One Texas Police Department wants Whataburger customers to stop stealing the restaurants’ orange plastic order numbers.
In what has been described as a “game” with teenagers has become an issue that is causing the restaurant chain some headaches.
Those 70 numbers were recovered during an unrelated traffic stop about two weeks ago, Northeast Police Chief James Edland told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
“Whataburger is ordering a new bundle [of the numbers] every week because they disappear so fast,” he said. “It might be a cool thing to do, but it’s still stealing.”
In an attempt to slow down the thefts, the agency took to Facebook:
What do you think? Should the department be focusing on this issue?
