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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Arby's fires manager, suspends clerk who allegedly refused to serve Florida
police officer
Published September 04, 2015
The Arby's fast food chain announced late Thursday that it had fired a
Florida restaurant manager and suspended a clerk after a female police
officer said she had been denied service because she was a cop.
Arby's spokesman Jason Rollins confirmed to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
that manager Angel Mirabal, 22, and clerk Kenneth Davenport, 19, had been
disciplined.
The chain known for its roast beef sandwiches became the center of a
national firestorm after an incident Tuesday night, when Pembroke Pines
Police Sgt. Jennifer Martin, 34, pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered a
meal. When she handed over her credit card to pay, Davenport allegedly
refused to ring her order up. That prompted Mirabal to say "He doesn’t want
to serve you because you are a police officer."
Sgt. Martin finally received her food, but said she was too uncomfortable to
eat it, so she returned it and got a refund. The next day, the department
tweeted about the incident, which Chief Dan Giustino called "unacceptable."
"I am offended and appalled that an individual within our community would
treat a police officer in such a manner," he said in a statement.
Davenport has said the controversy stemmed from a misunderstanding, and
Maribal's comment was an attempt at a joke. Davenport told the Sun-Sentinel
he was unable to ring up Martin's order due to the number of other customers
he was servicing. He said Mirabal made his remark after Davenport asked him
for help with the transaction.
"We don't hate cops,” Davenport told reporters Wednesday. "We don't hate
anybody. We're just trying to get people out of the drive-thru."
On Thursday, WSVN reported that Arby's rivals took advantage of the flap
between the police and the restaurant. McDonald's partnered with a local
radio station to deliver bags of pancakes and Egg McMuffins to the
department Thursday morning. The station reported that a local Whole Foods
store put out a spread of its own, while residents supplied donuts and
coffee from a local Dunkin' Donuts.
"We're here today to show our love for the community and the people that
take care of us as first responders in the community," one woman said. | h*****s
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