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Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

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(Newser) – Four Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The worker asked them to repeat themselves, and they performed the song again, more slowly.

The manager then came outside and asked them to speak or leave. They left, but the manager wrote down their license plate number and called the police. All four were cited for disorderly conduct. “We thought they would kind of laugh about it,” said one of the boys. “The first time, we thought they didn’t get it.”

In this photo made on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 a  car moves the the drive through service behind the trademark golden arches of a McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh.
In this photo made on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 a car moves the the drive through service behind the trademark golden arches of a McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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The teens were trying to recreate this 2006 stunt.   (youtube.com)

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I'm a little stunned by everything. It's hard to believe that kids are getting citations for being silly, I guess. I think it's over the top. - Sharon Dauwalder, mother of one of the four boys

It was no different from anyone else who is running a business and has someone come in and disrupts that business. They just continued to keep doing the same thing over and over. - Police Sgt. Gregg Ludlow

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Yourself
Oct 30, 09 10:25 AM CDT
WTF? how and why is that disorderly conduct? they were imitating a McDonalds ad! This is pathetic and over use of police force. McDonalds gave them a choice to order or leave, so they did, it's not like they kept singing it at that point. Society pisses me off. Reply
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thudson
Oct 30, 09 10:29 AM CDT
agreed.
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myvoice
Oct 30, 09 1:44 PM CDT
its ironic.... getting in trouble for a joke with a company that has clown for a mascot!!!
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geneparmesan
Oct 30, 09 4:19 PM CDT
This is fucking ridiculous, plain and simple
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JonmarkP
Oct 30, 09 4:47 PM CDT
I hope they sue the living shit out of McDonalds,the manager, the City, and the individual cops involved for false arrest. I'd like to see ANY interpretation of disorderly conduct that includes rhyming a fast-food order. The police in this country are just out of control.
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