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What do you mean "That only happens in Waco"?
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the parents just want money. If they just wanted "what's right to be done", then the GM getting fired should have been enough. Take your settlement and invest in your child. I am sure they use it to buy a new car or something.....typical
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I contemplated sending this out. I decided I must.
This past Sunday the family, a former student and player of mine, along with his family went to Cheddars. The father and his wife have a young son who has a spinal condition that has relegated him to a wheelchair.
They arrived around 3:00 p.m. They were told the wait would be approximately 12 minutes. After about 30 minutes, and after multiple parties who came in after them were seated, the mother approached the hostess and manager to make sure their name was still on the list. He told them it was.
After another 15 minutes and numerous other parties being seated ahead of them, she again approached the manager. This time he became belligerent and told them they were still trying to find them a table. The mother asked why others who obviously came in after them were being seated before them. The manager (who is now raising his voice for all to hear) told her that the wheelchair son was in would block the aisles and that only able-bodied patrons could be seated at this time until the crowd subsided.
She turned around and asked her husband if he heard what the man just said. The husband did hear it, but asked him to repeat it. The guy came from around the stand, threw up his arms and repeated what he told them, again raising his voice. The manager offered to show the mother how the chair would block the aisles. She told him he did not need to show her. The father said at this time his wife began to cry. The manager told them that if this was not satisfactory, they could leave, and if they kept making a scene, he would be forced to call the police.
The father asked for his name. The manager refused to give it to him, saying he could get it at Cheddars.com. He asked for the two hostess' names and the manager told him they were available online as well. At this time, the manager picked up the phone and called the police. The father gathered his family and left. He said the other folks waiting for a table were literally dumbfounded by the manager's actions. Many of them left as well.
I just spoke to the father and have tried to make sure this recount is as accurate as possible. I realize how hard this is to believe. In this day and age, that someone could be so blatantly inconsiderate is really quite unfathomable. I am sickened by it.
What you do with this information is up to you. I just thought everyone I know should here this story
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The now former general manager of the Waco Cheddar’s Casual Café, Sean Wheeler, confirmed Wednesday in a phone interview that he was fired over an incident on Mother’s Day in which the parents of a wheelchair-bound 4-year-old boy were told they had to wait for a table, even as other customers were seated ahead of them.
Wheeler said he feels he was terminated unfairly, but declined further comment.
