Security footage does not put Victoria or her grandmother, who claimed to be with her, in the KFC (or even another KFC) the day the incident supposedly occurred. And apparently, no one made their order—for mashed potatoes and sweet tea—that day, either. No one even ordered mashed potatoes and sweet tea as part of a larger order.
We as a society must be more careful about spreading unsubstantiated allegations on social media. On the internet one must have more skepticism than one has in face-to-face interactions. Here, it was a corporation that was dragged through the mud, but so often it is an individual who is at the center of the internet’s misdirected outrage. I feel sorry for the three-year old girl. These hoaxes will continue so long as people continue to hit "share" and donate based off of an emotional story that they assume others fact-checked. People cannot be trusted behind a veil of anonymity like they can be face-to-face. It's much, much easier to steal from anonymous strangers than it is to someone's neighbor, so there are many more would-be internet scam artists than in real life.
I've had yelp reviews that were intensely and personally cruel. If my boss wasn't a pretty reasonable guy I'd have lost my job for doing my job as best I could in a bad situation. In the end it's not the kind of thing to lose sleep over, best to just move on. Most people are sad that this is a hoax, your average Joe likes to believe a bad review or anything that gets the moral outrage blood flowing.
I agree that we're turning into point-and-click moths. Frankly though I have no problem with gullible corporations and people helping someone out no matter how misguided the intentions. Assuming the girl actually gets some help I find the whole story inspiring actually. Trashy yes. Not criminal. Reminds me of Paper Moon.