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spoilerPolice in northeast Ohio are asking the public for help locating a Burger King customer caught on camera pointing a gun at a drive-thru employee after the worker tried to give the man a discount.

The incident took place in a Cleveland suburb about 9 a.m. on Easter, The Willowick Police Department reported.

No injuries were reported in the crime reported to the department by the Burger King employee.

In images released by police in Willowick, a city located along Lake Erie, the suspect is seen standing outside a black vehicle beside another white car at the drive-thru window, pointing a firearm at the employee inside.

Here's what the employee said took place during the surprising incident:

The employee, Howard Vernon, told WOIO-TV he was taking the customer’s order − two sausage, egg and cheese croissants, a sausage biscuit, and hash browns − which totaled about $8.

“He was like, ‘My order can’t be right, it should be like $11,’ and I’m like trying to explain to him that we had a promotion going on, and like it’s cheaper, and he started cussing and getting all loud, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what to tell you, I don’t know why you want to pay more money,’” Vernon told the outlet.

The customer sped away from the scene, but images captured on surveillance video at the business show he returned a short time later and pulled alongside another car parked outside the drive-thru window.

Images show he then got out of the car and pointed a gun in the direction of the window and the employee.

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[–] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how dare you give me a discount. your employer needs that, bro hst-gun

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

They definitely thought the employees were under the tabling it and their reaction wasn't "he'll yeah, I get a discount and they get more money" like everyone else, but "these criminals are trying to steal from their innocent owners!"

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

joker-amerikkklap Burger Reich defends its purity against communist discounts.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s gotta be meth paranoia or some shit man.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

That would be the most Ohio explanation for it.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Not surprised at this one. I once fixed a double tap on the register on a job and made a lady's order cheaper. She flipped out with a hair trigger and thought I was charging her more. I can only imagine how much worse dudes with guns are on an average day.

[–] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I will never be 'friendly' with any Burger King employee they should be made to feel like shit whatever they do. Free hash browns? Fuck you. No free hash browns? Fuck you. Discounts? Oh, you’re giving me my food for free? Yeah dude, fuck you.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing fast food franchises into hostile evidence. If the Burger King refused to provide a free hash brown, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to provide a free hash brown, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

New site tagline just dropped...

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

the burgers are tiiiired