Uniformed Alexandria officer denied service at Noodles & Company
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria police officer was denied service after a chef refused to cook for an officer in uniform.
At around 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, a female officer in full uniform walked into the Noodles & Company on Duke St. in Alexandria when she was refused service while waiting in line, according to officials. The cook at the restaurant came out of the kitchen, walked to the cashier and said something in the lines of “you are going to have to take me off the line, because I am not serving that.” The cashier and the cook then exchanged a few words and started laughing at the officer. The officer decided to leave the restaurant when she realized what was happening, called her supervisor.
In an interview with Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook, he said, “"Well your first response as a police officer is anger, these are very difficult times right now with our relations with everyone and to have one of my officers treated in that manner unnecessarily, your first response is anger then you calm down a bit as usual let’s find out what happened and as we have talked to our officer and talking to the store management it seems to have happened as my officer stated.”
The chief was upset enough to go over to the Noodles & Company where the incident occurred.
A statement from the company reads:
“Noodles & Company expects the highest ethical and personal behavior from its team members. We value each of our guests and are committed to treating every one with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
We are working with the appropriate authorities and local police association representatives to get to the bottom of, and resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We have made efforts to reach out to the police officer involved, but have not yet spoken with her. We will continue to look into the situation and will take the appropriate actions at the conclusion of this review.” – Noodles & Company
FOX 5 also spoke with a union representative. “It appears that there is maybe just a couple of bad seeds and the Noodles and Company business will be handling that internally Noodles and company has agreed to post signs on their doors that they support blue lives they’ve been very cooperative with us in this matter and we hope they continue the cooperation we hope that the business is not judged by the actions of a couple of individuals,” said Pete Feltham, Alexandria Police Union.
At this point it is not clear what Noodles & Company has done, with either the cook and or the cashier.
The Alexandria police chief is investigating the situation.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria police officer was denied service after a chef refused to cook for an officer in uniform.
At around 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, a female officer in full uniform walked into the Noodles & Company on Duke St. in Alexandria when she was refused service while waiting in line, according to officials. The cook at the restaurant came out of the kitchen, walked to the cashier and said something in the lines of “you are going to have to take me off the line, because I am not serving that.” The cashier and the cook then exchanged a few words and started laughing at the officer. The officer decided to leave the restaurant when she realized what was happening, called her supervisor.
In an interview with Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook, he said, “"Well your first response as a police officer is anger, these are very difficult times right now with our relations with everyone and to have one of my officers treated in that manner unnecessarily, your first response is anger then you calm down a bit as usual let’s find out what happened and as we have talked to our officer and talking to the store management it seems to have happened as my officer stated.”
The chief was upset enough to go over to the Noodles & Company where the incident occurred.
A statement from the company reads:
“Noodles & Company expects the highest ethical and personal behavior from its team members. We value each of our guests and are committed to treating every one with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
We are working with the appropriate authorities and local police association representatives to get to the bottom of, and resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We have made efforts to reach out to the police officer involved, but have not yet spoken with her. We will continue to look into the situation and will take the appropriate actions at the conclusion of this review.” – Noodles & Company
FOX 5 also spoke with a union representative. “It appears that there is maybe just a couple of bad seeds and the Noodles and Company business will be handling that internally Noodles and company has agreed to post signs on their doors that they support blue lives they’ve been very cooperative with us in this matter and we hope they continue the cooperation we hope that the business is not judged by the actions of a couple of individuals,” said Pete Feltham, Alexandria Police Union.
At this point it is not clear what Noodles & Company has done, with either the cook and or the cashier.
The Alexandria police chief is investigating the situation.
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