The photo was captured at a location in Ridgecrest, Kern County

Jun 6, 2013 06:40 GMT  ·  By

It's probably no surprise to anyone that the employee getting Taco Bell a lot of bad publicity by posting a photo of himself licking tacos would be fired.

According to the Daily Mail, the snapshot was uploaded to the account of one “Jj O'Brien Nolan,” but the name of the worker has not been confirmed.

KFSN mentioned that this photo was taken at a Kern County Taco Bell, at their Ridgecrest location.

The fast-food worker has written on Facebook that he has been fired, news now confirmed by the company. They add that the tacos were not served to clients, as they were being used for training purposes.

“The taco shells were used for training in March before we launched a new product, and were in process of being thrown out,” reps say.