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I totally understand what your saying Angie and I agree. But then the CEO should have came out and said that instead of saying the franchise owner is investigating when the franchise owner is the problem! That's all

Fire that manager! You could not pay me to eat in your restaurant chain. Disgusting you would hire someone into management w that character!

Blah, blah, blah, blah... In other words, "we don't really believe the "alleged" event occurred; however, if said "alleged" event did occur, we take no corporate responsibility for the aforementioned said event." "You see, it's not our problem. We gladly sell our name to anyone who can afford to buy it but what they do with it after the fact is all on them." Really? Well guess what? You left out the part about it being all President Obama's fault.

My hoax radar is flashing on this one. I saw one very similar one (hoax) that involved Firehouse subs. There has been a string of these. This version and the versions with the garbage written on restaurant receipts seem to be the latest fad. One young restaurant server just lost her job when she claimed patrons of a restaurant wrote on the receipt they weren't giving her a tip because she was gay, She raised over $3000 on paypal after her story hit social media, but the patrons not only had the real receipt (with a big tip) but the credit card bill to prove it. The truth will prevail, if it did happen, fire the management, but everyone is jumping on the boycott TJ's band wagon too quickly. The KFC case, in which a girl who was mauled by a pitbull, claimed she was asked to leave the restaurant because her was disturbing the customer with her looks, the mother raised over $130,000 dollars and everyone was calling for boycotts of KFC was proven to be a hoax.

problem is the owner of this franchise is still a representive of taco johns if i were then i'd pull the franchise before this goes futher!! as far as saying he wasn't forced to wear it come on!!!! everyone that is an employee does what they are told in fear of losing their job!!! taco johns corporate needs to pull their heads out of the sand and take a stand for this boy-- make an example out of this franchise owner!!!

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How dare you put "alleged" incident in your description Taco Johns. You know very well this took place. And to an innocent 16 yr old child. Your company is despicable.

This is an innocent child were speaking of here. Notice I said CHILD. Outrageous.

Why do I think this is just another Internet hoax for everyone to get outraged about. As of right now, It is only being "Alleged". There are no facts that this even took place to begin with. Don't get me wrong. This could have taken place, But until their are facts about what really took place. I think that we should all reserve judgment on these type of stories. For example, Just yesterday, We found out that the KFC incident was a hoax and I said the same thing that I am saying tonight. The bottom line is this. People might want to wait until the facts come out before siding with either one of them.

the manager is the owners son. do you really think he will do anything about it? taco johns corporate needs to intervene.

What happen?

sad thing that ignorance is so common

very weak response...shameful.

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Corporate needs to take action forcing the owner of that b to fire his manager. Enough said. Also flaming hot Cheetos burrito? Ill pass :P

The manager here is awfully rude. I hope you revoke this franchise.

you ppl should read the local news coverage and comments .. see what the customers of this particular TJ are saying

In other news. TACOS!!!!!!!!!!!!

If as reported the owner was the manager's father and dismissed it as good fun than anything less than Taco John's removing the franchise (and any other franchises) from their hands is essentially the company green-lighting this kind of discrimination.

You are now known as a homophobic supporting company worldwide. Congrats you deserve it!!

So when do we hear about what is being done to assist the employee and ensure that this never happens again at any Taco John's?

What happened to the complaint I filed over this same restaurant? Nothing! Not even an apology to me, your customer. This place is disgusting. You lost me as a customer forever!

I just read this story and was most disturbed by this: "Taco John's International Inc.'s attorney Patricia Hays said the company won't investigate the matter because franchise locations are independently owned and operated. You better investigate. Even though they are independent franchises, that individual franchise operates under the corporate name and what they do (discrimination) or do not do (just let it happen) reflects on the corporate image. Your brand is sullied and you need to step it up.

This place is going to tank!!

Talk is cheap Jeff, the manager of this restaurant should be fired, the boy should get his job back and you should toss in a full college scholarship as an apology - I'm sure you can afford it.

The person who made the employee wear the nametag needs to be fired.

We appreciate this statement, but if the Scott family continues to own and operate this franchise it won't change a thing. Pulling the franchise is the ONLY acceptable resolution to this issue.

Melvin Martin smh

Another weak statement from the corporate office that hides behind the franchisee. If you were really serious since this does hurt the national brands reputation too, you would oversee the franchisee's investigation so that they don't sweep it under the rug by blaming the victim...oh wait too late, they did just that!
From the link: "After I started telling my story publicly, Taco John's International put out a statement saying they take harassment in their restaurants seriously, but they said it was up to the local franchise in Yankton to do something about the humiliation I faced. Well, all the local franchise did about it was say that the name tag was my idea and that I thought it was funny."
That is how serious they treated this incident. Let's not forget people that even though the act was not illegal in SD, the corporate office CAN and SHOULD have a non-discrimination policy for the franchises...