I’ve heard that sometimes the meat contains special sauce…SEMEN. LOL
[quote]pushharder wrote:
reznor wrote:
Let me put this out there from the start. I am a police officer. I don’t know if any other officers have replied but not identified themselves. This is just my opinion and not of the law enforcement community.
First of all, none of us were there and know what was said but just from reading the news story on face value it appears that the officer may have overreacted. Police reports on open cases aren’t typically released to the media. We are getting the story from the suspect. It’s really not far fetched for people to lie to the police. What if they put something else on the burger that wasn’t salt but said it was salt. I would imagine that I would spit out an extra salty burger after one bite. Maybe the officer spoke to another co-worker who told the truth that the girl knew the burger was for an officer and she did it intentionally and they all had a good laugh until the officer came back. We just don’t know what happened.
Even if they didn’t know it was for an officer and it was pre-prepared the fact of the matter is that it is against Georgia law to prepare food "“without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.” Bull admitted to knowing that she spilled a large amount of salt on the burger and tried to flick it off. For crying out loud throw the burger away or at least rinse it off. Her and the managers actions fit the elements of the crime. Do we not all agree that we need laws like this? Wouldn’t you want to pull a “Farva” and strangle someone who messed with your food. That’s just nasty. It’s just unfortunate that the restaurant did it to someone who could do something about it on the spot.
With all that being said I agree that the officer should have only identified the employees and filed the case at large based upon the lab results but because the officer made the decision to arrest the girl who absolutely violated the law as it’s written shouldn’t open him up to ridicule and name calling. There are “bozos” in every line of work. The officer did not abuse his power. The girl shouldn’t have served the burger to anybody, even a homeless person off the street begging for food.
No, based on what we DO know about the case he is a bozo and he did abuse his power. I’ll grant you that there may be more to the case then what has been reported but as of right now that’s all we have to go on. If even 50% of what was reported is true then he should be ridiculed.
Yes, there are bozos in every line of work but every line of work does not empower one to handcuff and toss an adversary in the clink for the night for trivial reasons.
There are some really great people in law enforcement, I mean super honest, reliable, professional folks. Then there are some mediocre people. Then there are the slimeball jerks. Yes, we can find all kinds in every walk of life. But the abusers of power are the lowest of the low - in any field - and they deserve all the scorn that can be heaped on them.[/quote]
Hmm, so a cop steps out of the shadows on this forum. As long as you’re participating for off-duty educational purposes 
Totally agreed with Push, that cop was a bozo and did abuse his power.
The cop was eating at McDonald’s??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
What a loser!
I would be embarassed to even say i ate there let alone tell everybody i got sick there.
Well, you have to understand who was really behind it all . . .
[quote]PGA wrote:
My burger was too salty. Time to do some 'restin.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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The article doesnt say the officer noticed the burger was too salty. Intentionally eating something that tastes bad/wrong seems to go completely against human nature, so I’ll side with the cop on this one.
The fact that the employee admitted to “something” being wrong with the burger sounds suspicious. Like, “now Ive been caught so I’ll admit to something”. And it is wholly naive to think that common civilians dont get “additions” to their food when they eat out, let alone authority figures like cops.
This is similar to the law suit famous a few years ago concerning a McDonalds customer getting scalded with coffee. The media made a big deal about how it was an example of a legal system being swamped with unnecessary litigation.
The facts, which were not covered by the media, were quite different than the popular story and the case for the law suit was actually quite valid. It is puzzling how some people automatically believe everything they read. Or rather, they believe what they want to believe. In this case, cops, or authority figures, are stupid bullies. Sound like some daddy issues here.
Well, in addition to the excess salt, the burger might have had the special sauce added to it…SEMEN…ANIMAL semen!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[quote]Scotacus wrote:
The article doesnt say the officer noticed the burger was too salty. Intentionally eating something that tastes bad/wrong seems to go completely against human nature, so I’ll side with the cop on this one.
The fact that the employee admitted to “something” being wrong with the burger sounds suspicious. Like, “now Ive been caught so I’ll admit to something”. And it is wholly naive to think that common civilians dont get “additions” to their food when they eat out, let alone authority figures like cops. [/quote]
Cop was a fat, donut eatin’ bozo. End of story. LOL
[quote]Scotacus wrote:
Intentionally eating something that tastes bad/wrong seems to go completely against human nature, so I’ll side with the cop on this one.
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This makes ABSOLUTELY no sense. Why the HELL would you side with some dumb ass that kept eating something that “tastes bad/wrong.”
At least she didn’t get pregnant, like this poor woman…
“(AP) Dairy Queen Pregnant!
It seems more goes on at fast food restaurants than burgers and fries: After a quick visit to McDonald’s, the Dairy Queen is reporting that she is now ‘in a family way’. In her statement, The Dairy Queen reported that Ronald forgot to wrap up his Whopper.”
I work at a subway here in aus while at uni. Ive never seen food deliberately tampered with. However, i have seen jalepenos and excess sauce put on subs. Which we, in many cases, remove. If not, just outright make another one. If a customers complains, we make another one.
If you complain to a manager you generally will get what you want. This situation could of easily been delt with. As for not getting the whole story, i doubt you will get anything more. I doubt the “lab tests” will find anything. i wonder how much this “test” is going to cost the public? the $1000 bond of the chick? hand cuffed? WTF? i dont know in america but in aus handcuffs are for potentially violent criminals.
Not people who spill salt. nor is it unusual for a grill girl to defer to her superviser. So who’s fault is it? the supervisers probably. Now the girl might lose her job even though the superviser approved it.
Its an abuse of power, the costs of this situation far exceed whats reasonable for this situation even if she did it deliberately.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
No, based on what we DO know about the case he is a bozo and he did abuse his power. I’ll grant you that there may be more to the case then what has been reported but as of right now that’s all we have to go on. If even 50% of what was reported is true then he should be ridiculed.
Yes, there are bozos in every line of work but every line of work does not empower one to handcuff and toss an adversary in the clink for the night for trivial reasons.
There are some really great people in law enforcement, I mean super honest, reliable, professional folks. Then there are some mediocre people. Then there are the slimeball jerks. Yes, we can find all kinds in every walk of life. But the abusers of power are the lowest of the low - in any field - and they deserve all the scorn that can be heaped on them.[/quote]
How is he abusing his power? What do you think a police officer’s job is? We enforce the laws that are passed by the legislators that you voted for. Yes officers have discretion to which laws we arrest for with the exception of family violence.
Like I stated before I don’t agree with the arrest on the spot. In my opinion the case should have been written up and forwarded to the District Attorney to let them decide if they would prosecute the case but that’s one outside officer’s opinion as opposed to the officer who has all the facts and made the arrest.
Union City Police public information officer George Louth said she was charged with the misdemeanor reckless conduct because she served it anyway “without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.” She may have accidentally over salted the burger.
That’s not the crime here. The crime occurred when she was reckless when she served it. If the officer didn’t get sick then we wouldn’t be having this discussion. The girl said that the officer ate the whole thing in 8 bites and finished it. That is a lie because they sent some if it to the lab.
My biggest and only problem with the arrest is that it may not have been the burger that made him sick. It may have been something he ate a couple of days ago or in the morning. The contents of the burger will be determined by the lab. I doubt they will find anything because if it was over salted then I can’t see how he kept eating it. We also don’t know the severity of the sickness of the officer.
Last night I ordered pizza and two hours later I had diarrhea. Did the pizza cause it? Probably. Am I suing Pizza Hut or arresting the delivery driver. Of course not. Maybe the officer didn’t think it all the way through but the girl and the manager committed the offense as it’s written in state law and was well within his rights to arrest the cook.
A person doing his job does not make him a bozo. I’m not a homer by any means as I know a few people who shouldn’t be law enforcement officers but in this case the officer was well within his rights and was not abusing his power.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
It seems you have a contradiction to deal with.
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You are not understanding. There is no contradiction. One statement is an opinion and the other a fact of law. I was stating that it was my personal professional opinion that I personally would have waited to make the arrest dependent on lab results but that officer was well within his rights to make the arrest and not abusing his power.
I would not second guess that officer’s decision as I don’t have all of the facts. He had all the facts and was personally involved in the investigation. We are getting our facts through the media and the suspect who is going to make herself look like a victim.
She admitted to doing the crime to the victim who happened to be a police officer. She did not have to know that the burger was being given to a police officer.
[quote]reznor wrote:
pushharder wrote:
No, based on what we DO know about the case he is a bozo and he did abuse his power. I’ll grant you that there may be more to the case then what has been reported but as of right now that’s all we have to go on. If even 50% of what was reported is true then he should be ridiculed.
Yes, there are bozos in every line of work but every line of work does not empower one to handcuff and toss an adversary in the clink for the night for trivial reasons.
There are some really great people in law enforcement, I mean super honest, reliable, professional folks. Then there are some mediocre people. Then there are the slimeball jerks. Yes, we can find all kinds in every walk of life. But the abusers of power are the lowest of the low - in any field - and they deserve all the scorn that can be heaped on them.
How is he abusing his power? What do you think a police officer’s job is? We enforce the laws that are passed by the legislators that you voted for. Yes officers have discretion to which laws we arrest for with the exception of family violence.
Like I stated before I don’t agree with the arrest on the spot. In my opinion the case should have been written up and forwarded to the District Attorney to let them decide if they would prosecute the case but that’s one outside officer’s opinion as opposed to the officer who has all the facts and made the arrest.
Union City Police public information officer George Louth said she was charged with the misdemeanor reckless conduct because she served it anyway “without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.” She may have accidentally over salted the burger.
That’s not the crime here. The crime occurred when she was reckless when she served it. If the officer didn’t get sick then we wouldn’t be having this discussion. The girl said that the officer ate the whole thing in 8 bites and finished it. That is a lie because they sent some if it to the lab.
My biggest and only problem with the arrest is that it may not have been the burger that made him sick. It may have been something he ate a couple of days ago or in the morning. The contents of the burger will be determined by the lab. I doubt they will find anything because if it was over salted then I can’t see how he kept eating it. We also don’t know the severity of the sickness of the officer.
Last night I ordered pizza and two hours later I had diarrhea. Did the pizza cause it? Probably. Am I suing Pizza Hut or arresting the delivery driver. Of course not. Maybe the officer didn’t think it all the way through but the girl and the manager committed the offense as it’s written in state law and was well within his rights to arrest the cook.
A person doing his job does not make him a bozo. I’m not a homer by any means as I know a few people who shouldn’t be law enforcement officers but in this case the officer was well within his rights and was not abusing his power.
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Hell, I hate cops but I’ll concede that while I’m not on your side here, there’s at least a little bit of room for gentlemen to disagree. I think yours is a reasonable position to have.
mike
That’s it, the next time I eat something that doesn’t taste good I’m having that person arrested. I want our tax dollars to go to something meaningful!
The bottom line is…
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!
Here it is again…
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!
3rd time’s the charm? “Not for me, for me six times was the charm.”
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!
A cop arrested someone because of a HAMBURGER!