The sickening act was filmed by a customer, who was parked beside the window.
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In the video, you can hear the employee say, “Hey Willie, come here, you want a sandwich?” When the homeless man gets close, the employee throws water on him, prompting the homeless man to ask, “why you do that?”
Naturally, there has been a backlash on social media with people saying the employee let down the Golden Arches.
The video – which has been viewed more than 4 million times on the Facebook page Mediatakeout – attracted widespread criticism and calls for the employee’s termination.
Pressure is now mounting on the fast food giants to sack the worker after the humiliation went viral online.
The almost one-minute video in question was shot by an individual in the drive-through lane who was in on the trick, apparently in retaliation for an argument between the homeless man and a McDonald’s customer earlier in the night, WJBK-TV reports.
MEANEST McDonald’s Employee… EVER!!! “This type of behavior is not tolerated in my organization”, said Wise Finley, McDonald’s franchisee, in a press release.
It appears to show the worker lean out of the counter holding a box of food to tempt the homeless man.
He added that he expects his employees “to treat everyone with dignity and respect”.
“They were actually arguing with each other and that’s what was amusing to me, ” he explained to CBS Detroit.
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McDonald’s have refused to comment on the employee’s actions.
