Brilliant- Absolutely Brilliant - Can't See It Ever Happening Here Though

Kintarō Hattori

Teenager Scott Wilson was refused a cheeseburger at McDonald’s as he was wearing tracksuit bottoms.

The 16-year-old was told by staff he and his mates ‘looked like causing trouble’ and so wouldn’t be served.

Undaunted, Scott went straight home, changed into a shirt and tie and returned to get his cheeseburger, fries and soft drink.

He said: ‘I was just wearing a normal jacket, with some joggers, because I’d come straight from work.

‘Another friend was wearing tracksuit bottoms, and the other was wearing jeans with pumps.

‘We walked up to the counter, and started trying to order but the woman behind the counter just said, “I’m not serving you,” and we were asked to leave.

‘We were confused. We just looked at each other. When we asked why, she said we looked like we had been causing trouble.’

Bosses at the restaurant in Leyland, near Preston, said they had been forced to implement a policy, which includes banning under-18s wearing tracksuits and hoodies after 7pm, because of customers and staff being threatened.

Manager Nigel Dunnington said: ‘Unfortunately, this lad has been caught in the middle of things when I have tried to do the right thing.’

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/853825-teen-refused-service-at-mcdonalds-for-wearing-tracksuit-bottoms

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8283276/McDonalds-bans-tracksuits.html

http://news1.capitalbay.com/news/mcdonald_s_bans_boy_in.html

Penn

I'm loving it

Zebra3

Joggers?

Pumps?

Wtf is he on about?

antodeco

Im pretty sure that cant happen over here, as it is discrimination. He should have went "Falling down" on their asses!

craggles

Stupid. It's a McDonalds restaurant.

Turtyturd

It's f*cking ridiculous...I hope it never happens here.

String

It would also mean most places closing down because of lack of reasonably dressed people

Tabnabs

Undaunted, Scott went straight home, changed into a shirt and tie and returned to get his cheeseburger, fries and soft drink.

More fool him. 1-0 McDonald's

stephendevlin

What about Pajamas??? Ban them too! Or is that only in Tescos

strokemyclover

McDonald's banning trackie's from buying food? Isn't that like drug dealers refusing to sell heroin to a junkie because he has gammy teeth?

stephendevlin

Tabnabs wrote: »

More fool him. 1-0 McDonald's

Yeah I would have hit the manager ....

DrumSteve

Now on to those who wear pyjamas outside hopefully.

seanbmc

Hoodies? Even with the hood down?

Bit far.

we'llallhavetea_old

Fcuking stupid idea.

jimthemental

Can't understand this. There's a certain way you dress for work, weddings, funerals, even to go to a nightclub. There is no way you should have to adhere to a dress code to buy a bag of fake chips in McDonalds.

mike65

Quite right too, whenever you stop and look at the general appearance and attire the population, be it here or the UK is appalling. Scruffy louts! The whole trackie/white socks mentality needs wiping out.

Sykk

Jaysus that's the lowest of the low, when the person working at McDonalds won't give you a bag of greasy AIDS because you're not dressed well enough for it's standards.

Big Nasty

mike65 wrote: »

Quite right too, whenever you stop and look at the general appearance and attire the population, be it here or the UK is appalling. Scruffy louts! The whole trackie/white socks mentality needs wiping out.

+1 Proper order IMO

stimpson

antodeco wrote: »

Im pretty sure that cant happen over here, as it is discrimination. He should have went "Falling down" on their asses!

Nope - there are 9 grounds for discrimination in legislation:

Gender, Marital status, Family status, Age, Disability, Race, Sexual Orientation, Religious Belief and Membership of the Traveller community

Unless you consider scumbaggery as a Race or Religion or Sexual Orientaion then there is no discrimination.

TBH, if Mackers banned tracksuits they would be out of business very quickly.

stephendevlin

mike65 wrote: »

Quite right too, whenever you stop and look at the general appearance and attire the population, be it here or the UK is appalling. Scruffy louts! The whole trackie/white socks mentality needs wiping out.

So if you wore a tracksuit I could call you a scruffy lout??????? :rolleyes:

Yes thier mothers should send them all out in suits and not sports gear

admiralofthefleet

if they are going to ban trackkies they would want to take a look at themselves and the ingredients they use
burger king is way nicer anyway

Ebbs

Eh...what?

I can understand hoodies tbh due to the whole concealing bit...but trackie bottoms? Is it incase they are able to run faster?

Next they'll be banning speed stripes on shoes

Splendour

Am not a fan of tracksuits myself (unless if in a gym) but I don't necessarily assume that everyone wearing a one is trouble! Think that Mac Donalds should get themselves a bouncer instead of putting a blanket ban on tracksuits.
A tie to eat in Mac Donalds-who would've ever thought...

Jim

Undaunted, Scott went straight home, changed into a shirt and tie and returned to get his cheeseburger, fries and soft drink.

lol, so a business wont serve him because of they discriminate against what he wears. His response is to comply to their policy and still give them his money.

What a moron.

giant_midget

They should also look at banning those fat scrubbers that wear pj's to shops...knackers the whole lot of em...

Degag

Banning about 90% of your customers?

Ronald won't be happy.

Degag

Jim wrote: »

lol, so a business wont serve him because of they discriminate against what he wears. His response is to comply to their policy and still give them his money.

What a moron.

I guess if you have a craving.......

The Waltzing Consumer

That's hilarious. It would be pretty funny if they start doing that here. A step in the right direction.

Gunsfortoys

I can't believe the guy got changed into a suit and went back. He must have a serious McDonalds addiction.

Lumen

Upon his return he asked:

"I can haz cheezburger?"

And the internet applauded.

stateofflux

how many skangs have a shirt and tie at home?.. i can see it now "a gang of marauding youths assaulted 4 professional men, robbed their shirt and tie then entered mcdonalds for a big mac meal before discovering the many uses for tie after watching goodfellas"

Logical Fallacy

jimthemental wrote: »

Can't understand this. There's a certain way you dress for work, weddings, funerals, even to go to a nightclub. There is no way you should have to adhere to a dress code to buy a bag of fake chips in McDonalds.

But remember, if you dare to wear a tracksuit at all, you must be a scumbag.

jimthemental

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

But remember, if you dare to wear a tracksuit at all, you must be a scumbag.

You're right, in future when getting fast food I'll go in the door with just my jocks on. I was already fairly close to this situation the last night I was in Sams in KK, reckless but they still didn't throw me out because I wasn't causing trouble.

PS: The only thing that is 100% pike wear are Fred Perry jumpers.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

That's absolute bollocks, tbh.

Logical Fallacy

baz2009 wrote: »

That's absolute bollocks, tbh.

Don't forget, a lot of the heads in this thread will want to be safe in the knowledge they can go to Maccy D's without having to worry about the scary people in the tracksuits. lol

stovelid

More fool him for going back.

I wear tracky bottoms and a t-shirt some evenings when I'm chilling out at home and I wouldn't change out of them just to go to the shops. If they don;t want my money, there's plenty of other places that do.

FreudianSlippers

Brilliant. I love him going back in a shirt and tie (but nothing mentioned about his trousers? Presumably, still wearing "joggers").

In my mind I'm picturing him showing up in a tux!

Tar.Aldarion

Tabnabs wrote: »

More fool him. 1-0 McDonald's

Now it looks way better for him when he sues

Dancor

They should have smashed the place up like actuall scruffs. That would have showed 'em.

FreudianSlippers

It would be better if ruffians dressed like they do in A Clockwork Orange.

Put a little effort in lads.

iPlop

stephendevlin wrote: »

What about Pajamas??? Ban them too! Or is that only in Tescos

They should be banned everywhere.Last summer there was people wearing them in the zoo:eek:

hondasam

craggles wrote: »

Stupid. It's a McDonalds restaurant.

Stupid McDonalds is a chip shop not a restaurant.

hondasam

Tabnabs wrote: »

More fool him. 1-0 McDonald's

it just shows that people should not be judged on how the are dressed. fair play to him he went away changed his clothes and went back.

RichieC

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-1350931-0CEA9535000005DC-776_468x613.jpg

stupid rule, but the look like right scummers.

hondasam

RichieC wrote: »

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-1350931-0CEA9535000005DC-776_468x613.jpg

stupid rule, but the look like right scummers.

No the don't, the look like all lads their age.

strobe

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/853825-teen-refused-service-at-mcdonalds-for-wearing-tracksuit-bottoms

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8283276/McDonalds-bans-tracksuits.html

http://news1.capitalbay.com/news/mcdonald_s_bans_boy_in.html

Wow. That is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really fukking retarded.

Gunsfortoys

strobe wrote: »

Wow. That is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really fukking retarded.

Really?

Debthree

stephendevlin wrote:

What about Pajamas???

Sink The Banana wrote: »

They should be banned everywhere.

Even in bed?

Kintarō Hattori

strobe wrote: »

Wow. That is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really fukking retarded.

Eh..... what is?

hondasam

Debthree wrote: »

Even in bed?

definitely in bed.

iPlop

Debthree wrote: »

Even in bed?

Outside the house!