Trump Campaign Closed Down McDonald's for Staged Fry Cook Stunt, Store Not Open Per Owner's Letter - Showbiz411
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Just so everyone is on the same page: Today’s stunt at a McDonald’s was staged by Donald Trump and his campaign. The McDonald’s in Feasterville, PA (is that really the name of the town?) was CLOSED according to a letter posted by the owner, Derek Giacomantonio. He said the campaign asked for it. So all […]

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
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    15 days ago

    Bonus:

    https://www.newsx.com/world/health-violations-at-mcdonalds-location-that-hosted-trump-what-happened/

    "Notably, Trump did not wear a hairnet or gloves while serving food, claiming that “my hands are clean already.” This assertion stands in stark contrast to health standards that require food handlers to maintain strict hygiene protocols.

    In fact, the McDonald’s location Trump visited has a recent history of health code violations, having failed its last health inspection from Bucks County. The report cited multiple infractions related to employee hygiene, particularly the lack of proper handwashing practices, which are essential for minimizing the risk of foodborne illness."

      • jonne@infosec.pub
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        15 days ago

        The restaurant is closed, so as long as they claim they threw away everything he touched they should be fine.

        • jaybone@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          The health inspector has declared anything that is an official act no longer violates the laws of microbiology.

    • ColeSloth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I’m kind of a germaphobe and am big on washing hands, but if I were a mcdonalds employee, there’s just no way I’d have gloves on to put out the hamburger patties then take the gloves off, and wash my hands, then put another set of gloves on to do other food prep stuff.

      I’m not washing my hands between every glove swap. You don and doff your gloves correctly there’s no reason to.

      • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        Yeah I’ve watched some of those mcdonald’s shift videos and I cringe at the amount of gloves constantly being used for 3 seconds then thrown away

        • ColeSloth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          15 days ago

          If you’re changing to something that needs a glove change that often, than you’re probably screwing up somewhere. You take money or wipe off counters or handle raw meat, you need to change gloves.

          But washing your hands after you take off gloves, before putting another pair of gloves on?

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I can’t wait until they’re on the news next year because they were shut down because every business Trump touches turns to shit. Like the King Midas of poop. King Poodass.

    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      “my hands are clean already”

      As someone who ran a restaurant kitchen for 5 years, this is called a lack of standards. Oh I forgot gloves? Meh. That’s a slippery slide that shows you don’t actually care or have standards, and you throw rules by the side when it suits you. That a sign of a shit worker.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        This is called “someone who doesn’t wash when they go to the bathroom because they say their hands are clean already.” That’s what this is called.

    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I love how he mocked Harris saying she never worked there or whatever and then does a publicity stunt but can’t even follow the most basic rules of the job. Someone actually working that position would be terminated for health code violation.

        • jaybone@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          Wasn’t one excuse he gives for eating at McDonalds is because he knows he won’t be poisoned? Like when he was in the White House, with a fancy ass kitchen staff full of top chefs he’d still rather get McDonald’s.

            • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              15 days ago

              I think I would trust White House staff before I would trust McDonald’s staff. I’m sure whatever McDonald’s they were ordering from was having their employees vetted anyway.

              To think of it if a person was really into McDonald’s that deeply they could just send fresh ingredients every week.

              • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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                15 days ago

                Yeah we went a civil war, two world wars, and a Cold War alongside many other conflicts and 4 successful and a ton of unsuccessful assassination attempts on presidents yet to my knowledge no attempted assassinations of a US president have been via White House food

  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
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    15 days ago

    At first I found it baffling that the Trump Campaign would go along with Donald’s McStupid idea for a photo op because anyone not experiencing significant cognitive decline would be able to see that it’d put a lot of unwanted attention back on the fact that Donald Trump has never worked a day in his life. But after some thought, I suppose it did succeed in getting people to stop talking about his dementia induced DJ set for an afternoon.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Back in 2016 I wondered what the world would say if trump and hillary released a sex tape 2 months before the election.

      It’s two people who you’d never want to see naked, or fuck.

      Now in 2024, maybe it’s the resemblance to Maya Rudulph, but Harris is definately fuckable.

      But if there were a Harris and trump sex tape released, I would expect Harris to be wearing a big black strapon, just so she can make trump gag on his own words in other ways.

      Now, if we could get a mid-90s Bill Clinton together with a modern day Kamala Harris? That’s a fuckable presidential couple! Just like JFK and Jackie! Or Barrack and Michelle.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Damn dude I bet you’re a blast at parties

    Explaining things folks already know, you must be so popular

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I often wonder if anyone has compiled a list of ways to make things worse for places like this McDonald’s without making things worse for the front line employees.

  • immutable@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    Ok it shouldn’t be a big deal, but I’ve found that you can tell a lot by a signature.

    This guys signature looks like a 7th graders.

    Edit: wow I just noticed the “DG Empire” on the sticker. Emperor Axe Body Spray over here

    Why is that important? I mean it’s not really, I’ll fully admit I’m being petty. But I’ve found that people that write like they’ve just learned cursive do so because they seldom write things. Now this observation is likely less true today than it was in the Jurassic period when I grew up and had to write out schoolwork, but given that this guy owns a McDonald’s franchise I’m gonna guess he had to handwrite schoolwork too.

    There is just something visceral about this signature, it’s a sloppy and bad version of textbook cursive. One of the things that happens when people write a lot is that they develop their own handwriting style.

    Anyways, the sentiment in this letter and the stupid stunt are enough to hate, but this signature is just awful 1 / 10 please try harder.

      • immutable@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        I always hated how I was taught to write the capital letters in my name and then I was sitting in civics class and looking at the Declaration of Independence and stole big parts of my current signature from our founding fathers.

        They knew how to write their names with style.

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          Strangely enough, while my cursive is absolute dog shite with a ballpoint pen, if I break out my fountain pen, that exact script is what starts coming out. Looks like I’m practicing to rewrite the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in a single sitting.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I don’t know how it happened, but over the years, my signature developed from ‘7th grade cursive’ to ‘squiggle that vaguely starts with my first initial in cursive.’

      • immutable@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        Yes, I think that’s part of it, I shouldn’t be able to read every letter in your signature. I don’t trust that :D

        There’s a reason there’s a print line under the signature line, your signature should be some vague squiggle.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    lmao this owner is so demented he thinks McDonalds is a “small business”. You’re a franchisee, not a small business. Enjoy making french fries for nobody.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    “we proudly open our doors to everyone”… when they’re officially ‘closed’?

    Knock knock knock, knock knock knock…

    Donnie McRonnie, don’t feed me a line of shit, I ain’t sniffing it. Fuck McDonald’s.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I’m with you on “fuck McDonalds” but this is an incredibly dumb gotcha. They’re dumb enough, let’s not try to out stupid them.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Hey, they didn’t say when they proudly opened their doors to everyone. Apparently it’s not “normal working hours.”

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    “We are not a political organization.”

    Well even if I believed you, which I don’t, you will be now. Good job dipshit.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Of course they closed the McD for that occasion. DT is not qualified or certified to work with food. Imagine he undercooks something or f-cks up cleaning the salad properly and people fall ill. Of he could have spread some germs, as we don’t know what prevents him from publishing his medical record.