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Burger King Fires Lettuce Stompers

Within minutes of a Burger King employee posting a photo on 4Chan – his feet firmly planted in the restaurant’s lettuce containers – users of the online image board had figured out exactly which Cleveland store he was at. The photo, featuring the worker standing in the greens with his shoes on, was subtitled “this is the lettuce you eat at Burger King.” The image didn’t sit well with the anonymous – and often roguish – denizens of 4Chan, who on Monday began forwarding it to news outlets in and around Mayfield Heights. Based on GPS data in the image, online sleuths had determined the suburb to be the setting of the disturbing tableau, according to the Cleveland Scene. Since then, the three employees involved have been fired, according to a statement from Burger King, which stressed that the restaurant involved “is independently owned and operated by a Burger King franchisee”/Tiffany Hsu, L.A. Times. More here. (A photo posted on 4Chan showing a Burger King employee stepping in two tubs of lettuce (4Chan / July 18, 2012)

Question: Are you confident that employees of your favorite fast-food restaurant aren't mishandling the ingredients in your order?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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