Ny Richardson is an English teen with short hair. She claims that when she went to the bathroom at a local McDonald’s in Hull, Yorkshire, she was asked for identification—proof that she was a female.
Ny, who was visiting the branch in Hull, Yorkshire, said: “I ordered my food and left it with my girlfriend as I went to the toilet.
"When I was in there, someone told me to get out and when I sat back down, the manager came over and told me that I needed to leave because I have been in the girls’ toilet.
She told the manager that she didn’t have ID but her voice seemed a dead giveaway as to her gender. She said she was humiliated. McDonald’s says that the issue is not so clear cut.
McDonald’s said: “We can confirm a group of individuals were asked to leave our St Andrew’s Quay restaurant, following several complaints about inappropriate behaviour.
"This group has been asked to leave the restaurant on numerous occasions over the past few days, culminating in the police being called on Tuesday evening. These actions have been taken due to unacceptable behaviour only.”
However, the Humberside Police explained that the reports of teens being abusive to the employees of the McDonald’s seems to have been solely based on the group’s reaction to Ny not being allowed to use the women’s bathroom. McDonald’s, you can’t have it both ways. Either you treat people right and then call the police if those people act inappropriately or you treat people poorly and at least show some comprehension of why they may be angry.