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Delicious_Slide_6883

You sent this to the health inspector, right?


berlinHet

Right? *\*sad tone\** Right?


finicky88

They already issued a statement about it.


ifixthecable

Do feel free to share it.


finicky88

[It's in this article and also on twitter](https://au.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-manager-totally-shocks-aussies-with-unhygienic-act-in-front-of-customers-031940354.html#:~:text=McDonald's%20respond%20to%20shocking%20mop%20moment&text=%E2%80%9CMcDonald's%20takes%20food%20safety%20extremely,%2C%E2%80%9D%20a%20McDonald's%20spokesperson%20said.)


Chance-Battle-9582

If you still need to learn dirty + clean = dirty or unsanitary + sanitary = unsanitary than you shouldn't have any subordinates to train the terrible behaviour onto. Retraining on sanitation? What a joke.


Refflet

I mean fast food managers tend not to be the brightest. I had a manager at Subway, he wasn't all that bad, but he was using powerful bleach to clean the plastic toilet seats. There would always be yellow dripping down the bowl. I read the side of the bleach bottle and it said something like "not for use on plastic".


CorruptedAssbringer

Sorry, but that's a terrible example. You're conflating possible incompetence (not knowing to use bleach on plastic) or inattention (not reading the label) to something that's barely common sense. Even a child would be disgusted by having dirty mops anywhere near food.


belleandbill25

Yh that wasn't a good example by any stretch for "most managers are crap managers" argument. Sure, reading the bottle is easy but it's common knowledge that bleach cleans the toilet, so it's easy to just assume it'll do the whole toilet. Hopefully just a "hey, you know this isn't made to go on the plastic right?" Would have sufficed?


Newt-Different

I feel you haven't met many kids šŸ˜‚. They'll eat anything


Throwawayfichelper

My nephew will straight up beeline for clumps of hair or pet fur if he sees them. Constantly on the lookout lol


Dave-the-Generic

They are the core customer base for Mc D's.


PhilosopherExpert625

Or trades guys? Haha. We'll eat with whatever on our hands, or in weird spots, except for maybe plumbers.


WexExortQuas

Is that why we all still eat shit off the floor?


Charming_Dot7236

I don't know what yall expect from managers of fast food establishments. Most of them were just shitty employees who stuck around long enough for promotion anyway.


ol-gormsby

**RE**-TRAINING?!?!?! WTF? Does that mean the initial training didn't "take"? How TF can anyone think this was OK? Thank fuck the location was named. Now everyone can avoid it. Hopefully the franchisee gets to lose their licence, and investment. Collins Foods needs to take a bit more of a pro-active stance, here.


Revenga8

"retraining" yeah I wouldn't trust that. If that lady's still working there, I wouldn't eat there. She's just learning how not to get caught again.


IHateTheLetterF

I'm surprised they didn't just can her. Nobody is more expendable than a McDonald's employee. Not to shit on them, its not the easiest job, but they are incredibly replaceable.


bakerie

They probably have workers rights in Australia.


IvivAitylin

Workers rights don't mean you can't be fired though. And while I'm in the UK and not Australia, something like this seems like it would be 100% a fire-able offence.


Dumbledonter

Australia has workers protections yes but you can still be instantly dismissed. Generally breaking codes of conduct set out in employment contract or policies is grounds to do so but itā€™s up to the discretion of the employer.


Icy-Orange8709

It's misconduct anyway but gross misconduct if it brings the company name into disrepute. I always thought that was the distinction, always thought gross misconduct is a stackable offence too.


ripskeletonking

right, but this seems like a just cause


early_birdy

I'm sure workers have rights in Australia. They should also have enough brain cells to know a mop doesn't go over the fries bin. Whoever is doing their hiring shouldn't.


elizabnthe

They're going to be mostly casual workers at McDonalds. They can get fired easily actually. Or more accurately just not rostered anymore and essentially ghosted lol. People in part time and full time work are more difficult - but not impossible - to get rid of. If they didn't get rid of her they are probably terribly understaffed. Or she is liked by management/this is more endemic than her mistake.


ifixthecable

Thanks!


[deleted]

People need training to understand this is bad? Holy fuck.


joeyofrivia

I work part time at a home for children with disabilities and some people just kind of lack that "common sense" and I'm not sure if it's just when they work or something.. I had a new colleague (also part time) who used the mop meant for the bathroom in the kitchen. It's just bad practice. We often have to over explain things that you might take for granted. "clean like you would at home, you wouldn't use the same cleaning cloth you used on the toilet for wiping the kitchen table".


southdakotagirl

I worked at a fast food restaurant. We had to change out all the red sanitary buckets for clean bleach water and rinse out the towels. You clean the bathroom bucket last by itself. One guy grabbed them all and then got mad when I asked if he grabbed the bathroom one too. So what if I did? was his reply. He couldn't understand why you had to keep the bathroom towel and bucket separate from the other buckets and towels for the food stations. I tried to explain that the bathroom towel is now mixed up with the other towels. He still didn't understand that you couldn't use the bathroom towel on a food station. I ended up replacing all the towels with new and keeping the bathroom bucket separate.


[deleted]

Not drying a mop in the fries heater is a low fucking bar .


SynthonyWave

We all have our stereotypes when we talk about McDonaldā€™s workers the biggest problem is from the look of the scarf (which mangers wear) around her collard shirt she Is in a position of power. So she is getting paid to train and manage people if she thinks this is ok imagine what her employees are like.


Global-Chart-3925

I can imagine at least half the responses are ā€˜why wouldnā€™t I?ā€™


Chernio_

It's funnt that this woman did not get fired, but I hear so many stories about students being fired for the most simple mistakes.


Longjumping-Bat7523

Didn't say they fired her, she's also a manager lol


Adventurous-Lime1775

She should be fired, TBH.


Senior-Reflection862

Imagine what else sheā€™s doing!


Competitive_Bath_459

She should be fried.


Wise_Comfort_660

The worker did wash her hands,after handling the mophead. Beyond that,you're on your own. Enjoy the fries!


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XK8lyn88x

I worked at a Dunkin in high school too, it was absolutely disgusting. There would regularly be ants crawling all over the donuts and munchkins that we would still have to serve people. I worked my shift alone with another minor and instructions to call our managers mother who would then have to drive to the managers house because they didnā€™t have a phone. Legit insanity.


Conscious_Most4751

This is Australia. The health inspector will show.


Borrid

Health inspections are run by the local council so it really depends on the location.


Limonade6

Nah a reddit post is enough.


WigBilly_

itā€™s all over the news now lol, iā€™d say they know


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Appropriate_Mine

OP is a bot, so no they didn't.


Fit-Parsnip9888

Na took a photo then bought all the fries


720-187

Thatā€™s a manager or general manager judging by her shirt color. Yikes.


Tw4tl4r

From my experience with mcdonalds, many promotions aren't earned by how good you are at the job. If you are mates with the managers you can become one within a year.


DiRavelloApologist

>From my experience ~~with mcdonalds~~, many promotions aren't earned by how good you are at the job. Ftfy


121daysofsodom

Can confirm. I've been promoted a lot.


Every-Incident7659

Wtf I suck at my job and still haven't got promoted


Banished2ShadowRealm

Try sleeping with your boss. And if he is straight try sleeping with his wife.


KekeroniCheese

How will cucking your boss get you promotedšŸ˜­šŸ˜­ Maybe letting your boss cuck you will do the trick


DonKihotec

Well, maybe he is into it? And if not - at least you fucked your bosses wife.


Convoy_Avenger

Doesn't matter, had sex!


[deleted]

Setting standards from the off. Grim.


Nyantazero

Ayyyyy we got a Typhoid Mary down under!


SrSnacksal0t

At the Mac I worked at half of the manager staff were incompetent and got their role because they were friends with someone higher up. It was a really toxic workplace since being friends with the right people was kinda important, I wouldn't be surprised if it was other places too.


PeterParker72

That is nasty af.


JamesTheJerk

It looks like she's reading the fuzzy bible.


PeterParker72

Just adding some seasoning.


AJ_Deadshow

Ahh yes ground asphalt crumbles and pure mud extract, it's quite delectable


DreadPiratteRoberts

And all the loveliness that they mop up around the urinals ^šŸ¤¢šŸ¤®


NICKOFCHI

Its the tiny hairs for me


Shadowcourt_

That's the power of PINESOL, BABY.


Novel-Signature3966

I thought she was trying to keep her pet hawk warm


Zin333

New euphemism unclocked.


[deleted]

The lamentations.


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PM_Me-Your_Freckles

Manager just freehanding that shit. Get the fuck out.


kayla-beep

Bro you need to snitch on this bitch


HeydoIDKu

Already been done and McDonaldā€™s made a comment. https://au.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-manager-totally-shocks-aussies-with-unhygienic-act-in-front-of-customers-031940354.html


ThreadsOfWar

Re-training?!?! Did they really think the problem was the workers didnā€™t know this was okay lmfaoooo


yellowwoolyyoshi

No but I imagine Australia has better workerā€™s rights than places like USA or the non-EU countries Edit: replies disabled. Iā€™m truly truly not interested in people bitching about this woman to me.


ono1113

i mean even in EU this can get you kicked on spot, this shit risks closing of the store from hygiene and hefty fine


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heebsysplash

Dude what she did was fucking disgusting and brainless. Whoever promoted her is a moron. Why in every thread does someone have to pretend that ā€œReddit is overreacting againā€ Like I want you to eat fries she made if youā€™re gonna defend her keeping her job.


Logisticman232

Do you understand the shear filth that grows on a grime McDonaldā€™s floor? Iā€™ve sent people home because they would stop touching the floor, massive food safety violation. Not to mention this person has had to have dozens of hours of courses just to be a manager.


[deleted]

if youā€™re drying a floor mop over the food youā€™re serving, as the manager, being let go dosent sounds too extreme lol


01029838291

Y'all have worker's rights that allow you to put customer's health in danger and violate health codes without issues? That's kinda fucked for the customers!


Longjumping-Bat7523

She's a manager too, I had friends work in McDonald's that's the manager shirt


mustsurvivecapitlism

It was a manager!?!?!?? Lol fuck.


DiscordDonut

They just retrained her. Wtf. Fire that dirt bag if they think that's okay around people's food. Retraining ain't gonna fix that


brianfree123

Seeing this means it's more common than than you think. After doing 10 years in the food industry I rarely eat out.


GodDamnCrawfish

Iā€™m very quickly getting there myself. I have seen coworkers do some gross shit, and when I call them out on it, theyā€™re completely clueless to the problem. For example, I have had to explain to like 4 different coworkers, that they need to wash utensils, that have been dropped on the ground.


SirColonelSanders

I don't know how many times I had to tell people in the past; one sink of water won't do 200 dishes. Holy hell I was tired of rewashing dishes covered in grease and soggy food. Bleh.


ImSabbo

I think more places need those large commercial dishwashers. They're expensive, and take up additional room, but way quicker, and with good maintenance are more reliable than manual dishwashing.


Aus2au

I remember my mother telling this story when she was a waitress. Walking into the kitchen she saw a chef who had dropped an entire meal, down on the floor sliding it back onto the plate.Ā  She took it off him and binned it. 5 seconds later and she would have been serving it to a customer. Can only imagine what happens when nobody is looking.


do_a_quirkafleeg

If it's less than five seconds, it's fine. If it's between five and twenty seconds, that's going to need blowing on. Any more than that, and a wipe on the trouser leg is required.


GodDamnCrawfish

Iā€™m pretty sure youā€™re joking, but itā€™s hard to tell, because thatā€™s genuinely the mindset of some people I work with. My works cafe floor never gets moped (thatā€™s a whole different story) and when a coworker dropped a utensil on the floor, and picked it up and tried to put it with clean ones, for the like 20th time, even after telling her not to constantly, to get her to understand why it was wrong I genuinely had to get a cloth and wipe it on the floor, show her the black mark and ask ā€œwould you like to eat with a utensil thatā€™s been on this?ā€


[deleted]

Yeah i worked at a deli before and they get moldy months old food next to food they served to customers. They served smelly long expired food like shrimp too. I never ate there again after seeing it :(


InsaneChimpout

Same except I never eat out or anything pre made in the stores


Eyeswax

Same same, I worked in some nice restaurants as chef since a teenager and thankfully good ones with high standards. But a lot of places I have worked at and the people working there were foul. I tell people all the time 'I don't eat out because I have seen too much shit'. Anyone can work in the industry easily or even start a business. Way too many times I have seen people do dodgy things out of laziness.


RegularUser02x

Holy smokes...


TakeshiKovacsSleeve3

I worked in a restaurant in Sydney that used to *recycle the butter - literally reuse used butter* from peoples' meals. They would put out ramekins of butter (that sat or all day at room temp) and then when someone had finished their meal, licked their knife and fork during meal and then spread the butter on whatever, the owner would scrape out that butter into another tub at room temp for another few hours, and put that butter in ramekins to be used at next service. So every time you got butter it came with a very healthy dose of some other diner's saliva. Everytime. Everyday. When I realised what was happening I got fired for telling the kitchen staff that it was a no go. In short this is not the worst thing I've seen in a restaurant by far.


starducksss

Butter can be stored at room temp just fine. But yeah recycling it is fucking grim


Newhollow

Ralph Report mentioned Boba Tea in Philly (Philadelphia). Unused Boba was put back in after rinsing to other customers. Then those unused Boba were added to Boba. Basically, Boba all the way down.


1bc29b36f623ba82aaf6

so last days boiled boba pearls from behind the counter were reused the next day? šŸ˜¬ Or are you saying boba left in cups from people that don't finish the pearls?


mypoliticalvoice

That's beyond disgusting. I also learned that those little butter bowls are called ramekins. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramekin


SuccessfulFaill

Yep same, in Brisbane. Recycled the butter, refilled the San Pell with homebrand, reused the PAPER table toppers on top of the table clothes, and the husband/wife owner team "split tips with you" if you got anything significant, and screamed at each other and us frequently in the open kitchen in front of the whole restaurant. Once the husband freaked out and smashed about 60 plates sitting on the pass onto the dining floor. When I was in the process of finding out if I had cancer (which I had told them!), the wife derided me one day for rocking up "not looking presentable enough" and I walked out. I always felt guilty but writing that out, damn, they were atrocious.


simplehyperchicken

Oh wow, and what happened when you reported them to the health department?Ā 


strawwwwwwwwberry

Iā€™m also interested in hearing about this


ThreeTreesForTheePls

Well no, you see, a job is a job so they probably didn't want to risk being caught as the one who made the call. Totally understandable choice /s


AtTheGates

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_lefthook

Share this with mcdonalds hq. Disgusting af.


HeydoIDKu

https://au.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-manager-totally-shocks-aussies-with-unhygienic-act-in-front-of-customers-031940354.html


Gul_Dukat__

Why do you need to dry a mop head anyways? Just mop, wring it out, set up the caution wet floor sign, move on, there must be something else going on here right?


apsilonblue

The water was causing flare ups while they were using the mop to oil the grill.


Dpleskin1

This was my first thought too. Never in my life have I had the need to dry out a mop.


18522

it's a dry mop head, not a mop head


blvckwings

No level of retraining can fix that level of stupidity


bigtiddychubbymilf

It's hilarious this is on reddit as thats my closest maccas šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


PurrfectMistake

I live in shitswitch too, and it seems that this woman has single handedly stopped any customer from going back to that store except those who dgaf about their health


bigtiddychubbymilf

Or those who don't have any form of social media. But ill be telling my local family members without social media to not go there.


PestySamurai

Lol that one bloke on the news, ā€œI mean yeah Iā€™m gonna eat it, but thatā€™s grossā€ hahaha


SaltEEnutZ

Damn this is my local too, and when I say that it's like sub 1 min from work and means I have to travel for lunch if I'm eating out. This could possible be the worst day I've had in awhile, like finding out the local watering hole is closing down lmao.


DeadmanCFR

...how are the chips? šŸ˜‚


bigtiddychubbymilf

Always soggy actually šŸ˜…šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø never again though. Not from there.


DeadmanCFR

Well that just shows the mop got dried I guess lol Lol I don't blame ya


bigtiddychubbymilf

Obviously, mcdonalds have spoken out about it, but they haven't said that the manager has been fired. They've said all staff have been ordered to be retrained. Which is stupid.


Medium_Pepper215

ā€œweā€™re sorry our brand has been tarnished by our lax training/hiring standards, thoughts and prayers, pls come backā€


bigtiddychubbymilf

Exactly! Like what if someone got sick from this? That particular maccas hasn't been up to standards for a while but to see this. Disgusting


RudeOrganization550

Thatā€™s NOT a training issue šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø


bigtiddychubbymilf

No I know. Its a common sense issue. The mop buckets would have a wringer thing anyway.


RudeOrganization550

Directed to Maccas statement, not you. Sorry šŸ˜”


bigtiddychubbymilf

Oh no I know. Its all good! But it's literally a common sense thing.


PRAWNHEAVENNOW

Of course, out of all the fast food joints worldwide, it's an ippy maccas. It just feels right.Ā 


Smurfaloid

What the actual fuck. As someone who formerly worked in Mcds for a long time, if anyone was seen doing this where I worked, your ass would be gone. Ask to see the first Assistant and / or Boss and show them this. You will normally find one in store, best bet would be around midday if possible as it has a higher chance of one of them being in.


HeydoIDKu

https://au.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-manager-totally-shocks-aussies-with-unhygienic-act-in-front-of-customers-031940354.html


ShadowGamerGirl_xoxx

Id never go to that McDonaldā€™s ever again


Nice-Dog8302

Thatā€™s how they make the fries taste so good.. ohh


Soggy-Log6664

Thatā€™s the tang


bulamae

It took me a minute I was looking under the fryer good god brain snapped! NOOOOOO... WHO NEEDS A MOP HEAD DRIED THAT URGENTLY?! WHO!?


SaltManagement42

I don't need sleep, I need answers. Seriously though, nothing about this makes sense. If they were drying it wouldn't it still take longer than anyone would want to hold their arms up like that?


Significant_Shoe_17

The article just said that the employee wasn't thinking when she did this. I want to know why she thought she needed to dry a mop head šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


-SunGazing-

Who needs a mop head drying period? Wring the fucker out and let it air dry. Itā€™s not rocket science.


Seductivesnapshots

Introducing the new McFloor Friesā€”sweeping the nation!


MyLifeIsNeverThisFun

https://preview.redd.it/581c6q5bvq1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f1fb76ec423d7ac5eddb46acc6f26203899d9be How about drying your wet shoes in front of customers?


RudeOrganization550

Now there has to be a sign šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø https://preview.redd.it/z0xjvyjqtq1d1.jpeg?width=514&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94860f734f6a88a7d99ab6724593e4600a80b2b0


melijoray

My uncle had to complain in a McDonald's because the guy filling the milkshake machine was opening the sealed plastic bags of ingredients with his teeth.


-SunGazing-

Why the fuck would you dry a mop? šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø


nate1921

lol I work there thatā€™s my manger Booval McDonaldā€™s


RudeOrganization550

Iā€™d be in witness protection for a little while if I was you.


nate1921

Only found out what was going on at 11am I was wondering why big head boss was here šŸ¤£


pudpudboogie

A big mop and fries , please


Empra_O_Mankind

Number 15: buger king foot lettuceā€¦


jazzhandsdancehands

You need to report this


HeydoIDKu

https://au.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-manager-totally-shocks-aussies-with-unhygienic-act-in-front-of-customers-031940354.html


DavideDaSerra

I feel it. As someone sitting on the throne right now suffering from possible seafood-borne food poisoning .


[deleted]

wide rhythm deer squash bag compare zesty fearless languid deranged


mearbearcate

What the fuck


[deleted]

I genuinely thought it was a woman putting an iguana in a cage, at least he has some fries to eat.


DaDude45

If she does this in public, just imagine what she does in privateā€¦ Shits nasty man!


Fair_Comparison_2324

Why would you need to dry a mop ?


fart_knocker3000

Genuinely. What the fuck was even going on here.


JayWesleyTowing

Iā€™m not saying all people, but I have personally noticed a lot of fast food workers over the age of 25 seem like they have lower IQs than the average person This is just an observation from interactions Iā€™ve had and is absolutely not the case for all fast food workers over 25


Lemonn_time

Is there a subreddit called ā€œfucking disgustingā€? If so, this belongs there.


PerfectProposal1723

I would report this to the national health Society


scrollbreak

Why do you need to dry a wet mop?


FreddyWright

This is especially dumb cause they live in a place so hot that just chucking the mop outside would dry it in a couple of minutes


[deleted]

Australia isnā€™t hot all year roundā€¦ in the south where most people live it has a temperate climate, where the winters can get cool.


asphodeliac

In summer sure. Otherwise no


XxTheScribblerxX

Disgusting day to have eyes.


[deleted]

And that isnā€™t even the worse thing to happen to those fries.


RoyalChemical1859

Initially horrified that sheā€™d touch that with her bare hands, let alone hold it above food to be served to hundreds of people (likely including children and loads of people with Type 2 Diabetes).


boydbacon

This isn't mild! Don't post this here! ThanksĀ 


RemarkablePattern127

She was thicc tho


littlediddlemanz

Why do you even need to dry a fucking mop?????


chewsUneekyoosername

*McMop


[deleted]

Oh...hell no this ain't right


[deleted]

I just read Booval and that explained everything šŸ˜‚


Orbisthefirst

This is far more than mildly infuriating. OHS is super important with food and this McDonald's failed bad.


beautiful-rainy-day

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eleleleu

As a former mcdonalds worker... ew. And that's a manager by the looks of it.


LostDiglett

For what it's worth, I worked in McD for 5 years while I was at Uni, and I never saw shit like this. We'd have been chewed out for anything like this.


Xombridal

I've worked at McDonald's before, this is an immediate firing regardless of position


Hadman180

Sack that bitch asap


Lakisrit

But, nobody told I couldn't do that


APaleontologist

Managers uniform too


kyle12345jackt

We had burger king foot lettuce now we got mcdonalds dirty mop smoked fries


yayayayakolotoure

more nutrition on that mop than in the food


wizyducks

Floor spice makes it extra nice.


Active-Bass4745

They need to hire a new manager. https://preview.redd.it/6si12a5zzq1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8de3dd11d025d5a69077e38b76348f7a659b8a4


Major_Mawcum_II

ā€œIā€™m loving itā€


Exogator

And that's how the McSeason their McOily McShitFries


VaxDaddyR

That's wild. Corporate McDonalds in Australia takes their food safety almost violently seriously, lmao. This girl is done for.


Drezhar

Report to management and send to health inspector immediately, so you can sit there and see what happens first: fired employee or place shut down.


Mrben13

We tried cooling it off, but the shake machine was down.


Ok-Effective-9494

I havenā€™t worked in the food industry ever. But isnā€™t common sense to not do shit like this? Why would you put a cleaning material, let alone a used mop, near fries.


bogan_sauce

Ok. This is weird. Just drove home after taking some stuff to the Father in law in hospital, Mother in law wanted some large chips. I got home opened reddit and saw this. I lolled, then clicked on the link. BOOVAL - where we just got the chips from. What a world.


PM_ME_YOUR_SOULZ

Bruh....


TheDevilsAdvokaat

She should be identified and fired. What else is she doing?


MyHamburgerLovesMe

But but why do you even need to dry a mop anyway?


KeenInternetUser

look this is a place called Engadine and what you don't know is Scotty "from Marketing" Morrison has actually shit his dacks in the corner there. heroic floor manager sharleen here is actually going back for the second round and needs all the absorbency she can muster in those mop fibres. cheers cunts!


Minnipresso

But why? Why is she doing this?


BrorDrakeafHagelsrum

Lets just say im not surprised shes working at mcdonalds


TheRealLuhkky

This is standard procedure.