8/01/2006
Toledo Area Children Protest Playland Sock Rules
Left: Hartnett and Miller speak out(Toledo, OH) Angered by the policies of restaurants such as McDonald’s that provide play areas, local children organized a protest against what they call “really doody-head rules at those places.”
One of the movement’s leaders is 9-year old Stephen Harnett of Sylvania.
“I was at McDonald’s last week, and this manager made me get off the slide because I was barefoot,” he said. “I mean, come on. I took a bath last Friday. He’s the one who stinks!”
Several of the other protestors agreed with Harnett’s assessment, and offered passersby an opportunity to verify that their shoes and feet were odor-free.
“Yeah, that guy smells like rotten cheese,” said Tommy Miller, 8. “When he told me to leave, I said: ‘Trick or treat, smell my feet, if you die, you’ll know why!”
Contacted by Toledo Tales, McDonald’s representative Karen Hastings said that the rules are in place “to protect the health and safety of our patrons.”
Harnett said that the corporate concerns were misplaced.
“If they want to protect the safety of their patrons, then they should stop serving nasty worm burgers,” he said. “And they should stop wiping their butts on the buns.”
Miller added: “Yeah, and they should stop picking their noses and wiping the boogers on the Chicken Nuggets.”
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