In Young Lee was outraged after being given this racist receipt after ordering at Taco Bell Friday (In Young Lee/Facebook)

An Asian-American medical student said he was ‘infuriated’ after a fast food chain called him a ‘chink’ on his receipt.

In Young Lee protested after spotting the racist slur when he ordered food at Taco Bell in downtown Philadelphia Friday.

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The first year U.Penn student said he gave the name ‘Steve’ to avoid the hassle of having to spell out his real name – but was outraged when a staff member then branded him ‘Steve Chink’ on the receipt.

He uploaded the offending paper slip to Facebook, writing: ‘Our interaction was very ordinary and cordial even, until I saw my name on the receipt that read “STEVE CHINK”.




‘I was so infuriated that I couldn’t help but to confront the cashier.

The U.Penn medical student said he confronted staff at the restaurant – only for them to accuse him of overreacting (In Young Lee/Facebook)

In uploaded the receipt to Facebook and told of how the experience had ‘infuriated’ him (In Young Lee/Facebook)

‘When I confronted him, he said that there are three Steve’s in the restaurant so he needed to differentiate.

‘It made me even more upset that he was protecting his case rather than apologizing so I lashed out and told him that it is extremely disrespectful to use such a derogatory slur.

‘He eventually apologized, and although I was still very upset I decided to let the case go.’

But In was further riled when he heard staff subsequently laugh about the incident in the kitchen – and re-use the offending word.

He said he began ‘yelling’ at the staff involved – only to be told by a manager that his behavior was unacceptable.

The incident happened at this branch of Taco Bell in downtown Philly (Google Maps)

In added: ‘I thought incidents like this only happen in the news and never expected it to happen to me but I guess it really does happen in the real world.

‘Normally I would let things like this go but under the current political climate I find it very important to address such issues and voice them loudly and clearly.

‘#putanendtoracism #iamnotachink’

Taco Bell said they fired the worker who typed the offending receipt and are retraining staff at the outlet.