On Sunday morning, September 6, 2026, the official X account of McDonald’s India briefly became a chaotic workplace diary.
Some posts appeared from the verified handle, claiming to come from an intern.
What Happened
According to the writer, they managed several of McDonald’s Asian accounts and had not been paid by their boss, Amit Joshi, since December 2025. 
They added that because of the 10-month delay in payment, they were forced to take two extra jobs in customer support and delivery to make ends meet.
One post explained further:
“In addition to my two jobs in customer support and delivery, I try to trade memecoins. I literally starve every day because I lose all my money on them.”
The intern then explained the reason for the public complaint: a support request. They continued with a plan to seek “community support” for roughly ₹60,000 (about $650) in unpaid dues and talk of launching a cat-themed memecoin called Pump.fun.
Attached to the thread were screenshots, including one that appeared to show a photo related to the named manager. The post spread rapidly and then disappeared.
The account later posted something along the lines of “Thanks, I have claimed fees!” and then went quiet on the matter.
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The Response from McDonald’s India
The posts were deleted, followed by a light, meme-style response from the same official account:
“McD admin right now: If only our actual posts went this viral… #fakenews #memecoin.” Attached to this note was an image of a sad dog holding a phone.
That is the only public reply so far from McDonald’s India. No official statement confirming a hack or explaining how the messages appeared on the verified handle has been made.
This is a big corporate communications and cybersecurity headache for McDonald’s India on a Sunday.
Although the original posts are gone, there are still screenshots circulating. And the only official word so far is a sad-dog meme and two hashtags.
Reactions to the Post by the Intern on McDonald’s India’s X Account
A large part of the timeline praises the intern from the official McDonald’s India account as a folk hero.
“This generation doesn’t tolerate crap for long,” people wrote. “You can’t mess with Gen Z – they don’t complain, they go public.”
The move of naming the manager, admitting to side hustles and memecoin losses, and doing it all from the company’s own verified handle was treated like high art.
“Bro turned a multi-billion dollar Twitter handle into his personal Mean Girls burn book,” one user summed it up.
Another set of people think the account was compromised by a cyber scammer because of the mention of memecoin.
“Was sympathising until memecoins were mentioned. Seems like the account got compromised,” became a common refrain. Others were blunter: “The intern doesn’t exist. He’s a crypto scammer.”
Commenters demanded a real statement instead of a joke from McDonald’s India. Some have even linked the alleged nonpayment to wider distrust, saying:
“If they won’t pay an intern, what else are they cutting corners on?”
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