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No way in the world would I ever eat there again. There is no telling what they do to the cops food. A language barrier mistake? Really? Well maybe that is why you should learn to speak English. If something had happened to them because of a language barrier, they would be suing because law enforcement didn't have someone that could speak their language. What a **** country we have allowed foreigners and demoslops to change the US into and push off on us. BTW, I don't buy their excuse about a language barrier, I think it was the backlash they received that changed the owner's tune.

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SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. -- The owner of a teriyaki restaurant in Sedro-Woolley has asked local law enforcement to no longer dine at the establishment, the Skagit County Sheriff's office said Thursday. But through an interpreter, the owners of Lucky Teriyaki told KOMO News Thursday night that a language barrier appears to have lead to a huge misunderstanding about what happened.

In a post added the Skagit County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, Sheriff Will Reichardt said four of his deputies were eating at Lucky Teriyaki when two went to pay the bill. As they were paying, the owner told deputies they were no longer welcome at the restaurant, he said.

"They were told that other customers didn't like law enforcement there," Reichardt said in the post.

Reichardt said his chief deputy followed up with the owner. The owner repeated the request, Reichardt said, and asked "that we spread the word to other law enforcement that they were no longer welcome either."

Within an hour, the sheriff's Facebook post had been shared thousands of times, and comments continued to flood in.

"Regardless of your feelings about law enforcement, that was nothing but wrong on so many levels," Faye Whitney wrote on Facebook.

"It's their right to refuse service. If customers feel threatened, just like with gang members, they hurt business, so they must go," John Rowlette said in a tweet.

"I didn't believe it at first, to tell you the truth," frequent customer Sean Martin told KOMO News. "I'm willing to forgive, if something comes out of it. But right now - I don't see anything."

"I said there must be a misunderstanding because I never feel that way when I go over there," said Mike Bennett, who owns a business nearby. "They always seem like really good people. I was kinda like super surprised."

Reichardt said the owner's request took him by surprise, as the Skagit County community has an "overpowering show of appreciation" for deputies and officers serving there.

"I understand a business owner has a right to refuse service if he wants to. I also understand that as customers we all have the right to find some other restaurant to take our lunch break in," Reichardt wrote.

The Sedro-Woolley Police Department said it "support our local businesses but are disappointed by the news." In a Facebook post, the department went on to say, "We want everyone to know SWPD will continue to respond and assist them in anyway they request."

Through an interpreter, the owners of Lucky Teriyaki told KOMO News that they've received death threats online and over the phone. A language barrier appears to have lead to a huge misunderstand about what happened at the restaurant, they said.

While the deputies were eating, an employee noticed some customers at another table had spilled some soup and water, the owners said through an interpreter. The employee couldn't understand why the customers were getting upset and wondered if it was because the deputies were sitting nearby, they said. An employee asked the deputies if they were about to leave.

An employee didn't understand when law enforcement later tried to clarify what had happened, the owners said through an interpreter.

The owners said they feel terrible about what happened.

They're inviting members of law enforcement to come eat at the restaurant for free on Monday, July 18.

"Yeah, I want police to coming," one of the owners said.

"He means welcome for police officers to come over here," said Xuechuang Li.

Dave North, owner of The Bullpen Sports Bar & Grill in Sedro Woolley, said he's planning a police appreciation day at restaurants in Skagit County for early August. It'll be a fundraiser for the Behind the Badge Foundation. The date and participating restaurants will be announced once North works out the details. Click here to contact North through the bar's Facebook page.

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Through an interpreter, the owners of Lucky Teriyaki told KOMO News that they've received death threats online and over the phone. A language barrier appears to have lead to a huge misunderstand about what happened at the restaurant, they said.

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Well, just how in the **** did they understand they were receiving death threats since none of them can speak English? How do they even conduct business? Another BS story.

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It would take all night, but the next morning for a 25 mile
radius there would be fliers covering the request of the
POS owner that all ELOs were not invited to dine at their
 teriyaki restaurant in Sedro Woolley. It should stay on FB
and all other social media with the owner and coolies
having the total s*** beat out of them. (several times)
 

Not only should she be fired, but she should be named, and Taco Bell should be able to sue her *** for harming their business. With all the crazies around, it may not be safe for cops to eat anywhere. They could mess with their food.

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Taco Bell fires employee who refused to serve police

(CNN)A cashier at a Taco Bell in Alabama wouldn't serve cops. Now she won't serve anybody else after the fast food chain fired her.

The firing came after a woman complained on social media about how the two deputies from the Lee County Sheriff's Office were treated.
 
Tammy Bush Mayo, a wife of another deputy, said she was ticked off that two of her husband's colleagues were turned away Saturday at the Taco Bell in Phenix City, Alabama. The cashier told the uniformed deputies that law enforcement would not be served and that they needed to leave, according to CNN affiliate WTVM.
"This really disturbs me that people have started treating law enforcement professionals in this manner when these same law enforcement professionals put their lives on the line every day to protect all people, including this woman with a very bad attitude at Taco Bell," Mayo wrote.
And it wasn't just the cashier that didn't want the deputies around. A customer in line said she would rather get a refund than eat in the company of police.
 
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones was not happy with how his deputies were treated.
"I'm very disappointed that simply because they were uniformed law enforcement officers that our deputies were treated in such negative fashion. We pride ourselves in giving people basic respect and only ask the same in return," Jones said in a statement. "We won't base our opinion of Taco Bell on one employee's negative action any more than the general public should base their opinion of law enforcement on the negative action of one officer."
A Taco Bell spokesperson said that in addition to firing the cashier, who was not identified, the fast food chain apologized to the sheriff's department.

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