A waitress who was fired after refusing to serve transphobic customers at a Wisconsin restaurant on Saturday said she has no regrets about putting "morals over money."
During her shift at Fat Joe's Bar and Grill in the town of Fond du Lac, Brittany Spencer overheard a couple making insulting comments about a transgender customer sitting at the bar. As she served the customers, they turned to her to ask what she thought about the trans patron.
"They were asking me if I thought it was disgusting and wrong and why we would let someone like that into the establishment," Spencer told NBC 26, NBC News' Green Bay affiliate. "To which I answered, 'No, I do not agree with that,' and walked away."
Spencer said she asked her manager if another employee could serve the table, because she was uncomfortable, but her manager said no.
"She essentially told me to suck it up or go home," Spencer told NBC 26. "To which I said, 'OK, I will leave.'"
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Tad Wallender, one of the co-owners of Fat Joe's, told NBC 26 that the restaurant serves all customers and that Spencer was fired for "refusing to do the duty we hired her for."
"We are going to serve anyone in here as long as it's a safe environment," Wallender said. "I've been in the service industry for a good 15 years, and I've heard hundreds of conversations I didn't agree with, but it's a matter of fact of brushing it off and having to tough it out through your task."
