McWorker Looses McJob For McChicken Tampering

from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A 16-year-old boy lost his job at a McDonald's and was given a ticket by police after he was accused of tampering with a police officer's food.

The boy, who isn't being named because he's a juvenile, was given a ticket accusing him of disorderly conduct. The boy, who had been working at the drive-through window at McDonald's when the incident occurred, told police that he put his finger through the food because he doesn't like police officers.

A Muskego officer went through the drive-through the evening of April 12 to order a McChicken sandwich and medium french fries for an emergency dispatcher. Dispatchers cannot leave the station during work shifts, and officers occasionally pick up dinner for them. Not suspecting that anything had happened to the food, the officer brought it to the station and handed the bag to the dispatcher. She discovered a hole that went through the paper wrapped around the sandwich and through the sandwich.

The officer who had brought the food, along with a second officer, went back to McDonald's to speak to a manager, Geiszler said. The manager then brought in the employee who had handed the officer the bag of food. The boy at first said he didn't remember a police squad car using the drive-through.

After more questioning, the boy admitted to putting his finger through the sandwich because he had gotten tickets for underage drinking and didn't like police officers, Geiszler said.
The boy apparently also bragged to another employee, saying he had just "messed with a cop's food," Geiszler said.

The boy was fired from his job that night.