Daily Dose of Common Sense

In a massive common sense fail, a Burger King manager in Missouri asked mother Jennifer Frederich and her six-month old baby to leave his restaurant. The offense? The baby had no shoes on. The manager cited public health code, which mandates that people wear shoes in places where food is prepared and sold. But, a six-month old? Come on–they’re not even walking yet.

“I just looked at him and said, ‘That’s my daughter.  She doesn’t own shoes.  She’s only six months old,’” said Frederich. 

Frederich says she went on to make the case that, “She doesn’t walk, so she’s not touching the ground.  There is no reason for her to have shoes on.”

The mother, who was clearly baffled by the request, tried to accommodate the manager by putting socks on her child. The manager said that was not enough and asked them to leave.

Burger King headquarters has since apologized to the family and offered them a free meal. A complimentary Whopper seems like paltry compensation for such a PR blunder. Couldn’t they at least have gotten to meet this guy?

Photo courtesy of Flickr: zieak

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