Boy goes viral after being refused McDonald's Happy Meal at Leeds Drive-Thru for having no car

Sheree Passey, from Rothwell, tweeted on Wednesday that she had watched a father take his son for the Happy Meal at lunchtime, but that McDonald's "refused to serve him as he didn't have a car".

Sheree, from her car, offered to get the "polite" boy a Happy Meal but said that the staff at the McDonalds in Hunslet "refused" to serve her and her son Niall too after their offering.

Instead, 12-year-old Niall gave his meal to the boy who was not in a car.

Sheree, aged 39, added that it was "so sad" that nobody was "allowed to buy the boy a meal" and that she couldn't see much difference between McDonald's offering delivery as the boy had a mask on.

The tweet about the happenings at the McDonalds has gone viral with over 9,000 likes and 500 retweets.

It said: "A guy tried to take his son for a happy meal today, but didn’t have a car.

They refused to serve him as he didn’t have a car, he was still polite.

"We offered to get his son a happy meal, McDonald’s refused to serve us.

"So my son went over and gave his meal to the boy.

"The guy gave permission for the pic.

"McDonald’s said nobody was allowed to buy the boy a meal, so sad.

"And he had a mask and I can’t see much difference when McDonald’s do Uber eats delivery etc."

A McDonald’s spokesperson said: “For the health and safety of our people and our customers, we are unable to serve customers on foot in our Drive-Thru lanes.

"On this occasion, our team asked the customer to go to the restaurant entrance so they could safely assist them, but unfortunately the customer left.

"There are no restrictions on who customers order for.

"The restaurant team were offering assistance to the first customer when the person behind offered to buy their meal.

"As the team were still in the process of finding a solution, the person behind was advised that they didn’t need to purchase the meal, however we apologise for any confusion this may have caused."