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Eugene

(61,935 posts)
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 12:19 AM Nov 2016

Chili's apologizes after manager takes vet's meal

Source: CNN

Chili's apologizes after manager takes vet's meal

By Azadeh Ansari and Shawn Nottingham, CNN
Updated 0137 GMT (0937 HKT) November 16, 2016

(CNN) - US Army veteran Ernest Walker went to his local Chili's restaurant for a hamburger. Instead, he was denied a meal after an altercation over his service record. The chain has since apologized.

Chili's has a policy of providing veterans a free meal every Veterans Day.

Walker said he was disrespected at the restaurant's Cedar Hill, Texas, location when a man wearing a Donald Trump shirt interrupted his meal and challenged his service record, the veteran posted on his Facebook page.

"He said he was in Germany, and that they did not let blacks serve over there," Walker said detailing what sparked Friday's incident.

The man eventually got the restaurant manager involved. The manager, after an exchange, took the meal away. A video of the exchange was later posted online.

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bhikkhu

(10,720 posts)
1. A man wearing a Trump shirt provokes the incident...
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 12:30 AM
Nov 2016

no surprise. I'm glad to hear that someone started a gofundme page to give the veteran a good meal out, and it has done really well.

I have to say, that's the sort of thing we can expect, and the best we can do is respond like this every damn time. Someone told my own daughter online the other day "go back to Mexico". She's never been anywhere near Mexico, so it was more occasion for laughter in response than hurt, but intimidation and hate has to be dealt with - this is not the time for silence or backing down.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. This needs to be reported over and over again:
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 12:31 AM
Nov 2016
Walker said he was disrespected at the restaurant's Cedar Hill, Texas, location when a man wearing a Donald Trump shirt interrupted his meal and challenged his service record, the veteran posted on his Facebook page.


A. man. wearing. a. Donald. Trump. shirt.

No Vested Interest

(5,167 posts)
6. Not necessarily "lost his job." More like
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 03:12 AM
Nov 2016

"He was removed from his position."

Funny part - The vet had his service dog with him; the dog's name is "Barack". The Trump-guy didn't like that.

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
8. Trumpism has unleashed inherent racist's inner demons
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 03:19 AM
Nov 2016

to be fully acted out on public, one on one spheres. Like that VILE scum who punched the woman in the face at a Brooklyn resto.

The USA is back to Lester Maddox days. I am only 25 and have lived in London most of my life, but know all about that fucker.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
4. America is programmed to accept the word of the white man.
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 01:10 AM
Nov 2016

Kick the brown person off the flight, because the white was scared...police protecting whites over blacks no matter what...and this dipshit too with the trump hat.

Defer to the white man. We have a long drive ahead.

DVRacer

(707 posts)
9. This is a growing problem
Wed Nov 16, 2016, 10:37 AM
Nov 2016

I have been asked several times to say something when I encounter people claiming service that seem questionable. My response is just stop it and stop asking me about Stolen Valor. Nowhere in my outproccessing did it mention that from now on I have to check everyone's DD-214 not mine or anyone else's job. If someone wants to fake it for a free meal well so what maybe they are hungry? Leave people alone

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