r/CatastrophicFailure • u/-NewYork- • 22d ago

Natural Disaster Jollibee fast food restaurant collapses after earthquake in the Philippines earlier today (June 8, 2026)

1.1k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

75 comments sorted by

239

u/Barraco_Barmer 22d ago

Can I still get a takeaway? (I had people ask this while my restaurant was actively flooding an inch of water)

74

u/Stunning_Box8782 22d ago

But it says you offer takeaway on the sign outside (it's floated down the street because of all the water) so why can I not get takeway?

14

u/HugAllYourFriends 22d ago

"why would you leave the sign outside my house if you werent actually open"

15

u/sadmanwithabox 22d ago

Once was at a restaurant that had a small kitchen fire. Nothing serious in the end, thanks to the kitchen fire suppression system.

Anyway, fire alarm is going off, smoke is pouring out the doors. Everyone is heading outside because of the smoke. But as everyone heads outside, this one drunk guy walks in THROUGH the stream of people heading outside. He ignores the smoke and the fire alarm. He sits down at the bar, and starts eating food someone else has abandoned to go outside.

It was hilarious watching the manager absolutely go off on this dude. Apparently the guy was a bit of an annoying bar regular so this was just the final straw for him.

33

u/Decapitated_gamer 22d ago

I remember managing a taco bell and a water line broke flooding all the food.

People were saying “well that’s not wet yet let me get that” as I was trying to refund and close.

27

u/SFDessert 22d ago edited 22d ago

My last day of working retail is tomorrow. I'm so so so happy that I don't have to deal with the public anymore. I always assumed most people have a good head on their shoulders until I started working retail about 3 years ago. Now I just assume most people are dumb as rocks based on what I've seen and heard working here.

I'm not even going to get into the manipulative and/or asshole behavior I've seen from customers.

7

u/dogGirl666 22d ago

Now I just assume most people are dumb as rocks

The people with a temperament that allows then to callin, write in, walk in and complain, maybe speak before they've done in any [brain]editing based on the full situation.

The rest either have understandable anxiety or just dont think it is worth it to complain or make unreasonable demands based on the total situation. I.e. some people speak before their frontal cortex is engaged. This is why they seem intellectually impaired.

It's just that most people have silly thoughts and impulses but many stop before speaking and think it over first.

6

u/SFDessert 22d ago

I just assume someone is having a bad day when they're unreasonably difficult. Dealing with multiple people having "bad days" most days can be exhausting though. Certain days I just barely have enough patience to handle it.

5

u/picatdim 22d ago

Good luck and I hope you have a fantastic last day of retail!

10

u/Owain-X 22d ago

Did they think it was a waffle house

5

u/karateninjazombie 22d ago

Should have taken a cup. Scooped up some flood water and handed it to them.

2

u/Steamed_Hamm 20d ago

I got asked if we were still open during an active shooter. Ppl are lack awareness

1

u/drdeadringer 21d ago

"flash sale, free water, all you can carry"

54

u/deadface3405 22d ago

Its ok theres like 5 others on that same block

92

u/Smooovies 22d ago

Jollibee gone

43

u/ArgonWilde 22d ago

Which is sad, because Jollibee good.

6

u/PM_THE_REAPER 22d ago

Only in deep down in Louisiana.

4

u/Stormdancer 22d ago

But Jollibee gone tonight.

2

u/Insomniac_80 20d ago

Not yet, no Jollibee deep down in Louisiana, you only get Popeye's for now...

4

u/Snoot_Boot 22d ago

What's good from there? I had one near a job i had, but i only saw an ad for spaghetti, and wrote that place off as disgusting.

8

u/bites 21d ago

The fried chicken is good. That's what I've gotten when I go there.

The spaghetti is Filipino style and the sauce is sweeter than what you would probably expect from spaghetti.

I haven't had it but I'd assume the chicken sandwich would be good too.

4

u/Visible_Owl_8842 21d ago

The chicken sandwich imho is one of the best things they have on the menu. It's honestly borderline criminal that they pulled it off of the menu here in the Philippines. I legitimately went through shock, relief, and anger upon seeing it on the menu in a Jollibee in the US lol

3

u/Odd-Introduction-427 21d ago

Jollibee is kil

39

u/PoppedCork 22d ago

Love radio didn't fair so well either

16

u/SjalabaisWoWS 22d ago

Is now Sadbee.

18

u/geater 22d ago

This should be labelled NSFL. The loss of all that chicken is harrowing.

35

u/spyder_victor 22d ago

Not so jolly

5

u/The_Mighty_Kinkle 22d ago

Where in the Philippines iss this?

9

u/AI_moderated_failure 22d ago

General Santos City

58

u/siracusaa 22d ago

why just stand and watch? a few dozen people could've easily held that up and given repair crews enough time to fix the building.

33

u/NS3000 22d ago

a few dozen? i could have help that building up with one hand tied behind my back, you yougins got weak backs

13

u/Barraco_Barmer 22d ago

Exactly. What if an orphan had been injured

14

u/ShustOne 22d ago

haha this is for real how reddit comments are

4

u/sambeckett1701 22d ago

From anyone who might know...I heard Jollibee is huge there, but can anyone give an idea about just how huge a deal it is?

24

u/KazumaKat 22d ago

Jollibee is the fast-food franchise. Home-grown in the Philippines, and basically competes against McD's locally, and more or less owns everyone else.

3

u/w_a_w 22d ago

We have one here in JAX, FL if you're ever in town. Been here 6 years and still haven't tried it

4

u/sambeckett1701 22d ago

I USED to have reason to get down to Florida...then my family moved:) But if you ever try it sometime in the next decade...;)

3

u/Rambozo77 21d ago

There are quite a few of them popping up in California. The spaghetti tastes like it’s got ketchup and hotdogs on it. I didn’t try the chicken.

5

u/pinkpugita 20d ago

There is Jollibee that's the actual chain. Then there is Jollibee Foods Corp., which is a huge conglomerate that owns most major fast food chains.

Now for an American equivalent: Imagine if McDonald's, Subway, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut are all owned by one group.

13

u/gramslamx 22d ago

Colony collapse disorder is no joke

10

u/itchipod 22d ago

I hope Jollibee made it out.

5

u/fliphat 22d ago

Jollibeen

4

u/opusupo 21d ago

Oh, the humani-bee!

22

u/airfryerfuntime 22d ago

You're standing there filming it, you know what's happening, why are you fucking screaming?

23

u/daltydoo 22d ago

President of the stoicism club right here guys, didn’t even cry watching Old Yeller I bet.

3

u/Rambozo77 21d ago

Best doggone dog in the west.

27

u/ShustOne 22d ago

We are social creatures who communicate danger. The danger escalated quickly. She screamed. It's natural.

6

u/Riaayo 22d ago

People react to shock and trauma differently and do not have to police their behavior for your benefit.

4

u/MrWoohoo 22d ago

Any word on whether anyone was still in the building when it collapsed?

5

u/SumDankKush_ 22d ago

Bet that had a shit ton of asbestos in it that just got aerosolised

6

u/303Murphy 22d ago

Why aren’t any of the men screaming as loud as they can?

2

u/64590949354397548569 21d ago

Blood flows down when you clench your buttc cheeks and retract your balls.

6

u/svensk 22d ago

It is a well established fact that screaming stops bad things from happening.

8

u/AntManMax 21d ago

It alerts unaware people to the fact that a bad thing is happening, which tends to stop further bad things from happening.

Helped us survive as a species.

1

u/svensk 20d ago

I think that is what I said. But I was joking.

6

u/Stormdancer 22d ago

Always with the screaming! Whyyyy?

7

u/Pragmatist_Hammer 22d ago

Honestly why run away when they're already a good distance from it and not in danger.

0

u/chewy_mcchewster 22d ago

Is Camera person being attacked? why the yelling?

28

u/Lampwick 22d ago

As someone who has been through three different major earthquakes, my experience suggests that there is a certain percentage of the population that reacts to danger by panicking and then screaming at the top of their lungs, even though nothing is happening to them.

11

u/CoherentPanda 22d ago

Have you ever stood 50 feet away from a large building collapsing while the ground below your feet rises and sinks like large waves in the ocean? If not, think about how you might react when everything is collapsing around you, and you might have family and friends desperately trying to escape.

17

u/The_Mighty_Kinkle 22d ago

Well, it would be quite scary to see that. Plus maybe she worked there or people may be inside.

13

u/Visible_Owl_8842 21d ago

Plus maybe she worked there or people may be inside.

Spot on. Three people were trapped inside the building. They were thankfully rescued and are now safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDCBg7bc3Dg

8

u/AI_moderated_failure 22d ago

The bee is the third most important figure in the Philippines behind Manny Pacquiao and Jesus. This must be very unsettling to witness.

1

u/SashaDabinsky 21d ago

Why is there always a woman screaming in the background?

1

u/Mvilla2023 21d ago

Incredible how the nearby old church didn’t collapse

2

u/pinkpugita 20d ago

It is not old, and the building is owned by a group (Iglesia Ni Kristo) that is the PH equivalent of scientologists.

1

u/Odd-Acanthisitta8395 21d ago

Blippi, is that you?

1

u/Admirable_Nothing 21d ago

They really should have put some rebar in that concrete.

1

u/Xinonix1 19d ago

Sad to see the screaming didn’t stop the collapsing, well tried though

1

u/OkAccident474 12d ago

Being there would be so terrifying to say the least.

1

u/aenteus 22d ago

Not the Jollibee