Chipotle Offers Manager Fired After Viral Video Her Job Back

WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4 NEWS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THE MANAGER AT A CHIPOTLE IN ST. PAUL NOT ONLY HAS HER JOB BACK, THE COMPANY MADE A FULL APOLOGY. IT ALL STARTED AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO LED THEM TO PROMPTLY FIRE HER. MIKE AUGUSTYNIAK POSTED THIS ON HIS TWITTER PAGE ON FRIDAY. IT HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 7 MILLION TIMES. IT SHOWS THE MANAGER ASKING THE MEMBER TO PROVE THAT THEY COULD PAY BEFORE THIS ORDERED. SHOWED HOW THE CAPTURED THE COUNTRY'S ATTENTION. BECAUSE YOU NEVER HAVE MONEY WHEN YOU COME IN HERE. Reporter: THIS VIDEO IS THE TALK OF THE NATION. CHIPOTLE TERMINATED ONE OF ITS RESTAURANT MANAGERS IN MINNESOTA OVER THE WEEKEND. AS REACTION EXPLODED ONLINE, A NEW REVELATION POPPED UP ON THE VERY SAME TWITTER ACCOUNT. BUT NOW A SERIES OF TWEETS BY THE 21-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO POSTED THE VIDEO MASUD ALI HAVE SURFACED IN WHICH HE TALKS ABOUT DINING AND DASHING. Reporter: THOSE TWEETS MENTION TAKING THINGS SPECIFICALLY FROM CHIPOTLE. A GoFundMe PAGE WAS QUICKLY SET UP TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FIRED MANAGER, ALSO AN ONLINE PETITION IN HER HONOR. AND LATE MONDAY, THE COMPANY WHO QUICKLY FIRED THE MANAGER BOLDLY APOLOGIZED SAYING "BASED ON OUR REVIEW, WE HAVE OFFERED OUR MANAGER HER JOB BACK WHILE OUR NORMAL PROTOCOL WAS NOT FOLLOWED SERVING THESE CUSTOMERS WE PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE TO OUR MANAGER FOR BEING PUT IN THIS POSITION." CRISIS

Channel: WCCO - CBS Minnesota

Views: 6,951,451

Rating: 4.6380835 out of 5

Keywords: WCCO 4 News, Chipotle, St. Paul, Masud Ali, Racism, Viral Video, Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, Local TV

Id: yLWMnO6l0UI

Length: 2min 13sec (133 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 19 2018