A KFC meal cost a dad £720 after he punched the manager over the restaurant's dirty toilets.
Kenneth Scott, 51, grabbed the fast-food restaurant worker by the neck before punching him on the back of the head.
The scuffle came after he complained about the lack of loo roll and hand soap at the KFC branch in Braille Crescent, Renfrew, Glasgow.
Scott, of Craigielea Park in Renfrew, admitted the assault which took place on April 23, the Daily Record reports.
On Friday at Paisley Sheriff Court, Sheriff Lindsay Kooner slammed Scott’s actions as “unacceptable” and ordered him to pay £400 in compensation to his victim for the attack.
Scott was also fined £320 by the court and ordered to pay it at £100 per month, with Sheriff Koonerwarning him: “Make sure this comes out of your pocket and not the family’s funds.”
Prosecutor Jason Stark previously told the court: “[At] around 6.40pm, the victim was working as a manager in the store.
“The accused came up to the counter complaining he was dissatisfied with the male toilets.
“Due to the nature of the complaint an inspection was carried out.
“Once in the male toilets, the manager deemed them satisfactory.
“This angered the accused and he grabbed the manager by the neck and punched him on the back of the head.
“The police were contacted and they arrived at 6.55pm and arrested the accused.”
Defending, Kevin Brady told the court that the state of the loos was much worse than the Crown had laid out.
“Mr Scott attended the restaurant with his wife and son, and while his wife was ordering the food he went to the toilet," Mr Brady explained.
“His wife sent their son to ask Mr Scott what he wanted to order and he had to ask his son to go get toilet paper.
“There was no lock on the door and no soap in the dispenser. His wife also stated there was no toilet paper in the female toilets.”
Mr Brady said Scott, who previously worked in security at Glasgow Airport, felt the toilets were a “disgrace.”
He added: “Given it’s finger food and in times of Covid, Mr Scott felt the toilets where unhygienic. He had been left standing at the counter for 20 minutes before he was spoken to.
"When he showed the manager that there was no soap in the dispenser, he was told ‘If you are smart enough you’ll figure it out.’
“He thought he was treated absolutely disgracefully and it was a momentary lapse and he acted in the way the narration describes.”
On Friday, solicitor Anthony Callaghan added that Scott was “embarrassed” by the incident.
He added: “He is really at a loss and is embarrassed about his reaction on this day.
“He is ashamed and the background report also shows that.
“He is employed, is married and has three children, he has previously been of good character and his family are also ashamed of his actions this day.”
Sentencing, Sheriff Kooner said: “It’s really inexplicable how someone of your previous good character and good work ethic would behave in the manner that you did and it’s completely unacceptable.”
