Chipotle is reconsidering its controversial decision to fire one of its restaurant managers for telling a group of black customers they had to prove they could pay before ordering, after a series of tweets emerged showing the alleged victims boasting about 'dining and dashing'.
Masaud Ali, 21, claimed he'd been a target of racism after he was refused service at the restaurant in St Paul, Minnesota, unless he paid first, with the manager telling him it was because 'you never have money when you come in here.'
'Can a group of young well established African American get a bite to eat after a long workout session. @ChipotleTweets??' he wrote in a tweet alongside a video of the confrontation, on Friday.
The post sparked a furious backlash against the manager and Chipotle, who fired the employee the following day.
But it appears the fast food chain may have been to quick to act after old tweets of Ali's emerged where he talks about 'dining and dashing' - the illegal practice of ordering food and running out before paying for it.
Chipotle may rehire it's manager (right) who was fired after telling a group of young black men at a Chipotle in St Paul, Minnesota (left) they cannot order until they prove they have money to pay
A series of tweets have since emerged showing the alleged victims boasting about 'dining and dashing'
'Dine and dash is forever interesting,' Ali wrote in another since-deleted tweet from July 2015
'Aye man i think chopotle catchin up to us fam. should we change locations and yoooooo what should we do about the other thang,' read a since-deleted post on Ali's account from 2016.
'Dine and dash is forever interesting,' Ali wrote in another since-deleted tweet from July 2015.
Another post from March 2015 read: 'if you a real ass n***a we [gonna go to] Applebees [sic] and eat as much a we can and tip the nice lady 20cents and walk the f**k out.'
On Sunday, Chipotle conceded they may have acted too hastily in firing the St Pauls branch manager.
'Our actions were based on the facts known to us immediately after the incident, including video footage, social media posts and conversations with the customer, manager, and our employees,' Chipotle Chief Communications Officer Laurie Schalow told Fox News on Sunday. 'We now have additional information which needs to be investigated further. We want to do the right thing, so after further investigation we will re-train and re-hire if the facts warrant it.'
The manager, whose name on Instagram is D0mMarie, shared a petition titled 'Help Chipotle Manager Get Job Back' on social media in the wake of the incident. The petition appears to have been created by someone who heard her story and felt sorry for her.
'Can’t thank you enough for the kind words, positive vibes, prayers and warm thoughts,' she wrote in a post on Sunday.
Chipotle says the manager was fired and that staff has gone through re-training to prevent a similar situation from occurring. Additionally, the company said the manager had mistaken the guests for another group of men who had come in and not been able to pay for their food
The manager shared a petition titled 'Help Chipotle Manager Get Job Back' on social media and wrote on Instagram: 'Can’t thank you enough for the kind words, positive vibes, prayers and warm thoughts'
Ali insisted yesterday that he was targeted because of his race.
'It sounded really racist - the way she said it was racist,' Ali told the Star Tribune on Friday. 'She asked for proof of income as if I'm getting a loan.'
He said he was also disappointed that none of the other employees who were on duty spoke up.
Video of the confrontation has been seen millions of times since it was posted Friday.
On Saturday, the chain released a statement saying 'what happened here is not how our employees should treat our customer'.
'We don't ask customers to pay for their meals prior to making them in our restaurants. The manager should have made their food and withheld giving it to them until they paid for it,' Chipotle told the Star Tribune in a statement, explaining its policy.
Past tweets seem to imply that the man who posted the video, Masaud Ali, is guilty of dining and dashing in the past
'Regardless, this is not how we treat our customers and as a result, the manager has been terminated and the restaurant is being retrained to ensure something like this doesn't happen again.'
Chipotle confirmed they are still investigating the incident, including assessment of Ali's numerous tweets that seemed to imply that he had eaten at establishments before without paying.
In one he discussed stealing Tabasco bottles from Chipotle and in another it read: 'Guys we're borrowing food... that's it. And if the lady tries to stop you at the door don't hesitate to truck the sh*t out of that b***h.' Ali has since deleted all of these posts.
Ali, who records show is on probation for theft, did not reply to a request from the Miami Herald.
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