A cashier at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Irvine has been fired for allegedly mocking Asian-American customers.<\/p>\n
A photo posted on Kelvin Lee’s Tumblr page shows two ordinary restaurant receipts. But in the customer identification line, one receipt says “Ching” and the other receipt says “Chong.”<\/p>\n
Pictures of those receipts have gone viral on the Internet.<\/p>\n
Lee says two of his Asian-American friends ordered meals at the restaurant and received the receipts showing the derogatory names.<\/p>\n
Chick-fil-A admits the incident happened and has fired the worker who used the false names.<\/p>\n
In a written statement, a representative for the fast-food chain says Chick-fil-A’s reputation should not be tarnished because of the woman’s actions.<\/p>\n
“The individual clearly violated our operating standards,” the statement reads. “The matter was addressed and discussed immediately with the guests on the spot; and a confirmation was provided that the employee was immediately dismissed for the individual behavior.”<\/p>\n
“I don’t hear that happening very often, but as an Asian I wouldn’t like it if someone called me Ching or Chong,” said Shirley Kim of Santa Ana. <\/p>\n