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SupportSanity

(921 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:04 PM 14 hrs ago

McDonald's workers roast Trump over 'insulting cosplay' stunt at restaurant that failed health inspection

Source: independent.co.uk

Donald Trump’s obsession with questioning Kamala Harris’ work experience at McDonald’s peaked over the weekend when he worked the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania branch — without a hairnet or gloves.

McDonald’s workers have now given their verdict on the former president’s performance - and came away less than impressed.

Trump has baselessly called his Democratic opponent’s summer stint at a McDonald’s “a lie,” so he decided to try his hand at the fast-food chain himself, shutting down a Bucks County restaurant to do so.

While serving food through the drive-thru window and working the fry cooker, some have pointed out that he wasn’t taking proper precautions — at a location that has previously been cited for health code violations.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mcdonalds-harris-gloves-fries-b2632930.html



It's all for show. It's all a scam. It's all a grift. Every single molecule of it.
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McDonald's workers roast Trump over 'insulting cosplay' stunt at restaurant that failed health inspection (Original Post) SupportSanity 14 hrs ago OP
Trump with a hair net? hahahahahaha Klarkashton 14 hrs ago #1
Was he handing out McDonold's Grift Certificates? Blue Owl 14 hrs ago #2
🤣🤣🤣 ultralite001 8 hrs ago #54
This she has to prove that she worked at McD's 40 years ago is cRaZy! Jacson6 14 hrs ago #3
What's crazy is that he is so fucking obsessed that she worked at McDonald's 40 years ago Novara 13 hrs ago #5
"She suddenly had a middle class childhood!" Like "She suddenly became black." It's stupid. Beartracks 12 hrs ago #19
Honestly that is something rich people don't understand arlyellowdog 13 hrs ago #6
I upvoted you because you worked at LUM's !! Captain Zero 11 hrs ago #37
I worked at a McDonald's in 1978 for the summer, Meadowoak 13 hrs ago #11
I worked at Winn-Dixie grocery in 1965 colorado_ufo 11 hrs ago #44
Every company I worked for is now out of business Retrograde 11 hrs ago #39
Paper towels in a Golden Arches sack n/t Cheezoholic 13 hrs ago #4
Trump at a McDonald's cloudbase 13 hrs ago #7
Working at a "black job" he demeaned? BattleRow 13 hrs ago #12
Bill Kristol said something about Biden's economy being so good OMGWTF 13 hrs ago #8
It's a work-release program! nt SeattleVet 12 hrs ago #28
Would have been hilarious if Kamala drove up tonekat 13 hrs ago #9
Were the workers paid? Nasruddin 13 hrs ago #10
Yeah Right North Coast Lawyer 12 hrs ago #24
paid for getting time off or getting permission to come to work late? orleans 12 hrs ago #26
And I'm gonna guess not just no, but hell no! 😄 ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #33
"They" are saying he gave each of the workers there $1000. No idea whether there's any proof that happened -- LauraInLA 12 hrs ago #31
The $1000 would have been Trump Bucks or NFTs. keithbvadu2 12 hrs ago #32
I'll never believe he gave them any compensation. The store was closed and security everywhere Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #52
I read that they were already closed before Trump's appearance wnylib 11 hrs ago #38
Where else is he going to get his hamberders? n/t aggiesal 13 hrs ago #13
From the Hamberdler jmbar2 11 hrs ago #36
Jobs I worked 40-60 years ago and have absolutely no records of, as far as I know dameatball 13 hrs ago #14
I had 9 W-2's one year underpants 13 hrs ago #16
"All employees must wash hands before returning to work" Grokenstein 13 hrs ago #15
The young lady having to tie his apron was my favorite underpants 13 hrs ago #17
I would love to see a photo of that! (EDIT) ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #35
Here ya go underpants 11 hrs ago #41
Thanks! ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #42
trump probably hadn't washed his hands in a couple days. ewwwww nt orleans 12 hrs ago #27
To be fair, trump should work a full day at at least one of every kind of fast food place cutroot 12 hrs ago #18
Trump reminds me of that Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon in which Daffy is so desperate to outshine Bugs that he performs LaMouffette 12 hrs ago #20
Why doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex 12 hrs ago #21
I'm with ya Iwasthere 9 hrs ago #51
Actually. qwlauren35 8 hrs ago #53
That would be magnificent. In that case he's welcome to live another 50 years Orrex 7 hrs ago #55
I wonder if he thought he could outdo Kamala... ananda 12 hrs ago #22
Did not do work as President, either bmichaelh 12 hrs ago #23
Dont forget bullet points ABOUT THE CATS AND THE DOGS! Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #48
They even had a rehearsal. SMH 634-5789 12 hrs ago #25
He also flat out lied when he said mcdonalds "confirmed" Harris "never worked there"... Think. Again. 12 hrs ago #29
The RTumpster regales co-workers w/ Arnold Palmer stories... ultralite001 12 hrs ago #30
Actually, he's pitching a new sandwich to the owner...the McHorsecock. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #47
I realize that Harris would be just playing into it, but I wish she'd show up at a McD and show him how its done LiberalLovinLug 12 hrs ago #34
The customers should've been told to check their fries orders. It wasn't special sauce; it was shart sauce. SupportSanity 11 hrs ago #40
Any actual McDonalds I've been to, you had to pay at the first window, so tRump saying it's all on me is a scam MiniMe 11 hrs ago #43
It's both hilarious and pathetic how obsessed he is with Kamala having worked at Mickey D's. ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #45
Maybe it's because it's his favorite restaurant? SomedayKindaLove 10 hrs ago #49
That could very well be! ShazzieB 9 hrs ago #50
That man's never worked a day in his life. Iggo 11 hrs ago #46
This sums it up! Geuricol 6 hrs ago #56
Made me choke to laugh while coughing. Wonder Why 5 hrs ago #59
Trump was promised a full time position there in case he doesn't get the President job. SupportSanity 6 hrs ago #57
So, he claims that "there isn't enough time" for a 2nd debate... AdamGG 6 hrs ago #58

Jacson6

(654 posts)
3. This she has to prove that she worked at McD's 40 years ago is cRaZy!
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:17 PM
14 hrs ago

I worked at a McDonald's 40 yrs ago and I have no proof and the franchise I worked at sure didn't keep tax records forty years later.

Novara

(6,083 posts)
5. What's crazy is that he is so fucking obsessed that she worked at McDonald's 40 years ago
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:32 PM
13 hrs ago

He's obsessed. He's sick.

arlyellowdog

(1,314 posts)
6. Honestly that is something rich people don't understand
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:33 PM
13 hrs ago

We get it. Between 50 and 40 years ago, I worked different restaurants. I worked at LUMS in Westwood while my husband was in law school and a few now defunct breakfast places when we moved to San Francisco. I can’t even remember if I made enough to pay taxes. Sure no one has a record of me. There are records of my husband’s jobs. The difference between types of workers. BTW, he worked for Moscone when he was killed.

Captain Zero

(7,382 posts)
37. I upvoted you because you worked at LUM's !!
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:42 PM
11 hrs ago

Lum's came into my small Indiana town of 23k for my years in high school.
Good Memories.
Hot Dogs Steamed in Beer!
They went out at the location after about 7 years. Probably too many high schoolers hanging out. haha.

Meadowoak

(6,036 posts)
11. I worked at a McDonald's in 1978 for the summer,
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:53 PM
13 hrs ago

They have no record of that now. Worst job I've ever had. Worked like a dog for $1.65 hr.

colorado_ufo

(5,895 posts)
44. I worked at Winn-Dixie grocery in 1965
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:01 PM
11 hrs ago

for $1.25 an hour. I thought I was lucky, as that was 5 cents over the minimum wage.

Retrograde

(10,563 posts)
39. Every company I worked for is now out of business
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:49 PM
11 hrs ago

From the defunct five and dime to a few Silicon Valley startups they’re all gone (do you think it’s me😃?)

OMGWTF

(4,376 posts)
8. Bill Kristol said something about Biden's economy being so good
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:42 PM
13 hrs ago

that McDonald's was forced to hire a convicted felon who is out on bail.

Nasruddin

(813 posts)
10. Were the workers paid?
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:52 PM
13 hrs ago

What happened to the workers originally scheduled for shifts in his events?
Did they get paid?

24. Yeah Right
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:39 PM
12 hrs ago

I think we all know the answer to that question. This meaningless, weird publicity stunt cost some hard working low wage worker a much need days pay.

orleans

(34,739 posts)
26. paid for getting time off or getting permission to come to work late?
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:43 PM
12 hrs ago

i'm gonna take a wild guess and say NO

ShazzieB

(18,358 posts)
33. And I'm gonna guess not just no, but hell no! 😄
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:10 PM
12 hrs ago

I say that, because fast food, like almost any kind of restaurant work, is notorious for treating workers like they're subhuman. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I'm equally sure that the place where Trump pulled this stunt is not one (considering that it's obviously run by a Trumper).

LauraInLA

(1,156 posts)
31. "They" are saying he gave each of the workers there $1000. No idea whether there's any proof that happened --
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:01 PM
12 hrs ago

my guess is a hard “no”. Also, he was only there for 30 minutes but the restaurant was closed until 4:00? So some workers undoubtedly missed a shift or something. Disgusting and disrespectful, as always.

Deuxcents

(19,134 posts)
52. I'll never believe he gave them any compensation. The store was closed and security everywhere
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 05:44 PM
9 hrs ago

Snipers on the roof n secret service and his entourage vehicles in the parking lot. More taxpayer $$

wnylib

(23,984 posts)
38. I read that they were already closed before Trump's appearance
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:42 PM
11 hrs ago

because the employees were striking for more pay and improved working conditions.

dameatball

(7,569 posts)
14. Jobs I worked 40-60 years ago and have absolutely no records of, as far as I know
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:08 PM
13 hrs ago

mowed lawns

unloaded furniture trucks

Phillips 66 station

Hess station

Florida DMV inspection station

pool hall

phosphate plant

tomato packing plant

University physical plant janitor

builder's apprentice, mud mixer, brick hauler, sheetrock installer, roofer, gofer

apartment complex painter, flooring installer

Hell. who cares what anyone's job was all those years ago. I had forgotten most of mine until I sat down and made a list

underpants

(185,979 posts)
16. I had 9 W-2's one year
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:17 PM
13 hrs ago

Crappy minimum wage jobs. If I didn’t like it or they were jerks I’d just tell them I wouldn’t be back. The W-2’s just kept pouring in. I didn’t hardly remember or could tell from the corporation name what job was which.

Grokenstein

(5,808 posts)
15. "All employees must wash hands before returning to work"
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:12 PM
13 hrs ago

I'm actually happy it wasn't at a real MickeyDickey's, so only dim donnie cultists (and unfortunately their innocent kids) were put at risk by his filth.

Plus we got that fun footage of dim donnie demonstrating his utter inability to hook up a fry basket without assistance. The simplest task is far beyond his limitations. #unfit

ShazzieB

(18,358 posts)
35. I would love to see a photo of that! (EDIT)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:36 PM
11 hrs ago
Do you have a link to one that you could share? I've been looking high and low but haven't been able to find one.

Never mind, I finally found a video that shows that part! Here it is, for anyone who is interested:

ShazzieB

(18,358 posts)
42. Thanks!
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:55 PM
11 hrs ago

Right after I posted, I found a video that included the apron thing, but I really like this, because it shows just that part.

cutroot

(979 posts)
18. To be fair, trump should work a full day at at least one of every kind of fast food place
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:25 PM
12 hrs ago

That will keep him off the streets and out of trouble

LaMouffette

(2,210 posts)
20. Trump reminds me of that Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon in which Daffy is so desperate to outshine Bugs that he performs
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:29 PM
12 hrs ago

a special trick that he "can only do once": blow himself up onstage. Like Daffy, Trump will do anything to grab the spotlight and get all the news media talking about him.



Orrex

(63,845 posts)
21. Why doesn't he just fucking die already?
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:31 PM
12 hrs ago

I mean it. We've all said "he should live long enough to be defeated at the ballot box and sentenced in the court room," and that would be great, but honestly at this point I'd be thrilled just to see him stroke out.

A stroke so massive that it pops his eyes from his skull and blows that ridiculous tumbleweed from his pate.

qwlauren35

(6,235 posts)
53. Actually.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:31 PM
8 hrs ago

I would love to see him become disabled. Like the people he mocked. A stroke that affects one side of his body, and he can't walk and he can't write, and he can't talk clearly.

He has enough money so that he could live a relatively comfortable existence, but he would NOT be president. Oh, and on top of that, please send him to jail.

Orrex

(63,845 posts)
55. That would be magnificent. In that case he's welcome to live another 50 years
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:52 PM
7 hrs ago

As long as he can no longer speak or tweet or otherwise communicate with the outside world, as you note.

Might also be nice if he's in constant pain, but now I'm hoping for too much.

bmichaelh

(575 posts)
23. Did not do work as President, either
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:35 PM
12 hrs ago

He did not work as President.

Obama had a reputation for reading stacks of briefing papers when he was President.

Trump preferred graphics and maps in his briefings.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/when-it-comes-intelligence-briefings-the-president-likes-maps-msna953356

Think. Again.

(16,783 posts)
29. He also flat out lied when he said mcdonalds "confirmed" Harris "never worked there"...
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:52 PM
12 hrs ago

...and so far mcdonalds has been too mcchicken to call him out on that.

LudwigPastorius

(10,558 posts)
47. Actually, he's pitching a new sandwich to the owner...the McHorsecock.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:23 PM
10 hrs ago

...because Trump loves to eat horse cock.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,349 posts)
34. I realize that Harris would be just playing into it, but I wish she'd show up at a McD and show him how its done
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:15 PM
12 hrs ago

Instead of the hand holding as he was shown how to lift a basket out of the fryer etc. I'd love to see Kamala do it 3x quicker and with no help.

It would be a great ad. Side by side video. And it would also shut up to some extent the lie that she never worked at a Macdonalds. While also showing "anything Trump can do, Harris can do better" That's the ad tag line!

SupportSanity

(921 posts)
40. The customers should've been told to check their fries orders. It wasn't special sauce; it was shart sauce.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:50 PM
11 hrs ago

Only Trump. Get it while it's hot.

If you knowingly ordered food from Trump you deserve all the fries in shart sauce. Great isn't it?

MiniMe

(21,804 posts)
43. Any actual McDonalds I've been to, you had to pay at the first window, so tRump saying it's all on me is a scam
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:00 PM
11 hrs ago

Does he think we are stupid? They shut t he entire restaurant down to pull this stunt

ShazzieB

(18,358 posts)
45. It's both hilarious and pathetic how obsessed he is with Kamala having worked at Mickey D's.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:07 PM
11 hrs ago

Practically the first words out of his mouth were about her, and he repeatedly brought her up again. For some reason, that has really gotten under his skin.

The truth is, he's never done an honest day's work in his life, and he knows it. He just can't stand the fact that Ka-MAH-la has done something he hasn't. What a loser!

SomedayKindaLove

(979 posts)
49. Maybe it's because it's his favorite restaurant?
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:56 PM
10 hrs ago

She now lives in his head with every Big Mac and is ruining the experience for him.

AdamGG

(1,412 posts)
58. So, he claims that "there isn't enough time" for a 2nd debate...
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 09:06 PM
6 hrs ago

But he has the time to do this and to sway to music for 40 minutes.

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