AMERICAblog: McDonald's denies workers comp for shot employee
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
Infuckingcredible. So, McDonald's ensures neither the safety of customers nor employees, eh? They can go to hell. Boycott.
It was just another day in corporate America to them.
Crazy8
· 9 months ago
This story is spreading like wildfire. I think McDonalds has stepped in something they did and are going to have a hard time scrapping it off their shoe. Serves them right for dumping on that poor kid that was just trying to do the right thing. The human thing that McDonalds feeds upon. What turds!
PeteWa
· 9 months ago
McDonald's is evil, this is not surprising. As if paying this workman's comp. would affect the huge corporation in any negative way.
john
· 9 months ago
He would have those medical bill problems if we had universal healthcare
LawMichigander
· 9 months ago
Maybe they will give him a free small fry just like in the Monopoly game they have. Corp-Illuminati America-More callus than the Old World Order.
sittenpretty
· 9 months ago
Civil Suit...............Sue the Efffffffffffffers
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
Nevermind...
rusty
· 9 months ago
This is from McDonald's website, under "values" -
We are committed to our people We provide opportunity, nurture talent, develop leaders and reward achievement. We believe that a team of well-trained individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, working together in an environment that fosters respect and drives high levels of engagement, is essential to our continued success.
I just threw out my $10 McDonald's gift card - bah humbug!
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
Don't you just love the blah, blah, blah bullshit? All geared toward McDonald's "continued success" meaning loads of moolah. In other words, work your asses off, so the company can reap huge profits!
ComradeRutherford
· 9 months ago
"I just threw out my $10 McDonald's gift card"
So you just gave them $10 that they can keep for free? That's $10 they already have, and now they get to keep it because you are not going to ask for your $10 in return.
QUALAR
· 9 months ago
I E-mailed McDonald's and advised them that their actions were despicable. I told them that I have eaten my last Big Mac.
whomod
· 9 months ago
Any link to te page you used for your feedback?
I'd like to shoot them a piece of my mind as well.
atakins
· 9 months ago
Here's a link to their "Corporate Responsibility" feedback form.
McDonald's needs to understand that letting people hang out to dry after doing a good deed is unconscionable regardless of whether their policies prohibit involvement or not.
Jennifer
· 9 months ago
My letter to them:
I frequently enjoy eating at McDonald's. I consider many of your food items to be much better than similar products at Burger King, Wendy's, White Castle, and Hardee's/Carl Jr's. However, today I read about your corporate decision to deny worker's comp to Nigel Haskett, an employee at one of your restaurants in Arkansas who bravely stepped in to protect a woman who was being beaten by one of your customers, and was shot for his trouble.
The cold-hearted indifference to this young man's injuries, incurred while on the job defending one of your customers (who could easily have been me, or one of my children) is utterly astonishing to me. I predict you are about to reap a whirlwind boycott unlike any you might have faced in the past, and I and my family will be part of that boycott. I hope the amount of business you lose over this stupid and inhumane business decision is far, far over and above the amount you would have paid out for Haskett's treatment. It is my intention to pass on the news of your abhorrent and heartless behavior to every single person I know.
sittenpretty
· 9 months ago
they should ave thanked him a million times gave him10Kand made him a hero dumbass mofos...really
example
· 9 months ago
1) McDonald's restaurants are independently owned franchises
2) It wasn't even the franchise owner, but the insurance company that denied the claim.
So how can McDonald's when they were three companies removed from the incident?
Disgusted at McDonald's
· 9 months ago
Their name is on the freakin' building. My credit card is billed by McDonald's when I eat there. They're not removed from the situation in any sense of the word, effers.
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
McDonald's are franchises, quite different from outright "ownership", not much different from glorified "managers" and McDonald's is also self-insured. If they were truly independently owned, they wouldn't be under the brand McDonald's--everything they buy for their business comes from McDonald's exclusively and cannot be deviated from. The company handling this claim just administers their "insurance."
txexspeedy
· 9 months ago
Not all McD's are franchises; and if that is a franchise and the owner's insurance is causing the Problem, I would say McD's would jump in and settle to pay the bills because they will lose millions on fixing bad press. McD's already spends millions on the Ronald McDonald House. This is Advertising Gold. What screw ups. "We train hereos at McD's, everyday all american heroes.
nicho
· 9 months ago
Because they were the ones who set up this multi-tiered system precisely to insulate themselves from their own practices. It's a lot like the Mafia, where the Don runs things, but has so insulated himself from what happens -- even though he ordered it -- that it can't be pinned on him.
This is precisely what's wrong with US corporate interests today. They can cause all kinds of shit, but insulate themselves from the results of their actions.
It's like the companies who hire drivers, put ridiculous time demands on them, but then claim that the drivers are "independent" contractors when one of them runs over someone trying to meet the crazy schedule.
It's depressing to see that you've bought into the corporate scheme to relieve themselves of any responsibility for their actions.
ThingsComeUndone
· 9 months ago
McDonalds does have Corporate owned stores as well as Franchises. Unemployment insurance denied the claim? Are you sure about that?
ComradeRutherford
· 9 months ago
Read the report before you post: it was Corporate HQ's lawyer that made the decision to deny Worker's Comp and medical bills. The franchise wasn't even mentioned in the article.
Butch1
· 9 months ago
Perhaps, they should look into a new insurance company. They are not out of this mud-hole one bit. They all are affected when this happens to one franchise, in my opinion.
KLG
· 9 months ago
Well, there goes my one trip per year into a McDonald's to get an Egg McMuffin.
Disgusted at McDonald's
· 9 months ago
He should so them for the unsafe working environment. It's not like folks haven't been shot at McDonald's before so they know what can happen. What did the company do to make sure this didn't happen again. Going to McDonald's is just as dangerous as going to a bank. Both places get robbed and mass murders have happened at McDonald's more than any other work place. They should have just paid his bills.
sittenpretty
· 9 months ago
you are so right about that
tas
· 9 months ago
Great. That way he can now sue under common law for negligent security. get much more money that way anyway.
sittenpretty
· 9 months ago
they NEVER learned from the HOT COFFEE incident
Trinu
· 9 months ago
Nor from the vegetarians who found lard in their french fries. As I recall (from their website) they still deep fry them in beef fat.
GinINdiana
· 9 months ago
Just imagine the amount of free PR they would have gotten if they had paid what they OWED (not under universal care, john below but WORKER'S COMP, huge difference), made a big deal about how courageous he was, given him a reward, and made it a big deal. Now they have human sewage all over their shoes, pants, shirts and hats. They deserve to lose customers to companies that care about their employees.
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
Another corp to totally boycott (from Ira Forman at HuffPo):
Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications.
What is CBS thinking? This guy is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric.
A decade ago, I debated Ballabon in New York. I represented the Democratic Jewish community while he spoke on behalf of Republican Jews. During the debate, Ballabon claimed that, after his most recent job in Washington, he became convinced that Democrats are inherently bad people and Republicans are fundamentally good people.
What planet does this guy come from? It's astonishing that CBS News would name Ballabon to its senior management.
In fact, it is not atypical of Ballabon to use this kind of extreme partisan rhetoric. During the 2008 election, Ballabon said, "Obama is incredibly dangerous."
ComradeRutherford
· 9 months ago
Why are you acting so surprised? Major media are all owned by Republican extremists.
whomod
· 9 months ago
Let's hit McDonald's in the only place these jerks understand, the pocketbook. As of today, I vow to not even consider going to any of their establishments on account of this.
This is exactly what is wrong with out society. These companies only thinking of their profits and letting even their own workers fend for themselves, both in medical bills and in general, fending for themselves without any security inside their restaurants.
Is there any way to make this into a large boycott that McDonald's, high on Mt. Olympus would notice?
RainbowPhoenix
· 9 months ago
Time for a good, old fashioned boycott methinks. Who's with me?
ThingsComeUndone
· 9 months ago
Sure!
Indigo
· 9 months ago
How do I boycott a place I never go?
RainbowPhoenix
· 9 months ago
Spread the word to people that do go.
Butch1
· 9 months ago
I just finished letting their corporate office know that after intermittently frequenting their restaurant for more than forty-five to fifty years, I would not be back because of this.
Indigo
· 9 months ago
Good point. I don't know anybody who actually eats there! My bad!
nicho
· 9 months ago
I hear they make their hamburgers out of worms -- that's why I never eat there.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 9 months ago
worm meat is far more sustainable than cow meat.
ThingsComeUndone
· 9 months ago
I wonder if the Main Stream Media will carry this story or maybe just bury it? McDonalds does allot of advertising it would take Stones for a network in this economy to run this story?
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
KARK, the Arkansas station that reported this, is an NBC affiliate. I haven't seen the story on either NBC or MSNBC yet.
Alec Braithwaite
· 9 months ago
I hope he gets his bills paid and then a court rewards him with enough money to set him up for life. What would McDonalds rather have their emplyees do. Stand there and watch as a man beats up a woman?
Tysalpha
· 9 months ago
They probably would rather have them call emergency responders, instead of doing things they are not trained or equipped to do.
Butch1
· 9 months ago
You don't know that. It appears this fellow has been in the Armed Forces and has learned at least some hand-to-hand combat. It's hard to fight someone shooting at you.
ComradeRutherford
· 9 months ago
In denying his claim, McDonald's head lawyer said McDonalds training says that in the case of a robbery, the clerks are to do NOTHING, except call 911 when they robbers leave.
McDonalds is making it very clear that NO employee is to do anything to protect their customers for any reason. Let this be a lesson to all of you minimum wage slaves: When you see someone beating the shit out of his girlfriend, get back to making more fries!
slatts
· 9 months ago
Such policies are common. However: intervening in a robbery would merely protect the money in the till. This is a human being--a woman--being assaulted. Hardly the comparison they should be making, quite frankly.
Nylund
· 9 months ago
I remember a similar situation that happened in the NYC subway system where a girl was getting raped and a worker made no attempt to help her for basically these same reasons. Although scorned by the public and the papers, both the transportation department and his union backed him up saying he did entirely the right thing. They don't want their employees doing risky things that might result in expensive insurance claims, even if it means praising your employees for standing by and doing nothing as a young women gets raped before your eyes.
The incentives of our current health care system are damn near criminal in nature.
Linda Trump
· 9 months ago
Automatic and swift Boycott. Between Facebook and Twitter, McDonald's is in for a wild, impoverishing ride.
I hope this young man wins treble damages and then some. It is abominable that McDonald's is not jumping to, at the very least, pay this guy's medical bills. Good grief. I can't even believe I'm reading this.
What's $300,000.00? A good tip considering what McDonald's is going to wind up paying and what they will lose in business..
Older_Wiser
· 9 months ago
Cheeez, stock market down like a rock. And AIG wants more money (already got $150 billion). It's shares are worth 49 cents...
maudgonne
· 9 months ago
Anyone who is still eating at MacD's is risking their lives in soooo many different ways....
ndtovent
· 9 months ago
I don't eat at mcdonalds very often, but I would get breakfast from there once in awhile. I never ate there hamburgers or other sandwiches... So it's pretty easy for me to boycott.. I'll start making my own damn egg/meat muffins when I'm hungry for one, which are probably better than theirs... yeah, that's pretty shitty of mcd's corrporate management just to just leave this poor guy out in the wind...
teammarty
· 9 months ago
It's a good thing the shooter didn't rob the store on top of it. The clerk would get the loss from the till taken out of his check.
Patrick_Bateman
· 9 months ago
Avarice by a cherry picked few is going to be this countrys' death knell. Hey! How's that capitalism workin' for ya?
HeartlandLiberal
· 9 months ago
I dropped the following to McDonald's via contact form at their web site.
Although I still stop by preference for breakfast at McDonalds when I need to grab breakfast not at home mornings, after reading the lastest news report on your corporations refusal to cover with worker's comp an employee shot while defending a patron, I have decided I will, to put it simply, eat at McDonald's again when Hell freezes over, but not before. What is wrong with you people? Yet another illustration of the worst, most unethical, immoral behavior by corporate America. Screw your customers, and screw your employees. First, foremost, and above all. I am so disgusted words (almost) fail me. Again, I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING again at a McDonalds. (And I regret this, because your breakfast sandwiches are good, and superior to all the competition.)(That being said, your hamburgers really suck, I have not eaten on in a decade or more. Your prepartion is too much like boiling soft meat to a pulp, not cooking a hamburger.)
This letter is in regards to Nigel Haskett, your employee at the McDonald's in Little Rock, AK and the unconscionable decision to leave him to fend for himself in regards to compensation for injuries sustained in what everyone who witnessed this incident calls an act of heroism.
Much like the CEO's at the Congressional hearings a few weeks ago, it seems your insurance company Ramsey, Krug, Farrell and Lensing and in particular, it's representative Misty Thomson, fail to realize and and are slow to recognize the new reality. People are fed up and sick of this corporate culture that places more value on profit than on our shared humanity and doing the right thing. This country is sick of this attitude and frankly, I'm sick of this attitude that leaves your own employees and patrons to fend for themselves not just inside your restaurants but after they sustain injuries while in the course of their employment.
This really is penny wise and pound foolish because a groundswell is rising from this story and I myself (as well as my family) vow never to set foot inside one of your franchises ever again unless McDonalds as a corporation does right by this brave young man and reverses course from simply shrugging your shoulders and leaving him to twist in the wind alone.
Perhaps when the only language that it seems your corporation understands, profits, is affected, then maybe you'll actually stop and join the rest of us down here on planet Earth and come be a part of the community of human beings.
Live4MyHappiness
· 9 months ago
BRAVO!
I could not have said it better myself. I submitted your feedback to McDonald's and have posted the information to my Facebook profile. I think I'll go tweet about it, now!
Live4MyHappiness
· 9 months ago
I received a response from McDonald's at 5:08 AM, CST, this morning, and it included a statement from the owner of the AR McDonald's:
February 24, 2009
My highest priority is the safety and security of my customers and employees.
I stand behind Nigel Haskett. I believe he acted as a Good Samaritan. Concerning the critical matter of his medical expenses, it is important to note that the Arkansas Worker's Compensation Commission ultimately decides the outcome of his claim. As part of this process, Nigel's case will be presented to a Worker's Compensation judge, who will review all of the facts and decide on the case's merits.
McDonald's supports Nigel's claim, and fully anticipates the judge in this process will find in Nigel's favor. As a safeguard, if for some reason his claim is denied, and other insurance options are unavailable, I intend to cover the cost of his medical expenses.
I'm doing this because it's the right thing to do for Nigel.
Ray Nosler, McDonald's Owner / Operator
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Beyond that, I'm quite impressed that I had a response from McDonald's Corporate PR in less than 24 hours. They're obviously on top of this.
L4MH
takeasiesta
· 9 months ago
Why can't the employee just sue? Worker's Comp is given to employees so the corporation doesn't get sued for negligence. If he doesn't get any Worker's Comp then he isn't bound to that. This is going to be an interesting case to watch.
squid696
· 9 months ago
This is exactly right. McDonald's has opened themselves up to a lawsuit for negligence by denying this employee coverage under Workers Comp. Such a lawsuit would have been unavailable if McDonalds had agreed to the employee's claim for Workers Comp. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face..
Talk about such unswerving devotion to both your employees and customers! Anyone going to Burger King tonight?
Wolfsinger
· 9 months ago
McDonald's cold hearted corporate response to the courage of this young man is so telling about the culture of corporations in this country in the aftermath of 8 years of Bush.
If any good can come from this tragic story it would be that hero's don't wait for corporations to tell them what is right.
Also, as a result of this young mans actions, I have redefined what the McDonald's logo now means to me. It used to represent a small, positive even welcome piece of American civilization on the horizon after hours and hours on the road for me and my family.
No more. Now the golden arches represent the over arching demise of civility. Needless to say, I will vote with my wallet. Someone should write a song about this.
Cue the McDonalds "feel good" TV campaign. Sorry, Ronald.
This time we are not buying it.
Lynn Dee
· 9 months ago
McDonald's must be out of their minds. They should be saying: "Worker's comp is his exclusive remedy, so he can't sue us!"
I can't figure out what they're doing. Didn't they see what happened when Walmart's tried to get that poor woman to repay them for medical benefits?
Butch1
· 9 months ago
Perhaps, it's time to stop frequenting McDonald's if this is how they treat their employees. Insurance companies get their bad name from incidents like this one. They have to be shamed into doing the right thing.
uess
· 9 months ago
Here's what I just sent to the McDonald's folks:
You won’t pay the medical expenses of YOUR employee who was ON THE JOB when he protected one of YOUR customers and got shot for his trouble? Are you people insane? Have you forgotten what happened to Wal-Mart a year or so ago when they sued one of their employees for medical expenses? See here: http://tinyurl.com/cjqs9u
How is it possible that you can get to sleep at night? How is it possible that you expect people to buy your products when you treat your own employees like this?
Pay Nigel Haskett’s medical bills!
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 9 months ago
The name of MISTY THOMPSON, who denied help for this hero, should become synonymous with corporate greed.
We did it to Rick Santorum. We can do it to Misty Thompson.
WordSmith
· 9 months ago
My understanding is that IF the young man was 'on the clock' and was in the workplace and was injured, he gets Workers Comp. Now, he might have to appeal, but I also suggest raising hell. ya know - from the likes of us. The public - the consumer public.
LeftCoastOracle
· 9 months ago
Well, makes me wonder what would have happened if he hadn't helped the woman; she had been seriously injured while on McDonald's property and decided to sue them for not protecting her. But I guess McDonald's didn't consider that. They need to cut their losses here and reverse action.
TomJoad
· 9 months ago
No "ifs" about it. I won't step foot in another McDonalds, no matter how much my granddaughter fusses. No way. EVEN if they end up finally, after seeing the writing on the wall and being pulled kicking and screaming to end up doing the right thing.
There was a time in the US when there wouldn't have been a hesitation, the young man would have been called a Hero, the company (maybe milking it even a little) would have lauded him, paid his bills, and paid him comp. THAT would be the kind of society we deserve.
The only way I break my boycott, if they get ahold of the people that denied it, and let THEM go. They aren't about to do that, but decisions like these get made automatically, immorally, and shame on them.
Curtis
· 9 months ago
Sounds like McDonald's no longer wants anybody to buy their food. I should think a World Boycott of McDonald's is in order. McDonald's is clearly stating that we should allow people to beaten or shot in their stores, and not to render any aid during such an attack. So yeah I clearly don't need any McDonald's food anymore
S in PA
· 9 months ago
"In denying his claim, McDonald's head lawyer said McDonalds training says that in the case of a robbery, the clerks are to do NOTHING, except call 911 when they robbers leave."
Well, if the robbers of America are paying any attention, they'll now know where to go to get their next payday.
Mike 71
· 9 months ago
As a former member of AFSCME (since retired), rest assured that I will spread the word of this egregious conduct by McDonald's throughout the labor movement! I have always boycotted McDonalds because I could not stomach the greasy burgers, which gave me indigestion, but I will now encourage fellow union workers to boycott them because of their failure to stand up for either their patrons or employees! When an employer fails to support an employee who is injured while protecting a patron from abuse on the employer's premises, that employer forfeits the loyalty of both his employees and patrons! The boycotts and adverse publicity, not to mention court judgments and punitive damages for acting in bad faith, will cost McDonalds far more than the $300,000 that they would have paid Nigel Haskett for his injuries while acting on McDonald's behalf! Ironically, McDonald's could have benefited from the goodwill which would have resulted from a loyal employee who came to the aid of a patron under attack, but short-sighted corporate greed foreclosed that possibility!
Amanda
· 9 months ago
Cut their losses? It's a $300,000 claim. Even for McDonald's this is a very large claim that affects their costs considerably for work comp in the future. They will end up paying though because the employers always end up paying in work comp. Nobody cries for McDonald's for all of the real and most especially fraudulent claims that they pay for in work comp on a daily basis. A lot of people think work comp is a retirement plan. It isn't. We all end up paying for it.
Russ
· 9 months ago
Guys, This is SOOOOO easy to figure; MONEY is MORE important, than human life...
dj
· 8 months ago
i cant beleive that mc donald would do this the kid got shot and they wont do anything about it no compensation is mcdonalds that dirty
poorman
· 2 months ago
unfortunately, I work at a McDonald's and we immediately have to report when we are injured and last year, when I tripped over a food cart's detachable wheels last year and hit my head on the pavement and reported it, they did NOTHING! If the economy wasn't so bad, I'd get another job. McDonald's doesn't allow employees to form unions or they are fired immediately! Also, the store I work at won't hire any African-Americans, due to the manager being racist.
All Comments
It was just another day in corporate America to them.
As if paying this workman's comp. would affect the huge corporation in any negative way.
We are committed to our people
We provide opportunity, nurture talent, develop leaders and reward achievement. We believe that a team of well-trained individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, working together in an environment that fosters respect and drives high levels of engagement, is essential to our continued success.
I just threw out my $10 McDonald's gift card - bah humbug!
So you just gave them $10 that they can keep for free? That's $10 they already have, and now they get to keep it because you are not going to ask for your $10 in return.
I'd like to shoot them a piece of my mind as well.
http://apps.mcdonalds.com/contactus/navigate.do...
Don't mind if I repost this at the top.
McDonald's needs to understand that letting people hang out to dry after doing a good deed is unconscionable regardless of whether their policies prohibit involvement or not.
I frequently enjoy eating at McDonald's. I consider many of your food items to be much better than similar products at Burger King, Wendy's, White Castle, and Hardee's/Carl Jr's. However, today I read about your corporate decision to deny worker's comp to Nigel Haskett, an employee at one of your restaurants in Arkansas who bravely stepped in to protect a woman who was being beaten by one of your customers, and was shot for his trouble.
The cold-hearted indifference to this young man's injuries, incurred while on the job defending one of your customers (who could easily have been me, or one of my children) is utterly astonishing to me. I predict you are about to reap a whirlwind boycott unlike any you might have faced in the past, and I and my family will be part of that boycott. I hope the amount of business you lose over this stupid and inhumane business decision is far, far over and above the amount you would have paid out for Haskett's treatment. It is my intention to pass on the news of your abhorrent and heartless behavior to every single person I know.
dumbass mofos...really
2) It wasn't even the franchise owner, but the insurance company that denied the claim.
So how can McDonald's when they were three companies removed from the incident?
This is precisely what's wrong with US corporate interests today. They can cause all kinds of shit, but insulate themselves from the results of their actions.
It's like the companies who hire drivers, put ridiculous time demands on them, but then claim that the drivers are "independent" contractors when one of them runs over someone trying to meet the crazy schedule.
It's depressing to see that you've bought into the corporate scheme to relieve themselves of any responsibility for their actions.
Now they have human sewage all over their shoes, pants, shirts and hats. They deserve to lose customers to companies that care about their employees.
Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications.
What is CBS thinking? This guy is very far out there with his partisan rhetoric.
A decade ago, I debated Ballabon in New York. I represented the Democratic Jewish community while he spoke on behalf of Republican Jews. During the debate, Ballabon claimed that, after his most recent job in Washington, he became convinced that Democrats are inherently bad people and Republicans are fundamentally good people.
What planet does this guy come from? It's astonishing that CBS News would name Ballabon to its senior management.
In fact, it is not atypical of Ballabon to use this kind of extreme partisan rhetoric. During the 2008 election, Ballabon said, "Obama is incredibly dangerous."
This is exactly what is wrong with out society. These companies only thinking of their profits and letting even their own workers fend for themselves, both in medical bills and in general, fending for themselves without any security inside their restaurants.
Is there any way to make this into a large boycott that McDonald's, high on Mt. Olympus would notice?
McDonalds is making it very clear that NO employee is to do anything to protect their customers for any reason. Let this be a lesson to all of you minimum wage slaves: When you see someone beating the shit out of his girlfriend, get back to making more fries!
The incentives of our current health care system are damn near criminal in nature.
I hope this young man wins treble damages and then some. It is abominable that McDonald's is not jumping to, at the very least, pay this guy's medical bills. Good grief. I can't even believe I'm reading this.
What's $300,000.00? A good tip considering what McDonald's is going to wind up paying and what they will lose in business..
Although I still stop by preference for breakfast at McDonalds when I need to grab breakfast not at home mornings, after reading the lastest news report on your corporations refusal to cover with worker's comp an employee shot while defending a patron, I have decided I will, to put it simply, eat at McDonald's again when Hell freezes over, but not before. What is wrong with you people? Yet another illustration of the worst, most unethical, immoral behavior by corporate America. Screw your customers, and screw your employees. First, foremost, and above all. I am so disgusted words (almost) fail me. Again, I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING again at a McDonalds. (And I regret this, because your breakfast sandwiches are good, and superior to all the competition.)(That being said, your hamburgers really suck, I have not eaten on in a decade or more. Your prepartion is too much like boiling soft meat to a pulp, not cooking a hamburger.)
http://apps.mcdonalds.com/contactus/navigate.do...
Here's my letter of complaint. Bombard the fuckers. Spread this shit throughout the net and beyond:
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This letter is in regards to Nigel Haskett, your employee at the McDonald's in Little Rock, AK and the unconscionable decision to leave him to fend for himself in regards to compensation for injuries sustained in what everyone who witnessed this incident calls an act of heroism.
Much like the CEO's at the Congressional hearings a few weeks ago, it seems your insurance company Ramsey, Krug, Farrell and Lensing and in particular, it's representative Misty Thomson, fail to realize and and are slow to recognize the new reality. People are fed up and sick of this corporate culture that places more value on profit than on our shared humanity and doing the right thing. This country is sick of this attitude and frankly, I'm sick of this attitude that leaves your own employees and patrons to fend for themselves not just inside your restaurants but after they sustain injuries while in the course of their employment.
This really is penny wise and pound foolish because a groundswell is rising from this story and I myself (as well as my family) vow never to set foot inside one of your franchises ever again unless McDonalds as a corporation does right by this brave young man and reverses course from simply shrugging your shoulders and leaving him to twist in the wind alone.
Perhaps when the only language that it seems your corporation understands, profits, is affected, then maybe you'll actually stop and join the rest of us down here on planet Earth and come be a part of the community of human beings.
I could not have said it better myself. I submitted your feedback to McDonald's and have posted the information to my Facebook profile. I think I'll go tweet about it, now!
February 24, 2009
My highest priority is the safety and security of my customers and employees.
I stand behind Nigel Haskett. I believe he acted as a Good Samaritan. Concerning the critical matter of his medical expenses, it is important to note that the Arkansas Worker's Compensation Commission ultimately decides the outcome of his claim. As part of this process, Nigel's case will be presented to a Worker's Compensation judge, who will review all of the facts and decide on the case's merits.
McDonald's supports Nigel's claim, and fully anticipates the judge in this process will find in Nigel's favor. As a safeguard, if for some reason his claim is denied, and other insurance options are unavailable, I intend to cover the cost of his medical expenses.
I'm doing this because it's the right thing to do for Nigel.
Ray Nosler, McDonald's Owner / Operator
-----------------------
Beyond that, I'm quite impressed that I had a response from McDonald's Corporate PR in less than 24 hours. They're obviously on top of this.
L4MH
Talk about such unswerving devotion to both your employees and customers! Anyone going to Burger King tonight?
If any good can come from this tragic story it would be that hero's don't wait for corporations to tell them
what is right.
Also, as a result of this young mans actions, I have redefined what the McDonald's logo now means to me. It used to represent a small, positive even welcome piece of American civilization on the horizon after hours and hours on the road for me and my family.
No more. Now the golden arches represent the over arching demise of civility. Needless to say, I will vote with my wallet. Someone should write a song about this.
Cue the McDonalds "feel good" TV campaign. Sorry, Ronald.
This time we are not buying it.
I can't figure out what they're doing. Didn't they see what happened when Walmart's tried to get that poor woman to repay them for medical benefits?
You won’t pay the medical expenses of YOUR employee who was ON THE JOB when he protected one of YOUR customers and got shot for his trouble? Are you people insane? Have you forgotten what happened to Wal-Mart a year or so ago when they sued one of their employees for medical expenses? See here: http://tinyurl.com/cjqs9u
How is it possible that you can get to sleep at night? How is it possible that you expect people to buy your products when you treat your own employees like this?
Pay Nigel Haskett’s medical bills!
We did it to Rick Santorum. We can do it to Misty Thompson.
No way. EVEN if they end up finally, after seeing the writing on the wall and being pulled kicking and screaming to
end up doing the right thing.
There was a time in the US when there wouldn't have been a hesitation, the young man would have been called a Hero, the company (maybe milking it even a little) would have lauded him, paid his bills, and paid him comp. THAT would be the kind of society we deserve.
The only way I break my boycott, if they get ahold of the people that denied it, and let THEM go. They aren't about to do that, but decisions like these get made automatically, immorally, and shame on them.
Well, if the robbers of America are paying any attention, they'll now know where to go to get their next payday.
This is SOOOOO easy to figure; MONEY is MORE important, than human life...