Burger King Kicks Baby Out of Restaurant for Not Wearing Shoes

When Jennifer Frederich took her 6-month-old daughter, Kaylin, with her to Burger King earlier this week, she never imagined that the tot’s bare feet would have her kicked out of the restaurant.

Frederich was visiting the Burger King in Sunset Hills, MO, outside of St. Louis. She was standing in line to order her food with her baby, her mother, and her grandmother when the restaurant’s manager looked over and told the group that they would have to take their order “to go”, because the baby’s shoeless feet violated the restaurant’s policy.

Trying to explain to the manager that the baby didn’t even have a pair of shoes yet because she didn’t walk did no good, the manager insisted that shoes needed to be worn, and threatened to call the police. Frederich and her companions quickly finished their meal and left the restaurant. [See video below]

In a comment to the St. Louis FOX TV affiliate, Frederich said, “People have to know about this… if you’re going to go to Burger King get some shoes on your baby or go somewhere else. I think they just need to understand, it’s a baby. They’re not going to be walking around in their dirty, nasty, feet. I feel like the policy was probably for grown adults who might walk in without shoes on. That’s understandable. But, babies don’t wear shoes.”

Think Burger King was off the mark on this? Let them know:

Sunset Hills Burger King phone: (314) 965-2902
Burger King Corporate Customer Service phone: (305) 378-3535 or (305) 378-7200

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