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A woman's large McDonald's order that she placed in the restaurant's drive-thru has sparked a debate, as seen in a now-viral video.
Posted by the account @fashionpass, the video amassed more than 1 million views as it shows an employee ordering 150 McFlurries at the request of her boss.
While most viewers were shocked, others insinuated that they would have quit if they were faced with such an order.
An article published by Nation's Restaurant News in January 2022 reported that although people are quitting in large numbers, hiring has not seen a significant uptick in response.
Data collected by Statista in July 2021 found that some of the most common reasons restaurant workers left their jobs included low wages and tips, concerns about COVID-19 safety, and hostility or harassment from fellow co-workers.
In the video, messages were shown between two employees, with one confirming that they would order the 150 McFlurries.
"When your boss says to go get 150 McFlurries," the text over the video read. "You go get 150 McFlurries."
In another clip featured in the video, the confirmed order flashed up on the drive-thru's screen, along with the $593.70 total to be paid.
A brief video clip showing the two full boxes that contained the McFlurries concluded the TikTok.
Viewers took their thoughts about the order to the comments section.
"And the fact that you did this in the drive thru is bold," a viewer wrote.
"Me complaining at 10-15 in one order in this heat, I'd walk out if that was my store," another viewer commented.
"So YOU'RE the person that's breaking the ice cream machine?!!" one viewer joked.
Many asked why the order was not placed ahead of time and suggested that they should have called ahead to place the order.
"Girl you should have called ahead that's insane to make them do that through the [drive-thru] at short notice," one viewer wrote.
However, @fashionpass clarified that they did not expect the order to be made on the spot.
"We had to order in [the drive-thru] and come back two hours later," they wrote in the comments section. "We also picked these up throughout the day and got to celebrate all July birthdays."
Newsweek reached out to @fashionpass for comment.
This is not the first time a large order that was placed at McDonald's went viral.
A viral TikTok video showed a large order that required 45 minutes to prepare, but it sat in the restaurant because there were no drivers who wanted to deliver it to the customer.
Another video featured a McDonald's employee who claimed that she prepared a 6,400-item order, which took about 45 minutes to prepare.
One video that showed a grocery store order through Instacart, which included 115 items, sparked a debate among commenters.
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