+100 I'd have no issue with the police shooting him or any others of the vandals |
I’m not blaming the victim; 100% of the blame lies with the perpetrator, but the article says employees attempted to escort him outside the restaurant. Employers and parents should make it clear that it’s not a fast food employee’s responsibility to serve as a bouncer. This story can serve as a reminder to have that conversation with your teenager. |
The police had better respond to a violent rampage in a public place. |
What do you expect them to do? It's not like police arrive instantaneously. Sing the perpetrator a song? Fast food restaurants have open kitchens. And presumably not enough room for all the customers and workers to hide in the freezer. |
Full medical benefits is an awful lot. Workers comp law only distinguishes between full and part time for purposes of wage loss benefits. How people take advantage of those benefits depends on them. |
+1. And if "no oone should be killed over food" - Ricks should have thought of that before going animalistic. |
+1 He deserves anything that happens when the police show up. You don’t want to be killed over food? Don’t start a riot. |
+1 When I was in high school, kids fought but with their fists. Don't understand people bashing heads into concrete snd stomping on people's heads. Barbaric. |
Where was the adult manager in charge?
25 yo man needs to be charged. McDonald’s needs to be held accountable for poor management of situation, inadequate supervision of minor. |
Don’t attempt to escort a violent person anywhere. |
I worked in an art museum as a teen and we were told that even if someone tried to walk out with the monet, we were not to intervene — keep our head down and try to get some kind of description without putting ourselves at all at risk.
There’s a lot of people with scrambled brains now and I certainly hope that fast food companies are training their workers to not engage, call 911 and try to stay out of harms way. |
Career criminal out in public is wild
Video: Horrifying moment teen McDonald's worker, Ariyah Lynch, 15, is brutally curb stomped by career criminal customer over the electronic menu and is left with horrific injuries https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3172915/Video-Shocking-moment-career-criminal-stomps-15-year-old-girls-head.html |
I don't think minors are treated much differently than regular employees. Yes, they work fewer hours, and can't serve alcohol etc. but no one is acting as guardian angel to them just because they're under 18. |
This is a sad crime story and I expect the publicity will motivate the system to put this guy away for a long time. I hope the young employee recovers and gets the help she deserves.
My teens also work as front line workers for modest pay. One of our "talks" with them was about the possibility of crime or other violence. They know to try to read people that come in and to remember that they are more important than any "thing" in their workplace. Give criminals the money or food or merchandise and don't hesitate to hide or run or hit or call 911 if they think it will keep them safe for another day. Nobody cares about the money in the till or the menu board or the furniture. Your employer has already made it clear that your value is about $18/hr. Sometimes, the smart move is to abandon the McDs the second things go sideways. This is pretty much exactly what my folks told me back in the day |
Except for the workers and bystanders, I guess. |