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McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People"
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 400541
3/26/2008 7:31 PM
Report abusive post | McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People"
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. -- A little person says he encountered a big problem at an Upstate fast-food restaurant.
The McDonald's customer has filed a complaint with the company and retained a lawyer to advise him after he said that a restaurant employee screamed and ran away from him because he is a little person.
Ethan Wade had made a purchase at the drive-through window of the McDonald's on Howell Road in Greenville County, and when there was a problem with the order, he went inside.
He said one counter employee made it clear that she didn't like the way he looked.
Wade said, "Young lady had her back turned to the counter and when she turned around and spotted me she threw her hands up in the air, started yelling 'Oh, my gosh! Oh my gosh!' and ran to the back of the restaurant, continuing to yell as she was in back of the restaurant."
Wade said that the employee's response caught the attention of other customers, as well as her co-workers.
He said, "The person that was coming to help me actually responded, 'I thought you had a gun. I thought you were robbing the place.' "
Wade said that the shift manager and store manager apologized after the incident. He said the employee who screamed told a supervisor that she had a phobia of little people.
And employee in the franchise office told Wade about what the woman had said.
Wade said, "The employee had stated to her, 'Imagine if you saw a snake or a spider, how would you respond?' And that employee said she understood that. And I said, 'That's unbelievable. I am a human being.' "
"How could you compare the fear of a snake and spider to a human being? That makes no sense to me," Wade said. "I've seen kids kind of react like that. Understandable. But grown adults to act like that? That's just not acceptable."
The restaurant deferred comments on the matter to the franchise office.
The person who answered the phone at the franchise office when WYFF News 4 called said the only people who could discuss this case are the franchise's attorneys, insurance company and the owner, but they refused to give out any of their names.
After WYFF spoke to a media spokeswoman at the corporate level, the franchise owner, Cynthia Samour, released a statement saying, "We take these matters seriously and do our very best to serve our customers with the utmost care and respect.
"We have a strict policy prohibiting any form of discrimination and we continually strive to maintain an environment in which everyone feels valued and accepted."
Wade said he wants to make sure all the employees at the restaurant receive disability awareness training,
He said, "Little People of America is going to write a letter on my behalf stating that they do some type of disability awareness training."
According to the franchise owner's statement, all her employees will receive additional training to ensure they serve all customers with respect.
Wade said, "You can't have a phobia of a person. I'm a human being. You can't have that type of phobia."
Adding insult to injury, Wade said that the restaurant never corrected his order or gave him anything to compensate for it.
"I haven't even gotten anything from that yet," he said. "You know, I was thinking a coupon or something."
Wade said he has no intention of filing s lawsuit. He said he is working with an attorney because he wants to go through all the right channels to make sure McDonald's will be sure their workers receive disability awareness training.
Wade Talks About Being A Little Person
He said, "A lot of people think midget is the correct terminology. Actually, that is so wrong. It's a very, very slang word to the Little People society and reason being is that word originates from the early 18th century when they used to do the circuses and fairs and they would put little people in situations as part of a 'freak show' and they would title it a 'freak show.' And that it is why it's so unacceptable to little people."
Wade said that there is an appropriate way for others to deal with those who they think are different than them.
"I want people to say, 'That's a little person or dwarf,' and then I want them to come up to me and introduce themselves because I want them to get to know Ethan Wade and who Ethan Wade is."
[link to www.wyff4.com]
It's the talk of the town. 
I can imagine the situation and I think the employee is lieing her asshole off. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 400536
3/26/2008 7:42 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
That's correct. It's the companies fault that they hired an asshole. Sheesh! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 400541 (OP)
3/26/2008 7:46 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 387833
3/26/2008 7:50 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
I know many disgruntled employees,thinking possibly
launching a class action suit! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 396204
3/26/2008 7:57 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
I allways wonder how many spit burgers wraps and soup they sell each year.Anyone else wonder?? |
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LS
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3/26/2008 8:00 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 400583
3/26/2008 8:14 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
What's a little people? Is it a dwarf or a child? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 400583
3/26/2008 8:20 PM | |
onemeanbastard
User ID: 379475
3/26/2008 8:26 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
Shit I would have screamed HOLY FUCKIN GODDAMN if I would have turned around and saw me a MIDGET. Everyone knows midgets belong in circuses, Jerry Springer, or the Wizard of OZ. This stupid midget is just bored with his itty bitty existence and trying to raise hell just like anyone that frequents a McDonalds. He should be punished for causing a tall people company distress and sentenced to 12 months of freak show duty, at once! |
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I know the midget
User ID: 400639
3/26/2008 9:52 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
Hi, I know Ethan the dwarf and I am embarrassed that he once represented something I belonged to! He is always wanting attention and used to dance, spin on his head, and do other types of "entertainment" because he was a midget people laughed and now because this happens to be "McDonalds" he is trying to change the country. Give me a break Ethan- |
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reddog
User ID: 401249
3/27/2008 12:03 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
I really doubt you know him. If you did you would know he is doing this. Just think if this happen to a dwarf child. What would you think then? It's not like he is out for any money.
I highly doubt Ethan knows you. He would not socialize with a ignorant person like yourself. |
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Jediknight
User ID: 401282
3/27/2008 12:41 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
Right on Red Dog!
You don't KNOW him! You're to ignorant and obviously too insecure to be associated with him. If he goes out and dances, well do so I. If he entertains others around him, I hope I can entertain others.
However when he walks into a McDonalds to get an order corrected he's just joe schmoo and expects to be treated like every other customer.
Never got the impression the issue was with the clerk, although I question her "phobia" but rather how he was treated by the company.
Let's think about it for a moment. If he's comfortable in front of people, as a speaker or entertainer. Then what happned to him at McDonalds must have been really bad if he ws going to stand up and say something. He's been bashed on sites for being a dwarf and I think it takes a lot of guts to do what he did. He's actually looking out for others so what's wrong with that? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 371987
3/27/2008 12:49 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
Let's think about it for a moment. If he's comfortable in front of people, as a speaker or entertainer. Then what happned to him at McDonalds must have been really bad if he ws going to stand up and say something. He's been bashed on sites for being a dwarf and I think it takes a lot of guts to do what he did. He's actually looking out for others so what's wrong with that? Quoting: Jediknight 401282
I'm sure the possibility of millions of dollars has nothing to do with it. Would he be doing the same thing if it happened at the local mom and pop burger joint? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 401283
3/27/2008 12:55 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
It's a medical condition know as ittybittydudeophobia. She couldn't help it. |
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bilthy
User ID: 165856
3/27/2008 12:57 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
the media teaches us to be afraid of those who are different and to let our fear of the unknown control us. so in this case the mcd's worker was perfectly justified in shunning that little hobgoblin, it might as well have been an evil jihadi muslim brown person who hates our freedom.
shame on you little midget, shame on you midget terrorizer, shame on you.
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Anonymous Coward
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3/27/2008 12:57 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
I used to carry around a sack so in the chance I ever saw one I could catch it and keep it to fix things in small places for me. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 401283
3/27/2008 1:00 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
I used to carry around a sack so in the chance I ever saw one I could catch it and keep it to fix things in small places for me. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 368777
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 371987
3/27/2008 1:03 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
you ever seen those little vienna sausage fingers up close? they are a little creepy |
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distasteful joker
User ID: 401305
3/27/2008 1:31 PM | | Re: McDonalds in trouble again, this time by "Little People" | Quote |
If a unsatisfied little person walked in to my restaurant and told me he wasn't "Happy"
Instead of running I would have just said
Well which one are you?? |
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