Posted on 06/03/2013 12:33:48 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Taco Bell lovers checking out the fast-food chain's official Facebook page Sunday were greeted with a photo of a young man licking a stack of shells.
It's not clear whether the saliva-coated shells were doled out to customers, but Taco Bell and the employee's Facebook friends believe they were trashed.
"When we learned of the situation we immediately contacted this restaurant's leadership and although we believe it is a prank and the food was not served to customers, we are conducting a full-scale investigation and will be taking swift action against those involved," Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch said.
The young man tagged in the picture, Nicholas Kauffman of Ridgecrest, Calif., didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Commenters who claim to know Kauffman said he no longer works at Taco Bell and the shells were expired and headed for the garbage.
This is one of the reasons I eat at home.
What does FB stand for? Felony Bonehead.
I suspect those were end of business leftovers and served bit thrown out.
Day old shells do not taste good.
Raise that young man’s minimum wage!
One of my first jobs was at a Taco Bell, late 70’s or so.
Back then they use good fresh food for their ingredients.
Don’t know about now, but they did back then.
Like I needed reasons NOT to eat at “Alpo Bell”.
Yes, the kitchen at home as the best chances of being the cleanest.
First “Pink Slime” now THIS!
Yet another reason to avoid Taco Hell.
We did a couple of times, but we quickly figured out it was chicken they were going to have to throw out, while we had to make the pizza fresh.
We started saying no thanks, and they stopped calling.
What I’d like to know is, how did a bonehead picture like this ever get on the official FB site? Seems if they allowed this to go up that just about *anything* could be put there.
Someone, or several someones, in Marketing at Taco Bell need to lose their jobs over this.
At least it wasn’t the new Doritos Taco Shells. Love those things. : )
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