McDonald's bans mother from eight restaurants after she complains about state of children's play areas

An Arizona mother of four has received a hand-delivered letter from a lawyer prohibiting her from setting foot in eight Phoenix-area McDonald's and threatening her with criminal trespassing charges if she did.



The letter comes after Erin Carr-Jordan started her national crusade to clean up fast-food play areas after a disgusting experience in a Pheonix-area McDonalds.



Since her first run-in with the dirty play areas, when she found potentially fatal traces of antibiotic-resistant Staph or meningitis, the mother went on a mission to educate parents about the hidden dangers in restaurant play areas.

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Mission: Erin Carr-Jordan, a child psychologist and mother of four, investigated the issue around the country, making shocking findings

By starting a non-profit and using social media along with appearances on talk shows like the episode of Anderson Cooper's chat show dedicated to germs, Mrs Carr-Jordan has brought national media attention to the issue.



While that may be what she was hoping for, that is not what one Arizona McDonald's franchise owner wanted.



At 7am Monday morning a lawyer representing an unnamed McDonalds franchise owner came to Mrs Carr-Jordan's house to give her specific ban from his locations.



Formally notified: A lawyer delivered this letter to Mrs Carr-Jordan by hand, banning her from eight Arizona McDonalds locations with play areas

Though the man, who neither the letter nor Mrs Carr-Jordan has named yet, owns 11 franchises near Mrs Carr-Jordan's home in Chandler, Arizona, only eight of those have children's play areas.



The three-page letter specifies the eight locations that she is banned from entering and threatens that if she does step foot in those facilities, she will be charged with criminal trespassing.



'What does that tell you about him and his establishments? I'm thinking it means he doesn't want me to find out what's in there!' she wrote on the Facebook wall of the non-profit she established called Kids Play Safe.

Dangerous? Children playing in a ball pool, which could contain many diseases, infections and dirt (file photo)

The next day, she seemed to have hope that the movement would continue with full force, posting: 'Offers flooding in from people offering to swab/video all around the country. I think their "ban" might have backfired. Thank you everyone.'

One restaurant chain to approach the issue, and Mrs Carr-Jordan, differently was Chick-Fil-A, who welcomed her to come into any of their chains and said that she could take test swabs of anything she wanted.



Mrs Carr-Jordan is a professor of developmental psychology specializing in child development at the University of Phoenix, Mesa Community College and Kaplan University. She started her crusade earlier this summer and has cast a wide net when looking at McDonald's locations throughout Arizona and other states.



Stains: The investigation found various examples of dirt, stains, disease and infection

Cracks: Dangerous breaks in the equipment could cause injuries to children

During her study she has recorded the crumbling conditions of many play areas and sent tests of diseases to professional labs.



A McDonald's spokeswoman in Illinois says the company has and will continue to talk with Mrs Carr-Jordan in an effort to address her concerns, but added that recent actions by Mrs Carr-Jordan have become disruptive to its employees and customers.



Mrs Carr-Jordan does not feel that she has been disruptive, saying that, at most, she simply used her 'big girl voice' to assert to restaurant managers how vital it was for them to properly clean and disinfect the areas that children touch.



Remaining undeterred by the ban, Mrs Carr-Jordan remains active in her pursuit because she is so shocked by the lack of oversight.



'Lots of parents have know idea that such dangerous bacteria are in there, that they aren't regulated, and that they aren't being cleaned,' she wrote on the page.

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