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McDonald’s has launched an investigation after an UberEats order was delivered to a man with a cockroach crawling around in the fries.
The man posted photos of the shock find on social media with this caption “Straya – where you get a free live toy with every Happy Meal”.
After the meal was ordered from the fast food giants Hurstville store in Sydney, the man said Uber Eats delivered it to the wrong address.
While it’s unclear how the roach got in the food or when, the man and Reddit users posted several theories.
“My guess is he crawled in while our food was sitting on the front porch of the wrong address for half an hour,” the man said.
“I’m Australian and should be used to them I guess, but give me snakes, spiders and rats over cockroaches any day. Those things are unspeakably revolting.”
Other users agreed with the theory the cockroach got in the bag while it was being delivered.
“Christ, drivers car must of have been a dumpster fire, I reckon that’s the only way it got in there,” a user commented.
“I’xjmtzywve not seen inside an Uber/Menulog etc. bag but I reckon they’d be rank,” a second said.
Another added “if the food was sitting outside for a long time, it probably crawled in from the grass to enjoy the dark warmth of food”.
Other users blamed McDonald’s.
“If that was me I would never order from that Maccas again,” one said.
Responding to the controversy, a McDonald’s spokesperson said the company took food and drink hygiene “extremely seriously” and they were “disappointed” the man found the cockroach in his food.
“We will look into this incident with our delivery partners, as part of our commitment to ongoing service improvements,” the spokesperson said.
“Our employees follow strict cleaning, sanitisation, quality control and hygiene procedures to ensure our food and restaurants remain safe for our staff and customers.”
