Most civilians expect a stop at their local fast-food restaurant to be rather uneventful and quite mundane; however, recent events at various fast-food locales across the country prove that customers can sometimes look forward to some rather strange, and even dangerous, encounters. Picking up your order of burgers and fries may turn into a situation of life or death.

According to the Huffington Post, a recent case of fast-food drama involved 30-year-old Jeremy Combs returning to a Taco Bell with a shot gun after discovering that the employees had forgotten to put hot sauce in his to-go bag. One can only guess what good the disgruntled Combs thought could come out of this. Then again, he probably wasn’t thinking much at all – which is to be expected when you come between a man and his hot sauce (note the hint of sarcasm, please). Fortunately, the Taco Bell employee who had the displeasure of coming across Combs with his shotgun jumped out of the drive-through window before Combs had the chance to hurt anyone (huffingtonpost.com). “[When I heard of the story], I just thought it was funny. The guy was obviously crazy,” said Senior Brian Mills.

This is not the lone recent case of madness at a Taco Bell. A customer of said restaurant fire-bombed the place, as he sent a Molotov cocktail flying towards the establishment. He cited the fact that they had not put enough meat in his XLChalupas as the reason for his extreme actions (huffingtonpost.com). Mills shared his own story of crazy Taco Bell antics: “This guy who went through a Taco Bell drive-through got really upset because he was refused service for walking through the drive-through. It’s always Taco Bell where this stuff happens.”

However, there have indeed been instances of insane behavior at various other fast-food establishments. According to Slate’s website, McDonald’s go-er Melodi Dushane punched out the drive-through window after she was informed that the restaurant did not sell Chicken Nuggets in the morning. Also, a Wendy’s employee working in the drive-through window was nearly assaulted by a man after she failed to tell him to “have a nice day” (slate.com).

Despite what feels like a spike in fast-food-related crimes, statistics actually show that the incidences of these crimes happening dropped between 2009 to 2010 (slate.com). Fewer and fewer disgruntled customers are showing up with loaded weapons (much to the satisfaction of fast-food restaurant employees nationwide). Regardless of these facts, it would be advisable for any UC High students working as cashiers to make sure that they do not forget their customer’s hot sauce – just to be safe.