Homeless man left in tears after ‘McDonald’s worker poured Coke over his head’ outside fast-food restaurant

A McDonald’s worker allegedly poured Coca-Cola over a homeless man leaving him in tears.

Les was sitting outside the fast-food restaurant when an employee allegedly threw two cups of the drink over him.

One woman was so shocked by the incident that she set-up a GoFundMe page for the man and has met him this week to hand over the first lot of donations, the Mirror reports.

‘I’m going to start crying’

Beth said: “He literally was just blown away. He couldn’t be more grateful.

"Even something so low as £40 meant so much to him.

"I showed him all the comments that people had been making, how lovely he is. He just got a bit emotional.

"His voice started getting croaky. His eyes started tearing up, and he literally said, ‘I’m going to have to stop, I’m going to start crying’."

The incident allegedly took place outside The Rock Retail Park by Green Lane in Birkenhead on September 21, leaving Les in tears and soaked.

‘He doesn’t want the man from McDonald’s to get sacked’

Beth told the newspaper: “He just sits there and just gets on with his day. Every time we see him, we’ve always stopped and asked if he wanted anything.

"Nine times out of ten, he hasn’t really accepted anything, or if he has, he’s just been like, ‘Oh can you just get me a hot drink, I’m cold’.

"He even said that he doesn’t want the man from McDonald’s to get sacked, because he’d never want anyone to be without a job.

"He’d never want anyone to be in the same boat that he is now. That’s just going to stick in my head."

What McDonald’s have said

McDonald’s told the outlet: "We are aware of this allegation and are investigating this as a matter of urgency.”

NationalWorld has contacted McDonald’s for a comment.

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