Eight Chick-fil-A employees at Tuskegee University in Alabama were reportedly fired. This, after footage of them doing the chest bounce, went viral. The employees were mostly college students, and Sophomore Landin Rolle believes the university’s administration, not Chick-fil-A, was responsible for their firings.
Now, the fellow sophomore Denevea Simpkins and the other ex-employees are speaking out.
And The Shade Room’s Justin Carter is recapping the events on ‘TSR Investigates.’
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Chick-fil-A Staff Go Viral
According to Carter, Landin Rolle suggested the trend to the group one day during their closing shift. The group created a 25-second clip that went viral, racking up over 8 million views. However, it wasn’t the first dancing Tok they had reportedly created.
Per Ty’Keria Clemons, the group’s former supervisor, they then received a message from a manager.
“And he was like, ‘You guys need to come to see me on Monday. Immediately. Do not clock in,'” she recalled.
However, Clemons believes it was the leadership at Tuskegee University that got her and her staff fired.
“A lot of the students here are very disrespectful… I feel like some of them were very much petty and sent it to the higher-ups and the Vice President,” Landin Rolle told Carter.
More On The Staff Losing Their Jobs
According to Carter, a public employee handbook for Chick-fil-A has not been located. However, the company has reportedly encouraged employees to refrain from recording videos at work. This, unless the content is approved.
Scroll above to watch as Carter shares previous instances where staffers were fired for their activity on social media. Additionally, fellow sophomore Denevea Simpkins is speaking out, sharing that she’s allegedly been turned away from leadership opportunities on campus, seemingly because of the viral footage. Lastly, Carter shares how the university is reportedly connected with the Chick-fil-A location.
