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Caught on Camera: Taco Bell employees brawl with customer (video)
Fox29 ^ | 3/5/2019 | Staff

Posted on 03/06/2019 9:48:11 AM PST by simpson96

CENTER CITY (FOX 29) - Video shows Taco Bell employees in an altercation with a customer in Center City. The customer says the employees “snapped” when people complained of long wait times for food.

A week after he was beaten up buying tacos, Bryan Reese is speaking out about the incident caught on video the night of Feb. 24.

The 32-second clip shows workers wearing Taco Bell uniforms running outside the restaurant near 11th and Chestnut. The video shows Reese getting punched in the ribs while someone else is holding him down.

The customer says the employees “snapped” when people complained of long wait times for food.

"The entire store was filled with people—everybody was angry—wondering where their tacos were," Reese said.

He says his girlfriend and another couple along with other customers had been waiting for their order for 45 minutes.

“When the complaints came in. Somebody just snapped and they came after me," Reese explained.(snip)

"Three people jumped over the counter, I backed out of the store.They continued to follow me. They put me on the ground,” he said.

The video also shows his friend getting punched on the ground and he tells FOX 29 his girlfriend who wasn’t even in the store was knocked off her feet.(snip)

Taco Bell released the following statement:

“We’re shocked and disappointed to see this situation; we and our franchisees do not tolerate this behavior. The franchisee who owns and operates this location is retraining its staff, and all team members involved have been terminated.”

Reese is hoping for justice.

"The fact that people can just jump counters and beat up whoever they want—not today. You can’t do that that’s not right," he said.

Reese said Taco Bell has reached out to him and offered him a gift card.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox29.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; food; philadelphia; taco; tacobell
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To: simpson96

The last time I complained about long wait times, was at a newly opened Taco Bell. But I did so from the safety of my car in the drive through line.


21 posted on 03/06/2019 11:19:07 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: blueplum

But the gift card says, “Good for one Taco Bell restaurant, available upon demand after getting your ass beaten by our employees.”


22 posted on 03/06/2019 11:27:08 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: simpson96

Where my taco at?


23 posted on 03/06/2019 11:58:06 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Moonman62
“No respect I tell ya!’’ “Boy my old high school was tough tough when the football team tackled the quarterback they went after his family!’’
24 posted on 03/06/2019 12:01:40 PM PST by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: simpson96

Major law suit coming.


25 posted on 03/06/2019 12:02:27 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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26 posted on 03/06/2019 12:05:12 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

Taco Bell ... isn’t that the Mexican phone company?


27 posted on 03/06/2019 12:12:51 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: dfwgator
So do you want to dimpisize your meal for a quarter more?

Do you want me to punchisize your face for free?"

28 posted on 03/06/2019 12:17:36 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: simpson96

Problems like this start with the store owner and manager.

I worked in fast food as a kid. I don’t care how full a place is with customers. If anyone has to wait more than 15 minutes, management doesn’t know what they’re doing.

And if management doesn’t know what they’re doing, owner is an idiot.


29 posted on 03/06/2019 12:18:41 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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30 posted on 03/06/2019 12:31:36 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: simpson96

Looks like one was wearing a hijab.


31 posted on 03/06/2019 12:52:57 PM PST by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: simpson96
 
 
Vid on Youtube - kinda hard to see though -
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg1E0yUQJjI
 
 

32 posted on 03/06/2019 12:57:21 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: simpson96

People were waiting 45 minutes for their tacos. Seriously? You wouldn’t just leave after 10?


33 posted on 03/06/2019 1:03:31 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy

After you order, you pay for it, creating a financial stake in the food that takes 45 minutes or more.


34 posted on 03/06/2019 1:08:32 PM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: gaijin

Amish again


35 posted on 03/06/2019 7:14:17 PM PST by representativerepublic (...loose lips, sink ships)
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