"A Cinnabon worker in Wisconsin has been fired after a racist outburst directed at two customers went viral, the Georgia-based cinnamon roll chain said. Cinnabon posted a statement on social media that the worker, who it did not identify, was "immediately terminated" by the franchise owner over a "disturbing video" of the incident. "Their actions and statements are completely unacceptable"
"The video was posted on TikTok and showed a white, female employee cursing at and taunting the customers from behind the counter as one of them recorded the encounter. At one point she is seen on video uttering a racial slur and saying, "I am racist and I'll say it to the whole entire world. Don't be disrespectful." The employee also is also recorded giving an obscene hand gesture at customers and exchanging expletives with one of the persons at the store."
"The customer said she ordered a caramel pecan cinnamon roll and had asked the worker to add more caramel as it didn't appear to have enough. She said she began recording after the worker snapped at her and derided her hijab. An online fundraising campaign to support the customers described them as a "black Somali Muslim couple" that's been "traumatized" by the incident."
A Cinnabon worker in Wisconsin was terminated by the franchise owner after a TikTok video captured a racist outburst directed at two customers. The video shows a white female employee cursing, taunting customers, uttering a racial slur and declaring, "I am racist and I'll say it to the whole entire world." The employee also made an obscene hand gesture and exchanged expletives with a customer. Customers said the encounter began after a request to add more caramel to a cinnamon roll and that the worker derided a hijab. Separate fundraising campaigns have since raised money both for the customers and for the fired employee.
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