The receipt identified three young customers with an offensive term. While the employee was fired, activists are disappointed it took this long to take action.
CONROE, Texas -- A Smoothie King employee who was reportedly involved in a racist remark on a receipt has been fired.
The incident happened at a Smoothie King in Conroe. A mother took to Facebook to share a photo of the receipt, dated one week ago, that identified three young customers with an offensive term. On Tuesday, activists said they were glad the employee was fired but were disappointed it took this long to take action.
"So that's what you think about us?" said Dr. Candice Matthews, with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition."Well, I'm tell you what we think about you. We're not going to have anybody that looks like us come into your Smoothie King." In a statement, Smoothie King said it has a zero-tolerance policy toward racism. The company said the local store owner called the parents of the customers to apologize and implemented inclusion training for all employees."It is important for us to state that we are and always have been committed to creating an inclusive environment that treats all team members and guests with kindness and respect and we have zero tolerance for discrimination or racism.
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