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Fast-food chains in California, in an effort to adapt to the new regulations, started reducing their workforce last year.Fast-food chains in California, in an effort to adapt to the new regulations, started reducing their workforce last year.Georgia woman slams her SUV into Popeyes restaurant because her order was missing biscuits: Police
A Georgia woman slammed her SUV into a Popeyes restaurant because her order was missing biscuits, according to police.
Around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, a woman ordered food at the Popeyes restaurant in Augusta, Georgia. The woman claimed that her order at the fast food restaurant was missing biscuits. A Popeyes manager informed authorities that the order was corrected and the customer was given biscuits. However, the woman was reportedly "still not happy."
The woman instructed the restaurant staff to hurry up with the order "because she was coming back," according to the Popeyes employees.
The woman allegedly made several threats to the staff of the Popeyes in Augusta — even threatening to drive her car into the restaurant, according to the incident report from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
An 18-year-old employee was standing near the front of the building and was almost struck by the car when the woman's SUV crashed through the restaurant, according to WJBF.
The woman smashed into the Popeyes restaurant and then punched the gas pedal and drove another four feet into the building after the initial crash, according to authorities. The woman stopped crashing into the building after debris prevented the SUV from going any further, according to the arrest warrant. Nobody was injured by the woman ramming her car into the Popeyes restaurant.
The woman fled the crime scene.
Four days after a vehicle drove into the Popeyes restaurant, police arrested a suspect. On Wednesday, police arrested Belinda H. Miller. Authorities said that Miller's vehicle was found at her home with front-end damage.
She was booked Miller into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. Miller, 50, was charged with aggravated assault and first degree criminal damage to property.
WJBF provided video footage of the damage the SUV caused at the Popeyes restaurant.
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Video: College student wants to buy meal for homeless man, but Popeyes manager refuses to allow sale — and police are called on student
A Georgia State University student tried to buy a meal for a homeless man from an Atlanta Popeyes, but a manager at the fast-food restaurant refused to allow the sale — and police even were called on the student.
The GSU senior, Jo Ortega, recorded the incident on video and posted it last month on TikTok, where it's been viewed over 5 million times, according to WAGA-TV.
What are the details?
Ortega told WAGA she was picking up a DoorDash order from the Popeyes near Ponce de Leon Avenue when she noticed a man who looked hungry.
But when she tried to order him a meal, no dice.
According to Ortega's video, she was in a vehicle in the drive-through lane when she asked for a manager — who eventually appeared and refused the transaction.
"No ma’am, you can’t do it," the manager says.
"Why? He’s asking for food," Ortega protests.
"Ma’am, you can’t do it," the manager repeats before adding, "I don't ... care about you recording me, baby."
And that was that.
But then it got even worse. Police were called on Ortega.
"At that moment I was terrified," she later revealed to WAGA. "I thought I was gonna get arrested. I was like, 'Maybe I should just call my family, and I might not be coming home tonight.'"
Atlanta police confirmed to the station that officers responded to a call about a woman refusing to leave the drive-through, but police didn't do anything since Ortega didn’t break any laws.
Not only that, she told WAGA that officers complimented her.
"The officer pulled me to the side and was like, ‘I really thank you for doing that; thank you for buying him food. I appreciate that,’" Ortega noted to the station.
Common sense prevails
Ortega told WAGA that a store general manager soon was contacted, and he felt terrible about what happened and then let Ortega and the homeless man order anything they wanted that night for free.
"My name's Jazz and thanks," the homeless man was heard saying as he waved to the camera outside Ortega's vehicle.
Popeyes told the station in a statement that it's "committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect" and that it has "ensured all employees at this restaurant have been provided with retraining to help navigate a range of guest interactions, such as the situation highlighted in the video."
Ortega told WAGA she started an online fundraiser to help Jazz find permanent housing: "Oftentimes the homeless are treated like stray animals, stray cats. 'If you feed them, they’re gonna keep coming back, and we don't want them to keep coming back.' In all of this, I believe that people deserve to be treated like people."
Popeyes store under criminal investigation after posting sign saying, ‘Will reserve the right to refuse service to white people’
Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a sign that was reportedly posted at a Popeyes restaurant in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, announcing that the fast-food restaurant reserved the "right to refuse service to white people."
What are the details?
A photo of the sign — which was reportedly affixed to an area in the restaurant's drive-thru — was widely circulated across social media platforms Wednesday, and said, "Effective 6-1-21 This restaurant is under new management and will reserve the right to refuse service to white people. We apologize for any inconvenience. Signed, General Manager, Mason."
The restaurant was forced to close on Wednesday over the outcry.
According to KTVI-TV, Lake Saint Louis police said that they believe someone may have erected the sign "unbeknownst to the business" and added that the sign could be related to an act of vandalism that took place at the store earlier in May. The vandalism, according to Lt. Pat Doering of the Lake Saint Louis Police Department, said that the vandalism included shattered glass and obscene messages painted on the restaurant's drive-thru menu.
A statement from the department said, "We are currently working and investigating a trespassing and possibly a related vandalism case which occurred at Popeyes located at 6475 Ronald Reagan Drive in Lake Saint Louis. Earlier this month, several drive through menu signs were spray-painted. Today, unknown subjects posted an inappropriate sign on the drive-thru window, unbeknownst to the business."
A manager, who remains unnamed at the time of this reporting, said that surveillance video of the building "confirms employees didn't post the sign."
In a statement to KTVI, Popeyes said, "We have been made aware of the situation and are investigating the matter immediately. This type of behavior does not align with our brand values and we take such allegations very seriously. The franchise is cooperating with local authorities regarding this ongoing investigation."
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