Gross images go viral, threatening brands: Your Say

A viral video of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells, and a photo of a Wendy's worker eating ice cream from the dispenser, are examples of social media hazards for brands today. Comments from Facebook:

Do you really think an employee who works for less than $10 an hour cares about losing his or her job? I doubt it, but in higher-paying professions, people fear losing their jobs.

— Jeremy Chante Reese

Having a minimum wage job has nothing to do with someone doing the right thing or not. You are hired and do it right because you know your responsibilities going into it.

— M Keith Smith

Suggesting that people who get paid less do a poor job is an insult to the many who work very hard at these fast-food restaurants and do an excellent job.

— Manoj Nampoothiry

Higher wages will not fix this. The disgusting behaviors are the actions of immature people, period. Immature people do not care about consequences because they don't stop to consider any consequences before acting.

More money won't help them mature.

— Mitch Newbury

Letter to the editor:

If fast-food chains want their employees to stop making gross viral videos in their kitchens and have them more committed to the brand, maybe those companies could begin by offering their employees a fair wage and health benefits ("Wendy's is latest to see gross photo go viral").

Nothing says "we don't care about you" more than forcing people to live below the poverty line.

Benjamin Schultz; Bloomington, Ind.