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Whataburger fires employee for refusing to serve police officers
FoxNews.com ^ | September 16, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 09/16/2015 2:26:09 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

A Texas Whataburger employee was fired Wednesday for refusing to serve two police officers in what the company is describing as an appalling incident.

Officers Michael Magovern and Cameron Beckham were working off-duty security at a construction site on I-35 early Wednesday morning when they decided to stop at the restaurant in Lewisville, FOX 26 reports.

Magovern said before he could even place his order, the man behind the counter told him “We don’t serve police officers.”

The two officers decided to leave and went and got food at Dairy Queen instead.

"We were appalled to hear of an employee refusing service to two officers, as we have proudly served first responders across our system for decades,” Whataburger said in a statement Wednesday. “As soon as we heard of this isolated incident, we began our own internal investigation overnight. The employee that refused service is no longer employed with Whataburger. We've also invited the officers back today so we can apologize in person and make this right."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cameronbeckham; dairyqueen; lewisville; michaelmagovern; polices; texas; whataburger
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To: Grampa Dave

errrmmmm.... thats one of the two officers.


21 posted on 09/16/2015 2:45:18 PM PDT by Paradox (Sayin it like I see it, wherever and whenever I see fit.)
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To: Company Man

Well, color me surprised


22 posted on 09/16/2015 2:45:41 PM PDT by Company Man (Keep on Trumpin')
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To: Grampa Dave

Don’t know anything about him but in the Era of Baraq, fast food is the new middle class career.


23 posted on 09/16/2015 2:46:29 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: Company Man

Thanks for clearing that up. My previous comment stands.


24 posted on 09/16/2015 2:47:47 PM PDT by Company Man (Keep on Trumpin')
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If the ex employee isnt black the you can bet they facial piercings and rainbow colored hair.


25 posted on 09/16/2015 2:48:01 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: Bubba_Leroy

“isolated incident”

It is always an “isolated incident”. Who the heck ever believes that?


26 posted on 09/16/2015 2:48:47 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Good! Glad they fired him!!

I hope the cops saved his name so when he calls them for help. they’ll refuse service.


27 posted on 09/16/2015 2:49:42 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: BlueDragon
meant to write "watch" not what. My eyes are failing. Still too stubborn to break down and go to an optometrist for a prescription for eye-glasses.

But better expressed than "watch" would be "keep tabs on" the guy.

Follow any social media the guy has.

Circulate among regional LE the man's photograph, address, make and photo of vehicle, any known habits, lists of associated.

Do not contact. No shake downs. Be smart, not paranoid, and don't let the guy know a thing...

28 posted on 09/16/2015 2:50:11 PM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Ouch.

DQ possibly likes this free publicity. It could make for some nice commercials.
29 posted on 09/16/2015 2:51:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Grampa Dave
That guy's a cop.

I need a burger, it's for a cop!


30 posted on 09/16/2015 2:51:43 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

“Do we have liter cola? What’s a liter cola.”


31 posted on 09/16/2015 2:54:15 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: CodeToad
It is always an “isolated incident”. Who the heck ever believes that?

Based on the fact that they (1) very quickly fired him and (2) very publicly apologized, I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

32 posted on 09/16/2015 2:54:31 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: SunTzuWu

One of the best damned movies ever.

The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!


33 posted on 09/16/2015 2:56:39 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Maybe the guy was concerned about his health ?- he doesn’t need a burger


34 posted on 09/16/2015 2:58:14 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel; max americana
The fired former employee is African-American.

No doubt hussein will invite him to the White Hut along with the jihadist yute from Irving. To the regime, they're both heroic figures.

35 posted on 09/16/2015 2:58:51 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Travis T. OJustice
Totally looks like:


36 posted on 09/16/2015 3:10:49 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag necessary?)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

US Attorney is a fed employee. Hate crimes by blacks against whites are not prosecuted by this administration.


37 posted on 09/16/2015 5:05:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: NativeSon

Maybe the guy was concerned about his health ?- he doesn’t need a burger
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Maybe he was gonna get the Apple-Cranberry Salad.


38 posted on 09/17/2015 2:48:19 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: donna
If you’re ever in a car accident, don’t call the police for help.

What kind of help? Unless some criminal involvement they pretty much fill out a report that the insurance companies use.

39 posted on 09/17/2015 3:04:58 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Iron Munro

WHAT? A Whataburger employee refused to serve policeman???
Absolutely surreal!
He SHOULD have been fired!

By the way, when I see a few policeman in a restaurant or somewhere, I often go up to them and say ‘I just want you to know I support and appreciate you and I want to thank you for laying your lives on the line everyday to protect us’. They usually smile and thank me profusely.

Also, if you’ve never been to Texas, stop by a Whataburger.
They make the best hamburgers in the world.


40 posted on 09/17/2015 3:41:49 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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