Stefen Monteau said Gov. Kristi Noem pulled him into a photo. As a protest, he flipped the bird at waist level, hoping to spoil the picture.
for a few days—and also cost him his job at Main Street Cafe & Market in Chamberlain, S.D. Monteau said he was fired in part because Noem’s campaign team complained about the photo.
“Gov. Noem turned around and gave her a hug and grabbed my arm and said, ‘Let’s take a picture.’ I did not consent,” he said. “During the brief 20-second encounter, I made a hand gesture by my waist for the camera to see as the picture was taken. The picture was taken by a member of the campaign team on their phone.
Monteau, an enrolled member of the Hunkpati Oyate, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, lives in Fort Thompson, a tiny unincorporated community on the Crow Creek Reservation, 22 miles north of Chamberlain. While she doesn’t care what her employees do politically, she said Monteau crossed the line by secretly flipping the governor off while he was on the clock.But she said any of her employees who did that to any customer would be fired. “It’s just wrong,” Allen said.He spoke with her briefly and left, Allen said. About an hour later, he posted the GoFundMe page and the story started to spread on social media.
“After my previous employment was sold to a new owner and changes were being made, I was replaced as the general manager. Margie reached out via Facebook message and let me know that she had a cook position available,” he said. “The cafe business hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. I worked as her second cook most days, which meant I closed the kitchen for her while the first cook came and opened the kitchen and usually left by 2 p.m. I enjoyed working there. I got along with the staff very well.
“I told the employer that I understand her reason for termination and asked to be notified when my last paycheck will be ready. The employer stated it will be ready later in the day and that I will be messaged,” Monteau said. “Upon my termination, I went viral again due to the picture with Gov. Noem and also for the GoFundMe account that I had set up.
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