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  • BBsGarage

    Aug. 13, 2008 7:51 a.m. BBsGarage Reader

    Although Im not sure how

    XENIA, Ohio (AP) -- Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a utility sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page. Advertisement

    The nearly four-minute video, which was posted online Thursday, shows the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. In the video, shot by another worker, the employee refers to himself only as "Mr. Unstable" and appears to be naked.

    Timothy Tackett, 25, told WDTN-TV in Dayton that he is the sink-bather and that he made the video for his MySpace page. The video had been removed by Tuesday night.

    Tackett said he regretted taking the bath because it led to the firing of the employee who did the recording, as well as the restaurant's shift manager.

    Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said earlier Tuesday that two employees involved in the incident were fired and a third quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath quit or was fired. Tackett said he was fired.

    A message left by The Associated Press for a Timothy Tackett in Centerburg was not immediately returned.

    Greene County Health Commissioner Mark McDonnell said he dispatched an inspector to the restaurant, but workers had already sterilized the sink, which is used to clean large pieces of equipment.

  • Wally

    Aug. 13, 2008 8:16 a.m. Wally SuperDork

    I don't see the problem, they tell you to wash up frequently when you work with food.

  • DILYSI Dave

    Aug. 13, 2008 8:29 a.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

    25 year olds work at burger king?

  • BBsGarage

    Aug. 13, 2008 8:33 a.m. BBsGarage Reader

    DILYSI Dave wrote:

    25 year olds work at burger king?

    He's on the 7 year plan at the county college.

  • poopshovel

    Aug. 13, 2008 8:33 a.m. poopshovel Dork

    DILYSI Dave wrote:

    25 year olds work at burger king?

    With a name like "Timothy Tackett," I'm guessing he got beat up a lot as a kid. The fact that his mom still bathed him in the sink and breast-fed him probably didn't help. Anyway; yeah, 25 year olds work at burger king.

  • carguy123

    Aug. 13, 2008 8:59 a.m. carguy123 HalfDork

    NO, you don't get it. 25 year olds WORK at burger king?

  • WilD

    Aug. 13, 2008 9:13 a.m. WilD Reader

    What, nobody is going to comment on the fact that he only bathes once a year?

  • PubBurgers

    Aug. 13, 2008 11:43 a.m. PubBurgers HalfDork

    The scary part is that i used to eat at that BK a lot....

  • seann

    Aug. 13, 2008 11:48 a.m. seann Reader

    I think the title of this thread also applies to those who would eat food prepared by someone who makes minimum wage.

  • fastEddie

    Aug. 13, 2008 2:19 p.m. fastEddie Dork

    Nice... Note to self - don't eat at fast food joints in Xenia (about 20-30 minutes from the house).

    And if you're wondering, we pronounce it "Zeeen-yuh", not "X-enya" or "Zen-ya" or any other goofy way I've heard non-locals pronounce it.

  • CrackMonkey

    Aug. 13, 2008 2:23 p.m. CrackMonkey Reader

    zuh-knee-ah?

    zen-eye-ah?

    puh-tai-toe?

    po-ta-toe?

  • Volksroddin

    Aug. 13, 2008 7:47 p.m. Volksroddin Reader

    I ate there once, I hope the sink was cleaner than the bath rooms

  • Yavuz

    Aug. 13, 2008 9:34 p.m. Yavuz New Reader

    I really don't see the big deal here, it looks like the store was already closed... Not really doing any harm to anyone. I worked at a pizza place for nearly five years... You wouldn't want to know half the terrible E36 M3 we all used to do there. Taking a bath in a sink... thats nothing.

  • Apexcarver

    Aug. 13, 2008 10:46 p.m. Apexcarver SuperDork

    nothing worse then the pot pow-wows that happened in the deep freezer at a fast food place i worked at in HS.

    manager found out, half of the employees (all involved) got fired.

  • SoloSonett

    Aug. 14, 2008 11:19 a.m. SoloSonett New Reader

    I think I still hold the record for longest hanging McD's burger on the ceiling!

    Bathing in the sink? I wish my co workers were that clean!

 
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