Burger King Worker Fired After Marijuana Found in Chicken Fries

A Burger King employee has been fired after an Ohio woman received several buds of marijuana in an order of chicken fries for her child.

Newsweek has reached out to Burger King franchisee Miller Management via LinkedIn and @JannaBama via social media for comment.

TikTok user @JannaBama posted a video on Sunday night after she visited a Burger King in Hamilton, Ohio.

In the video, she says “OK, went to Burger King tonight, listen, I need you guys to listen.”

She continues filming the bag, saying, “Got my kid some chicken fries. This bag came. If you look down there, you can see some residue.

Then she shows a bowl containing chicken fries and several buds of marijuana.

“She got her chicken fries. Chicken fries with a side of … do you see that? You can’t say that on here. ‘Mary Jane’ from Burger King in Hamilton, Ohio.”

The video has gone viral and at the time of reporting has been viewed 1.5 million times. It has been liked over 100,000 times.

In an email shared with Newsweek, a spokesperson for Burger King said: “We contacted the franchisee of this restaurant immediately upon learning of this incident and can confirm that the [contract for the] employee in question has been terminated.

“We were very disappointed to learn of the incident and do not take incidents that put our guests in danger lightly.”

According to WTOC TV, the Hamilton Police Department said they did not receive a report from the customer.

The manager of the Hamilton Burger King location told WXIX TV that he did not want to comment.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in Ohio, 38.4 percent of individuals aged 12 or older report using marijuana or hashish at least once in their lifetimes, which is slightly less than in other lake states.

What People Are Saying

Sentiment was split in the comment section, with some social media users laughing about the incident. One user wrote, “I have mixed emotions bc I would be upset if this was in my kids food but ecstatic if it was in mine,” and another joked, “Now that’s a Happy Meal!”

But many users weren’t shocked by the incident, with one user writing, “I live in Hamilton and I’m not a bit surprised,” and another adding, “I was surprised til u said Hamilton.”