XENIA, Ohio — Burger King Corp. said Tuesday that it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a utility sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page.
The nearly four-minute video, which was posted online Thursday, shows the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. In the video, shot by another worker, the employee refers to himself as “Mr. Unstable” and appears to be naked.
Timothy Tackett, 25, told WDTN-TV in Dayton that he is the sink-bather. The video on his MySpace page was removed by Tuesday night.
Tackett said he regretted taking the bath because it led to the firing of the employee who did the recording, as well as the restaurant’s shift manager.
Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said earlier Tuesday that two employees involved in the incident were fired and a third quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether they quit or were fired. Tackett said he was fired.
