Anyone who has ever worked at a fast-food restaurant knows there is some crazy stuff
that goes on in them. As many will attest, sometimes the most interesting stuff that
goes on at a restaurant happens behind the counter. The customers can be oddballs, and
sometimes the workers are even more out there. These are the top 10 WTF fast food restaurant
moments we could find.
Get married at Taco Bell
Do you have nacho cheese flowing through your veins? If so, then you need to head on over
to Las Vegas. You already know that it’s possible to get married by Elvis in Las Vegas.
But did you know you can get married at a Taco Bell in Las Vegas? Who doesn’t want
to start their journey of wedded bliss at a Mexican fast food joint? What’s the best
thing about getting married at a Taco Bell? You don’t have to worry about what your
guests will eat. I mean you are at a Taco Bell restaurant! Let your guests order what
they want while you spend your precious time second-guessing this whole wedding thing.
It’s not the fact that you got married at a Taco Bell that’s causing you to flip your
lid. Now you’re wondering if you can spend the rest of your life with someone who randomly
squeezes the tube of toothpaste instead of nicely rolling it up. Come on, how hard is
it to be neat in the bathroom? It’s the little things like these that can make or
break a marriage, regardless of whether or not it was brought to union in a Taco Bell
of all places. Believe it or not, you can actually get married at many other fast-food
restaurants, in fact, most of them will also provide the food catering for your special
day, if that's your thing. But there's just something extra WTF about getting married
at a Taco Bell, which is usually more known as a late-night, post-party, fast-food fill.
Driving through the drive-thru backwards
There’s always one comedian in the bunch. Usually, this happens late at night after
all the bars have closed. If you’re lucky enough to run the drive-thru after the bars
let out, you’ve probably seen this a time or two. A car of jokers thinks it’s a good
idea to drive backwards through the drive-thru. No one ever finds it as funny as the people
actually pulling off this WTF stunt though. They get more eye rolls then laughs from hungry
on-lookers. One could excuse a designated driver for being peer pressured into doing
this by their "had one too many" friends riding passenger in the car, but if the whole car
is full of sober people, you just have to shake your head. The worst part is when they
pull up to the window and laugh as if they’ve just pulled something off that no one has
ever thought of. While yes this is a WTF fast food moment, it happens more than you would
think. Ask anyone who's ever worked the night shift at a drive-thru in a busy area, they'll
have a story or two. And for anyone wondering, or thinking "hey, that might be kind of funny",
yes, it's illegal to drive backwards through a fast food restaurant drive-thru, and yes
you can and will get pulled over if a cop is in the area. The ticket is probably not
worth the laugh.
An alligator and a thirsty man
Joshua James was thirsty one day when he spotted a gator on the side of the road. No one knows
if the alligator was just hitchhiking and needed a ride home. For whatever reason, Mr.
James decided to grab the baby alligator and take it for a ride. That’s when the guy
realized he was mighty thirsty. What does a thirsty man do when he has a gator in his
truck? He goes through the drive-thru to grab himself a refreshing cold drink, obviously.
What happened next was as fitting as it gets for an event labeled as a WTF fast food moment.
This was far out of the ordinary. The guy threw the baby alligator into the restaurant
after they opened the drive-thru window to give him his drink. You can't make this stuff
up. We obviously have no idea what he was thinking, but the man’s mother later said
that his actions were nothing more than a silly prank. Well, while his mother may call
it a silly prank, we call it one of the weirdest WTF fast food moments ever. And yes, in case
you're wondering, this "silly prank" did indeed land him in hot water after receiving multiple
charges from local police.
Some customers will do anything to get free food
How much free food have fast-food workers given out to customers that you knew were
lying? A lot, it happens all the time if you’re a restaurant worker. Some people will do or
say just about anything to get something for a free. The best lies are the ones that you
hear time and time again. The old classic of ‘there’s a hair in my food’ is always
a good one. You can ask them what color the hair is, and there’s no one working with
hair of that color, but the customer is always right, so you're left with no choice but to
replace the meal. Another classic is the overcooked or undercooked complaint. This is often subjective
so again you're forced to go with the old adage that the customer is always right, even
though you know that the person is lying and is trying to say or do anything to get free
food. The worst offenders are the people who call and say you messed up their order.
They want another meal since someone in the kitchen made a mistake. What do you do next?
You tell the person to bring the food back, and you’ll replace it. There’s just one
problem: the person says they threw the food away. Yeah, and pigs fly. But this is one
of the oldest tricks in the book, and every fast food manager deals with it on an almost
weekly basis. All of these occurrences will have anyone who's ever worked at a fast-food
restaurant thinking WTF, as they basically give out entire meals again for free.
Passed out in the drive-thru
If you work the drive-thru and haven’t encountered someone passed out at the wheel, then you
haven’t been running it long enough. There are several reasons why someone may be counting
sheep at the wheel, and it could be from a late-night out, medication, or just plain
being tired. Obviously, a person really shouldn’t be driving in these conditions, but it happens
more than you would think. Sometimes a long day or life, in general, has a way of catching
up to a person at the worst times, like when making their order at their local drive-thru.
What do you do during this WTF moment when a driver falls asleep holding up the line
at the drive-thru, or while you’re trying to hand them a bag of food? If you're lucky,
someone else in line will honk their horn and snap the driver out of it, but more than
likely your only way out of this WTF moment will be something along the lines of trying
to make some noise by rattling the bag, or giving them a quick shout. But if worse comes
to worst, the worker will have to go outside and try to physically shake them out of their
slumber. Tucking them in and allowing them to sleep it off just isn’t an option since
there is a whole parade of cars behind them full of hungry customers, we feel bad for
any workers who have had to deal with this WTF fast food moment, but many have.
A hungry robber cooks himself a burger
A man waited until Wendy’s was closed to break into the place so he could steal all
of the money in their safe. He got the money, and for most robbers, that would’ve been
enough. Not for this guy. He was hungry and, not surprisingly, couldn’t refuse an always
fresh never frozen Wendy’s beef patty. Who can turn down the opportunity to eat one of
the world’s best burgers? It’s not possible, no matter if you’re a thief or an upstanding
citizen. The robber proceeded to fry himself up a burger so he’d have something to eat
while on the road making his getaway. No one knows what fixings he liked on his burger.
Was he a Classic Single type of guy? Hopefully, he got his fix of fast food burgers since
he won’t be eating them in the big house. It says quite a bit about a restaurant’s
food if someone can’t leave without cooking themselves something to eat. Maybe he should’ve
got a job at Wendy’s instead of trying to rob the place blind. Who knows, perhaps the
manager would’ve allowed him to take a burger or two home with him after work.
A woman gave birth in a Chick-fil-A bathroom
Chick-fil-A seems to have some of the most die-hard fans of any restaurant chain out
there. No one is more brand loyal than a Chick-fil-A customer. They’d drive countless hours for
their waffle fries. They’re that good. A loyal customer who happened to be pregnant
stopped by her favorite Chick-fil-A for a bite to eat and gave birth in the bathroom.
It looks like some people start teaching their kids at a young age what a good fast food
meal should be like. What do you do when a woman gives birth in the bathroom of one
of your restaurants? Chick-fil-A gave the baby free food for life. Yes, the cute little
girl will get her fill of delicious Chick-fil-A for the rest of her life for free. Doesn’t
that make you wish your parents delivered you in a Chick-fil-A? Who wouldn’t want
free food from a fast food joint for the rest of their life? Just don’t go hating on your
mom because she gave birth to you in a boring old hospital and not a Chick-fil-A bathroom.
How long did they wait in line for free Burger King?
It seems that Burger King has a troubled past in France. The restaurant chain never really
took off there, so they closed their doors in 1997, and everyone wondered if that was
the last they would hear from the King. No, it wouldn’t be the last time royalty would
grace the palates of the French. Burger King decided to make a triumphant return in 2013.
It may have seemed like Burger King was gone forever, but they had loyal fans who were
waiting to savor all that makes this burger joint what it is. Burger King decided to
give away free food on the day it reopened its doors. The free food was such a hit that
people stood in line for hours to get some. Think about this for a minute: France is known
to have some of the best restaurants in the entire world. People there were willing to
stand in line for hours to get free Burger King food. That has to tell you something
about the quality of the King’s food. If BK is good enough for refined French palates,
then it’s got to be good enough for the rest of us.
McDonald’s coffee is hot
Have you ever read a coffee cup at McDonald’s? If so, you are warned that the coffee is hot.
It’s too bad they can’t remind us that the sun is bright and the freezer in your
refrigerator is cold. Who doesn’t stick their head in the freezer and wonder why it
feels like they have an ice cube sloshing around in their head? It’s too bad the good
folks over at McDonald’s can’t remind us of more things that should be common sense.
They don’t need to remind us how delicious the Big Mac is. All of these years have gone
by, and there’s a reason why it’s one of the world’s most famous sandwiches. But
the reason why McDonald’s has to tell you that coffee is hot is not actually just them
pointing out the obvious. The real reason is that a woman spilled a cup on lap and wound
up with extreme burn injuries because the coffee served to her was well beyond just
“hot”. Even saying it was “scalding” would be putting it mildly. She tried to sue
McDonald’s to get them to pay her medical bills, and thankfully in the end she got that
and much more. Unfortunately, since then, there have been a million and one jokes made
about a cup of coffee, the groin area, and lawyers.
Bathing in Wendy’s sink
Who can ever forget that guy who took a bath in a Wendy’s sink? Working at a fast-food
joint can make anyone sweaty and stinky. It’s not all that surprising that someone would
want to get fresh and clean after pulling a long shift cooking up burgers. Most of the
things you hear about going on behind the scenes at restaurants are only left to your
imagination. Not this event, since his coworkers decided to break out their phones and take
videos. Can’t a man get a little privacy while he’s taking a bath in the sink at
Wendy’s? Apparently not, since he was filmed shirtless while scrubbing up in the sink. The
clean as a whistle Wendy’s worker was fired once the video went viral. That’s not surprising
at all since anyone who takes a bath in a sink meant for dishes is going to end up getting
fired. What is surprising is that the Wendy’s restaurant passed a surprise inspection after
the local health department got wind of what went down. He probably was a top-notch worker
and cleaned out the sink after he was done taking a bath. If only Dave Thomas were alive
to see what happened back in the kitchen. Chances are pretty good he wouldn’t have
reminded the guy to make sure to wash behind his ears.
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