McDonald’s staff are forced to turn away man on a horse

Staff at McDonald’s received the shock of their lives after a customer tried to order burgers and fries while riding a horse.

Servers were left stunned as the man trotted up to the cashier’s window of the fast food chain’s restaurant in Beccles, Norfolk.

A photograph shows flabbergasted staff trying to reason with the man, who is seen queuing up with a line of cars as part of the McDonald’s drive-thru.  

According to onlookers, the chain’s boss was called and the cheeky diner was sent packing.

Staff at McDonald’s received the shock of their lives after a customer tried to order burgers and fries while riding a horse

Chris Mackay, 23, from Beccles, said: ‘People were flabbergasted. Everyone was sitting in their cars waiting to be served when this guy trotted up on a horse.

‘He sat in the saddle waiting to be served, then this lady who works at McDonalds came out and said ‘you can’t bring that horse in here’.

‘He seemed surprised – he obviously thought they would serve someone riding a hose.’

Another eye witness, who asked no to be named, said ‘They told him he couldn’t go through on horseback.

‘You could see he wasn’t pleased but eventually he tied up his horse outside and walked in to get some coffee.

‘A little while later he came out with a latte, got on his horse and rode off across a field with his drink in his hand.’

It’s not the first time – in 2013, Emily Edon and Kayleigh Jeremy, both 17, arrived on horseback and were turned away from a McDonald’s drive-through on the Portway industrial estate in Andover, Hants.

College student Kayleigh said she and Emily were peckish after riding for seven hours round local fields ands woods on their ponies, called Alfie and Cracker.

She said they often stopped at pubs when out riding and thought there would be no problem asking to be served at the drive-through.

But when they dismounted and tried to tether their horses in the car park, they were told to go away by McDonald’s staff.

Bank cashier Emily, who said she kept five horses on land at her home in Upper Clatford, near Andover, said: ‘We had been out for seven hours and just wanted a Big Mac meal but they said no – and there wasn’t any jokiness about it.’

A McDonald’s spokesman said ‘Our drive-through lanes are specifically designed for road-going motor vehicles.

‘The close proximity of motor vehicles in a frequently busy area with limited space means that our drive-through lanes are not suitable for horses.’



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