when 25 year old Alexis Bancroft sat down with her children to eat at eye healthy in Hot Springs Arizona she probably expected that the worst that could happen is poor service or perhaps an unsatisfactory meal what she didn’t expect was to be kicked out of the diner because of the way her well-behaved toddler ate his food.
Although most customers don’t walk into a restaurant anticipating having the perfect experience few do so with the presumption that they will be subjected to humiliating discrimination.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what this young mother faced when she was booted from the popular breakfast chain Bancroft and her family entered the restaurant and were seated before an employee came by to take their order oddly the young woman had her three-year-old son William sitting on the table instead of in a chair, that’s when the manager noticed what was different about the boy William was born without arms.
However this debilitating disability hasn’t slowed down the active little boy thanks to extensive therapy he’d has learned to do almost anything his peers can do by using his feet unfortunately the manager apparently took issue with his method while waiting for their meals Bancroft was greeted by the manager who told her that William couldn’t sit on the table because of Health Department issues although the mother explained that her son’s disability obviously requires him to sit up higher.
The manager finally got to the point she was uneasy over the idea of William touching the syrup dispensers with his feet claiming it would be unsanitary according to Newsweek I asked her what’s the difference between hands and feet Bancroft said Bancroft then explained that she had taken William to the bathroom just moments earlier to wash his feet.
the manager stated that while she hadn’t seen her do that she still felt uncomfortable with the child using his feet to handle restaurant items.
The New York Post reports when we got there I carried him in took him to the bathroom and washed his feet so he could eat Bancroft said I asked her do you ask all of your customers if they washed their hands before they touch the syrup containers Bancroft refused to back down pointing out that refusing to serve her son because of his disability
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