell. They dressed it up, put the add ons, and servedit to me. I had a cold that day, and it was obvious. I also have a cronic sinus condition. Smell and taste for me is always lessened. I didnt realize what I bit into until all my sences told me that somthing was wrong.The punks got a charge out of it. A customer called the cops, and the cops called the stands owner. I just quit, and my boss cancelled the conmtract.
I was advised to sue the taco stands owner, but it was not he who did the deed, and I let it ride, not being built that way.
I do not like certian cops, and mistrust them in general, but I will never stoop so low as to poison one for my own amusement like the Mcdonalds employee did. Fry her.
Speechless. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
N9LCD
09-10-2007, 01:08 AM
FYI:
20 to 25 percent GROUND BEEF HEARTS can legally be added to ground chuck in making commercial hamburger patties. [B][I]
But, on the other hand, the cattle are humanely sleughtered: THEY DIE OF OLD AGE!!!
JERRY
N9LCD
N4AUD
09-10-2007, 01:20 AM
Quote[/b] (N9LCD @ Sep. 09 2007,21:08)]FYI:
20 to 25 percent GROUND BEEF HEARTS can legally be added to ground chuck in making commercial hamburger patties. [B][I]
But, on the other hand, the cattle are humanely sleughtered: THEY DIE OF OLD AGE!!!
JERRY
N9LCD
We always just shot 'em between the eyes.
ka5piu
09-10-2007, 04:38 AM
Hello.
The story is legit.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296155,00.html
True, most McDonalds hamburgers are in fact frozen little discs, but not the gourmet burgers, that is fresh beef.
And, yes, the beef is seasoned with both pepper and salt, already a mix.
The question now is, how can a cop get sick from excess salt on a burger?
The video does in fact show that an entire batch got the extra salt treatment, not just one hamburger.
I must muse on this for a few days, but, yes, something does not sound right.
kc9kow
09-10-2007, 05:47 AM
The cop's story is suspicious at best. There are several conflicting facts which are ppointed out in the posts here, and I think he just wanted someone to blame.
He knew he wasn't going to be able to blame the entire company, thouhjt he was more important that he actually is, and let that fifty cent peice of tin go to his head.
This should not go to mean that all cops are bad, because I know many, many, good coppers whom I still work with today.
If it turns out that the copper is right, then I say the employee should be punished. If I were teh cop, I would ask the state to upgrade charges to attempted murder.
Think about him getting sick if it was her fault and it can be proven....time to ask for upgraded charges then.
yv6azc
09-10-2007, 08:40 PM
The characters must be all fictitious. It couldn’t have happened in real life. "The cop and the salty burger”, it seems to be a kind of comic movie. Even thought, real life might surprise us some times, definitely I refuse to believe this story, and it simply can’t be real. On the other hand, police officers only eat donuts.
In L.A, cops in the drive thru announce thenselves on the intercon as L.A.P.D, so the manager authorizes a freebee to them.
kd5kfl
09-11-2007, 12:14 AM
There is a large and largely unknown industry that creates artificial tastes. Think about it: McDonalds tastes the same everywhere. Argentinian beef, American beef, doesn't matter. One universal taste.
This taste is created in a laboratory and applied to the beef. Same with the chicken and fish. If you are the guy who creates the taste for a fast food chain, you end up wealthy as a pharoah.
If you use petroleum derived chemicals to make the taste, that's fine. You can call it natural flavoring, because petroleum occurs in nature.
Regarding buffets: I was in the local Chinese buffet recently. 6 year old kid, standing in front of the buffet, shouting loudly as 6 year olds tend to do. Mouth 6 inches above the food. Sneeze shield 3 inches above his mouth.
I don't do buffets anymore.
n7zsd
09-11-2007, 04:43 AM
I still say it ain't beef!
K0HWY
09-11-2007, 04:56 AM
First, I'm not sure if what happened was an accident or not. Even if it was intentional, it could have been handled a little differently. It's not like she spit in the food or something. Perhaps there's more to the story than we're being told; maybe not.
Speaking of the story, this is typical media drama. The story is hardly even newsworthy but FOX headlines with, 'McDonald's Worker Arrested for Serving Cop Salty Hamburger.' Ok,we all know there's no law on the books against serving a salty hamburger. This headline has but one intent and that is to instantly bias the reader against the police. The actual charge, which is reported more subtly in the article, was reckless conduct.
According to the defendant, the security cameras will clearly show the incident was indeed an accident. If so, perhaps FOX can move on to creating other drama.
KG6YTZ
09-11-2007, 05:05 AM
Quote[/b] (K0HWY @ Sep. 10 2007,21:56)]The actual charge, which is reported more subtly in the article, was reckless conduct.
hm. #You'd think it would've been something like a-saltin' an officer! #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
n7zsd
09-11-2007, 05:14 AM
HWY, I agree with you 100% The media seems to always put just enough teaser in a story header to push their agenda-of-the-day. Which is why I don't watch the news! I get my cold hard facts from the totally non-biased folks here on QRZ!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
n2ize
09-11-2007, 05:26 AM
Sure it wasn't a fish filet ? This story does sound fishy.
ac4ut
09-11-2007, 12:30 PM
A "seasoned" officer would never befall the tragedy of being a-salted with a deadly condiment.
KA8DKT
09-11-2007, 01:11 PM
Wait a minute while I catchup to you.
-gary
W2ILP
09-11-2007, 03:52 PM
How much of the hamberger did the officer eat? If it was very salty and peppery he should have noticed it on the first bite and spit it out before he ate enough to make him sick. Does this information prove that he had no taste? I think that most police in NY have a lot of good taste...but that may be because they get paid more than the police in GA. I could be wrong.
w2ilp (I Like Pickles)...but hold the mayo.
Quote[/b] (kc9kow @ Sep. 10 2007,01:47)]The cop's story is suspicious at best. There are several conflicting facts which are ppointed out in the posts here, and I think he just wanted someone to blame.
He knew he wasn't going to be able to blame the entire company, thouhjt he was more important that he actually is, and let that fifty cent peice of tin go to his head.
This should not go to mean that all cops are bad, because I know many, many, good coppers whom I still work with today.
If it turns out that the copper is right, then I say the employee should be punished. If I were teh cop, I would ask the state to upgrade charges to attempted murder.
Think about him getting sick if it was her fault and it can be proven....time to ask for upgraded charges then.
Earlier report I read on this story indicated
-- that the excess salt & pepper was actually done by another employee
-- that the server, that employee, and the store manager on duty all tried the over-seasoned burgers
-- that the server thought they were too salty, but the manager and the other employee did not
-- and that the manager insisted that the over-seasoned burgers be sold.
Because the server was aware of what had happened, and related some or all of it when initially questioned, she got arrested for selling the "tainted" burger. But, if the story is more or less along the lines I read, it sounds like they nabbed the wrong person. And probably over-reacted to boot.
Interesting story in last night's paper (Pittsburgh Trib PM Edition). Seems that a local man came home late one night after drinking, forgot to reset his burglar alarm, fell asleep on the couch. The security company notified the local police to check on it. They entered the home, found the man asleep on the couch, and tasered him. Several times. Even though he had proof on him that it was his house. And other occupants of the house vouched for him.
He was arrested for giving the police a difficult time... and then released without charge later, although he was told that charges would be re-instated if he gave them any more trouble in the next year.
That police department now refused to discuss the matter pending "review."
Assuming that the story is as related... Is it any wonder that all cops are viewed with suspicion when a small handful pull stunts like this?
n7zsd
09-12-2007, 03:17 AM
Shocking!
W0UZR
09-14-2007, 08:58 AM
I guess I don't get it. #Maybe it's a law for just Minnesota. #In the restaurant here (a regular family cafe) #I asked the cook to put in salt during the cooking process of some food I ordered. and he said that is is against the law for him to add ANY salt or any other seasonings.
~~EDIT~~
I forgot to ask if that is true for the local restaurant, then how come not McDonald's?
~~end EDIT~~
I sure wish that it was a law for any food you get in the store that they can't add salt. #I'm trying to stay away from salt because of my high blood pressure and I can't buy #ONE thing (seemingly) in a store that doesn''t have salt galore.