Pop singer/songwriter and TikToker Brielle (@celestialshortie) claims that she was known as “ugly” whereas ordering a beverage via a McDonald’s drive-thru in a now-viral TikTok. Customers on the platform debated as as to if or not the remark was directed at her.
“Like damn i know i look a lil busted rn but come onnnn,” Brielle wrote within the caption.
@celestialshortie like rattling i do know i look a lil busted rn however come onnnn #fyp #storytime #mcdonalds ♬ authentic sound – brielle
Brielle says within the clip, “So I just called ugly by the McDonald’s drive-thru lady?” She provides a brief chuckle earlier than explaining her story. She says the drive-thru line was fairly lengthy when she arrived, however she was thirsty and determined to attend it out. Brielle provides that she ordered her drink with out a hitch—nonetheless, she might solely transfer her automotive barely ahead after putting her order because of the congested drive-thru.
“I go to pull away but I can’t move up because there’s a car in front of me so I kind of just move up like two inches, maybe five, I don’t know,” she explains. “And, not even ten seconds after I had completed my order I hear whoever, the woman who took my order, I hear her go, ‘she was ugly.’ Through the fucking speaker.”
“So I go, what the fuck? Now, I’m a little hurt, so I get up to the window and I go ‘hi um did you take my order?’ And she goes, ‘no, why?’ And I go, ‘well you should probably tell whoever took my order that she should really turn the mic off before calling customers ugly.’”
The video then transitions to a different angle that exhibits Brielle staring down the lens of her smartphone. “I hope you get fired, bitch,” she says.
TikTokers who noticed Brielle’s video, which has amassed over 113,000 views, provided up some potential explanations as to what might’ve occurred within the drive-thru.
Somebody who labored at McDonald’s mentioned that staff can’t see the shoppers.
“I work at McDonald’s, we can’t see they people who are ordering. I truly don’t think it was about you. I take the orders. I usually talk to coworkers,” one person mentioned.
“We can’t see you at the drive thru so probs wasn’t talking about you but still not okay,” one other claimed.
“I thought only Starbucks had cameras at the speaker,” a 3rd questioned.
One person argued that if this was a Mickey D’s within the South it’d’ve been a colloquialism to explain somebody’s angle, tone, or character—and never essentially their bodily look.
“Do you happen to live in the south ? Sometimes ugly doesn’t mean looks it’s more about attitude,” one viewer prompt.
Different customers on the platform thought the complete ordeal was humorous, whereas some expressed sympathy.
“Why is someone so irritated by somebody’s looks like that you’re too gorgeous for that bs I’m sorry,” one person wrote.
“Girl you are so far from ugly and only insecure people bring others down,” one other viewer mentioned.
It does appear that there are some McDonald’s places, nonetheless, that do have cameras put in of their drive-thru methods. Obsev.com penned a chunk explaining why the chain has applied this function: “Most customers don’t realize that McDonald’s restaurants have cameras aimed right at them when they’re using the drive-thru. According to McDonald’s employee Katie Clarke, there’s a camera at the ordering station that’s aimed directly towards the area where customers stop to place their order.”
The article references one other TikTok person, Katie Clark (@katieeclarkee) who mentioned how and why cameras are utilized in restaurant drive-thrus: it’s principally to assist staff know which order belongs to who.
@katieeclarkee I get requested this on a regular basis sooo ahahah
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So there’s a risk that the situation Brielle visited did have a digicam put in, and the employee might’ve seen her face and commented on her look.
The STYO has reached out to McDonald’s through e-mail and Brielle through Instagram direct message.
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