A teenage girl has said that she was kicked out of McDonald’s after she used the women’s toilets when they mistook her for a boy. Ny Richardson, 16, said she was asked to leave the Hull branch because of the way she looks. She 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. “I said to him, ‘Why do I need to leave? I’m a girl, can you not tell by my voice?’ He then asked me to show some ID, but when I didn’t have any he told me to get out and he rang the police. I’m used to being accused of being a boy, but this time I was humiliated in front of the whole restaurant. I think his attitude was disgusting and I’m still angry about it now.” However, McDonald’s said that Ny was part of a disruptive group and police were called to the store after a group of youths was involved in an altercation with staff. Ny’s mother said: “She is who she is and people need to accept that. She shouldn’t have to justify herself to anybody.” A McDonald’s spokesman 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. These actions have been taken due to unacceptable behaviour only.”
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