A man lashed out at a McDonalds employee after becoming upset over there being no plastic straws at the condiment station in the St Petersburg, Florida restaurant, due to a law that came into effect on Tuesday where customers must ask for straws, under a new city ordinance. A video shows the man lunging across the counter and grabbing a female cashier by her shirt collar the fast food restaurant in Florida. But the employee fights him off and starts punching his arm after the pair got in a heated argument about straws. People can be heard saying “stop” and “let her go” in the background.
The employee yelled and cursed at the man as she was taken away by a colleague after it took around 15 seconds to separate the pair.
The customer shouted: “I want her a** fire right now”, to which the employee replied: “No, you’re going to jail. You put your hands on me first.”
Witness Brenda Biandudi, who took the footage, told CNN: “She told him we’re not allowed to have straws in the lobby but he can get one upon request.
“He said there was no such law. He started exchanging words laced with profanity, which I won’t repeat.
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“I looked at my camera and I thought I may need to record this since there were so few people in the store.
“As soon as he approached her, I hit record. He reached across and tried to grab her and hit her.”
Referring to the moments after the man was escorted outside, she added: “I knocked on the door and pointed to my phone and said I have a video and they let me in.
“They had locked the door when they got the man out of the store.”
Police officers have been handed a video of the incident and the man has been taken into custody.
Police said in a statement: “When the officers arrived, they recognized Taylor from the video at McDonald’s and took him into custody.”
Khim Aday from McDonald’s Corporate Communications said in a statement: “Our highest priority is always the safety and well-being of our employees and customers at our restaurants.
“We have been in contact with the police department and are fully cooperating with their investigation.”