Burger King Lawsuit Alleges ‘Meals for Life’ Offer Withdrawn

Burger King has revoked a “meals for life” offer after a customer used it too much, according to a recent lawsuit.

Plaintiff Curtis B. alleges that he was accidentally locked inside the fast food restaurant’s bathroom and trapped there for an extended period of time.

“He went to the restroom washed his hands and when he went to pull the door it wouldn’t open,” Curtis’ attorney said, according to The Hill.  “They gave him a fly swatter to ‘jimmy’ the door open, which actually cut his hand.”

Curtis was reportedly stuck in the bathroom for an hour until he could be freed by the locksmith. While he was trapped, employees allegedly laughed at him for his situation.

Being unwillingly trapped in the fast food bathroom for an hour was bad enough, but Curtis allegedly sustained further emotional damage when the employees ridiculed him.

“It wasn’t a pleasant experience for him and he spent an hour in the restaurant after just gaining his composure,” the plaintiff’s attorney stated.

After he was freed, the manager of the fast food restaurant reportedly offered Curtis free food for life in order to “make things right” after his traumatizing ordeal.

Over the next several weeks, Curtis reportedly came in and the restaurant comped his food.

For a time, the deal seemed to be a reasonable resolution to Curtis’ experience of being trapped in the bathroom. However, it did not last.

The regional manager allegedly retracted the “free food for life” offer after he used it too frequently.

In his Burger King lawsuit, Curtis claims that retracting the deal was unfair because it had been agreed upon to resolve the awful situation.

When a deal is made, Curtis argues, it is expected that all parties will follow through on their expectations.

“It’s the principle, the jury is going to enjoy it. There are funny elements of the case, but there is nothing funny about being locked in a dank bathroom for an hour,” the plaintiff’s attorney said, according to KATU News.

The Burger King lawsuit seeks monetary compensation equivalent to the cost of burgers for the rest of his lifespan. The Burger King lawsuit estimates that Curtis’ lifespan should be about 72 years, deducting five years from the national average to compensate for his “frequency consumption of cheese burgers.”

Based on this calculation, Curtis argues that Burger King owes him for 22 years (the rest of his life) of cheeseburgers. With a burger meal at the fast food restaurant costing $7.89, one burger meal a week for 22 years would amount to $9,026.16.

The Burger King lawsuit seeks to recover this amount to compensate Curtis for the deal gone wrong.

“I think we will reach a fair settlement. My client was presented with an offer, he accepted it and a deal was a deal,” plaintiff’s counsel said.