Burger King said Tuesday it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a utility sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page.
The nearly four-minute video, which was posted online Thursday, shows the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. In the video, shot by another worker, the employee refers to himself only as “Mr. Unstable” and appears to be naked.
Timothy Tackett, 25, told WDTN-TV in Dayton that he is the sink-bather and that he made the video for his MySpace page. The video had been removed by Tuesday night. Tackett said he regretted taking the bath because it led to the firing of the employee who did the recording, as well as the restaurant’s shift manager.
Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said earlier Tuesday that two employees involved in the incident were fired and a third quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath quit or was fired.
Tackett said he was fired.
A message left by The Associated Press for a Timothy Tackett in Centerburg was not immediately returned.
Greene County Health Commissioner Mark McDonnell said he dispatched an inspector to the restaurant, but workers had already sterilised the sink, which is used to clean large pieces of equipment.
译文:
生日泡澡风波
美国快餐连锁店汉堡王于本周二公布已经解雇了一名在厨房洗碗槽里洗泡泡澡，并由另外一名员工录下了他洗澡的过程。最后录像还传上了社交网Myspace网页。
这个将近4分钟的录像于周四传上了网，记录了那个员工以洗澡的方式来庆祝生日。另外负责录像的员工说那名员工当时全身赤裸，并自称自己为“动荡先生”。
25岁的蒂莫西·塔克特在戴顿市接受WDTN-TV采访时说，他就是那个泡澡人，同时还承认该录像是他为自己的MySpace网页录制。录像在周二晚已经被删除。塔克特说后悔自己洗了澡，因为这导致了录制自己洗澡的员工被解雇，同时也导致了饭馆经理的离职。
汉堡王快餐店的代言人丹妮丝·理查兹说，早在周二以前牵涉其中的两位员工已经被革职，经理也已经辞职。她拒绝证实两位员工的身份，对那个男人是否因为洗了澡而被开除也拒绝发表看法。
塔克特说他确实被开除。
美联社给在森特堡的塔克特留下一条信息，但没有立刻得到回复。
格林郡健康委员会委员马克·麦克唐纳说，他已经派遣了一名检察官到那个快餐店视察，但发现饭馆的员工已经对“事发地点”----水池进行了消毒，现在次水池用来清洁快餐店的设备的零部件。