Obama Menang, McDonald Kibarkan Bendera Terbalik?
Obama Wins, McDonald Displays The Flipped Flag?
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Follansbee (B2B) - Restoran waralaba McDonald di Follansbee, West Virginia (W.Va) memasang bendera Amerika Serikat terbalik dalam posisi setengah tiang, menyusul kemenangan Presiden Barack Obama.
Memasang bendera terbalik menunjukkan tanda-tanda buruk seperti halnya kesulitan yang merajalela dan tanda bahaya.
Banyak orang di kota tersebut maupun melalui jaringan online meyakini McDonald memasang bendera terbalik sebagai protes terhadap kemenangan Obama. Mitt Romney menang telak 62% dari Obama 35% di West Virginia.
Namun manajer McDonalds, Karen Mezan bersumpah bendera terbalik akibat kecelakaan. Rupanya, tiang bendera patah saat mereka kibarkan bendera di pagi hari, sehingga jatuh terbalik.
"Saya tegaskan: Saya manajer di McDonalds," katanya kepada penelepon di stasiun tivi NEWS9 TV seperti dikutip Examiner. "Tiang bendera itu sebenarnya patah dan kami tidak bisa mengubah posisinya."
Follansbee - McDonald’s franchise in Follansbee, W.Va., caused a stir Wednesday for flying an American flag upside down and at half mast the day following President Barack Obama’s victory.
The flipped flag which can be considered a call for help or a sign of distress.
Many people in the area and online initially believed the McDonald’s had reversed the flag as a protest against Obama’s victory. Mitt Romney crushed Obama by 62 to 35 percent in West Virginia Tuesday, carrying every county.
But managers at the McDonalds, Karen Mezan swear the upside-down flag was a complete accident. Apparently, the flagpole broke while they were raising the flag in the morning, causing it to fall upside-down.
"I just want to say: I am a manager at that McDonald´s,” a caller told NEWS9 TV, according to Examiner. "Our flagpole is actually broken, and we are unable to move the flag."
