{"id":4131,"date":"2014-09-11T14:52:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2014-09-11T14:52:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:52:13","slug":"joyner-helps-break-drive-thru-record-at-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/09\/11\/joyner-helps-break-drive-thru-record-at-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyner helps break drive-thru record at McDonald\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Joyner working the drive-thru at McDonalds #2465. Photo: Dominique McCraney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taylor Bembery
\n<\/strong>Associate Editor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tom Joyner Morning Show crew helped break the record of most cars served in a drive-thru at the McDonald\u2019s on 2465 U.S. 80 in Jackson, Miss. yesterday.<\/p>\n

Tom Joyner picked up the bill for all patrons from 11 a.m. – 12 noon and also served food at the drive-thru window along with co-hosts J. Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes.<\/p>\n

Joyner\u2019s brother, Al Joyner, owns 17 metro area McDonald\u2019s. McDonald\u2019s\u00a0 across the country compete to break the record of number of cars served in an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a competition between McDonald\u2019s restaurants and we can challenge the record at any time. It\u2019s almost like the McDonald\u2019s Guinness Book of World Records for the number of cars served through the drive-thru in one hour,\u201d said Al Joyner \u201cWe really broke it today; last time I checked we were at 297 cars with 20 minutes left and the world record is 288, so we beat them already.\u201d<\/p>\n

This particular McDonald\u2019s is frequented by many JSU students, staff, and faculty and is decorated with Jackson State paraphernalia. It features pictures of The Prancing J-Settes and The Sonic Boom of the South, which is Al\u2019s favorite band. Joyner has been a lifelong supporter of JSU\u2019s band program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Tuskegee University and I go to HBCU games every weekend across the country. My favorite band is The Sonic Boom. So when I moved to Jackson, I moved here in order to support and to follow The Sonic Boom and I\u2019ve been giving money to them ever since I\u2019ve been here. I buy t-shirts for them every band season, we feed them and I even go to the practices at night,\u201d Al added.<\/p>\n

Patrons received a complimentary six piece Chicken McNuggets with barbecue sauce, a packet of apple slices, and a bottle of water during the record breaking event.<\/p>\n

There were appearances by City of Jackson Mayor Tony Yarbor, Carolyn Meyers, President of Jackson State University, and of course, The Sonic Boom of the South.<\/p>\n

JSU students and staff that attended the event were definitely \u2018Lovin\u2019 It\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really came to see Tom Joyner, Sybil, and J. Anthony Brown. I really didn\u2019t know that they were trying to break a record until I was on my way here and somebody told me. I saw it on Instagram and I followed the hype. I\u2019m definitely getting something to eat because this McDonald\u2019s is a part of JSU,\u201d said Chelsey Turner, a senior marketing major from Jackson, Miss.<\/p>\n

Laquala Coleman, Associate Dean of Students at JSU, said this event is exactly what JSU needed to participate in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that this event is going to continue to help bridge the gap between Jackson State University and the Jackson community. It\u2019s great for partnerships and community collaborations,\u201d said Coleman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Bembery Associate Editor\u00a0 The Tom Joyner Morning Show crew helped break the record of most cars served in a drive-thru at the McDonald\u2019s on 2465 U.S. 80 in Jackson, Miss. yesterday. Tom Joyner picked up the bill for all patrons from 11 a.m. – 12 noon and also served food at the drive-thru window […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}