Burger King Employee’s ‘Just Like the Ad’ Whopper Goes Viral After Drive-Thru Demand

A Burger King employee who records himself assembling the chain's sandwiches and posts the clips on TikTok said he was asked by a customer last week to make him a burger "like how the advertisement shows it."

The user, known as Foodie Flicks on TikTok, mentioned he strives to ensure the food he prepares looks appealing — noting the challenge he faces against commercials with multi-million dollar budgets.

The video captures Foodie Flicks meticulously building the customer's double Texas Whopper, complete with bacon, jalapeños, and two slices of cheese.

"I always try to make it, you know, look appetizing," he said. "I don't just slop it together. But bro, the commercials — they're not always real!"

Foodie Flicks, who has more than 7,000 followers and millions of views, said a quick YouTube search would reveal how marketers go to great lengths to change the appearance of foods to make them look more appetizing.

"You're gonna see, man, [they use] toothpicks and all types of stuff," he said. "I'm just sayin,' sometimes what you see on TV is not always true."

"When you see me working the shift, you should trust me that I'm gonna make the sandwich as beautiful as possible," he added.

In many cases, food stylists incorporate completely inedible products — including glue, screws, soap, and hairspray — to make foods look better for photos and commercials.

Some commenters critiqued Foodie Flicks' assembly, telling him, for instance, that the way he put the cheese on the patties "bothered" them — or that he'd distributed the mayo incorrectly.

But most argued he'd made an admirable effort, given the circumstances, and that the sandwich he'd built looked tasty.

"Dude it tastes good every time," user ChiliDawg wrote. "It's silly for people to get hung up on presentation at BK."

Despite sometimes unattainable customer expectations, Burger King workers earn as little as $11 an hour, as reported by Glassdoor. This salary equates to roughly $22,800 annually for full-time work, falling below the federal poverty line for a family of three.

"I think the sandwich looked good," Foodie Flicks concluded. "And if he didn't like it, I know it tasted good."