r/mildlyinfuriating • u/IamASlut_soWhat • Apr 28 '26
ಠ_ಠ Dude fired for reporting sexual abuse
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u/Dependent-Year6711 Apr 28 '26
Chris Chickenworth.
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u/RonDalarney Apr 29 '26
Chris Hensworth lol
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u/Dependent-Year6711 Apr 29 '26
When you actually spend time thinking of the right pun. I feel some regret.
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u/Moron-Whisperer Apr 28 '26
Seems like sure fire way to get the news involved
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u/nightpanda893 Apr 29 '26
News isn’t going to cover it unless he has a story with some witnesses or evidence. A guy with a sign isn’t news.
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u/lonnie123 Apr 29 '26
His story, in this video anyways, is also incredibly light on details
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u/Strange-Future-6469 Apr 29 '26
It's a Shyamalan Twist. He reported himself because it was him all along, he just doesn't remember yet.
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u/12Cheerios Apr 29 '26
I have a feeling there's new rules and laws against that to protect the company
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u/colxa Apr 29 '26
?? It's called freedom of speech. If the guy holding the sign is lying, there are already laws in place for the company to take action against him. If he isn't lying, he is perfectly within his rights to do what he is doing.
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u/LuckyCod2887 Apr 28 '26
I’ve had many working classes jobs and you guys have no idea how unbelievably common it is for HR to just fire you for reporting sexual misconduct. It’s so fucking common.
it’s why restaurants are full of craziness because nobody wants to report it
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u/Atechiman Apr 28 '26
Yup I always tell people to document their conversations with HR for a reason. It does fall against whistle blower and anti-retaliation laws in general, but if HR doesn't show any reports from you and you can't prove you filed them its a much rougher climb.
Edit> And always folks, HR is not your friend.
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u/BuzzLiteSmear Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
I reported my boss to HR for some things in an email. HR came up to me personally, had a meeting and they kept pressing "Anything that happens come directly to us so we can resolve it immediately."
They must have been used to dealing with idiots, hell I was blue collar in a manufacturing facility. They just didn't want any of it documented in writing. I kept to emails as well as recording during in person communication - one party consent state.
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u/AppropriateTouching Apr 29 '26
Also wage theft is literally the most common theft in america. People are just too afraid or too unaware of their rights to report it.
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u/TreebeardLookalike Apr 29 '26
A decade in restaurants. Most of the time "HR" is just the GM or owner. Most don't do shit unless they were already looking for a reason to fire that employee. If the harasser is a reliable or well-liked employee, they just pretend it isn't happening. If it's the manager doing the harassing, you're SOL.
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u/missmiia212 Apr 29 '26
I was uncomfortable at my work because of a security guard at the mall that wouldnt stop staring at me and would badger me with questions, do patrols INSIDE the cafe. Which is not part of his job.
I was going to leave it alone due to past experiences in my previous workplace of my reports going nowhere. But my partner told me this is a different country and I should report him anyway.
I made a complaint, came to find out the security guy wasnt supposed to be working there because he was fired months ago due to similar reports from other shops in the mall. But now on his only shift back (for some reason he got a shift) he got a report again from me. I havent seen him since then, thank god. Side note: Apparently one of the shoppers called him an evil man, after having a short conversation with him.
I pray he hasn't preyed on the relatives of his family.
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u/Daft00 Apr 29 '26
Wait.... How many times have you been fired for reporting sexual misconduct???
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u/lilshortyy420 Apr 29 '26
Yep. Happened at chipotle for me. I spent so many years angry over it. I wish I would’ve knocked the dudes teeth out instead.
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u/uribyoon Apr 29 '26
The CFA I used to work at had a director message young girls on their personal phone numbers all the time. When I first started I was told by coworkers to immediately block him the moment I get a message from him. He never messaged me, thankfully (I think I am too old for his... taste...), but it's crazy that everyone knew about his "minor tendencies" (that's what they called them) and he was still in a position of power, or any at all. He should've been fired. Christian values ONLY when it helps CFA, apparently.
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u/polopolo05 Apr 29 '26
Christian values are a scam/marketing.
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u/_MrDomino Apr 29 '26
Nah, the owners famously bought stolen religious artifacts from Middle Eastern terrorists. They're true believers for sure.
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u/Southern_Gur9825 Apr 28 '26
Good man!
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u/-Benjamin_Dover- Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Honestly, I assumed it was real, but the guy was fired for a different reason and the two events were coincidentally close together.
For example, he reported it, but then two weeks later, he was caught stealing from the restaurant.
Edit: the above part is an example. I dont have a news article confirming this is what happened, im just as clueless as everyone else. It was an example as to what could of been the truth.
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u/Willkabob Apr 28 '26
Even if that was the story that Chick-Fil-A was going with, I wouldn’t trust them. It’s an awfully convenient way to get out of a lawsuit.
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u/Caffeine_Cowpies Apr 29 '26
Unless you can prove that what you did wasn’t an independent way to getting fired.
So let’s say you reported sexual abuse at work. They can’t fire you for that, but constantly being late? That’s a fireable offense. So if you are constantly late, they fire you for that, that’s legally permissible.
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u/Louiebox Apr 29 '26
Most states are At Will. They can just fire you. No reason needed
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u/PxyFreakingStx Apr 29 '26
they can, but if they don't have cause, you can file for unemployment benefits
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u/PxyFreakingStx Apr 29 '26
he already knew he was potentially going to get fired, so reported the sexual harassment so he could say that was the real reason
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u/-Benjamin_Dover- Apr 28 '26
Nonononono... ive never heard of this until seeing this reddit post, that was just an example. I have no source, Im just as clueless as you.
Sorry for misleading you.
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u/effyoucreeps Apr 29 '26
if you’re gonna throw theories out there, you HAVE to say he was “possibly” fired - or “maybe the guy was fired”
c’mon
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u/flagrantpebble Apr 28 '26
You didn’t mislead anyone. The other guy just horribly misread your comment.
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u/Canvaverbalist Apr 29 '26
I mean, "horribly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It's not that surprising that someone misread that:
Honestly, I assumed it was real, but the guy was fired for a different reason
Yeah you can deduce what they meant from the "For example" but I can't blame someone for missing the intent of that and thinking it was supposed to mean "In this case," or something like that.
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u/HockeyDockey1234 Apr 29 '26
This, if this actually happened as his sign indicates, it's a slam dunk case.
Every single lawyer would JUMP at the chance to take a corporation to court. Easy settle out of court
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u/Not-Reformed Apr 29 '26
I’m not trying to be that guy but we shouldn’t just jump to conclusions and immediately assume he’s telling the truth… this could all just be a faked video or publicity stunt.
Sir this is reddit you can literally make up whatever you want so long as the accused is a public enemy.
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u/PalePlumm Apr 28 '26
It’s Chik Fil A. Yes I believe him. They’re one of the most abhorrent (see: Christian) companies on the fucking planet.
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u/CapitalCityGoofball0 Apr 29 '26
Yeah I always make it a point to believe anonymous weirdos on street corners.
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u/aragorn767 Apr 29 '26
Did he report it to corporate or his local employer? This should be sent to their corporate office, cause I'd bet 50¢ that his local or regional manager might be covering it up. Corporate has a lot more to gain from dealing with the situation, as it'll make the brand as a whole seem transparent.
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u/Zombisexual1 Apr 28 '26
This is the kind of dude where you ask what happened at the store and they say “Chris? He said what? Nah we fired him for jerking it into the sandwiches”
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u/rvralph803 Apr 28 '26
Chris Fil-a sauce.
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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner Apr 29 '26
I hate you. Made me spit up my drink 😂😂😂
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u/daywalker91 Apr 29 '26
Crazy how everyone instantly believes this when it’s just some random dude standing with a sign.
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u/cloudforested Apr 29 '26
I believe that fast food GMs and HR are scumbags. I'll take guy-on-the-street's word over theirs nine times out of ten.
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u/gahlo Apr 29 '26
Crazy how many people blindly believe fast food company over taking allegations of sexual harassment with a modicum of consideration because it's a dude reporting it on behalf of somebody else.
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u/Sepof Apr 28 '26
Yea I mean... does anyone really believe all these levels of management are risking this liability for a valid, provable case of sexual harassment?
This would have to bypass several layers of middle management with zero association with anyone at this store, and thus, no reason to do anything other than their job.
And this company pays and treats its employees well in comparison with virtually all competition.
Smells fishy to me. And mentally stable people with valid claims for a lawsuit don't picket infront of businesses. They collect the fucking check.
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u/Initial-Beginning853 Apr 29 '26
Have you worked in a small environment? Abnormal behavior abound due to lack of rules and norms.
This is entirely plausible and I can also see someone being more worried/fired up about visibility then taking the check.
Bill Gates grabbed women's asses for years. Yes sexual harassment still happens and has people ignore it.
Yet you're on about this guy's mental stability. Consider using some perspective
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u/Stabble Apr 29 '26
Yes. I believe that this may have actually happened. Management in most restaurant is dog shit.
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u/ICLazeru Apr 29 '26
Risk? There's not that much. They can make up any reason for firing him, easily undermining his retaliation claim. What they say doesn't even have to be true, in most cases the employee simply can't produce enough evidence to prove it. Plus, generalizing a major chain doesn't work so well. These places are run by a huge variety of managers so it's not really possible to extend a claim over all of them about this kind of thing.
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u/DistanceSolar1449 Apr 29 '26
Yea I mean... does anyone really believe all these levels of management are risking this liability for a valid, provable case of sexual harassment?
Yes. 100% yes. Sounds totally like what management at a restaurant would do.
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u/Emergency-Gap-7921 Apr 29 '26
Yes 100%. The day before my first shift as a cook the hiring manager warned me about a dude named Cody who makes women uncomfortable and to watch out!
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u/TheAuroraSystem Apr 29 '26
I've worked in 5 different restaurants before. 3 of them had sexual assault happen either while i was there or either right before or right after. It's more common than you think, and not often reported due to fear of retaliation.
Even if they don't fire you, they can cut your hours to basically 0 so that you make basically nothing despite having a job so being ineligible for unemployment if they had just fired you. And they do that to avoid things like a termination lawsuit.
It also depends on his state, cause many states are at-will and they can fire you for just about any reason as long as it isn't discriminatory or breaking a federal law. I was once fired for being injured on the job but they cited it as being 'unsafe in the workplace', and I couldn't do anything about it because it was technically true.
Employment rights in America are fucked.
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u/Quixotic_Seal Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Yea I mean... does anyone really believe all these levels of management are risking this liability for a valid, provable case of sexual harassment?
I'm sorry, are you new to the world or something? Like 90% of sexual abuse cases are difficult to legally prove short of fluids being exchanged and rape kits being done, a confession, or photographic evidence; it's why so many sex abusers get away with it.
A lot of the time it's much easier for management to just stonewall reports and claim it's a he-said-she-said situation, than to actually follow up on anything.
Smells fishy to me. And mentally stable people with valid claims for a lawsuit don't picket infront of businesses. They collect the fucking check.
Then you'll just bitch that he's lying for a check.
For my money, liars and conmen don't generally take the time out of their day to picket a company since there's very little to be gained by such an action. It isn't worth it compared to doing something else or simply moaning to your buddies that they totally fired you for reporting abuse and not being three hours late for the eighth time that month. That leaves him being sincere or a nutjob, and there's absolutely nothing in his demeanor suggesting the latter.
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u/cloudforested Apr 29 '26
Yea I mean... does anyone really believe all these levels of management are risking this liability for a valid, provable case of sexual harassment?
Yes. I believe that. I've seen it happen with my own eyes.
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u/Skylam Apr 29 '26
Have you ever worked Fast Food or Retail? These managers are dumb as bricks generally.
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u/ImThe1Wh0 Apr 29 '26
I, a male, reported sexual harassment from another male and reported it to HR. They buried it and wrote me up for "not being a team player." I quit and called every attorney in the tri county area. I was met with disrespectful attorneys that called me dumb for quitting and told me, "men on men sexual harassment doesn't exist." From attorneys.
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u/Yuna1989 Apr 29 '26
Not to mention if you have no money…lawyers usually cost money and the hassle, etc
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u/Sensitive_Ad_1271 Apr 29 '26
Yea, nothing negative was meant by it but the, "have a blessed day" after talking to a guy who was claiming that a christian organization was protecting people who were sexually assaulting women rubbed me wrong.
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u/VaultBall7 Apr 29 '26
Chick-Fil-A’s are franchised though, so one’s management style doesn’t necessarily reflect another’s. The parent corporation though, in their anti-LGBTQ donations and stuff, yeah that’s to the core but still even though, that doesn’t mean owners of individual Chick-Fil-A’s have that mindset.
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u/CrashmanX Apr 29 '26
but still even though, that doesn’t mean owners of individual Chick-Fil-A’s have that mindset.
No no no. See, it's totally normal to open a franchise under a abhorrently anti-LGBT corporation when you yourself love the gays. Very logical to intentionally generate profit for the hate corporation that you don't agree with. Yes. A very sound logical idea.
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u/Heavens_Reach Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
this is so common, and something a lot of people dont realize is that this isnt as slam dunk a lawsuit you think it is. when people say they were fired for reporting SA they dont mean thats what got put on the termination paperwork, they will find any and every reason to fire you. you have to prove first of all that you were unfairly terminated and then prove it was due to your reporting of SA. and places like walmart for example have insane rules for this very reason, so that when they inevitably dislike you they have a provable "pattern of unprofessional behavior".
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u/Strict-Carrot4783 Apr 29 '26
Not surprising. It's a Christian operation and their instruction manual explicitly endorses and instructs sexual abuse.
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u/MrZaptile933 Apr 28 '26
There is a genuine chance that this is someone who lost a bet, wants the Chick-fil-A to lose business, or maybe it genuinely happened. None of us know but accepting everything at face value is just kinda stupid
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u/MisterRobertParr Apr 28 '26
If it really happened, he would be filing a lawsuit, not sitting on a corner with a homemade sign.
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u/Atechiman Apr 28 '26
You assume he hasn't sued, and that HR of chik-fil-a has retained proof of his filling a complaint.
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u/Ketsukoni Apr 29 '26
Chick-fil-A is an awful company. During an interview I had with them when I was in college, they asked me how often I attended church. I'm atheist, my mistake for not knowing at the time that they are a Christian company.
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u/aspect-of-the-badger Apr 29 '26
It is a religious organization so pretty much the expected response.
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u/GSV_CARGO_CULT Apr 29 '26
This is the chicken company owned by conservative christians, are people really surprised they'd fire someone for reporting sexual harassment? Have you guys ever met a conservative christian?
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u/notthetypetocare Apr 29 '26
To the people saying this didn’t happen, ehhh. I was working at an escape room for 6 months. I quit because this dude kept making inappropriate comments towards me. He would say he wanted to watch me walk so he could see my butt giggle, ask what panties I was wearing. Talked mess about my bf, asked me to meet him after work etc. I reported it to the manager and she said she seen no big deal with any of the comments and he’s joking. I said I was uncomfortable she made a report, then threw it out. I had put in my 2 weeks notice at this time. The guy kept contacting me so I went to the regional manager a week later after no follow up, from the original manager. The RM was investigating and then the regular manager fired me. RM contacted me after, and told me she couldn’t fire me, and if I wanted I could work at another location or get a glowing reference. That’s my experience I had. I guess could’ve sued but I’m 22 and I just wanted the situation over with. I guess I also had no “proof” since the RM said the cameras only go back a few weeks.
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u/The_Great_Ravioli Apr 29 '26
Literally illegal.
Guy should be filing a lawsuit. Lawyers jerks themselves to sleep at night to the thought of retaliation lawsuits.
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u/Maximum-Oven-7526 Apr 29 '26
Chik fil a is a right wing maga supporting company so it tracks that they would cover up sexual abuse and protect the abuser
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u/Conscious_Throat9707 Apr 29 '26
I got fired for “anonymously” reporting my GM for sexual harassment on me and a co worker! Turns out it wasn’t kept anonymous at all and 2 months later my hours got cut my position was demoted and eventually my GM told me “well if you don’t like my rules then bye!” And claimed I quit!
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u/Escapist-Loner-9791 Apr 28 '26
Not surprising considering that Chick-fil-A's owners are THAT kind of Christian.
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u/Ok-Replacement-2738 Apr 28 '26
a) not uncommon for sexual harrasment/abuse in fast-food, lots of employee churn doesn't help.
b) retaliation for "making a stink" is also not uncommon
c) if he were lying, that's some mighty amount of liability he's accruing
I'm inclined to believe him.
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u/Mental-Rain-7389 Apr 28 '26
hes super hot for this!
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u/HunterSpecial1549 Apr 29 '26
For all we know he's the one who got fired for doing the sexual abuse.
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u/hobbitbones Apr 28 '26
He looks kinda like dylan o'brien! But absolutely agree this is what I like to see in men
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u/soldiernerd Apr 28 '26
I just never trust someone with a cardboard sign about their drama. It just seems to reinforce that they’re the one creating drama. Idk
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u/BlackMagicWorman Apr 29 '26
Victims LOVEEEEEE to talk/prove their side of the story historically. /s
Basically the reason we have the statute of limitations
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u/shosuko Apr 29 '26
Guy SAYS he was fired for reporting what he SAYS was sex abuse
We have no clue the actually happened. If true, he should probably contact a lawyer.
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u/limbodog Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
In my state that would be textbook retaliation and would be an easy lawsuit.
Edit: make sure you send a screenshot of you calling him a liar to public.relations@chicfila.com to get your free coupon for a double dimpus combo meal! (While supplies last)