Well this is rude. Apparently members from the Chicago Board of Trade dumped dozens of McDonald’s job applications on the Occupy protesters below their windows earlier this week. More details after the jump!
(HP)–On top of cold weather and logistical pains, “Occupy” protesters in Chicago last week dealt with an embarrassing stunt.
Dozens of photocopied McDonald’s job applications were reportedly thrown from the Chicago Board of Trade building and onto Occupy Chicago protestors earlier this week, according to Chicagoist (h/t Mediaite).
In April, McDonald’s announced plans to hire 50,000 new employees in a single day. The fast food giant was subsequently flooded with more than one million applications, a McDonald’s spokeswoman told HuffPost in April. As of October, there are officially 13.9 million unemployed people in America today
The Chicago protesters quickly spread the news via Twitter:
Indeed, the incident isn’t the first conflict near the Chicago Board of Trade building since the beginning of the protests. Last month, the same floor’s windows had signs reading “WE ARE THE 1%” taped to them, a prelude to photocopies thrown from the same windows reading “WE ARE THE 1% PAYING FOR THIS,” Chicagoist reports.
