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Sinead Butler
May 04, 2022
TikToker Goes Viral For Giving Friends Freebies at McDonalds
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A man has gone viral after he got down on one knee at McDonald's in South Africa - and let's just say this proposal didn't end with a Happy Meal.
As the man popped the big question with a ring box in hand to the unnamed woman, who appeared in total shock at being asked in the middle of the restaurant and brutally rejected him.
Customers in the restaurant were filming the scene in front of them as the man waited for the woman who was waiting at the counter to turn around.
In the clip, the footage shows customers cheering when the woman turned around, eager for her to accept the proposal - however that's not how things went down.
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Instead, she uncomfortably shook her head and turned around and the crowd began to boo as they realised that she rejected the man's proposal, all while the man remained on one knee and held out the ring.
The pair appear to exchange uncomfortable words before the woman walked out of the restaurant as the crowd shared their disappointment.
The camera then pans back to the man who moved out of his proposal position and stood up and left with the food the pair had ordered.
Witnessed such a sad situation today yoh pic.twitter.com/RPFvMS7bga— \u2b50\ufe0fCertified Fixer\u2b50\ufe0f (@\u2b50\ufe0fCertified Fixer\u2b50\ufe0f) 1651088996
One of the customers (@Madame_Fossette) who watched the rejection took to Twitter to share the footage and wrote how they "Witnessed such as sad situation today," and the video has since received 3.7m views, over 66,000 likes and thousands of responses.
She said McNohttps://twitter.com/madame_fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— Aunt Bertha\u2019s Attitude (@Aunt Bertha\u2019s Attitude) 1651178679
this is soo unserious. ik that cashier just told her their oreo mcflurry machine is broken and now you on bended knee proposing in a MALL FOOD COURT MCDONALDS\u2026 she had every right to be upset and say nohttps://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— HEEDlE (@HEEDlE) 1651202763
his fault for proposing at a mcdonald\u2019shttps://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— cindy \u272f (@cindy \u272f) 1651197006
no way u proposed to me at a fast food jointhttps://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— \u300e\u2661\u300f (@\u300e\u2661\u300f) 1651173304
lil 20 piece nuggets sweet n sour he\u2019ll be alrighthttps://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— Eli (@Eli) 1651170594
the cashier needs to win an emmy for this onehttps://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— Fanie Buys (@Fanie Buys) 1651160775
No ounce of romance in that man\u2019s body. I\u2019d walk away too! McDonald\u2019s??????????https://twitter.com/Madame_Fossette/status/1519403493894852610\u00a0\u2026— richy (@richy) 1651176236
Meanwhile, it appears the moment also went viral on TikTok too as another customer (@squaaaunchyy) at the scene of the proposal also posted footage from their perspective.
@squaaaunchyy First KFC now MCds 😠Hhayi bafwethu #fyp
This clip has since received 1.3m views, 182,000 likes, and thousands of comments from people who couldn't believe what they saw.
One person said: "The second-hand embarrassment I feel."
"He wants a free wedding," another person wrote.
Someone else added: "She doesn’t even wanna turn around she is embarrassed frfr [for real for real]."
"Setting himself up for failure," a fourth person commented.
From these videos, the reaction makes it clear how everyone unanimously agrees that McDonald's is definitely not the place to pop the question.
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