Police officers swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent, and they truly do an amazing job when it comes to keeping communities safe places to live in.
Yet, there are people who have negative opinion about police officers. The reasons are various. For example, the death of George Floyd who was killed by officer Derek Chauvin after he had his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes made many lose their trust in the police and protest for the brutality by the officers to finally stop.
However, no matter how tragic this particular incident was, it doesn’t mean that every officer out there is brutal.
Recently, a cop named Scott Naff found himself offended after a McDonald’s employee refused to serve him because of his uniform.
The story was shared by Naff’s wife, Cathy, who decided to share details of the incident on the social media.
She started the post explaining how her husband had just finished a 13-hour shift before he went to McDonald’s in order to grab something to eat.
“My husband just got home from working a 13 hour day to share a story with me that has left me completely shocked.
“Around 7:00 tonight he took a small break and went to the drive through of the Mcdonald’s at Parham Road and Route 1. He was in uniform and his police vehicle. He paid for his food and drove forward to the next window.
“The young man who was working that window looked at him and backed away from the window mouthing something to my husband. My husband couldn’t hear him since the window was closed. The guy finally walked to the window and slid it open,” Cathy explained.
“My husband told him that he couldn’t hear him and the guy said “I ain’t serving no police” and closed the window. The guy proceeded to tell everyone in McDonald’s, including the manager, that he was not going to serve the police. The employees stared at my husband trying to figure out what they should do…..after all he had paid for his food but no one wanted to give it to him.
“Finally one guy brought it over to him without a single word. As my husband pulled around the building, a gentleman who was in the McDonalds at the time approached his car and told my husband how he had never seen anything like this.
“He said the guy had told the manager that she could fire him but he wasn’t going to “serve the police.” The manager did nothing to help the situation and wasn’t even the person who brought him his food.
“It’s amazing that people can act this way but even more shocking that the manager allowed him to continue on with his antics. I know that we will never visit this McDonald’s again! This is such an eye opener for me as to what the people who protect us have to go through on a daily basis. Please pray for the men and women who serve and protect us and put their lives on the line for us each and every day,” she concluded her post.
As Cathy’s post vent viral and was shared by a huge number of people who stood by her husband’s side, McDonald’s issued a statement. “At our restaurants, we are dedicated to serving all of our customers, including the police officers who protect and serve our communities,” the fast food chain said, according to Blue Lives Matter. “We are conducting a full investigation into this matter and will take appropriate actions.”
Some days later, Cathy posted an update explaining how the restaurant told them how they let the employee who refused to serve her husband go, but claimed the manager wasn’t aware of the incident, which wasn’t true, according to Cathy’s husband.
“My husband is one of the calmest, kindest, most level headed guys I know. This should’ve never happened to him or anyone else. Others have privately shared with us throughout this ordeal that the same behavior happened to them at the same restaurant,” Cathy wrote.
“For McDonald’s to be questioning the validity of this story is an outrage. Thank you for all the support….not just for my husband but for law enforcement officers everywhere! The bottom line is that we shouldn’t treat anyone…..uniform or not in the manner this McDonald’s has been treating people. Every person should be treated with respect!” she concluded her post.
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