New York McDonald's cashier punches woman who demanded cheese for son's Happy Meal burger

A WOMAN was punched in the face by an enraged McDonald's cashier when she demanded cheese on her young son's Happy Meal cheeseburger, her lawyer told the court.

New York woman Gui Ying Shi, 35, sued a Brooklyn McDonald’s franchise after cashier Marisol Acosta hit her for complaining that her young son’s Happy Meal contained a hamburger instead of a cheeseburger, lawyer Lawrence Glynn said in the Brooklyn Supreme Court trial.

“She starts cursing at her, calls her stupid, said, ‘You need to lea to speak English,’ ” Mr Glynn said, reports the New York Post.

“Ms. Acosta throws a left cross to Ms. Shi’s right jaw. Knockout! Knocks out a tooth.”

The McDonald’s franchise is liable for Ms Acosta’s actions, Mr Glynn said, because none of the three managers present tried to stop the violence.

But defence attoey Michael Stonberg argued that the “punch” was more of a lunge or a slap - and that the franchise responded by immediately firing Acosta, who was charged with assault.