No Shirt, No Shoes, No Arms, No Service!

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law, Food & Drinks on July 12, 2007 at 2:18 am


Although she was born with no arms, Dawn Larson has learned to lead a full life and can even drive using her feet. She’s never had any problem in public, until McDonald refused to serve her:

Normally, Larson first gives the cashier her debit card to pay for the order and then grabs the food and drink with both feet.

But at McDonald’s she said they took her money at one window but wouldn’t give her the food at the next window. Larson says she felt degraded.

"I reached my foot out the window to grab the food," says Larson. "She set the food down, raised her hands up really high in the air and slammed them down on the counter. This was like violently."

"’I am not doing this,’ she screamed that at me, ‘Absolutely not doin’ this.’"

The restaurant offered her a $10 gift certificate. She then contacted a lawyer and two months later experienced the same thing at a different Rockford McDonald’s.

Link – via Weird Daily


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15 comments to "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Arms, No Service!"

  1. Me3
    July 12th, 2007 at 3:25 am

    Strange this seems to be a McDonald's-only occurrence. Hope the person that did this to her got nice and fired.

  2. L.B. Jeffries
    July 12th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    I understand her outrage...but she's asking for 4 million dollars. That's an awful lot of money for not getting your cheeseburger.

  3. Ant
    July 12th, 2007 at 8:13 am

    L.B.: Then, how much? $10?

  4. L.B. Jeffries
    July 12th, 2007 at 8:30 am

    I dunno how much she deserves for having to be humiliated like that, but 4 million dollars just seems like a lot. I dunno, you want me to just name random figures?

  5. Paul
    July 12th, 2007 at 9:41 am

    Its the employees that did this not mcdonalds. I doubt they have a "don't serve people without arms" policy.

  6. Geoduck
    July 12th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    I imagine her lawyer picked the figure, and is hoping to get a relative fraction of it from McDonalds. Preferably before any actual trial, just to make the problem go away.

  7. c-dub
    July 12th, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    Paul, the employees ARE McDonald's. If they practiced discrimination while performing their job, then McDonald's can (and should) be held responsible -- whether it's the result of a policy or not.

  8. Juliio Martinez
    July 12th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Seriously.... no hand, why is she even freaking driving, why should Mc Donald's change for this 1 in a million degenerate

  9. L
    July 13th, 2007 at 12:04 am

    Well... how many times does she have to be refused service by the same company before she's allowed to sue?

    And that's very classy, Juliio Martinez. You're the perfect example of why this woman has every right to be pissed off.

  10. Nora
    July 13th, 2007 at 1:44 am

    I wonder what her reaction time is like when driving. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be a little worried about her not being able to co-ordinate things fast enough in an oncomming accident.

  11. Chris
    July 13th, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    weird this post comes after the hand soap's one...

  12. Desmondus
    July 16th, 2007 at 6:45 am

    Nora,

    She probably has a specially designed vehicle to give her access to the brake and gas on the dashboard. I wouldn't expect her to have to move her foot from the wheel to the floor for gas or brake. Also, she must have passed a driving test to be able to have a lisence at all.

  13. Jake
    July 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    4 million is way to low. McD is a multi billion dollar company. They need to learn their lesson and the only way they will is if you take a good chunk of profit from them

  14. Leanne
    August 8th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    People born without arms adapt very well to using their feet just as well... she wouldn't have any more trouble with reaction times than you or I. Maybe even better, since her feet are able of both hands AND feet. Those must be some super feet!

    I just don't get their logic... what's wrong with serving food into someone's feet? What else is she going to do? What's their reasoning? What other things do they find so disgusting that it stops them giving someone service?

  15. chris demoto
    January 15th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    go to jonsheptock.com he was born without arms and has 3 kids!!!


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