McDonald's UK has been forced to deny rumors that it will be reopening next week after a false post began circulating online on April Fools' Day.

The fast food giant closed all of its restaurants in the UK on the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that a nationwide lockdown was to be put in place.

However, the April Fools' post led many customers to believe the decision has suddenly been reversed.

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The post reads:

"We’re opening again! Mc Donald’s have decided to reopen all UK branches from Monday, April 6th. All branches will only be able to offer drive thru or take away.

Special measures will be put in place to prevent contact and maintain social distancing. Unfortunately, our breakfast menu will not be offered, but our lunch menu will be available all day.

We would like to thank our employees for agreeing to serve you again. Floor guides are still installed and we will have a limit of two customers inside each restaurant.

We will continue to monitor the situation but for now look forward to welcoming you back. [sic]"

Now the official Twitter account of McDonald's UK has confirmed that the rumor is a hoax - and that it would not be reopening next week. It even threw shade at the counterfeit announcement for misspelling 'McDonald's'.

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"Lots of people getting in touch about a certain post circulating tonight," it wrote. "It’s fake, we are not reopening next week and any official announcements would come from this page and would spell the brand name correctly…"

On March 23, Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown of the United Kingdom in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Cafes, pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops were forced to close as a result.

This US medic recently warned that the pandemic will "get worse before it gets better":

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The manager of a café has come under fire for condoning a racist comment made to customers.

When handing over a bill to two diners, waiters wrote on the top of the receipt "two very annoying Asians".

Rather than condemning the racist behaviour, the manager of the restaurant in Brisbane, Australia, reportedly shared an image of the comment while joking about how much he "loves" his staff.

In a Snapchat post featuring the offensive receipt, the boss allegedly wrote, "Omg I love my staff" alongside three laughing emojis.

According to reports, a different member of staff at the eatery had called out the racist behavior but was immediately dismissed by their boss, who told them to "get a grip" and that it was "just a joke".

Despite the lack of remorse he had displayed previously, the manager in question told Daily Mail Australia that he regretted his actions.

"I personally wish to apologise for the offence and hurt caused," he said. "I've been a business owner in the area for more than six years, personally and professionally invested in diversity.

"I'm deeply disappointed and embarrassed at my actions as they go against everything I pride myself on," the manager added. "Internally, my team and I will do better to ensure we uphold the diversity and inclusivity that is at our core."

A local, who goes by @alex_carthos on Instagram, shared the offensive receipt on the platform as well as problematic messages between the manager and his staff.

The man said he "called out the behaviour because it is completely unacceptable in this day and age to refer to clients in this way."

He went on to say:

"Anyone in a management role knows this would be completely unacceptable. Referring to someone’s race after negatively describing them is a dangerously thin line to walk, and many would say it’s racism.

"It’s also potentially perpetuating negative connotations and racism towards Asian people, despite being unacceptable language to use to describe a customer,regardless of race.

"It is also important to consider the recent events towards Asian people in the world. When I pointed out the behaviour I was met again with unprofessional conduct."

According to The Courier Mail, the man responsible for the Snapchat post is a joint owner of a number of popular cafes in Brisbane including The Stand.

Per Newsweek, another manager at The Stand named Freddie Wintrip apologized for the incident in a private Facebook post.

He wrote: "Whilst this incident did not happen at The Stand nor were any of our beautiful performers, staff or patrons involved, it did not happen within our shared space. This behavior is truly unacceptable and I cannot condone it."

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A restaurant has issued an apology to a black woman and her son after they denied them service over the boy's choice of clothing.

Marcia Grant and her son Dallas were repeatedly told that they couldn't eat at Ouzo Bay in Baltimore in a video she recorded and posted on social media on Monday.

Watch the disturbing video below: 

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"They're telling me that my son can't eat here because there's no athletic wear? He's nine," Grant said. "And there's kids out there with tennis shoes on."

Dallas can be seen in the video wearing sneakers, gym shorts, and an Air Jordan T-shirt. Meanwhile, another child, who had recently eaten there, was filmed wearing similar clothes in the video outside. The only difference was that this child was white.

Atlas Restaurant Group, which owns Ouzo Bay and a number of other restaurants in the area, described the incident as "incredibly disturbing" and said that they had put the manager involved on "indefinite leave".

The group said in a statement published on social media on Monday evening: "While dress codes across Atlas properties are the result of ongoing input from customers, in no way are they intended to be discriminatory."

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The restaurant continued: "This should never have happened, the manager seen in the video has been placed on indefinite leave. We are sickened by this incident. We sincerely apologize to Marcia Grant, her son, and everyone impacted by this painful incident."

The restaurant group will not be requiring anyone under the age of 12 to follow the dress code at its establishments.

Per USA Today, the group has previously come under fire for its decision to introduce dress code requirements perceived to discriminate against Black and Latino customers last September.

After this criticism, they altered the policy slightly, notably removing the line that said management can enforce these policies within its discretion."

According to the Baltimore Sun, Atlas founder Alex Smith said the allegations of racism against him were "unfortunate."

Starbucks literally just finished racial bias training - we've been told time and time again that discrimination against anyone for essentially existing and doing all the crap people seemingly do every day is not right (you shouldn't have to be told anyway, it should be instilled upon you from birth) yet here we are again with another clown.

Footage has emerged of a man racially abusing a worker at a fast food restaurant for not honoring his burger voucher.

The man launches a vile tirade against the server at the Jack in a Box restaurant in Manvel, Texas where at one point he threatens to send her "back to Mexico."

The original video by Lupita Rangel, was posted here by Wolfie Hernandez, the original post translates to, "I buy you a ticket back to #Mexico", so threaten this man to a Latina employee in a #jackinthebox, apparently the man got upset because he didn't make a coupon that was already beaten, the facts happened to #south From #Houston."

Lupita herself posted: "Never thought i'd experience racism so close."

Another member of staff steps in to try and identify what the issue is. The man responds "She lied her a** off. She thought she could get away with it." While the member of staff tries to tell the man that he will be getting what he had asked for, the man interjects, and claims he had seen the woman dropping food.

He then asks the woman's name and says "goodbye Maria. I'm going to buy you a ticket back to Mexico." The man then storms out of the premises. The video has been viewed over 86,000 times, with many people sharing their outrage at the footage.

Jason Steinberg wrote: "Another day, another angry racist." Christopher Green wrote: "That's horrible. People go through life angry about the smallest things and that talk such hatred ... karma will get him."

Hopefully, a similar fate befalls the unnamed man as it did New York lawyer, Aaron Schlossberg. His racist rant lead to some rather delicious just desserts.

People posted so many negative reviews on his law firm’s Yelp listing that Yelp themselves had to intervene. The company says its policy for news making businesses is to remove posts “that appear to be motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience with the business”.

New reviews about the law firm that apparently slipped through the filtering range from ironically helpful—like how concerned New Yorkers can lodge complaints—to tabloid headline-like condemnations (and subtle sketch show references) such as: “Ya done messed up now, A-a-ron!!”

Schlossberg is no longer welcome in the building where he rents office space. This is probably the result of critics quickly locating Schlossberg’s office listing on Google Maps.

Not only did this include changing the business category to “Mexican Restaurant” and swapping a photo of the attorney for an image of a dog being hit in the face with a frisbee, they also created a GoFundMe page raising “$500 to send a Mariachi band to cheer up the staff and attorneys at The Law Office of Aaron M. Schlossberg Esq. after a difficult day”.

Unsurprisingly, Schlossberg has a history of being a complete a**hole. Internet sleuths and activists dug up dirt on Schlossberg, including video of him calling someone an “ugly f**king foreigner” and photos of him in the company of noted pro-Trump trolls not to mention berating Jewish people for going on marches for Palestine. Talk s**t, get hit...with the scorn of millions of Americans, united in their total disgust of you. Your time is coming, blue t-shirt man.

A restaurant worker in Mississippi has been terminated from their position after writing a racist note on the receipt of an unsuspecting customer.

Alexia Washington was with her friends in Oxford, Mississippi when she went to a Who Dat's drive-thru and ordered an assortment of food and drink - but when she drove off with her meal, she found an offensive note on her receipt that read: "Black b*tches in silver car".

Taking to Facebook afterwards, Washington said: "I have been racially ridiculed and demeaned as an African American Female [sic]. I seek justice for this hate crime and I will no longer remain silent. I've lived in Oxford for 5 years and I'm still having to deal with this type of ignorance."

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Who Dat's immediately took action after the post went viral, with manager Wylie Coleman saying in a statement via Facebook that they were shocked at Washington's treatment, and that necessary action had been taken.

They wrote: "Ms. Washington and her friend were making their regular round of the drive-thru & purchased food & drink. In shock about the possibility that something like this could be happening here, she re-read the ticket which describes where the location of where the food is going as 'black b*tches in silver car'.

"[...] The next step was taken by Ms. Washington to bring this to my attention on Friday night.. I spoke with her in shock & remorse. Unexplainable to me were the words on the receipts. The first step was taken by myself to the employee who was informed that they were terminated immediately."

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"Lex Washington was nothing but sweet & communicative during the entire events that transpired. I am not only apologizing to her but to everyone & anyone that could subject to a label in life, [sic]" added Coleman in his Facebook statement.