Spencer Barclay was fined £100 (118 euros) after going twice on the same day to McDonald’s in Gateshead, in the north of England. The 52-year-old father had a coffee in the fast food restaurant that morning before going to work. The evening of the same day, he returns there to take a menu for his six-year-old son.
The catch is that, a few days later, Spencer was fined for parking in the McDonald’s customer parking lot for an 8:43 a.m. period. However, this is limited to parking for a maximum of 90 minutes. ” I am disgusted. It’s all designed to try and get money out of people! “, he says to the DailyStar.
“It can happen to anyone”
« It really can happen to anyone. I think they have a camera that takes a picture of you entering and exiting the parking lot, but what if you go there twice on the same day? You get fined £100! “, he protests.
For Spencer, this is clearly a mistake. The Briton has also complained to the McDonald’s parking company, but has not yet received any response: ” I want to see video proof that I’ve been parking in this parking lot all day! ».
contacted by DailyStarMcDoanld’s apologized but blamed the parking company: ” The parking lot at our Metro Retail Park restaurant is managed by a third-party provider and we have made them aware of this issue ».