University of North Texas student-cook fired for racist message on receipt

A student cook at the University of North Texas has been fired after he typed a racial obscenity on a customer's receipt. The tweet prompted a swift response from the university's president Neal Smatresk. A student cook at the University of North Texas has been fired after he typed a racial obscenity on a customer's receipt. The tweet prompted a swift response from the university's president Neal Smatresk. Photo: Twitter Photo: Twitter Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close University of North Texas student-cook fired for racist message on receipt 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

A student cook at the University of North Texas has been fired after he typed a racial obscenity on a customer's receipt.

The N-word was typed in all capital letters on a receipt belonging to university student @ChelseaMonAmour after eating at the school's Krispy Krunchy Chicken on Tuesday afternoon.

@ChelseaMonAmour tweeted a photo of the receipt which went viral and ultimately captured the attention of university President Neal Smatresk.

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"Our Mean Green family values respect and prides itself on inclusion. It is completely unacceptable and not who we are as a community. We acted immediately to identify the person responsible and that person has been terminated," Smatresk tweeted two hours later in response to @ChelseaMonAmour's message.

Aside from being fired, the student will also go through the university's judicial conduct process, Leigh Anne Gullett, associate director of news for the school, told Chron.com Wednesday morning.

The university declined to release the name of the student cook.

Fernando Alfonso III is a digital reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @fernalfonso.