'I'm not humongous': 290lbs stockbroker sues fast food chain because he can't fit in booths



Martin Kessman, 64, of New York, is suing White Castle

Claims the booths at restaurant in Nanuet are too small

Offered free hamburgers but he 'had to pay for cheese'



You would've thought a fast food chain would usually be well equipped to cater for its larger-than-average regular customers.

But 290lbs Martin Kessman, 64, is suing White Castle over claims he could not fit in booths at the chain’s restaurant in Nanuet, New York.

He claims White Castle offered him free hamburgers in responses to three separate complaints - but he still had to pay extra for cheese.

Big man: 290lbs Martin Kessman, 64, complained about the booth size, saying he has never had any trouble sitting down at other fast food restaurants

The stockbroker alleges in a lawsuit filed at Manhattan federal court that the fast food chain broke its promises to make the booths bigger.

‘They’re stationary booths,’ he told the New York Post. ‘I’m not humongous (but) I’m a big guy. I could not wedge myself in.’

Mr Kessman claims he hurt his knee after knocking it against a metal support bar on the table and complained to company headquarters.

‘There were no tables and chairs that could accommodate a person that merely wanted to sit down and eat his meal,’ he alleged.

Mr Kessman added that he has never had any trouble sitting down at other fast food restaurants or on aeroplanes.

Unhappy: Mr Kessman is suing White Castle over claims he could not fit in any booths at the fast food chain's restaurant in Nanuet, New York

When he was offered three free hamburgers in each of three apology letters sent by the company, he sent his wife to pick them up.

'They’re stationary booths. I’m not humongous (but) I’m a big guy. I could not wedge myself in' Martin Kessman, 64

‘I did not want to set foot into the store,’ he said. ‘Any subsequent trips to the store have been made by my wife - I have been like an outcast.’

White Castle even said they would expand the seats and sent him design specifications, Mr Kessman alleged.

A White Castle spokesman told the New York Post that Mr Kessman could have asked a store manager for a regular chair.