McDonald's Pepper Spray Prank Leaves 6 Hospitalized

11-11-2009 @3:34PM cheryl said... I had a bad experience at a Honey Dew donuts once. I ordered a bluberry muffin and as I was eating it, I was chewing something felt rubbery... I then took it out of my mouth to discover that it was a used band-aid that the baker had on his finger and accidently got mixed into the mix, Tell me that isn't the grossest thing you ever heard. I went there after and confronted the situation and he admitted to it, He was so sorry, and gave me the story about his children and how he could'nt afford to lose his job. So ma as a softie let it go. I was about to punch him in his big head! This happened in East Boston Mass. Since then, the store closed down, I wonder why? Could it be from band-aids in your muffins??? YUKKY!
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11-11-2009 @11:29AM bobkelspru said... I cannot believe some of the idiotic things that people post. How did a prank by unknown individuals turn into Muslim terrorist acts, bored teenagers gone wild, or even better a black teenager? There was nothing in that article that indicated this was a religious (Muslim) hate crime OR that it was a racial thing. Regardless of WHO pulled the prank... it was an irresponsible, careless, & reckless act which compromised the well being of others. You people need to get a life!! How about going to the local Boy's/Girl's club & offer to mentor some of these teenagers that have been accused of being social menaces.
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11-11-2009 @11:31AM ELAINE said... I ALSO WITNESSED THE SAME THING AT A MCDONALDS RESTURAUNT IN RHODE ISLAND...WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE EATING A MEAL AND WATCHED AS AN EMPLOYEE WENT INTO THE BATHROOM WITH FOOD GLOVES ON AND MINUTES LATER CAME OUT WITH THE SAME GLOVES ON....MAKES YOU THINK... I IMMEDIATLY LOST MY APPETITE FOR MICKEY D'S AND LEFT
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11-11-2009 @11:39AM ELAINE said... BY THE WAY THIS WAS A MALE EMPLOYEE.........
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11-11-2009 @12:28PM Dixie said... Throw a brick through their window. Yeah right! That's just what you need to do. Commit a crime that could cost you a bundle and possibly wind you up in jail because someone forgot to put your BBQ sauce in your bag. Do you not realize how idiotic that sounds? Why not just call the store and talk to the manager and voice your complaints. If nothing gets resolved don't go back to that store. Sheeshhhhhhhhh that's just what people need to be doing. Committing crimes for something as silly as having something left out of your fast food order. Hell, if you're going to drive all the way back to toss the brick why not just go inside and tell them what they forgot and get it then?

Yes, BORED TEENAGERS are the biggest culprits for this kind of prank. And NO they don't think of the consequences of their actions. Why should they? Nothing will be done to them. The parents will come out and talk about what a great kid they are, good in school, and all that happy horse pucky. And of course it just had to happen because they were bullied at school or something like that. If more parents would actually pay attention to what their kids are doing while running the streets you'd see less of this kind of thing happening. If more kids were being forced to take responsibility for their actions instead of being given a pass due to some imaginary mental health issue or because someone maybe made fun of them or some lame excuse like that you wouldn't see this kind of thing happening. All you have to do is look around at the adults that are leading this country and their way of blaming everyone and everything else for their own screw ups and you'll see why so many bored teenagers feel they can do this kind of thing and not have to take the blame for it. This country has lost all Personal Responsibility and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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11-11-2009 @12:47PM angeleyesrb07 said... I personally have a bad experience with pepper spray that I accidentally caused in a public restroom. My cousin and I were at the Galleria and went to the restroom. We came out and I was putting on my lipstick. She looked down into my purse and saw a beeper. She commented on it. I told her no, that is pepper spray disguised to look like a beeper. I have never used it. My boss gave it to me because I come out of work late at night, by myself, with money. Spray it there in the sink to see if it works.
She only spray a drop. I mean, literally smaller than dime sized. She said, yes, it works, turned on the water to rinse it away. WRONG thing to do. Obviously the water reacted to the chemicals in it or activated some chemical in it because the next thing we know, there is an aweful, choking, chemical in the air. The minute she ran the water over it, the fumes came out of the sink and we began choking, and coughing. We backed away but the woman at the sink next to us just stood there. She got it worse. She was caughing so hard she could barely stand up. Then the "fog" started drifting through the bathroom and the people in the stalls began coughing too. As we were leaving, the fog was traveling out the door and down the hallway. People walking toward the bathroom began coughing and questioning what it was.
The woman got security after us and we were taken to the upper floor for questioning. They released us becasue they could tell we were telling the truth and it was accidental. But I am telling you, it was bad! And it was only a drop!!
I am not a child. I was not a child then. I was an adult woman of 35 years old. I felt bad for what happened that day, especially to the woman at the sink next to us. No one died, or suffered any severe injuries, but there for a minute, we did wonder if we were ever going to get our breath back.
Sounds like a lot of these customers will be trying to get rich soon. And they may do it. Like I said, ours was a drop. How much was sprayed there???

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11-11-2009 @12:52PM Danielle said... "Our kids are rude, entitled, spoiled, bored brats that they could care less who or what they harm if it means a good laugh."

EXCUSE ME MISS! I do believe that this statement was entirely rude and condescending. Our kids?? You've got to be joking. Who are you to cluster the youth as a whole to be bad? Honestly you are so judgmental that it makes my insides turn. Have you ever brought into consideration that "our kids" are acting out because of situations and life experiences that they have been through? Anyone has the potential to be emotionally scarred by an event in their life that causes them to act in an unfavorable way. Some people cannot handle loss or trauma the way that others can and possibly they are holding in their troubles instead of discusing them or seeking professional help. This is one of the main reasons that there are counselors in schools- to help the students through hard times.
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11-11-2009 @1:04PM Heidi said... Teenagers get blamed mainly because they are guilty, 11-07-2009 Wylie TX man gets beaten to death in his front yard by one seventeen yr old and 4 sixteen yr olds because he told them to slow down going down residential street.Check the paper online and see.
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11-11-2009 @1:23PM bill said... Great reporting AOL. You've have just given 10 million high schoolers and college students a recipe for disaster. seriously, you ought to think about putting this sort of thing out in the news. Now I have to go try it myself
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11-11-2009 @1:28PM bugzisit said... ever think that thos hospitalized where alergic to the peperspray? maybe badly so that if not treated they could posible die. i did go thru basic training and did go threw the gas chamber but it was my choseing to not someone playing a prank, and how many questions did they ask about your health befor you even left your home state, alot. we where prepaired for what we where faceing not just a random happing.
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11-11-2009 @1:29PM lvinitfree said... But to blame teenagers as a whole and as a group hardly seems fair. I am not protecting all teenagers but it is insanely unjust to blame a group as a whole when clearly it is not the entire group. The least you could say is "some teenagers" or "a handful of kids" have strayed down the wrong path. Even with such phrases I hope that nobody is jumping to any conclusions and I hope that they can expand their thinking into the "why" factor. I trust that not all people have a seemingly bad twist to their personality and instead of bad mouthing and seemingly upsizing the situation think about what may have drove the individual to their chosen actions.
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11-11-2009 @2:00PM ldbak08 said... Everyone that has to wash their hands and use sanitizer must be mighty nasty if you took a bath then you wouldnt have to wash your hands after handling your privates
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11-11-2009 @2:02PM Mary said... I live in Maryland and not many teenagers work at McDonald's. The employment rate here is so high that the McDonald's employees are mostly adults over 25 and adults who cannot live on their retirement. And in response to the person who goes to the drive through and their order is wrong. When I buy meals for my grandchildren at McDonald's, I always double check my order while at the window. It annoys their employees but at least I know my order is correct.
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11-11-2009 @2:32PM byron said... ok, you take your chances the minute you decide to eat at mdonalds to begin with.your food is being prepared by people who dont wash their hands. in grease that is used for weeks without being changed, not to mention the meat itself isnt exactly the highest grade. now you have to worry about pepper spray in the bathroom? this should tell you something.
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