Smoothie King saves on fire in Charlotte for rage on receipts :: WRAL.com
Both locations were closed on Monday while the entire staff underwent sensitivity training. [19659003] "I just went into the Smoothie King [on Sunday] with my kids to get a couple of smoothies," said Tony Choi, a customer who would end up leaving the store furious.
"I noticed that they were giggling and stuff and laughing behind the counter."
But what they talked about if was not fun.
"I noticed that you wrote in Jackie Chan for my name, instead of asking for my name, Choi said.
Choi said he went out of the Davis Lake Parkway site with his young children frustrated and Shortly afterwards, he learned about another similar event from the same day.
"I was very shocked when I saw that picture and it was right down the street, the same day, a few hours apart," said Choi. Another customer, Calvin Caldwell, said he was on a Smoothie King along Mount Holly-Huntersville Road on Sunday when his name was listed as "n-word" on the receipt.
"I thought it was very disrespectful – I thought It was very rude, "said Caldwell." Especially since I am a paying customer and I am a loyal customer because I often come to Smoothie King and I thought it was in bad taste and totally inappropriate to use that kind of language. "[19659003] CEO of Smoothie King said what happened is "totally unacceptable" and against "wh is value we stand for. "
The two employees involved were fired.
"Hopefully, they learn from this situation and know what they were doing wrong and took things seriously," Choi said. "You don't know about things like that."
Choi said he received calls from a Smoothie King corporate official, and the owner of the involved franchise apologized for the incident.
