Chipotle Fires ‘Racist’ Manager Because He Requested a Dine-And-Dasher to Pay

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Chipotle fired a manger for refusing to serve a black man she suspected had previously stolen food, despite the company knowing that he admitted on Twitter to repeatedly dining-and-dashing.

A company spokeswoman said it had “no choice” but to take the word of the 21-year-old, who was convicted of theft in January and previously pleaded guilty to another theft charge, despite having no evidence that the manager wrongly accused him.

St. Paul, Minnesota, resident Masud Ali posted a video on Twitter of Chipotle employees refusing to serve him and a group of black men after asking for proof that they would pay, saying that Ali had left without paying previously. . .

The manager was fired after she was unable to say with “100 percent certainty” that Ali was the same person who stole food earlier in the week and after Ali denied being at the restaurant on the day in question, according to Chipotle. . .

Chipotle said in a statement quoted by the Star Tribune: “Regarding what happened at the St. Paul restaurant, the manager thought these gentlemen were the same customers from Tuesday night who weren’t able to pay for their meal. Regardless, this is not how we treat our customers and as a result, the manager has been terminated and the restaurant [staff] has been retrained to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again.” (Read more from “Chipotle Fires ‘Racist’ Manager Because He Requested a Dine-And-Dasher to Pay” HERE)

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