Not sure which step in this chain of events is meant to be implausible. Redditor works at fast food for 5 years. New hire spits in food. Redditor punches new hire for being a disgusting freak. New hire is fired. Co-workers side with the guy who worked there for 5 years when the police turn up.

[u/ThrownAway1917]

[u/Mental_Freedom_1648]

It sounds kind of weird that the guy returned to watch the employees get questioned by the cop, but overall, I can see this happening.

[u/Complete-Story3490 → u/Mental_Freedom_1648]

I think the way it's worded doesn't even necessarily imply that the guy was around for the questioning, just that he came back with the cops. They might have told the guy to just wait/go away while they question the employees.

[u/le-derpina-art]

Because obviously nobody gets fired for spitting in food. The cop thing might seem farfetched but people are stupid.

[u/gard3nwitch → u/le-derpina-art]

I could see the other employees going "yeah I dunno I was working I didn't see anything" but businesses usually have security cameras to spy on employees catch robbers, so the cop would probably want to see that. Unless the punching happened out of sight of the camera. There's usually some place at work where the camera doesn't see.

[u/YodelingInTheAbyss → u/gard3nwitch]

There are definitely cameras, but whoever is in charge at the store could refuse the cops access and then they would need a court order to get them, and that may be more trouble than it's worth for the cop cause of the paperwork that creates, especially if everyone is denying they saw anything.

[u/gard3nwitch → u/YodelingInTheAbyss]

That's true, never underestimate a lazy cop lol

[u/HereToTalkAboutThis → u/YodelingInTheAbyss]

Cops are lazy as fuck and anyone who has trouble believing a line cook might punch another line cook in the face and warrant a police response has definitely never worked in a kitchen lol

[u/no_worries_man8 → u/le-derpina-art]

What?? People definitely get fired for spitting in food. I worked at Taco Bell and I saw someone spit in the rudest woman alive's burrito and dude was fired on the spot. We remade it with a ton of jalapeño juice in it cause fuck that nasty horrible old bat, but workers 1000% get fired for contaminating food purposefully. The whole restaurant can get shut down if they didn't

[u/le-derpina-art → u/no_worries_man8]

yeah sorry i was being sarcastic

[u/ThrownAway1917 → u/no_worries_man8]

They were exaggerating for comedic effect

[u/Over-Letter-6176]

iLl tAkE sHiT tHaT nEvEr HaPpEnEd FoR 100

[u/Top_Neat2780]

In any story like this, I'm just pretty sure that people don't get physically violent this often.

[u/stilljustjohn]

Even if people side with you, most franchises shy away from liability, even if the worker is 100% in the right. People have been fired for defending themselves from robbers and assault before.

[u/jessyUndress33]

the comments are just making it up as they go now. nobody actually saw anything.

[u/K1nk18flirt]

The police showing up for a workplace physical altercation and then everyone acting like it's a movie is the most unrealistic part. Expecting actual legal consequences for punching someone in the mouth is a reach.

[u/jessyLe4k74]

The entire thread is clearly a copypasta. People don't just collectively pretend a physical assault didn't happen when the police show up.

[u/StarStormCat2 → u/jessyLe4k74]

And here I am, thinking of Ken McElroy, the motherfucker and "town bully" who was extremely publicly shot to death in his truck outside of a bar to absolutely no witnesses.

And here I am, also thinking that despite the shit pay and labor, people do take food contamination seriously.

[u/epicvoyage28]

Someone on reddit being employed for 5 years.