Teens ticketed for rapping McDonalds order

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AMERICAN FORK, Utah — A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city.

The teens were cited by American Fork police earlier this week for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through.

The teens said they were imitating a popular video on YouTube. They rapped their order, which begins with, "I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce ..." once quickly before repeating it more slowly.

Spenser Dauwalder said employees at the restaurant told him and his friends they were holding up the line and needed to order or leave.

The 18-year-old said nobody was in line. He and his three 17-year-old friends left without buying anything.

American Fork Police Sgt. Gregg Ludlow says a manager wrote down the car's license plate number and called police. The teens were later cited by officers at a high school parking lot outside a volleyball match.

"We thought, you know, just teenagers out having fun," Dauwalder told KSL Newsradio. "We didn't think it would escalate to that."

Disorderly conduct citations are issued when someone does something to cause annoyance or alarm, Ludlow said. The citation is an infraction similar to a speeding ticket, Ludlow said.

"It was not just that they were rapping, they continued to hold things up," Ludlow said.

Ludlow said the teens were asked several times to speak plainly and that ultimately the manager came outside.

The owner-operator of the American Fork McDonald's said in a statement that the issue was about employees' safety.

"The employee in question felt that her safety was at risk as a result of the alleged actions of these individuals in the drive-thru, not as a result of them rapping their order," franchisee Conny Kramer said in the statement. "As such, she contacted the local authorities."

But Sharon Dauwalder, Spenser's mother, said they will fight it nonetheless.

"We have to," she told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The citation is there."http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570450,00.html?test=latestnews

I would hate to be a teenager today. This would have been slightly legendary when I was growing up and the worst thing that would have happened is they might MIGHT have given us a hard time. Most likely, though, the whole thing would probably have brought the house down.
Then again, it was Utah and I guess teens rapping is kind of scary to all the Mormons.

[misrule]

Seriously?! They should be fined for wasting police time. God, by the sounds of things we would have been locked away if we tried some of our fast-food shenanigans today!!

[blissfullyunaware]

how stupid, the police should be fined for this bull shit

[McJag]

This seems an over reaction,at least!

[JadeStar70]

Good grief!!! Just a stupid kid prank,.....they didn't hurt anyone, just annoyed the staff a little. This country is WAY over sensitive anymore and WAY to PC.

[celeb_2006]

Well I'm glad! I'm tired of people imitating what they saw on youtube thinking it's hip, cute, and clever.

The employee asked them repeatedly to speak plainly. Maybe at that point they should have gotten a clue?

This internet generation, sheesh.

Mua ha ha ha!!!

[gas_chick]

Jeez I'm sure it was an annoyance to the teenager manning the drive thru window but to call the cops.

[Grimmlok]

Geez. I would be in Guantanamo Bay if i did drive by pelting of timbits at people like i did when i was a teen..

[MontanaMama]

This puts all the 911 calls because they didn't super-size the fries in perspective. Must be an awfully quiet town for the cops not to laugh their asses off at McDonalds.

[bellini]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

Geez. I would be in Guantanamo Bay if i did drive by pelting of timbits at people like i did when i was a teen..

What are timbits? Or do I want to know?

[Quazar]

And they're wasting time on this crap while some real crime is happening...

[twitchy2.0]

Originally Posted by bellini

What are timbits? Or do I want to know?

Small round doughnuts about an inch and a half in diameter.

[Grimmlok]

otherwise known as donut holes

[MoodyJenny86]

One time my room mate and I decided to go to Burger King to satisfy our munchy craving- we had a friend working the drive-thru who always hooked us up with free food. We were high as fuck and were going to have him come out and smoke with us before we went back home, so when we get up to order my room mate (who is loud and obnoxious when high/drunk) shouts "Hey f*****, when's your next smoke break? I got a fattie with your name on it!" ...yeaaah turns out we were so high that we failed to realize he had the day off and was probably at home sleeping. The manager ended up coming out and ran us out...lucky he didn't call the cops!

[RevellingInSane]

Utah? No surprise there.