Chipotle proposes a director position at Saint-Paul dine-and-dash

Chipotle announced Monday that the company had given back its job to a licensed St. Paul restaurant manager after receiving more information about an incident in which employees had refused to serve five black men and had asked them to prove that they could pay before taking their order.

The company said in a statement that it had examined the evidence and decided to offer him his job. While Chipotle stated that its protocol was not followed to serve these customers, the company apologized publicly to the manager "for being placed in this situation".

"We will continue to work to support a respectful workplace for our employees and customers," Chipotle said.

Employees accused the men of being repeat dinners-dashers. One of the men, Masud Ali, 21, posted a video of the incident on Twitter Thursday, alleging that he and his friends had been subjected to racial stereotypes.

The video begins with a Chipotle employee telling men to pay "because you never have money when you enter here". Chipotle fired the restaurant manager after the reaction online and had announced that he would recycle the employees.

But in a statement Sunday, the company said it had new information requiring further investigation.

"Our actions were based on the facts we had immediately after the incident, including video footage, social media posts, and conversations with the client, the manager, and our employees," said the spokesperson. from Chipotle, Laurie Schalow. "We now have additional information that needs to be further investigated, and we want to take the measures that are required.After further investigation we will train and re-engage if the facts justify it. "

The company said it was aware of reports of tweets suppressed since, allegedly published on Ali's account between 2014 and 2016, which included jokes about restaurant meals and food. frisky. Ali did not respond to requests for comments from local media.

The company was aware of the so-called tweets when it decided to fire the director, and the decision to re-evaluate the situation was not influenced by the tweets, Schalow said. She refused to provide details on the new information.