A mother has revealed her horror after she found the fast food she had ordered for her daughter covered in blood.
Tiffany Floyd took her four-year-old son to a fast food drive-thru in Getzville, in the state of New York, in the United States, around 12 noon on Friday (local time), and was shocked to see their food filled with red liquid.
“All I heard was, 'Mom, I don't want ketchup,' so I grabbed his bag, I thought they messed up our order again, and I looked and there was blood on his hamburger, all over the wrapper. I looked in the bag, there was blood on his toys, everything,” said Ms Floyd, who lives in Sanborn, about 30 minutes north of Buffalo, according to the New York Post.
“I immediately told him to spit out his food. He had fries and a small hamburger. Then I looked at my food, and there was blood on mine too.”
Ms. Floyd immediately called the company — and the manager, Dan, “informed me that a cook had cut his hand and he was bleeding,” she said.
“And he was very sorry, and if I came back he would take me back.”
She also called her baby's pediatrician, who said she would have to wait 30 days to test her toddler's blood to see if she had the disease.
“And then do regular blood work for a year to see if anything happens,” he added.
The manager did not say who the injured worker was.
“If they just let them do it, my daughter wouldn't have to get vaccinated,” she said.
Ms. Floyd also contacted her local health inspector at the Niagara Health Department to file a report, and “she spoke to the same manager, who said, 'Someone broke the I was fingered, but they didn't think they were bleeding. It was bad,' he recalled.
The Niagara Health Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ms Floyd took to TikTok to post about the incident, which has garnered 1.8 million views.
She also contacted Burger King's corporate office through its website and heard back Saturday afternoon (local time) from a representative who said they would pay for her daughter's medical expenses. .
“We told Burger King that the medical expenses were not enough,” Ms Floyd said.
“And how my daughter hasn't eaten since then and my anxiety is through the roof and what if my daughter needs professional help with this.”
The company said it was “very upset and concerned to learn of this incident”.
“We are very angry and concerned about this incident. We have contacted the guest and are working with him to resolve this incident.
“This incident was the result of a team in the restaurant who hurt his finger, and when he noticed, he left immediately. We closed the restaurant to retrain all team members and hired an outside company to complete a deep cleaning,” the company said in a statement.
“We hope to reopen the restaurant on Monday and pay our team members in full for the shifts lost during this temporary closure.”
This article originally appeared on The NY Post with permission
