Teh One Who Knocks
04-29-2014, 10:57 AM
By Belinda Robinson - The Daily Mail
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A teenager was turned away from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant by staff who said he was too young to buy a box of chicken.
Jake Butterworth, 13, was buying food for himself and his younger brother Wade, eight, at their local KFC in Manchester, when the youngsters were told by staff that they were banned from getting the chicken.
Staff told the boys that they feared they would 'throw food' and 'mess about' if they were given the fast food.
ake told The Sun: 'I was in shock. I only wanted a Mega Box but they wouldn't let me. There were kids when I went in not eating anything and refusing to move.'
The shocked schoolboy from Failsworth, Greater Manchester spoke with staff and told them that he had come in to buy the food with his younger brother and was not with the other kids.
But they still refused to serve him, because he was under 18.
His father, Mike, 43, an engineer said that he had asked his sons to pop into the KFC to pick up the chicken for him because he was running late from work.
However, he was stunned that when his boys said they had been refused a simple meal because they were underage.
He said: 'What if Mcdonald's started to turn kids away - it's ridiculous.'
A KFC spokesman told Mail Online: 'We are sorry to hear about Jake's experience, however the restaurant staff have had to deal with a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour relating to unaccompanied young people over the past year.
'This has forced them to make decisions like this on the spot.
'We are currently working with the police and local council on how to best manage this, and we'd love to get in touch with Jake's family personally to welcome them back into the restaurant for a meal on the house.'
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A teenager was turned away from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant by staff who said he was too young to buy a box of chicken.
Jake Butterworth, 13, was buying food for himself and his younger brother Wade, eight, at their local KFC in Manchester, when the youngsters were told by staff that they were banned from getting the chicken.
Staff told the boys that they feared they would 'throw food' and 'mess about' if they were given the fast food.
ake told The Sun: 'I was in shock. I only wanted a Mega Box but they wouldn't let me. There were kids when I went in not eating anything and refusing to move.'
The shocked schoolboy from Failsworth, Greater Manchester spoke with staff and told them that he had come in to buy the food with his younger brother and was not with the other kids.
But they still refused to serve him, because he was under 18.
His father, Mike, 43, an engineer said that he had asked his sons to pop into the KFC to pick up the chicken for him because he was running late from work.
However, he was stunned that when his boys said they had been refused a simple meal because they were underage.
He said: 'What if Mcdonald's started to turn kids away - it's ridiculous.'
A KFC spokesman told Mail Online: 'We are sorry to hear about Jake's experience, however the restaurant staff have had to deal with a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour relating to unaccompanied young people over the past year.
'This has forced them to make decisions like this on the spot.
'We are currently working with the police and local council on how to best manage this, and we'd love to get in touch with Jake's family personally to welcome them back into the restaurant for a meal on the house.'