Waiter who said she wouldn’t serve Trump officials fired from restaurant – Times of India

A Capitol Hill restaurant waiter said she would not serve anyone from the Trump admiistration.

Suzannah Van Rooy, a waiter at the Beuchert’s Saloon on Capitol Hill, who said she would not serve any official of the Trump administration has been fired from the restaurant and the owners condemned her statement and said she did not have the authority to speak on behalf of the restaurant. Rooy was quoted by Washingtonian where she said it’s not like that the restaurant hates Republicans but she would personally refuse to serve any person in office.
“I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people,” she said. “It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them.”
The Washingtonian report was about whether the new administration would face any local resistance like what happened to Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a restaurant in Lexington etc.
“People were a lot more motivated the first time around to do those kinds of shows of passion. This time around, there is kind of a sense of defeat and acceptance,” Van Rooy said, according to the Washingtonian. “But I hope that people still do stand up to this administration and tell them their thoughts on their misbehavior.”
After the report was published, the restaurant said Rooy was fired for violating their “zero tolerance policy on discrimination”. They said she was just a part-time server and not a manager. “Recent comments made by a member of staff who had no authority to speak on behalf of our entire restaurant have been, quite rightly, flagged as inappropriate, hostile, intolerant, and unacceptable. This staff member does NOT speak for us as a restaurant,” the restaurant said.
“After the inauguration in January, we will begin serving our fourth administration as a neighborhood restaurant on Capitol Hill open to all and welcoming to all. We have always been a safe space for all. Everyone, especially anyone who feels prejudged or misunderstood, will always find friendly service and a sympathetic ear at Beuchert’s Saloon. Again, we deeply apologize for the comments made by a member of staff. They are NOT representative of our restaurant and do not reflect how we operate as a business, and how proud we are to be a gathering place on Capitol Hill,” it said.
“For these reasons as well as the sheer dismay and disgust we feel at her unforgivable behavior, Ms Van Rooy has been dismissed immediately. Our staff and families (many of whom are personally offended by Ms. Van Rooy’s comments about them) are still reeling from what Ms. Van Rooy said and did, and we as a restaurant are simply horrified to be associated with base prejudice.”