Video of homeless man kicked out of McDonald's after customer buys him food goes viral
 

I read this and although this guy caused issues in the past, he?s a paying customer right now. It?s not like he can go home and sit and eat. Anyone have a link to the video?

Video of homeless man kicked out of McDonald's after customer buys him food goes viral

A Facebook video showing a homeless man being escorted off the premises of a Myrtle Beach, SC, McDonald's after a customer reportedly paid for his food has gone viral, and is sparking outrage.

Yossi Gallo, the man responsible for the video, said he saw a homeless man across the street and invited him into the fast food restaurant with him

"I waved him down, and I said, 'Hey, are you hungry?' and he said, 'Yes,'" Gallo said in an interview with WMBF News. "So I went in there with him, and as soon as we went inside, the lady at the register says, 'You're not getting food.' She tells him he's not getting food."
Gallo said he began recording the incident on his phone after that.

In the video, Gallo can be heard arguing with management and a police officer who was called to the scene to issue a trespass warning for the homeless man as requested by the McDonald's restaurant

Gallo was angered by the actions of the business and the responding officer, who explains to the homeless man as he is eating his food that he will have to leave.

"You guys suck. He didn't even ask me for food. I brought him from outside. You guys suck," Gallo can be heard loudly saying in the video.

The McDonald's management responded to Gallo's criticisms by asking him to quiet down.
"Calm your voice. That's what I'm asking you to do," one of the employees said to Gallo in the video.

"This is how I talk. I talk loud. If the officer has a problem with that, the officer's going to arrest me," Gallo responded.

Gallo was removed from the building as well and issued a trespass warning.

Myrtle Beach Police Capt. Joey Crosby said via email with WMBF, the officer went to the restaurant after an employee called to report a man asking for money in the parking lot.
Both Gallo and the homeless man vehemently deny that accusation in the recorded video.
"The officer advised the male of the request made by the business and issued the warning," Crosby said. "A bystander, who was videotaping the incident, was also trespassed from the location, at the request of the manager, for what management deemed as disorderly behavior."

Joel Pellicci Jr., the owner of the McDonald's said this has been an ongoing problem in a statement to WMBF:

"At my restaurant, the goal is to provide our customers with a positive and welcoming experience each time they visit. Unfortunately, the individual in this video has a history of disruptive behavior and has been asked to leave by management and police on several occasions."

Since publishing the video Wednesday morning, Gallo has received over 42 million views and 1 million shares, and has created a viral outrage with people taking issue with the police officer and the fast food chain.

Some comments have called for a boycott of McDonald's, and have flooded the location's Facebook page with poor reviews, while other have praised the man for his compassion.
While many focused on the corporation, others have left crude and misogynistic comments regarding the female police officer with some even posting screenshots of personal information about the cop.

Gallo said it was not his intention to have her affected, and believes she was just doing her job.

"I think that's completely wrong," Gallo said. "Completely wrong. I do believe that she was doing her job. I do believe that she was doing her job. She did nothing wrong. I don't have any anger towards her in any way."

Gallo said he wishes commenters would "please definitely leave her alone. She was very polite. She was doing her job. I wouldn't want anyone to speak badly of her. She was very nice actually."

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Sounds absurd whoever made him leave should get fired.

#TrumpSupporter :2 cents:

The cop and employees. He?s been a problem but he?s hungry and homeless. This guy was kind enough to buy him a meal and he was behaving. Let him eat and then ask him to leave. It?s winter and cold outside. Food will warm him for a while.

Guy causes problems repeatedly, then once captured on video it becomes a standalone "viral outrage" regardless of context.

This is the internets in 2018.

If he's been causing problems and is well known by the staff for being a nuisance.....then they were justified in asking him to leave

All the people who would never invite him over for dinner are outraged.

:1orglaugh

absolutely. It´s a fast food restaurant, to take away & eat in. They were not refusing the food, just for him to stay in the establishment. As the guy recording was also being loud, again, he´s asked to be removed and this is acceptable.

When Gary was in security, on Friday nights he´d secure McDonalds before going onto the clubs later. He would have drunk teens, obvious trouble makers. They would not be entering no matter, with parents, with friends or a nobody kind soul.

The homeless guy may have been in and out of that same establishment 3 or 4 times that day asking people for money, harassing them for food :2 cents:

No good deed goes unpunished :2 cents: ...

Viral yeah but will it monetize

who knows why that homeless man was banned in the first place? He could have been some kind of pervert.

asking customers for money and food. :2 cents::2 cents: i had to throw a homeless man out of a taco bell. he was acting weird with the female employees. i mean i gave him the throw out :1orglaugh

Not a good event for sure

How are those people in tent city in your town doing? Ya'll clean them up yet? You got a new roommate?

what happened? Did your boyfriend kick you out and now you want to move in with him?

I lived through the era when "going viral" was somehow a compliment.