Local family upset with restaurant over Trump hat encounter

Local family upset with restaurant over Trump hat encounter

KELEHER... TELLS US WHATHAPPENED - AND WHY THEY'RENOW WORRIED ABOUT THEIRHEALTH.RENDI CONN SAYS SHE'S AREGULAR A MONTEREY'S LITTLEMEXICO NEAR 21ST ANDSHERIDAN IN TULSA.

BUT NOW- SHE WON'T BE GOING BACKFOR A WHILE.

SHE AND HERFAMILY - INCLUDING HERNEPHEW KASEY - WENT THEREFOR DINNER MONDAY NIGHT.KASEY WORE A "KEEP AMERICAGREAT" HAT.

WHICH, RENDISAYS, THEIR WAITER DIDN'TLIKE.17:13:17;13-17:13:26;10RENDI CONN "He said, 'If youcome back in here wearingthat hat again, I'm notgoing to serve you.

Kaseylooked at me and I looked athim and I said 'Excuse me?'"RENDI SAYS THE WAITER THENTOLD HER THEY BETTER HOPETHE KITCHEN STAFF DOESN'TSEE THE HAT.17:13:40;57-17:13:49;02RENDI "And I said why?

Do wehave to worry about themspitting in our food?

And hegoes, 'Possibly.'

And I saidreally?

And he goes 'Yeah,maybe.'" THE GROUP - WHICHRANGED IN AGES FROM 85 TO 3- DECIDED TO LEAVE.

RENDITHEN POSTED A VDIEO ABOUTTHE INCIDENT ON FACEBOOK.IT NOW HAS MORE THAN40-THOUSAND VIEWS.

BOTHRENDI AND KASEY SAY IT'S NOTABOUT THE POLITICS.

BUTTHEY'RE WORRIED FOR THEIRHEALTH AMID THE PANDEMIC.17:18:37;04-17:18:50;40KASEY CONN "Right there thatjust made me uncomfortablewith it because I had mychild with me who wasabout to eat that food.

Ontop of that, we ate therethe night before.

We had adifferent waiter, but whoseto say that they didn't havea problem with my hat tooand just didn't say anythingand spit in our food?"RENDI SAYS MANAGERS REACHEDOUT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THEWAITER'S ACTIONS.

WE REACHEDOUT TO MONTEREY'S - WHICHSENT US A STATEMENT SAYINGIN PART: "We want to makevery clear this incidentreflects the values of oneindividual and does notuphold the values Monterey'sLittle Mexico cherishes.

Wehave terminated the employeethat interacted with ourcustomer." MEANWHILE, KASEYSAYS EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TOTHEIR OWN POLITICAL OPINION- AND THAT ITSHOULDN'T AFFECT WHERE YOUCAN EAT.17:27:22;11-17:27:34;30KASEY "If somebody went inthere with a Biden hat andgot treated the same way I'dbe just as mad becausethat's wrong.

Everybody hasa right to believe what theywant.

And we shouldn't betargeted just because Isupport my president and Ilike my hat." YOU CAN VIEWTHE FULL STATEMENT ON OURWEBSITE, KJRH DOT COM.

INTULSA, KATIE KELEHER, 2WORKS FOR YOU.