McDonald’s Security Guard Sacked After Mopping Where Homeless Man Was Sitting

A McDonald’s security guard has been sacked after footage showed him cleaning the pavement where a homeless guy was sitting.

The video, taken in Victoria Street in Central London on Saturday night, shows the water seeping under the homeless man’s sleeping bag and duvet.

He’d been sitting with the bedding outside a Nationwide bank, next door to the McDonald’s when the guard began mopping in front of both businesses.

At one point the guard was seen booting the bedding out of the way, as the man was heard saying ‘Leave me alone’.

Another security guard tries to prevent the person filming the incident, to which he responds: ‘I’m allowed to film. This is outrageous behaviour.

‘You have to admit that is outrageous behaviour. You’ve covered his sleeping bag! That’s wrong and you know that.’

Other witnesses could also be heard defending the homeless man.

Damon Evans, who posted the footage on X (formerly Twitter), tagged McDonald’s and asked: ‘Do you think it is acceptable for your staff to soak the sleeping bags of homeless people in the middle of winter (or any other time of the year)?

‘Disgusting behaviour. He wasn’t even outside your premises.’

McDonald’s UK initially responded on X saying: ‘Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It is not one of our employees but a third-party security guard.’

The fast food chain later posted: ‘We are shocked and saddened by this incident.

‘The third-party security guards involved have been permanently removed from our restaurants and the restaurant team has been reminded of the importance of treating all people with respect, including vulnerable people both in the restaurant and within the wider community.

‘We would like to wholeheartedly apologise to the gentleman in the video and will work with the council to locate him and make amends as part of our ongoing work to support homelessness charities in and around the area.’

To be honest I don’t believe I’ve ever met a friendly and intelligent security guard. Perhaps someone out there can shed some light on what happens?

The security guard was in the wrong. He should have just left the homeless man alone and then should have gone and mopped up someplace else. Anyway, when did it become a security guard’s job to clean up outside McDonald’s? That’s a cleaner’s job.

Perhaps he should have a job mopping up Parliament, with a bit of antiseptic on the Tory side.

It appears that no one gives a damn about the homeless now, and this guard in particular was completely devoid of humanity.

Being homeless can happen to any one of us at any time given the current economic crisis. Anybody could lose their job for any reason, then give it a few months and you wouldn’t be able to pay your bills anymore and could even end up on the streets.

This security guard was evil. He soaked this homeless man’s bedding. It’s freezing outside and once soaked this homeless person had no way to dry it, and it could have been enough to kill the poor man from hypothermia.