Choking A McDonald's Manager Because You Didn't Get Ketchup With Your Order Seems A Tad Aggressive (Super Important Bonus PSA In Blog)

USA TODAY- Police are looking for a woman they say pushed and choked a McDonald’s employee over an argument about ketchup. The Santa Ana Police Department said the woman entered an employee back door and asked for ketchup in a statement released Tuesday. When the manager of the Orange County, California, McDonald’s told the customer she could not be in the area, the woman described in her early 20s pushed, punched and choked the manager.

Look, I’m not going to act all high and mighty on this lady and say she was in the wrong here. Mickey D’s being cheaper with ketchup packets than the Wilpons are with money has caused millions of people that dine at the Golden Arches to get hot under the collar. But you cannot turn into Ron Artest and start attacking everybody in sight because you didn’t get enough sugary tomato paste to dip your fries in. You can tell this chick’s boyfriend/getaway driver knows that’s the case by the way he is standing in that door.

You don’t put your hands on your hips while wearing a hoodie unless you know your girl is doing some reckless shit for no good reason. Granted there may be some good crazy to go with that bad crazy that is keeping this guy around. But the way that guy is standing there tells me that this was indeed likely a fight over ketchup, which is just wrong. Now if this woman went into Beast Mode because McDonald’s forgot her fries or Sweet & Sour Sauce, I would Venmo her the bail money she will need shortly right this minute. Shit, if McDonald’s ketchup was still Heinz, I could see throwing hands because McDonald’s ketchup was always better than the other fast food ketchups back in the day because I’m pretty sure they had a special extra tasty blend just like McDonald’s Coke tastes better than all the other fast food Cokes. But beating someone’s ass and risking your freedom for a couple of generic McDonald’s ketchup packets and not even grabbing a box of said ketchup or at least some fries on your way out is inexcusable on multiple levels.

Also shout out to the McDonald’s employee in the black shirt for not only acting as a peace maker but also giving people their orders as a full blown donnybrook broke out in the always cramped Drive Thru section of the restaurant.

That type of service deserves an Employee Of The Month plaque or at least a free apple pie.

Bonus PSA:

I’ve been meaning to include this video in a blog for a while now because it’s an absolute gamechanger, but never had a reason to until now. To be honest, I almost thought it was important enough to warrant its own blog. But I would either forget to write about it or watching the video would make me feel dumb for doing it the wrong way all these years. So without further ado, here it is.

Thanks crazy lady for giving me an opening to drop some knowledge on the Stoolies, even though I will forget the correct way to use the cups the millisecond I hit Publish on this blog while also probably being way too lazy to actually use the cups like that, which is ironically one of the many reasons I eat at fast food chains.