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Ptah

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6. People threatened to burn down the restaurant with the owners in it.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 08:57 PM

Oct 2017

That post sparked immediate controversy. Two employees quit after angry former customers inundated the restaurant with phone calls, and online reviewers flooded websites like Yelp with negative posts.

“People threatened to burn down the restaurant with the owners in it. It’s a crazy world we’re in,” Ron Sanchez, the grandparent of a former worker at Cup It Up, told ABC 15.

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Arizona restaurant closes indefinitely after pro-Trump Facebook post infuriates customers [View all] yuiyoshida Oct 2017 OP

Looks like it was shared by more than 100 people ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #1

Good riddance. dalton99a Oct 2017 #2

"offers salads and entrees in cup form" left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #3

It sounds like hipster KFC Famous Bowls to me jmowreader Oct 2017 #11

I wonder if they were in the red for a long time and realized Trump wasn't coming to save them ck4829 Oct 2017 #4

Very plausible. Whoever made that facebook post is a trump-class businessperson. brush Oct 2017 #19

Um, SNOWFLAKES?!? theaocp Oct 2017 #5

People threatened to burn down the restaurant with the owners in it. Ptah Oct 2017 #6

its god's will the place is closed. nt msongs Oct 2017 #7

The Lord works in strange ways, indeed. rgbecker Oct 2017 #16

What, no "GoFundMe" link at the bottom of the sign? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #8

Cup it up? That sounds.... CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #9

When you show that much contempt for standingtall Oct 2017 #10

Yeah, righties don't like salads. Blue_true Oct 2017 #13

Very well put! Wish DU would include a "like post" feature, a la Facebook. bullwinkle428 Oct 2017 #14

The whole "entitlements" made absolutely no sense, rational sense anyway ck4829 Oct 2017 #15

Well, that went well for them. Blue_true Oct 2017 #12

Likely a 'front'... I dunno for what flavor of dirty $$ alittlelark Oct 2017 #17

The wise, magic hand of the Free Market has moved with it's profound omniscience. NBachers Oct 2017 #18