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2017-10-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Whataburger worker fired for refusing to serve police officers

[FOXNEWS] A worker at a Texas fast-food restaurant was fired after she refused to serve two coppers, the company said Saturday.

In a lengthy post on the Denison Police Department's Facebook page, Chief Jay Burch alleged the officers were cursed at by the employee and that the restaurant manager’s only response was "I don’t get into politics."

"If a business does not want coppers as customers, just let us know," Burch wrote. "There’s no need to curse us and make a scene, just let us know you don’t want us there and we’ll go somewhere else."

He added, "Now going somewhere else in Denison in the middle of the night is not easy because our officers don’t have many options. What really gets my goat with such an incident is that while most of us are sleeping ‐ sleeping!, the officers are out there working hard to keep us safe and when trying to take a break to eat ‐ they face this type of reception from an employee of a local business and management calls it 'politics'?"

Burch never named the restaurant, but local media outlets identified the restaurant as Whataburger, a popular Texas-based chain.

In a statement, a Whataburger spokesperson said "an individual employee acted out of line with Whataburger's values to treat all customers with respect. We took swift action and this person is no longer employed by us."

Denison Sgt. Holly Jenkins said on Facebook that the employee was unapologetic, expressed her hatred toward police and said she would continue to refuse service to coppers.

Posted by Fred 2017-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 We took swift action and this person is no longer employed by us.

What about the other half of the problem?

Posted by gorb 2017-10-16 00:23|| 2017-10-16 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The so-called worker was blaming the police for her boyfriend being arrested.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-16 00:50|| 2017-10-16 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Whataburger, a formerly popular Texas-based chain.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-16 01:06|| 2017-10-16 01:06|| Front Page Top

#4 the employee was unapologetic, expressed her hatred toward police and said she would continue to refuse service to coppers

That's not a 'hate' crime?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-16 01:08|| 2017-10-16 01:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Skidmark, Whataburger will NEVER be a "formerly" popular thing in Texas. The locals will correct the situation, especially in places like Denison which is in deep red north Texas near Oklahoma.

Whataburger is an institution in Texas.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2017-10-16 07:38|| 2017-10-16 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 ..with franchises in New Mexico (Texas' winter ski resort).

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-16 07:58|| 2017-10-16 07:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Damn water thieves!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-10-16 08:20|| 2017-10-16 08:20|| Front Page Top

#8 The employee alleged “cops beat up my boyfriend and are racists,” Burch said. He added that the woman told the supervisor her boyfriend was “beat up” when Denison officers arrested him a few weeks ago.

Burch said the supervisor went to the station and found the documentation of the arrest and then reviewed the video of the arrest from the arresting officer’s dash cam.

“It was a ‘routine’ arrest,” Burch said. “There was no physical altercation and no one injured. So the employee was simply lying about her boyfriend getting ‘beat up’ by police.

I predict long term unemployment in her future, because "The Man™ is always keeping her down".

Posted by Frank G 2017-10-16 08:59|| 2017-10-16 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 “It was a ‘routine’ arrest,” Burch said. “There was no physical altercation and no one injured. So the employee was simply lying about her boyfriend getting ‘beat up’ by police.

"And what's with all these scratches on your back; police rough you up too?"

"Ummm....yeah. Yeah, the police did that."

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-16 15:58|| 2017-10-16 15:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Double Whatabeast, hold the lettuce, heavy Jalapeño.

Posted by Shipman 2017-10-16 16:52|| 2017-10-16 16:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Nice Whataburger you got there. Be a shame if the police are a little slow the next time you get held up.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-16 20:51|| 2017-10-16 20:51|| Front Page Top

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