Indian McDonald’s Facing PR Headache After Staff Threw Out Street Child

McDonald’s in the western city of Pune, India is considering retraining its staff after one of them pushed a child out of its restaurant earlier this month.
Indian McDonald’s Facing PR Headache After Staff Threw Out Street Child
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McDonald’s in the western city of Pune, India is considering retraining its staff after one of them pushed a child out of its restaurant earlier this month.

The child had been selling balloons outside the McDonalds. A female customer agreed to buy the boy a drink.

When she was standing in line with him, a security guard reportedly behaved very rudely to the woman and pushed the child out of the restaurant, saying “these kind of people are not allowed inside,” the woman said on Facebook.

The issue caught wider public attention after the woman shared the story on social media.

The facebook post of the McDonald's customer who offered a street child a drink in the restaurant in Pune, India on Jan. 10. The child was pushed out of the restaurant by a staff member and the story went viral on social media. (Facebook)
The facebook post of the McDonald's customer who offered a street child a drink in the restaurant in Pune, India on Jan. 10. The child was pushed out of the restaurant by a staff member and the story went viral on social media. Facebook
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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