To have asked for a toy?

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DH and I are vegetarians. Therefore we have decided to bring DD (3) up as a vegetarian also. If she changes her mind when she is older that is fine by us, but for the moment she eats whatever we have.

I went to McDonald's the other day with some of my friends and their (similar aged) children. Their children all had happy meals.
McDonald's doesn't sell a vegetarian children's meal, so I ordered a large vegetarian adults meal and DD shared with me. All of these other children had happy meal toys and were playing with them together.

DD felt left out that she didn't have a toy so I went up and asked if I could have one for her (I did say I was happy to pay for it)
The lady at the counter got very snappy with me and said no because they are only if you have a happy meal. I was fine with that but she got really annoyed at me and hinted that DD shouldn't be a vegetarian at such a young age.
I know she's reasonable to refuse me, but WIBU to ask, even if I offered to pay? My friends seem to think I was, and apparently they would never ask such a thing....

I emailed McDonalds before about why they don't have a veggie kids meal when burger king do, this was their response.

Thank you for getting in touch.

We want all of our customers to have a great experience each and every time they visit, and I’m sorry that this hasn’t been the case because you are disappointed with the Happy Meal options we offer.

We offer a number of products approved by the Vegetarian Society as suitable for vegetarians. These include the Fruit Bag, Carrot Sticks, Garden Side Salad, our Fries and the Oatso Simple Porridge, Toasted Bagel and Pancakes with Syrup on our Breakfast menu. Our Happy Meal toy and box can be purchased separately – just ask a member of staff at your local restaurant.

We recognise there’s an increasing demand for vegetarian items on our menu so we’ll pass your feedback onto our Food Development team. We are always looking at ways to broaden the choice and variety we offer and customer feedback like yours plays an important part in this.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards

(have removed name of person who replied (and my name of course) just in case)

adult veggie option is a veggie burger, fries and drink.