Burger King Boots Shoeless Tot, Mom

Burger King Boots Shoeless Tot, Mom
Store Apologizes For Ejecting 6-Month-Old Girl for Violating "No Shoes" Policy

(AP) Burger King has apologized to a St. Louis area woman who was told to leave a restaurant because her 6-month-old daughter wasn't wearing shoes.

A spokeswoman for the restaurant chain said Wednesday that workers at the Sunset Hills Burger King took the "no shoes, no shirt, no service" policy too far.

Jennifer Frederich went to the restaurant Sunday along with her mother and Jennifer's 6-month-old daughter, Kaylin. Workers told them to leave because of the shoeless baby, citing a health code violation.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/06/national/main5219581.shtml

No baby shoes, no service

Your mother, your pediatrician, even the Nordstrom salesclerk will tell you that children don't need shoes until they start to walk. It's commonsense that a baby who spends his time in his mother's arms or in a stroller can live wildly and only sport a pair of socks or booties.

But a manager at a Burger King in Missouri thinks differently. He asked a mom and her 6-month-old baby to leave the restaurant because the baby wasn't wearing shoes.

Jennifer Frederich, the baby's mother, shared with CNN, "The manager told me that you can order to-go but you're going to have to leave if she doesn't have shoes on because it's against health code."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=44996#ixzz0NTx7jkQ8

The manager may have made a poor choice, but was attempting to follow the rules. Perhaps they need more specific training on the issue.

didn't even own a pair of shoes til she was one, i think.

Who the hell thinks this plastic, creepy KING on those commercials is amusing?

Worst fast food commercials on TV, by far.

But get that baby outta here!

The mother even put socks on the baby.

we practice it in schools...what should we expect in the 'real world'?

sP

People need to understand that rules have an intent, and that enforcing a rule with total disregard for that intent is almost always counterproductive.

And repeated attempts to contact their corporate office were ignored.

... on rules, not judgment.