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Woman at pizzeria in the Philly suburbs threw a fit over Spanish-language channel on television [1]

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Date: 2023-02-26  

A TikTok video involving a racist white American has circulated around social media. At Amy’s Pizzeria in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, located about 35-45 minutes north of Philadelphia, a woman had a heated argument over a Spanish-language channel on the television, profusely blabbering over the immigrant employee. The woman resented giving her money to “an illegal immigrant”.

x This is White fragility lmao

They obviously delayed until an officer arrived, have fun with the cop lady.

News report: https://t.co/8FUFfk3Tix pic.twitter.com/tw9V3MSPZH — ChudsOfTikTok (@ChudsOfTikTok) February 24, 2023

Amy’s Pizzeria owner Omar Quinones was not pleased to say the least.

"You feel frustrated. It’s something that I was not expecting," said Omar Quinones. He’s the owner of Amy’s Pizzeria in Hatboro. [...] "I feel bad. We don’t deserve this. We're here for 10 years. We have a lot of customers and they like us," said Quinones.

And neither are the regulars.

Friday, customers like Sheila Radcliff packed the Montgomery County pizza place, as the owners and staff were working non-stop to fill orders. Radcliff is a regular customer. "We're supposed to teach our youngers and our offspring how to be in America and this just disgraceful. She should be ashamed of herself," Radcliff said. Customers say Fridays are typically busy for the pizzeria. Add to that, it's Lenten season for Christians and now this incident. The shop was overwhelmed with support Friday night. They also got a new customer in Jack Malone after he and his wife saw the video on social media. "I felt really bad for what they had to go through after the abuse so I feel like it's the least I could do," said Malone. Brian Lynch said he and his wife are appalled by what happened. "We love Amy's. We've been coming ever since it opened. It’s a husband and wife who run the business. It’s family owned and they give a ton back to Hatboro. So I don't think you can get more American than that," said Lynch.

And people from afar are inclined to support the business, if only they are able to come to the Philly suburbs.

Since the video was posted, the pizza shop has received an influx of reviews on Yelp and more than a thousand on Google in support of the staff’s response. “I’ve never ate at Amy’s, let alone ever stepped foot in Pennsylvania. However, I want to leave a valid review solely based on this establishment’s customer service!” wrote one Yelp user whose profile says he’s from California. “The amount of patience and humility that the employees had, without retaliating in an aggressive way, really impressed me.”

The police are involved with the disturbance. Whilst investigations are ongoing, owners have warned about misidentification, as an innocent woman may be accused.

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