Disabled teen ejected from ‘family restaurant’ for being too noisy

I can’t recall a story this revolting since writing about the TSA’s confiscating a 6-inch plastic toy hammer from a mentally challenged adult who carried it everywhere with him as a “security blanket.”

This time, the concern was not the safety of others but their “convenience.” The UK tabloid Mirror reports that a severely disabled teen, out for a last meal with her family before being shipped off to an institution, was asked to leave Harvester pub because she was annoying other customers. Harvester, the article notes, is part of a chain of eateries that describes itself as “family friendly.”

The manager, who unseated the group, explained that other diners were complaining that 19-year-old Megan Brennan was making too much noise. “If you can’t keep her quiet,” he is quoted as saying, “I am going to have to ask you to leave.” Megan, who has a mental age of one, suffers from Angleman syndrome, which causes severe disability.

Megan’s mother, Helen,  told the paper, “Their customer service from management was ­appalling. I will never walk into a Harvester again.”

The teen’s brother, Jack, said:

Megan is moving into full-time care but her goodbye meal for her carers was completely ruined by ­being asked to leave.

It was horrible. I have never seen my mother so upset.