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Apparently rap has a bad rep at McDonald's drive-thru windows.
In yet another bizarre fast-food fable-turned-reality, four Utah teens received disorderly conduct citations following their ordering manner at a McDonald's drive-thru in American Fork, a small town south of Salt Lake City.
The teens apparently mimicked the popular YouTube jingle, which features rhymes to the likes of "Don't be frontin', son; no seeds on the bun!" They initially vocalized their order at a musical pace, then repeated it again slowly.
Culprit Spenser Dauwalder, 18, said the employees warned them that they were holding up the line, and they needed to order clearly or depart. Although he claims no one else was lined up behind him and his three 17-year-old friends, after the manager came out, the teens simply left -- but the store's manager took down their license information and contacted the police.
The police caught up with the teenagers at a high school parking lot and issued the citations -- which, according to Dauwalder's mother, are being contested.
[Via Chicago Tribune]
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10-31-2009 @1:16AM stormyintheD said... Sheeeeesh. The Mickey D's police gave a citation to these fun loving boys? They should spend their time fighting real crime like finding the Hamburgler.
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10-31-2009 @1:34AM biglib said... Cops should pormoted to detective and receive a medal of valor for their bravery in dealing with these hungry thugs
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10-31-2009 @1:24AM Jacob said... Welcome to the new America, where people have less than one brain cell to use. Things weren't like this when I was growing up in the 80s/90s, its just beyond ridiculous now. Europe already thinks of us as the laughing stock of the world. They think we are so stupid, arrogant and that yes, we LOVE McDonalds. I went to a 4th grade classroom in Germany and the first question they asked me was "Do you REALLY love McDonalds!?" The 4th graders there already spoke English fluently, as well as French and their native language. Amazing kids, spoke and wrote English as a 2nd language better than our kids do.
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10-31-2009 @1:33AM lawliet said... Ok so people hate the fast food industry. But these kids are messing with a legitiment business and should just behave. I never did anything stupid like that when I was growing up. Suppose the cashier was hadicapped or if it was a small mom and pop business the tables might have been turned on the opions. For all we know, the kids were probably high.
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10-31-2009 @2:13AM Minnie said... America needs to wake up and grow up.. wrap is crap and all the rap crap is wanna be shammies, you wanna listen to that crap keep it to your selves. Mcdonalds have thr right to do what they did and I am proud! our society is getting out of hand with bullcrap lately and the parents do not teach there children about RESPECT! rap should be ban! the music looks and sounds like crap! does not sound good and make you seem like your a ghetto wigger and grown men to grow the heck up!
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10-31-2009 @2:22AM Kelly said... This was ridiculous, Dave-there are much worse things that go on in this country that the police need to concentrate on-such as all these beautiful children being kidnapped, raped and murdered-usually by someone who is a convicted pedophile or rapist-ie Jaycee Dugard. What about the atrocity that occured in CA to that 15 year old girl? I would much rather be held up in a line at a drive through than have to plan my childs funeral-or have her set up in counseling for most if not all of her life. Get your priorities straight-and get a sense of humor!!
Kelly
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10-31-2009 @3:10AM kyle said... So I pop into McDonalds in my bitchin' ride
Gonna order like a citizen but I got lots of pride
So I rap for a burger and some frency fries, too
An old cop slides up and says, "how do you do.
You know, little brother you sure got the knack, but you're holdin' up traffic so ur gonna get smacked."
Now I got me a ticket and I got no food,
That grouchy old cop was pretty damn rude.
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10-31-2009 @3:42AM Charles said... should cut a ticket to the (marble mouth) a hole that speaks (hired) on the drive up speaker (at "ALL" mc Ds)....(un)just a reinforcement as to why i dont go to mcDs (along with the FACT that i (re)eat the food for the rest of the day)....F**K ronnie
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10-31-2009 @3:36AM CAREY said... EVERYONE SHOULD GO TO McDONALD'S USA .COM AND THREATEN TO BOYCOTT MCDONALDS IF THIS ISN'T PROPERLY DISMISSED. THOSE KIDS MEANT NO HARM. THE LOCAL DRIVE THRU HERE PLAYS A JINGLE BEFORE TAKING YOUR ORDER.....WHY IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT? WE WENT THERE TO EAT NOT HEAR THIER PROMO JINGLE. TAKE THE TIME TO BE HEARD! EMAIL THEM. PEOPLE ARE SO SERIOUS WITH LIFE THEY MISS OUT ON THE SIMPLE THINGS. HOPE YOU ALL AGREE.
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10-31-2009 @4:30AM don'tEATthat said... gee wiz , leave 'em lone , just young folks having some clean fun .
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10-31-2009 @4:31AM Barb said... Well I would rather see kids get into THIS type of "trouble" than some of the other stuff Ive been reading about in the news (i.e., drugs, sex, violence, etc.). What "bad bad kids"....no wonder the younger segment of our population is so confused! Drug culture and promiscuity are rampant and even idolized while a bit of harmless fun is....punished!??!?
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10-31-2009 @4:38AM YouGot2Bkidding said... I cannot believe this crap!!!!! Yea, maybe alittle obnoxious but what harm did these guys really do? I mean whats worse, ordering something from rambling foreigners and still not getting the order correct (while holding up a line) or just having 4 boys out doing harmless things? You never find a cop with a sense of humor no more. Always ready to come down on someones head for whatever reason nowadays.
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10-31-2009 @5:22AM eatinRANCIDoysterSKINS said... Mc'd food taste like the bag it comes in - why any HUMAN would eat their food is beyond this here guy .
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10-31-2009 @7:01PM PICKLEU said... BUT ADULTS CAN MAKE A VIDEO CALLED MORMON MUFFENS??? LISTEN YOUR SUPOSE TO HAVE IT YOUR WAY!!! THIS COULD GET ME IN A PICKLE!! IM SICK OF YOU MESSIN WITH THE WHITE BREAD! ITS NOT LIKE WE ARE CRACKED WHEAT! I THINK SOMETHINGS IN THE POT! WHY DONUT YOU LEAVE US ALONE? WE WERNT DOIN NUTTIN HONEY!! LEGGO MY EGGO! NOBODY WAS IN LINE WHY DID WE GET A FINE? OH BROTHER IM GONNA TICK OFF MY MOTHER.IM NOT GOING TO MC DONALDS AGAIN MAN SITTING HOME WITH H1N1 IS MORE FUN!!
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10-31-2009 @6:02AM mbonhamwolv said... Aside from the rap crap that they call musical talent, which it isn't, like alot of places, doesn't McDonald's have video surveillance so that law enforcement and/or lawyers can check the validity of the defendant's claim that there wasn't any other vehicles in line behind them, as they say? It doesn't say anywhere in this story that the responding officer(s)checked the video, which I would think McDonald's has. If they do have video surveillance cameras, were they(the cameras)working , and were they on? What a waste of taxpayer's money to even have this go to court.
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10-31-2009 @6:26AM Sennen said... Did they get this summons because they were not good rappers? Or is the manager tone-deaf and devoid of a sense of humor? How petty.
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10-31-2009 @8:46AM Dan said... Rap in Utah?
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11-05-2009 @6:47PM Raiders757 said... Noise pollution, and public stupidity.
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11-24-2009 @10:18AM Mike said... The manager may not have authority over customers but these were not customers, just kids screwing around. Additionally, they weren't cited for rapping but for failing to move on when asked and holding up the line. Perhaps you can have your day messed up by someone causing you delays when they are only having fun. Hope you remember your attitude about these guys and keep a smile on your face.
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11-30-2009 @2:04PM Steven Ruza said... haha...funny one...-Steven Ruza
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