A PARKINSON'S sufferer says she was left humiliated by restaurant staff after they accused her of being drunk and asked her to leave.
Mary Richardson has suffered from the brain condition, which causes her to have involuntary movements, for 10 years.
She said waiters spent much of the evening staring at her before challenging her over what she was drinking.
Mary, 57, of Irvine, a gran-of-four, who also has a great granddaughter, described the incident, at the Chef’s World Buffet in Dundonald, Ayrshire, as “very unpleasant”.
She said: “I felt I should speak out to highlight the sort of thing people with a disability go through. I felt humiliated.
“I was at the restaurant with my son and his partner. We found the staff off-putting as soon as we got there.
“They kept staring at me, which I found quite embarrassing as I suffer from uncontrollable movement due to Parkinson's.
“A manager came up to our table and proceeded to lift my drink off the table and began to sniff it, asking me what was in it.
“I had a glass of white wine but, to dilute it, had poured some of the coke my son was drinking into my glass.
“My son explained I had Parkinson’s but the man accused me of being drunk and said I would have to go as he could lose his licence.
“My son was quite upset and repeatedly told him I was not well. The manager said I looked drunk and he couldn’t risk losing his licence.
“This happened in front of the whole restaurant which was packed and we felt totally humiliated. We just got up and left. I found the
situation quite unacceptable.”
situation quite unacceptable.”
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