Monday, April 13, 2009

You Want Garbage With That?

McFilthy, is what this McDonald's along Hindley St. in Adelaide, Australia is being referred as. Numerous discarded brown bags, burger wrappers, and fry dispensers lay across the floor of this what looks to be abandoned McDonald's. Although it is really open, this video was taken in the dining area at 3 am last Sunday by an Adelaide law student, while on a night out with his friends, looking to grab some late night grub. The store manager stressed that the number of people that come in and out of the restaurant at those hours make such a mess. It's a safety hazard as well as a food hazard. According to the Food Act 2001, inadequately cleaned food premises can be fined up to $2500 on the spot. Whether the restaurant was short-staffed, extremely busy, or just plain lazy, thanks to a 22-year-old with a video cell phone, it now has a new name: McFilthy.

2 comments:

  1. In addition to your suppositions about the laziness of the staff, one should inquire about the minds of the general public who likely produced the mess. Do their homes look like that? If so than that would surely explain the unique challenge that this franchisee faces. Adelaide is not the outback, however. As a major city in Australia, this one video seems to say more about the people and less about the business establishment. Would we have seen this in the Australian media? The one who took the cell phone video surely has some sense that this is not right. Maybe there is hope.

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  2. Yeah actually I found some of the information for this post at The Australian online newspaper source here: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,25322783-2682,00.html

    The McDonalds quickly turned it around, with ongoers noticing the next day employees cleaning tables every 10 minutes. So the PR and issue management for McDonalds quickly stepped in and appears to have handled the situation as well as possible

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