In 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: “This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King.” It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.

4Chan Outs Burger King Employee Who Put His Feet in Lettuce

This picture was uploaded anonymously Monday on 4chan, proclaiming, “This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King.”

These Burger King employees might be good at balancing themselves on buckets of vegetation, but they’re not very good at removing Exif data from their photos. The denizens of 4chan were quick to notice, and the lettuce-stepper was fired they very next day.

The original post went live on July 16 at 11:38 p.m.

At 11:47 p.m., another 4chan user noted that the photo’s Exif data pointed to Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

At 11:50 p.m., just 12 minutes later, someone posted the address of the Burger King branch in which the lettuce-stepping occurred, wishing the OP a happy unemployment.

At 11:55 p.m., someone contacted the… Continue Reading (2 minute read)