Burger King kicks out mother and barefoot baby

[Jojo F.]

A Burger King threatens to call the police on a mother and her 6 month old barefoot baby- link

This makes me want to start a nation wide barefoot baby sit-in.....

[phatchristy]

Now that is just ridiculous! WOW!

[Cersha]

That has got to be one of the craziest things I've ever heard. Dang, sometimes I wear my two year old and don't put shoes on him.

[enigo]

The 25 people in the group should have asked for their money back. I'm sure the baby's feet were more sanitary than the food they serve at Burger King!

[Thankful'n'Blessed]

?!?!?!?Seriously!?!?!?!

I have to wonder if it had something to do with politics though. Maybe the manager was offended by the fact that it was a church group or a particular conversation they were carrying on or something like that? Either way, totally uncalled for and unprofessional to kick out a 6 month old. I think I would have fired him for it if I were his boss. Good grief!

[Mary-Beth]

wow...if the baby isn't standing/crawling on the floor then no need for shoes.

Never heard anything like this before!!!

[tessie]

That is just ridiculous.

[Marsupialmom]

This made national news. I think sometimes we have to remember the individual acts independantly of the organization. I think Burger King is embarrassed by the situation. They have appologize. It was a misaplication of a rule "No shoes, no shirt, no service."

I don't normally watch this guy but I thought it was funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srGpeo4ig-s

[Amandamanda]

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[sleepingbeauty]

Are they serious? Give me a goddamn break here! She's an INFANT for god's sake!

[dziwozony]

wow, i don't even OWN baby shoes. i get shoes once they're walking around, but don't feel the need before then

[pixiekisses]

I don't have any words. *shocked*

[EviesMom]

The question now is really if that BK store will lose their franchise because of damage to the corporate reputation or if just that individual will lose his job.

[Minarai]

This on top of them selling Nestlé water...

I'm officially never setting foot in ANY Burger King location again.

[tndixiemom]

BK has already said that the manager went way over the line and they did not back them in any way. They said that right after it happened.

[bugmenot]

Originally Posted by dziwozony

wow, i don't even OWN baby shoes. i get shoes once they're walking around, but don't feel the need before then

What do you do for the winter? Or is the winter in your part of the world not cold enough?

I can kind of see where the manager is coming from. If you let one person "break the rules" then you basically have to let everyone else do the same.

Suppose i'm a ride operator at an amusement park. The sign says "You must be this tall to ride." If I let someone under that height on, and someone else comes along that is too short, I have to be consistent. (Either way, i'd probably be written up for letting the first person on.)

If the parent had any smarts, she would have hid her baby's feet under a blanket or something. If the employee knowingly broke the location and/or chain rules, the employee has to be fired.

As for threatening to call the police? That's a bit too much. You could ask them to leave or not serve them. If they have a "no shoes, no shirt, no service" sign on the door, then that should be enough to point to.

[Pookietooth]

I used to get sick whenever I ate at Burger King. Haven't set foot in one for ages.

[possum]

That is really ridiculous. Some people have no sense, and I'm glad that BK has renounced the guy even if we don't eat there.

Originally Posted by bugmenot

What do you do for the winter? Or is the winter in your part of the world not cold enough?

I can kind of see where the manager is coming from. If you let one person "break the rules" then you basically have to let everyone else do the same.

. . .

We NEVER put shoes on my son until he was walking well enough to walk around outside at about 10 months. He never even owned any until after he started walking. When it was cold, we just put socks on him - sometimes a pair of wool socks and a pair of cotton socks. Shoes might have blocked wind if it were really windy, but I've heard this concern before, and I just don't get it. Regular shoes don't keep my feet all that warm, and if you are really trying to keep a little one's feet warm, I think socks and bundling them with blankets or in a snowsuit is much more effective as it uses their own body heat.
As BK is not backing this guy, it is clear that the rule was not made for infants in arms. Come on, I wouldn't even consider that bending the rules; baby feet don't even show up on the stinky/gross/ew I can't eat with that near me radar.
Melinda

[AislinCarys]

When DD was little we had a pair of baby shoes of the slippers kind - we used them at home, because she liked to pull herself up on the sofa table, and they gave bit more gripthan socks on our cold wooden floor. Outside, in winter, the shoes would have been much too cold, she always wore one pair of cotton socks and a thick pair of home-knitted woolen socks. I never brought the shoes out, even when the weather was warm, as she'd just kick them off if she was carried, in the car or in the push-chair.

[kcstar]

I'm another that didn't buy shoes for DS until he was walking.

As for "No shirt, no shoes, no service", that rule was instituted around the 1960's / 1970's as a reaction to the hippy lifestyle.