The parents of a 4-year-old child in Dundee, Mich., were surprised to find a pipe filled with pot in their kid's Burger King meal Wednesday night, according to the Los Angeles Times.
According to Dundee Police Chief, Dave Uhl, a 23-year-old employee admitted to trying to hide drugs in a Kid's Meal box while on his shift.
"So it ended up inside a 4-year-old's Kids Meal," Uhl told Monroe News. "I couldn't believe it."
The young boy and his grandfather went to the fast-food restaurant to pick up food, when they discovered the pipe in the young boy's French Fires.
"He handed the kid's meal that he had gotten at Burger King to his 4-year-old grandson and when they opened it up they found a loaded marijuana pipe inside the kid's meal," Uhl told Toledo News Now.
The boy's parent removed the items before the young boy got to it. The worker was charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
The grandfather noticed a "suspicious" car in the parking lot and wrote the license plate number down. The kids in the car were ages 18 and 20, they were friends of the Burger King employee who they attempted to warn when cops were called.
According to the Monroe News, when officers approached the car, the two friends ran into the woods.
Burger King released a statement to Huffington Post:
"This Burger King restaurant is owned and operated by a franchisee who enforces a zero-tolerance drug policy. The franchise management team is cooperating full with [police]. BKC and the franchisee extended a sincere apology to the guests involving is this unfortunate incident."
For those of you who are keeping tabs of the fast-food scandals here is a rundown:
Wendy: A customer went off on a drive-thru employee for messing up his order yelling, "Is there cheese in hamburger? There's no cheese in hamburger!"
Taco Bell: An employee was fired after photos suffered of him licking taco shells.
Dunkin Donuts: A customer threatened to blow the restaurant to Mars after workers failed to give him a receipt.
Golden Corral: Disgusting footage of food being stored next to a dumpster while store was under health inspection.
McDonald's: Served a Big Mac to Jennifer Aniston that made her feel like she put gasoline in her system.
