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01.12.2022 - 16:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Just Eat driver is refusing to deliver for McDonald's as he claims staff wanted him to go through a 'degrading obstacle course' including scaling a 5ft fence to get to the restaurant. Ben Andrews says drivers were told in July they could no longer use the car park at the Grangemouth branch in Falkirk, with the manager suggesting they pull into a nearby industrial estate instead.
The 33-year-old claims that the only way to access the restaurant from the abandoned estate is on foot, with the journey including a climb over a 5ft metal fence and clambering through a bush. He claims that other drivers navigate the fence by dropping customers' food on the other side and hauling themselves over.
When Ben voiced his concerns over the 'inappropriate' situation, he claims a staff member took an order from him and threatened to call the customer to say he was 'refusing to deliver'. He is now refusing to carry out deliveries for the store until he is allowed to use the car park again.
McDonald's confirmed the car park is for customer use only and said delivery drivers are recommended to park somewhere safe with an appropriate route to the store. However, Ben says there is no alternative parking as the restaurant is located next to a dual carriageway, with some other drivers now having made a hole in the fence to avoid having to climb over.
Ben, from Falkirk, said: "I decided not to do it because it was degrading to climb over fences to access an area without safe parking. I didn't want to waste my petrol.
"I could see from [where I was in] the McDonalds I wasn't prepared to scramble over fences with food in my hands. It's like a bit of an obstacle course.
"You've got to try and traverse over a metal fence and push yourself through the
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