>>> May 16, 2002
Fries with that?

A Palm Beach County, Florida, woman has filed a lawsuit against a McDonald’s management company after a request for ketchup ended with employees kicking the McCrap out of her.

Carmen Beauchamp was among five passengers who ordered at the drive-through window of a Palm Beach McDonald’s. According to Beauchamp, when her brother asked the cashier for ketchup, the cashier responded, “You’ll have to fucking wait.” Her brother went in to complain, followed by Beauchamp. Overhearing the cashier denying the incident, Beauchamp confirmed her brother’s tale.

“The next thing I knew I was on the floor by the french fries,” Beauchamp said. “I was being kicked. They were pulling my hair. A lot of pieces of my hair were gone.”

Now plagued by recurring “stress-induced hives” and in need of hair replacements, Beauchamp is seeking (U.S.) $15,000 in medical expenses. She also says she will eat at Burger King in the future. :

—Scott Saxon