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"My business was off 58 percent because of YouTube," franchise owner Kevin Hendren told the Hickory Daily Record. The store closed on Sept. 22.
The franchise's troubles began when two employees of his Conover, N.C., Domino's Pizza allegedly created videos of themselves showing one putting cheese in his nose and then putting it on a sandwich, sneezing on cheese sticks and pulling down his pants, wiping himself with a sponge and then using that sponge to clean a pan. The videos were discovered in April and have been removed from YouTube.
Hendren told the newspaper he will not reopen the Domino's franchise. "I'm just living day to day right now," he told the Daily Record.
Michael Anthony Setzer, 32, of Conover, N.C., and Kristy Lynn Hammonds, 31, of Taylorsville, N.C., have been indicted on charges of distributing prohibited foods, a spokesman for the Conover Police Department told Slashfood.
The two are set to appear in Superior Court in January 2010.
"There is no hiding from the fact that this video made news all over the world because it was so brazen, and it was like watching a train wreck. People couldn't take their eyes off of it," Domino's Pizza spokesman Tim McIntyre told Slashfood. "Nationwide, we felt a hit in the week or two immediately following the explosion of it."
He said that while the video was a hoax, the company and District Attorney are treating it as a real crime. "Nobody is dumb enough to really commit a crime and then brag about it and put it on YouTube."
The company had been on track to see a profit in the second quarter of this year, McIntyre said, but saw a 0.7 percent decrease. "Because we were trending positive, all things being equal, that was the one thing we could point to and say that impacted us."
Sales nationwide have rebounded, McIntyre said. "We're much stronger than these two people in Conover, N.C."
However, the Conover Domino's Pizza franchise was unable to bounce back from the videos' impact.
"For a small business a hit of 50 percent, it's hard to recover.You've got an independent business person who lost his livelihood, and you've got 20 fellow employees who lost their jobs because these two people thought they were being funny," McIntyre said.
[Via Hickory Daily Record]
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9-30-2009 @7:38PM wonderquakers said... It's not just fast food. I work at a full service rest. the things I have see there, have made it were I don't want to eat out at all. I have seen servers drop food on the floor pick it up and put it right on the plate they are taking out to customers. Sneeze on the plates. Seen dishes come out of the dish not washed and are used. When custormers come in just before closing, cooks and servers both have spit in or just put things in the fodd. no matter what place you eat at, you can be sure of what they have done to your food.
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9-30-2009 @7:44PM rs said... I have just the thing for these numbscolves. It's called a 40cal and a 45ca. My two brothers Smith and Wesson. This was about nthe sickest thing I have seen on the net. Do a pizza the same way and stuff it donw their throughts twicw a day for the rest of their scrawny lifes.
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9-30-2009 @7:47PM Bill Fold said... I doubt if the employees thought they were being funny, I suspect they were angry at the business and out for revenge. And I saw a similar act on an episode of "Cheaters" where an angry employee relieved himself in the office coffee pot. Let's just hope they didn't do that while they were still employed there.
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9-30-2009 @7:47PM MARTY said... WAS IT KOSHER???
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9-30-2009 @7:47PM Kevin said... Sean said...
"Michael Anthony Setzer, 32, of Conover, N.C., and Kristy Lynn Hammonds, 31, of Taylorsville, N.C., have been indicted on charges of distributing prohibited foods"...........32 and 31 are hardly the ages of "mischeivious youngsters" as someone on here stated. These are nearly middle aged adults! They are just scumbags.>>>> The mentality of most under 50 today is that of a grade school student!
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9-30-2009 @7:51PM jogo13 said... Why doesn't Dominoes open them another store...it was not the owner's fault this happened.
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9-30-2009 @7:53PM pjs said... I used to watch BUSTED and DISGUSTED and was totally disgusted with what takes place at so many fast food places. These were legit and people were caught and busted. Not just at fast food but also your place of employment in the break rooms....etc... You can't trust anyone! It's GROSS!
I feel so bad for the owners, managers, and co-workers of these fools that created more job losses for this crappy economy.
I can only hope one day when they need to put food on their own tables, pay their rent and baby food -that some little idiot like themselves serves them their just desserts.
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9-30-2009 @8:00PM Kevin said... James said...
These 2 are not pranksters. They would more closely resemble homegrown terrorists. They should have to eat these pizzas in prison.>>>> I think the old way, bread and water would suffice. Moldy bread of course!
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9-30-2009 @8:04PM Duddly said... As far as I'm concerned, Domino's tastes like a butt smells anyway, I only eat delicious Jets Pizza!
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9-30-2009 @8:04PM D. W. said... As far as I'm concerned, Domino's tastes like a butt smells anyway, discusting. I only eat wonderful tasting Jets Pizza!
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9-30-2009 @8:04PM BULLDOG52 said... LOK AT THE AGE OF THESE KIDS 30'S . THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE OTHER 42% UNTIL HIS COMPENSATED FOR AND MADE TO EAT THE PIZZA THAT MADE AND WITH EXTRA SNOT ADDED
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9-30-2009 @8:11PM D. W. said... Poop pizza anyway...good riddens to all Domino's. There sauce is watered down like they are trying to scam people.
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9-30-2009 @8:53PM John Bello said...
...Mr. Hendren can become an independent pizzaria.
With his experience this should be no problem. He would be offering the consumer a finer product as well. Franchise pizza is LAME.
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9-30-2009 @9:19PM John Bello said... Dude, I think the real crime is that you have an open forum to express your ignorance. I mean where in the H#$LL did you learn how to spell?
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9-30-2009 @9:16PM Donnie said... Ugh, glad I never eat fast food crap, probably why I dont have a big butt like most of the folks that eat it.
Stop hiring kids for jobs. Most kids that work at fast food joints have greasy hair and pimples. That should turn enough of you fast food lovers off to this unhealthy crap.
I also get sick seeing toddlers being fed frenach fries and cups of soda pop. LAZY PARENTS!!! Fedd your kids good stuff.
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10-01-2009 @12:11AM CANDICE said... I am so glad to hear this news. My sympathies to the owner. I hope the "pranksters" get just punishment. They certainly turned me off of Domino's.....and wary of fast foods, in general. Anyone out there with a GOOD pizza place??????
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10-01-2009 @12:31AM Jason V said... This brings to light the mentality of the people preparing your fast food these days. I'm 52 and I'm not kidding, this kind of thing has always been around, but nowhere to the degree of slovenliness that it is today. The last few times I walked into a fast food joint and watched the employees behind the counter preparing food, I changed my mind and walked out. That was over 10 years ago! They are absolutely clueless in food prep now. It is as if they do not understand the concept that people are going to eat what they are preparing, or they just do not give a flying fudge, or they actually think the entire process is simply for their own entertainment and a paycheck. I cannot even think of eating in most restaurants these days. Seriously, it is far better to prepare food at home and it is cheaper and far more nutritious if you put a little effort into it. They should not even hire minors to prepare food as far as I am concerned. They just don't get it. The dumbing down of America has gone past critical. I feel sorry for that Domino's.
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10-01-2009 @9:25PM Catmoves said... These were NOT teen age kids. They were men in their 30's.
I suggest that their IQ's were near that range, too.
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10-01-2009 @12:34AM Jason V said... This brings to light the mentality of the people preparing your fast food these days. I'm 52 and I'm not kidding, this kind of thing has always been around, but nowhere to the degree of slovenliness that it is today. The last few times I walked into a fast food joint and watched the employees behind the counter preparing food, I changed my mind and walked out. That was over 10 years ago! They are absolutely clueless in food prep now. It is as if they do not understand the concept that people are going to eat what they are preparing, or they just do not give a flying fudge, or they actually think the entire process is simply for their own entertainment and a paycheck. I cannot even think of eating in most restaurants these days. Seriously, it is far better to prepare food at home and it is cheaper and far more nutritious if you put a little effort into it. They should not even hire minors to prepare food as far as I am concerned. They just don't get it. The dumbing down of America has gone past critical. I feel sorry for that Domino's.
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10-06-2009 @1:16PM tana green said... Don't you people know what a sneeze pizza is? And it gets worse. Never get late night delivery.
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