Horrified KFC customer catches massive rat running around Edinburgh drive-thru

by XPRESS, 30 January 2019

The rodent was spotted running in and out the outhouse of the Meadowbank Retail Park store yesterday evening.

And horrified customer James Lovie said staff 'weren't bothered' by the rodent's presence at the store.

The 46-year-old was waiting in the drive-thru queue just before 6pm last night when he spotted the rat.

He said: "I was in the drive-thru at the KFC at Meadowbank Retail Park. I ordered my son a meal and while in car waiting in queue something caught me eye.

"I saw rats coming in and out of outhouse, I'm not sure if it was just one or multiple."

James believes store staff must be aware of the rodent problem but didn't seem to care when he told them.

The Edinburgh local said: "The staff must know about the problem because I saw a member of staff come out with a black bag full of rubbish and he was a bit wary about opening the doors to the outhouse.

"When I drove round to collection window, I told the employee on the window about the vermin.

"I said they needed to get pest control in but he didn’t seem to bothered about it. He said he'd pass it onto the manager, but they must know about the problem.

"I was shocked because the guy on the window didn’t really bother about it, as if it was a every day occurrence."

KFC bosses said that the door featured in the video did not belong to their restaurant.

Instead a spokesperson said that the door was for a shared bin storage unit attached to the venue.

And they said that the landlords of the retail park haad been informed.

A KFC spokesperson said: “The door in the video is not the door to our Meadowbank restaurant, but to a shared bin storage unit which isn’t attached to our site.

"Our pest control company have investigated and have found pest activity on common ground in the retail park, however there’s no issue with our restaurant.

"We’ve informed the landlords of the retail park of our findings and will work with them where we can to help tackle the issue.”

Article credit: The Scottish Sun