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Burger King employee writes insult on disabled man's wrapper

3,735 views · Published 6 August 2015 · 2:52 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · 2015 · News & Politics

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At just four-and-a-half feet tall, Nathan Hrdlicka, from Apple Valley, Minn., is used to getting stares and odd comments because of his height.  He has bilateral PFFD, a rare birth defect that affects the pelvis, particularly the hip bone, and the proximal femur.  

But he said he definitely wasn't treated like royalty during a recent visit on Monday to the Burger King in Prior Lake, Minn.

Hrdlicka said he took his wheelchair through the drive thru because it was too wide to fit through their door.  He then argued with employees over how much change he got back for the second day in a row.

When he got home, he noticed one of the employees had written "golden ticket to the choclate factory,” misspelled, on the wrapper for his cheeseburger -- an apparent reference to the miniature “oompa loompa” characters from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

"I've seen a lot,” Hrdlicka said.  “I've never in my life had someone disrespect me like that at a place where I was just buying a burger."

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