'I've never seen anything like it' - man captures horrific mess at 3am McDonald's
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A McDonald's restaurant in the early hours is a near spiritual experience.
In the corner is a group of wobbly lads echoing banter in between mouthfuls of French fries. Two girls, heels safely in bags, are queuing for restorative McNuggets.
And a solitary man, in full suit and tie for reasons unexplained, is sadly dipping his Big Mac into great pools of tomato ketchup.
All around them it is messy. Drunken merriment means that McDonald's wrappers on tables and Coke Zero spilled.
But this...
(Image: Sunil Bharj/Facebook)
But this video, shot by 'Sunny B' (his preferred nickname), paints a sadder picture still. He filmed scenes of chaos and desolation at a McDonald's branch in Maidstone, Kent, on Sunday morning.
Sunny asked: "What's the dirtiest McDonald's you've been in? Wait for it".
Sunny, 25, from nearby Chatham, told Mirror Online that the footage is genuine, and while McDonald's restaurants in busy town centres are always going to be difficult to manage, this was on a higher plain.
"Being 3am in a busy town, it's expected to get a bit dirty, but I’ve never seen anything like this," he said.
"You always get a wave of drunk people coming in after the bars close. My friends ordered Chicken Selects, and had to sit on the edge of the seats as there was rubbish everywhere.
(Image: Sunil Bharj/Facebook)
"As it's a late opening McDonald's, I think they only offer take away bags, no trays, which leads to lots of rubbish piling up.
"It's definitely the worst I've seen. I ordered my 20 McNuggets and got out of there!"
A solid order.
Sunny's film has been widely shared on Facebook. Most people, while probably well acquainted with post-midnight McDonald's, are shocked by the scale.
Chloe Barrigan commented: "What's the matter with people ffs".
We're not sure how it might be avoided – drunk people apparently have little regard for bins.
A McDonald's spokesman told us: "Hygiene and cleanliness is of the utmost importance to us and on this occasion it appears that we didn’t meet our usual high standards.
"We will be investigating this footage further to ensure that measures are in place to avoid customers experiencing this in any of our restaurants in future."