"Do you want a kick in the head with that?"

A late-night customer got more than he bargained for under the Golden Arch; the Herald reports:

A McDonald's manager has been sentenced to seven months' home detention for a "football" kick to the head of a customer.
Rishi Kumar, 34, a duty manager at the fast food restaurant, was convicted in Queenstown District Court yesterday of intent to injure causing injury to a customer on August 30 when he punched the victim, swung him around, threw him to the ground, stood on his torso and finally kicked him in the head.
Kumar then proceeded to "quite calmly" grab a bucket of water and return to the scene of the incident to clean up the victim's blood.
Judge Kevin Phillips described Kumar's reaction to a trespassing customer as "highly unusual" and did not accept the defence statement that Kumar had been fearful or in "survival mode".
"I am trying to work out why you would snap at the victim the way you did ...," the judge said.
"You grabbed his right arm, swung him around and punched him in the face. ... you football kicked him in the head. None of that is impulsive is it?"
Defence counsel Phena Byrne said Kumar's reaction was "impulsive" and reactive to the intoxicated victim's racial abuse.
"It was a busy night, he was struggling to deal with a new staff member and there was equipment not working."
"He clearly accepts his behaviour was wholly unsuitable. The victim has been fair and accepts the part he had to play in it."
Kumar had been subject to racial abuse and assault earlier this year.
"This part of the premises has gained some sort of notoriety of late night drunken incidents."

It certainly puts a different spin on the fast food giant's concept of added value or upsizing! Ronald McDonald will not be amused.