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11-15-2007, 04:02 PM
Man defecates in the middle of McDonalds
November 2, 2007
by Pat Rehkamp
Chicago Sun-Times
Patrons of a North Loop McDonald’s were left grimacing Thursday morning after a man, who appeared to be homeless, defecated in the middle of the restaurant.
Around 5 a.m., the disheveled man walked in to the 24-hour McDonald’s at 10 E. Chicago — near the Water Tower and Holy Name Cathedral — and tried to enter the restroom.
It was out of order, so the man walked toward the soda fountain machine and defecated on the floor, said witness Mike Sims, who was eating a sausage McMuffin at the time.
“He just said ‘I have to go to the bathroom’ and that is when he did it in front of the entire crew,” said Sims, a 57-year-old culinary student. “What got me was, being a student chef, is that he took a napkin and cleaned it up and placed it on the counter where anyone can put your food and get your condiments.”
Workers threatened to call police, so the man left, Sims said. There were just a handful of customers in the restaurant at the time.
A manager at the store confirmed the incident — as did a spokeswoman at the chain’s corporate offices — and insisted that everything was cleaned up.
A wet-floor “caution” sign was still out hours later when a reporter showed up. And when the reporter began asking questions, a worker began to mop the spot.
The incident didn’t make for the happiest of meals for Sims, but it didn’t spoil his appetite either. He said he finished his sausage McMuffin before leaving.
November 2, 2007
by Pat Rehkamp
Chicago Sun-Times
Patrons of a North Loop McDonald’s were left grimacing Thursday morning after a man, who appeared to be homeless, defecated in the middle of the restaurant.
Around 5 a.m., the disheveled man walked in to the 24-hour McDonald’s at 10 E. Chicago — near the Water Tower and Holy Name Cathedral — and tried to enter the restroom.
It was out of order, so the man walked toward the soda fountain machine and defecated on the floor, said witness Mike Sims, who was eating a sausage McMuffin at the time.
“He just said ‘I have to go to the bathroom’ and that is when he did it in front of the entire crew,” said Sims, a 57-year-old culinary student. “What got me was, being a student chef, is that he took a napkin and cleaned it up and placed it on the counter where anyone can put your food and get your condiments.”
Workers threatened to call police, so the man left, Sims said. There were just a handful of customers in the restaurant at the time.
A manager at the store confirmed the incident — as did a spokeswoman at the chain’s corporate offices — and insisted that everything was cleaned up.
A wet-floor “caution” sign was still out hours later when a reporter showed up. And when the reporter began asking questions, a worker began to mop the spot.
The incident didn’t make for the happiest of meals for Sims, but it didn’t spoil his appetite either. He said he finished his sausage McMuffin before leaving.