McDonald's Apologizes After Homeless Man's Sleeping Bag Soaked by Security
Onlookers were shocked as a security guard at a McDonald’s in London began mopping the ground around a homeless man outside, leaving the man’s bedding soaking wet.
Damon Evans recording this video of the incident on Saturday, December 9, calling it “Disgusting behaviour.” The man “wasn’t even outside your premises,” he said in a message on X directed at McDonald’s.
“Do you think it is acceptable for your staff to soak the sleeping bags of homeless people in the middle of winter (or any other time of the year)?” Evans asked McDonald’s.
In a response posted to X on Sunday, McDonald’s UK said they wished to “wholeheartedly apologise to the gentleman in the video.” They said that the third-party security guards involved had been “permanently removed from our restaurants.”
The homeless man, 25-year-old Aaron McCarthy, told The Telegraph that he was “disgusted” by the incident.
“The [security guard] started mopping the floor and kicking my stuff into the water. It was disgusting,” McCarthy said. “I had to leave because it was so stressful, and I hardly slept the entire night because my bedding was all soaked. You can still smell the bleach on my blanket.”
McDonald’s UK said they were seeking to contact McCarthy and “make amends”. Credit: Damon Evans via Storyful
Video Transcript
AARON MCCARTHY: I'm leaving as I drop [MUTED] shopping to whom I'll go. Get over. [MUTED] Here you are. Leave me alone. You're taking away from me. Leave me alone.
- You're not allowed to film, man. You know that.
- Because it tends to empower them and just--
- OK, I'm allowed to go. And they're not allowed to stand here, you know.
- Please. That's outrageous behavior. You gotta admit that's outrageous behavior.
- Have we done? We're done.
- What are you doing?
- They give them houses. [MUTED]
- So what? You're covering his sleeping bag.
AARON MCCARTHY: I'm not even in the way of this endless job.
- That's wrong and you know that.
- The guy just dropped here. There's someone here.
- What are you doing?
- No, no, they're sleeping here.
- I don't give a [MUTED] about that. That is out of order.
- Outside your shop, ten feet by law, he's outside your shop.
- Order.
- You can check for state line.
- Bang out of order. That is bang out of order.
- Did you see that [MUTED]
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- You see the man trying to sleep.
- Yeah.
- Do you see where he tried to [MUTED] in the street.
- Hey, yo, now you like us in trouble.
- Well, you wouldn't be worried because, they just covered his sleeping bag in water. It's like winter. Hello, mate, don't give in.
- And that's why I said--
- That's a man. That is outrageous.
- Give me that.
- For what, for what?
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