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Man Claims He’s Now Suspended Without Pay For Recording Viral Video Showing Rat Infestation At D.C.-Area Popeyes

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chile&comma; while you&&num;8217&semi;re out here asking for a number 3 spicy and a jalapeño from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;popeyes&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post">Popeyes<&sol;a>&comma; it looks like rodents are doing the same&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Ricardo Land recorded a TikTok video showing multiple rats crawling around a DC Popeyes and it has since gone viral&period; Because of his actions&comma; he now says he has been suspended without pay&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Creating a GoFundMe account&comma; he explains he’s a father of five and needs to take care of his family&period; Ricardo wrote&comma;” <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">I have been suspended from my job due to exposure of the Popeyes franchise due to a swarm of rats in the place&lbrack;&period;&rsqb;” Land continued to say&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;i have a family of 5 and due to this incident my family will be hurt by my employer&lbrack;&period;&lbrack;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; Initially requesting &dollar;10&comma;000&comma; he has now raised nearly &dollar;20&comma;000&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Since the viral video&comma; the Popeyes has been shut down&comma; according to an email&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Popeyes has also released a statement and said&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Food safety and cleanliness is a top priority at Popeyes&comma;” the company said in a statement&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This restaurant has been temporarily closed&comma; and the Franchisee who owns and operates this location is taking the appropriate steps to address the issue&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It’s also reported that the restaurant received 17 violations in October&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;including rat droppings outside near the grease bin&comma; openings in the kitchen ceiling and water pooled in the walk-in fridge&comma; dishwashing area and manager’s office&comma;” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;i-have-been-suspended-due-to-popeyes-exposure&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;p&lowbar;cp&plus;share-sheet&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;copy&lowbar;link&lowbar;all&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;customer">Black Enterprise reports<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking of Popeyes&comma; Megan Thee Stallion and the fast-food company just partner to introduce a new sauce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It looks like Megan Thee Stallion is in her bag once again&comma; this time she is teaming up with the fast-food franchise Popeyes&comma; to drop her very own sauce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two announced her very own &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hottie Sauce&comma;” which customers will be able to add to their orders starting on October 19th&period; According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;yahoo&period;com&sol;entertainment&sol;megan-thee-stallion-teams-popeyes-143542931&period;html">Yahoo<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the sauce is described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a sweet and bold sauce with a hint of spice&comma; inspired by Megan’s sassy personality&comma;” and includes honey&comma; cider vinegar&comma; and Aleppo pepper&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roomies&comma; what do you think of this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"80508" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;man-claims-hes-now-suspended-without-pay-for-recording-viral-video-showing-rat-infestation-at-d-c-area-popeyes&sol;" data-secure&equals;"6042cd2d6f"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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