The teenager was fired immediately. Police officers, who often eat free of charge at fast-food restaurants, are especially valued customers because they lend a sense of security to an industry that keeps late hours and lots of cash on hand. I want them in my restaurants to help keep them safe. Checking his burger, he thought he found spit and notified the company. Checkers apologized to the officer and offered him a small, undisclosed monetary settlement, which he accepted.
Perpetrators often give themselves away.
It was the Burger King worker's behavior that tipped off Indiana State Trooper Dan Jones. So Trooper Jones checked. Beneath the bun of his chicken club sandwich was a pool of spit approximately an inch in diameter, he said. He promptly informed all employees in the restaurant that they were under investigation for consumer-product tampering. He sent the burger to a state lab for DNA testing, and a judge issued a court warrant to take blood samples from three kitchen employees who worked that night.