Here we go again. A Whataburger fast-food restaurant in Lewisville, Texas reportedly refused to serve two off-duty police officers last night because they were cops:
Cops say a Whataburger employee refused them service, said "We don’t serve police officers.” http://t.co/iIOcLWFpNl pic.twitter.com/s6rrghz4zr
— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) September 16, 2015
Officers turned away before they could even order from Whataburger in Lewisville… http://t.co/TTXzBQaVAQ pic.twitter.com/yApZq2hNi5
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 16, 2015
N TX officers describe what happened when they were denied service at a @Whataburger . The company is apologizing. pic.twitter.com/t3y3ytFJZu
— Jenny Anchondo (@JennyAnchondoTV) September 16, 2015
We understand @Whataburger is working on this employee issue. We appreciate swift action http://t.co/ep3dubbkxP
— Dallas Police Assoc FOP #716 (@DPA_PoliceAssoc) September 16, 2015
Whataburger, via Twitter, says the company is “working hard to address this as soon as possible”:
@ChiefHealy Can you please give us more info in a DM? We would like to address this as soon as possible.
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) September 16, 2015
@RDCaston We would never condone this action and this is completely unacceptable. We are working hard to address this as soon as possible.
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) September 16, 2015
@coderamsey We would never condone this action and this is completely unacceptable. We are working hard to address this as soon as possible.
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) September 16, 2015
Flashback. An Arby’s in Florida did the same thing two weeks ago:
Time to apologize, Whataburger.
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