Burger King Workers Fired For Drawing Pig On Police Officer's Order - Delish.com

Burger King doesn’t mess around when it comes to tampering with food. The fast-food chain reacted swiftly after five of its workers drew a pig on the order of a local cop.

Timo Rosenthal, a police officer in New Mexico, swung by the establishment to order a burger for a mid-shift lunch. After driving away, he noticed the workers went a little off script while preparing his meal. Someone had taken a sharpie and drawn a pig with large eyes and a police badge on the white bag. Then, when he opened the burger, Rosenthal noticed it was burned.

Rosenthal took to Facebook to share his experience with friends and family. He captioned the photo, "Well, while on lunch break (and in uniform) I ordered food at Burger King and received this. The patties were burnt and the burger was of very poor quality. Guess that was the last time I ate at Burger King in Clovis, NM."

The post has since gone viral. As of this post, it had 1.5K shares and 4.4K comments. Soon after posting the photo, the officer was invited on Fox & Friends to share his story. "I saw the pig and I was like 'Wow, this is kind of funny,'" he said in the interview. "You know, I have a good sense of humor, I'm an immigrant, so, we have good sense of humors. But once I opened up the burger and saw the burned patties and the poor quality of the burger, I knew it wasn't a joke, I knew it was out of spite."

When Burger King heard about the incident, they swiftly fired the employees involved, issued an apology, and announced they'd be sending a catered lunch to the Clovis Police Department "as a gesture of good will." A spokesperson for the company said, "What occurred is unacceptable and not in line with our brand values."

Rosenthal added that he doesn't blame Burger King for what happened and appreciates how they responded to the matter. "It's the fault of a few people that worked there and they [Burger King] took swift action and got them fired."

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