Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse homeless advocate is threatening a boycott of a local Dunkin' Donuts after a worker there was caught on video dumping water on a man who was sleeping in the store.

It appears that the video was captured Sunday night at the Dunkin' Donuts on North Salina Street near Butternut Street. In it, the store was mostly empty. The man had his head down on the table. His phone was charging next to him.

A worker pours a pitcher of water on the man, who stumbles up. Then the worker and a man off camera can be heard laughing.

"How many times I've got to tell you to stop sleeping in here, my (profanity)," the worker says to the man who had been sleeping. He goes on to tell the man that he's not going to call the cops. He just wants him to get out.

After seeing the video, which has been posted and shared on Facebook, Al-amin Muhammad went down to the Dunkin' Donuts and asked the workers about what happened. He videoed the exchange.

Muhammad asks them about a video of a worker there, "disrespecting one of my homeless friends."

A worker at the counter, who says she just saw the video, as well, said "We know as much as you guys... we don't think it's right, at all."

Muhammad asks to speak with a manager, so another worker calls, but cannot get through.

The phone continued to be busy this morning when a Syracuse.com reporter called for comment.

Muhammad said he will call for a boycott of the store if he doesn't hear from the management by noon, today.

John Tumino, a Syracuse homeless advocate who runs the street outreach, "In My Father's Kitchen," said he was shocked by the video.

He said homeless people he knows are often welcomed by the staff in that Dunkin' Donuts.

He also wondered why the worker felt it was necessary to pour the water on the man.

"You're not even bothering anybody. There were no other customers there," Tumino said.

A better option, he said, would have been to call 211. If the worker called that number, Tumino or another homeless outreach worker in Onondaga County would have been dispatched to come help the man.

"I'm not saying it's cool for the guy to be sleeping in Dunkin' Donuts, but there are better tactics than throwing water on someone," Tumino said.

Muhammad is currently outside the Dunkin Donuts, talking to people about what happened on Facebook live.

Marnie Eisenstadt is an enterprise reporter who writes about people, life and culture in Central New York. Have an idea or question? Contact her anytime: email | twitter | Facebook | 315-470-2246