Here’s a strange news story about an Assistant Manager at McDonalds who basically abused one of her female employees because someone on the phone told her to do it. The person on the phone was pretending to be a cop, and said that the girl employee had stolen something from a customer.
This reminds me of Milgram’s Study of Obedience where people administered shocks to test subjects because someone in a uniform was giving the orders. Some people just can’t say no to an authority figure. I think I’m just gonna dress like Optimus Prime and yell at people to get outta my way when I want to get to the front of a crowded bar and order a drink.
“I need 3 Labatt Blue… ASAP!! Transform and roll out!!”
That’s insane, I just happened to catch that on Primetime this week. Some people are absolute tools.
That is so monumentally fucked-up, while still being uncomfortably understandable. The most chilling part is that this perversity was committed multiple times. Even more worrisome is the possiblity that others, intrigued by the ease of making others obey, will copy cat this insanity after watching this broadcast. Bizarre. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Mike.