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Yelp disables comments for McDonald’s where Trump donned apron
Yelp has temporarily disabled reviews for the McDonald’s in Pennsylvania where former President Donald Trump held a campaign photo op because of a flood of phony write-ups and ratings.
On Sunday, Trump donned an apron and briefly worked the fryer at a McDonald’s in Bucks County, Pa., where he distributed orders to preselected customers in the drive-thru and spoke with reporters.
But his customer service led to a flurry of mocking reviews that were not based on customers’ firsthand experiences, [...]
Rather, the BS stunt earned judgmental commentary:
“Don’t let convicted felons who tried to overturn an election stage campaign stunts,” one reviewer wrote.
“This was an awful thing that was done and McDonald’s is now the new chick filet, and will get ZERO of my money and my business, hope it was worth alienating EVERY Woman in the USA,” another reviewer wrote.
“There was a giant orange rat in the kitchen. The operator let it in to roam around and even posted pictures of it. Pretty weird,” another wrote.
Some expressed support for Trump.
“The best McDonalds I’ve ever been to in 47 years. The older employee was extremely nice. Make McDonalds Great Again! Bring back the Dollar Menu!” one wrote.
More than 145 reviews were posted before Yelp temporarily disabled new comments around 3 p.m. Monday, according to the company.
As of Tuesday evening, customers who visit the page are met with an “unusual activity alert” notice, explaining that the business “received increased public attention, which often means people come to this page to post their views on the news.”
“While we don’t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to this incident, we’ve temporarily disabled the posting of content to this page as we work to investigate whether the content you see here reflects actual consumer experiences rather than the recent events,” the alert said. “Please note that we apply this same policy regardless of the business and regardless of the topic at issue.”
[...] CNN reported that it had obtained an internal memo by McDonald’s to its employees saying that it did not invite Trump to the restaurant.
If corporate headquarters did not "invite" the bullshit, somebody did. And if wanting cred at McD headquarters and outlets, hunt down who let it happen and fire the bastard. Yesterday not being soon enough. The thing was an in-your-face insult to everybody who has had to take an inadequate wage job to get by. A big-time insult and McD brass should not have let it happen. Since it did happen, they owe the world a true apology. Insulting their own workers was an unthinking slur.