You would think that Ronald McDonald would have scores of children flocking to meet his yellow, red and white fast food greatness, but this Ronald McDonald in Japan was completely ignored.

Poor Ronald McDonald (known as “Donald” in Japan). He got all dressed up in his floppy red shoes and white makeup, put on his biggest smile, and marched down to a McDonald’s restaurant for a meet and greet, only to find that not a single child showed up to see him. And now, the people of the Internet are laughing at his tired, worn out expression.

According to Jin115, a photo of the sad clown mascot was tweeted by a Japanese user who was working at a McDonald's which organised a meet-and-greet session.

The photo above surfaced on Twitter on August 25 and has been making the rounds on many Japanese Internet sites. Little is known of the situation surrounding this hilarious picture, but it was tweeted with the following caption that sheds a little light on what went down: “Today Donald-san came to the McDonald’s I was working at, but it seems that 0 children came. Hahah! He’s so bored he doesn’t even know what to do with himself! LOL! And that handheld fan! Hahahaha!”

Indeed, the photo encapsulates Ronald McDonald's boredom, tiredness and he is cooling himself off with a handheld fan probably due to all those layers of thick makeup, that red wig and that costume.

After the photo surfaced on Twitter on Sunday, it went viral, reported RocketNews24.

Poor, poor Donald-san. It seems being snubbed by children is even more tiring than entertaining them. At least the Internet loves him…