The mother of a vulnerable teen took to Facebook to voice her anger about an incident that so humiliated her son, he walked out of a Mobile, Alabama fast food joint in tears.
"Good Morning FBF this been bothering me all night. I took my son to Wendy's to get something to eat last night," Teeneshia Bush wrote, before explaining the source of her stress. "He went inside to place his order, instead of the cashier being courtesy and ask my son what's his name to put on his ticket she took it upon herself to put on the bottom of his receipt Lil Ugly Dude. This is unacceptable and unprofessional." Prior to the snapshot of the receipt being reported on by media outlets, it went viral, being shared some 2,000 times.
The incident occurred last Monday, [October 3]. Bush had taken her son, Quenterus Brown, 15, out to eat on Schillinger Road. She expressed her disappointment with the establishment, noting that Brown is a teen who has been troubled by mental health challenges. "It hurt me. It hurt my feelings. It made me cry. I was embarrassed, and I felt bad," Brown said of the incident. Bush warned workers in the service industry against being so insensitive, stating, "You don’t go around making fun of people, you don’t know their situation, that’s bullying.”
The Wendy's Director of Management Services put out a statement upon being contacted by a local news station. The corporation said it took immediate action upon learning about it and were informed that the Mobile franchise had dismissed the employee. “Wendy’s has been a part of this community for many years, and we were certainly disappointed to learn that one of our employees treated a guest in such a rude manner. We take this seriously, and we no longer employ this individual. When we learned of the incident, we immediately contacted the guest. We apologized to the young man and his mother and look forward to welcoming them back to Wendy’s again,” the spokesperson said.
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