McDrive Thru chick shot

AC · 20-07-2006, 10:03 AM

Saw this on the news this morning.

Full story from SMH.com.au

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Two men are being sought after a 16-year-old McDonald's worker was shot in the face and almost blinded in Melbourne's east.

The girl, working in the drive-through section of the restaurant at the junction of Mountain Highway and Boronia Road, Wantirna, was lucky to have escaped more serious injury, police said.

Shows how low some people are to think its fun to do such things.
If you read on, apparently a man chased them and got shot himself as well.

Very most likley your average 16yo "casually employed" McStaff member.
Now scarred for life, mentally and maybe physically.

The one question i was thinking of, is how are Casuals covered for such workplace accidents...
Well this wasnt exactly an accident, but a deliberate.
Its been many years since i was a casual employee, so i wouldnt know how one is coverd these days.
Anyone got an idea ?

Interceptor · 20-07-2006, 10:08 AM

oh c'mon, the food might be crap, but ffs, make a complaint about it, dont just skip the formalities and head straight to shooting the staff!

HLC · 20-07-2006, 10:08 AM

I work at Maccas as a casual and sometimes i man the drive thru. usually cook though, and i have no idea about cover.

i burned myself pretty hardcore yesterday, like melted my fingerprint bad. was running my finger under the tap cause it cained like nothing else, then got yelled at by the restaurant manager for bludging. whilst its not as serious as a bullet in the face, they dont really care for minor injuries, or bad burns like the one i got yesterday. will be interesting to see how maccas deals with this.

FordFan86 · 20-07-2006, 10:14 AM

Everyone in the workplace should have some sort of cover/insurance.
I think when I did mine (casual) there was a choice between .5, 1 and 1.5 units of cover, basically different levels of super annuation to be put away, different amounts for death cover, etc.

dansedgli · 20-07-2006, 10:22 AM

That place is just up the road from my house. Classy area it is. Im not surprised at all. If I see the kids running around I drive over them in 4wd.

mcflux · 20-07-2006, 10:22 AM

Hope they both pull through.

From memory Coles had my life valued at $30k. Wicked.

XRchic · 20-07-2006, 10:27 AM

I used to work at Pizza Hut as a delivery driver. Casual wages. I was delivering a pizza (this was in the hills) to someones house with a very steep driveway in the rain. They had a piece of steel in the middle of it (to catch oil or something I guess)... I was walking down it and I slipped on the steel and broke my arm in two places.

I got time off on WorkCover. No issue at all.

I hope the girl and the guy who got shot are ok. That girl will never be the same again, even she recovers physically. You just cannot undo things like that. I hope she isnt scarred. Poor thing.

I hope they caught/catch the bastards.

XRated · 20-07-2006, 10:32 AM

Damn, that's just down the road from me :( It's scary being so close to home. I hope the poor girl recovers as best she can.

AC · 20-07-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by XRchic

I hope they caught/catch the bastards.

Then we can line em up like the Bali 9, like at Paintball... *pop* *pop* *pop*

Gunns · 20-07-2006, 10:39 AM

Just to clear things up, they were shot with an air rifle. Sure it is going to hurt, but not life threating.
It would have been a couple of kids, who thought it was funny. But funny it is not! what are kids of today coming to? Is it a lack of control on the parents behalf? I would love to know!

XRchic · 20-07-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunns

Is it a lack of control on the parents behalf? I would love to know!

I agree with that 100%.

There are a couple of kids next door (11 and 7) who are going to be just like that. From the attitude of their parents, I can tell the trouble they are going to be in later. They terrorise the entire street. They damage peoples front yards, they throw stones at the old couple, they jump over our back fence and steal our kids stuff, they trash any kids stuff they see outside and they play really rough. Every other parent has complained to their parents and they dont give a stuff.

When these kids kept trashing out kids bikes - riding into them, kicking them over, etc and then tried to beat my son up, we went to their parents. The kids Dad just laughed and said why buy them expensive bikes? We should just do what they do and buy cheap bikes, let them trash them and buy another! He found it funny that we would worry about a bike being damaged. He couldnt care less that his kids were terrorising the rest of the street, just said that it was everyone else's problem etc...

So the kids are worse than ever....

Anyways, back on topic LOL

Miss_XR6 · 20-07-2006, 11:02 AM

she should still be covered under work cover but seriously what is this world coming to shooting young girls in the face the food may be crap and they may not put the right thing on what you order but that is wrong hope they find those men who did it

honer · 20-07-2006, 11:05 AM

Who cares about the ****ing work cover

She could of a lost an eye !!!

XRchic · 20-07-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by honer

Who cares about the ****ing work cover

She could of a lost an eye !!!

Well, the difference between having cover or not might been quite a lot.

If she needs urgent and expensive surgery to fix the eye to ensure she doesnt lose sight, WorkCover will pay for it. They will also pay for any other health care she may need, including counselling and she will also have her lost wages paid for.

While the physical aspects are obviously the most important, the last thing an injured worker wants to worry about is paying for health care and losing wages indefinitely. Knowing that sort of thing is sorted out can go a long way psychologically, to help someone recover.

max · 20-07-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by honer

Who cares about the ****ing work cover

She could of a lost an eye !!!

Well luckily she did not lose an eye. But presumably there will be some time off/trauma/medical ongoing issues as a result. I don't imagine anyone works for Macca's for the sheer fun of it.... There must be some coverage of payment while the worker is suffering the consequences of a workplace injury/trauma.

EF302 · 20-07-2006, 11:26 AM

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Who cares about the ****ing work cover

She could of a lost an eye !!!

work cover pays for the eye if she loses it?

Miss_XR6 · 20-07-2006, 11:42 AM

i dont think u get much for lossing an eye work cover doesnt pay that much u get only $5000 for a finger

EF302 · 20-07-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss_XR6

i dont think u get much for lossing an eye work cover doesnt pay that much u get only $5000 for a finger

yes ovcourse, i was more talking medical expences, as xr chic explained. ive been on work cover and i know exactly what there like

XRchic · 20-07-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss_XR6

i dont think u get much for lossing an eye work cover doesnt pay that much u get only $5000 for a finger

LOL.

My ex lost half his left middle finger in a workplace accident and got $15K.

BA Turbo · 20-07-2006, 12:24 PM

Me and friends were thinking of taking mums BA turbo for a joy ride to maccas and throw stuff at them and burnouts but now i feel bad for thinking of such a stupid idea.

Interceptor · 20-07-2006, 01:46 PM

it could've done more than taken out an eye, i was once shot on the side of my foot by a friend (dont ask, but i kicked his **** later) with a .22 air rifle, and the pellet went through the leather and only just broke the skin..... leather is a LOT tougher than an eye, and i assure you, any half decent air rifle can kill with a well placed shot

max · 20-07-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BA Turbo

Me and friends were thinking of taking mums BA turbo for a joy ride to maccas and throw stuff at them and burnouts but now i feel bad for thinking of such a stupid idea.

You just leave mum's BA Turbo alone..... And anyway, what do you have against workers at Macca's?????

Ozfords · 20-07-2006, 03:16 PM

A month ago here in the Hawkesbury we had a couple of 18 year old dickheads go around shooting at houses with a air rifle. The little idiots shoot through a window where a young kid was sleeping and shot a guy in the chest as he walked out to investigate, luckily they didn't get him in the eye.

Luckily for them Windsor detectives got onto them, rounded them up a week later and well being 18 they were old enough to suffer the consequences like an adult.

Its the same class of imbeciles that torture kittens and puppies, urinate in bed and like setting things on fire. Numb to the feelings of others.

I class them as the same as those half wits that over react on the road and flash you, flip you off, tail you, beep at you and try and run you off the road. All for minor indescretions like overtaking them!

HLC · 20-07-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunns

Just to clear things up, they were shot with an air rifle. Sure it is going to hurt, but not life threating.
It would have been a couple of kids, who thought it was funny. But funny it is not! what are kids of today coming to? Is it a lack of control on the parents behalf? I would love to know!

if the projectile had entered through her eye, it could have travelled into her brain and she would have been dead.

IT IS life threatening.

HLC · 20-07-2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

it could've done more than taken out an eye, i was once shot on the side of my foot by a friend (dont ask, but i kicked his **** later) with a .22 air rifle, and the pellet went through the leather and only just broke the skin..... leather is a LOT tougher than an eye, and i assure you, any half decent air rifle can kill with a well placed shot

EXACTLY. we have a .22 air rifle (legal of course) and i sure as hell wouldnt want to be shot with it at close range.

GOLDIE · 20-07-2006, 03:21 PM

Air rifle or not it is attempted murder and they should be locked up for a long time when caught no matter what age or sstate of mind.

These people are some of the lowest type of humans there is.

Ian

**Polyal** · 20-07-2006, 03:30 PM

yeah thats pretty low, how could you line someone up like that? At Maccas FFS.

She looks like an up and come'r to....

Gunns · 20-07-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

if the projectile had entered through her eye, it could have travelled into her brain and she would have been dead.

IT IS life threatening.

"IF" it had been an high power rifle it would have taken her head off, but it wasn't it was an air rifle, which is about as accruate as a paint ball rifle and has about the same penetration over a distance greater than 10m.

I was making the point she was not shot with a powdered round and the injury sustained was not life threatening.

GOLDIE · 20-07-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunns

"IF" it had been an high power rifle it would have taken her head off, but it wasn't it was an air rifle, which is about as accruate as a paint ball rifle and has about the same penetration over a distance greater than 10m.

I was making the point she was not shot with a powdered round and the injury sustained was not life threatening.

Life threating or not the fools should be locked up for attempted murder any body that shoots a gun in public like that is a f en idoit.

Ian

Gunns · 20-07-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GOLDIE

Life threating or not the fools should be locked up for attempted murder any body that shoots a gun in public like that is a f en idoit.

Ian

Agreed!

No one "shoots a gun" You can fire a rifle or a pistol for that matter.
A "gun" is what the media call it because they are uneducated.