Irony bypass

[sp1814]

Young mother Nicky Holloway was 'was horrified when she found a cigarette inside a McDonald’s Happy Meal she bought for her son':

http://www.metro.co.u...l-came-with-cigarette

True - any mother would be rightly disturbed at finding a cigarette at the bottom of a 'Happy Meal'...but this raises some other questions:

Why is she feeding her one-year old baby McDonalds in the first place?

Does this story suggest that the Government's message on health and nutrition is falling on deaf ears?

Do people really think that a McDonald's apple pie contributed one of your 'five-a-day'?

And finally, what did the mother do to make her boy pull that upset face in the photo???

[jackthehat]

I'm sure the com-pen-say-shun she's hoping for will make her feel better........

[missnemesis]

"But the deal was rejected by Ms Holloway, who also turned down an offer by trading standards officers to investigate the incident. She wants ‘more to be done about it’ and plans to sue McDonald’s."

Aye, no doubt at the tax payers expense! Her kid doesn't even look like he has any teeth ~ What does he do suck the burgers into submission?

Bluddy Chavs!!!

[webbo3]

The cigarette would have probably tasted better than the happy meal (oxymoron).


Dave.

[anotheoldgit]

The points on why she should not be feeding her baby a McDonalds meal, are irrelevant.

The fact that there was a cigarette in the meal, and the staff's attitude, are the important matters, and she should be compensated forthwith.

[R1Geezer]

Well sp you are normally the one whinning on about sweeping generalisations. Just because they went into a burger joint on this occasion, it does not mean that the kid lives entirely on the stuff. It is common practice for parents to take their kids to some sort of fast food place as an occasional treat doesn't make them all evil child abusers does it? Personally I'm annoyed that something as disgusting as smoking is allowed anywhere near a food outlet of any description.

[rojash]

"she should be compensated forthwith. "
She was offered reasonable compensation, but turned it down in the hope of getting rich - presumably so that she could fill her kid up with more junk food.

[hc4361]

How should she be compensated? She was offered a refund and free meals. Investigation by Trading Standards could lead to prosecution against McDonald's but she didn't want that.

[Davethedog]

The Cigarette not good but how did it get there, the bags are flat packed opened and filled in front of you.

If she thinks that she will get thousands from suing shes wrong, 1) no damage has been done 2) She has been offered "compensation"

Not a lover of "maccyd's" myself but this smacks of extortion

[sp1814]

R1Geezer

It's not a sweeping generalisation. She took her baby to McDonalds and fed it a McDonalds Happy Meal.

McDonalds food is not appropriate for a baby.

AOG - what kind of compensation do you think would be appropriate on this occasion?

She's been offered a free meal, an investigation by Trading Standards, but she feels she should sue.

How much should she get for her upset and injury?

[thetruthhurts]

I wonder about these reports of strange things found in food (it's always McDonalds) I think the 'victims' put the offending object in the food in the hope of compensation.

[anotheoldgit]

Ah! such a tolerant lot.

Knowing some on here, if it was to happen to one of theirs, they would be crying for MacDonalds to be closed down.

[joko]

this sounds like she has cooked this up herself, planting the it in there...you can see into the kitchens and no-one smokes behind there, however the fact that a member of staff laughed and almost admitted that it was probably their ciggy makes me wonder.

she rather foolishly beleives she will get a huge amount of money from this - haha - this is what a lot of idiots think, slightest thing and kerching!!

if she does get compo it will more likely be in the region of a few hundred not thousands...maybe even just macdonalds vouchers or something

the fact that she refused all attempts to rectify this - the ones that dont involve her getting loads of money anyway - speaks volumes...surely if this were true the aim would be to stop someone else 'suffering' this?
the child woudl not have been harmed had he bitten into the cigarette - which shows he was not in any real danger, so compo will be low

the chavvy horror member of staff should be sacked

[R1Geezer]

I remember when I was a nipper my mum found a spider in a tin of corned beef (from the co op), she complained and they gave her a £10 co op, voucher which was a huge amount of groceries in those days, we ate well for a couple of weeks on that one!

[Gladeian]

Probably buy him a Dunhill lighter with the compo

[socket2008]

A one year old eating a burger. Though it cant be the first time looking at the size of him. An early death looms if this bad mother is feeding him crap like this at that age.

I hope she wins nothing and has to pay her own costs.