Rainforest Cafe fires S.A. man for telling Harvey evacuee customers to 'die slow' on Facebook



Click ahead to view a roundup of debunked hoaxes and rumors from Tropical Storm Harvey less An employee at the Rainforest Cafe was fired after he penned a Facebook post, saying evacuees from Houston and other Harvey-stricken areas should "drown," among other things.

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Rainforest Cafe fired a San Antonio employee after he penned a Facebook post, saying evacuees in town from Houston and other Harvey-stricken areas should "drown," among other things.

The man shared a message to the San Antonio Craigslist Facebook page earlier this week, complaining about customers he had served at the 110 E. Crockett downtown location.

He called them "cheap evacuees" for allegedly asking for discounts and then not tipping him.

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He continued: "F--k each and every one of y'all go back to Houston, Galveston, and Corpus, and f--king drown!!! Idgaf this is how I get paid if you not gonna pay me for your good service then die slow B--ches you and your family!!! Idgaf!!!"

According to other members of the Facebook group, the user deleted his message, but not before screenshots were taken. A reshare of the original post sparked outrage within the online community, with many asking Rainforest Cafe for his termination.

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Keith Beitler, the senior vice president and COO of Landry's specialty restaurants division, Rainforest Cafe's parent company, confirmed in an email to mySA.com on Thursday that the poster was no longer employed by the company.

"It was brought to our attention that an employee of Rainforest Cafe in San Antonio shared personal comments on a private group Facebook page," he said in the email. "This is not reflective of our company's views and this employee is no longer employed with us. Our hearts go out to all those affected by Hurricane Harvey's devastation."

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