A vape shop in Georgia fired an employee after the worker refused to serve a customer who was wearing a shirt supporting President Donald Trump.
The customer recorded footage or the irate employee at Xhale City in Tucker, metro Atlanta, and uploaded it online on Dec. 28, 2018. It received millions of views as of Monday.
The customer is seen in the video asking the clerk about purchasing some vape juice for his wife's e-cigarettes, but the clerk tells the man he won't serve anyone who supports the president.
The openly hostile display of discrimination is made despite the clerk being aware that the customer was filming.
At one point, the clerk screams at the customer at the top of his lungs.
“[Expletive] your capitalism,” the clerk said in the video. “[Expletive] your president. He's a racist, stupid piece of [expletive]. You're a racist, stupid piece of [expletive].”
Xhale City announced the clerk's termination hours after the footage was published.
"Tonight, we had an employee act improperly toward a customer. Xhale City does not tolerate this kind of behavior from its employees. When we identified the employee at fault, we fired him immediately," the company stated.
"We've also spoken to the customer and apologized. We value our clients and treat them with respect and dignity, regardless of their political views."
The customer who recorded the video, identified as Ian Fergeson, returned to Xhale City, recording a selfie video while standing with two employees and chiding people who were leaving negative comments on the company's social media pages and vowing a boycott.
"You can't boycott this place. It's not their fault. All these people have bills and family just like I do," Fergeson said.
"Find that guy, make his life hell, leave XHale vapes alone," he added, laughing, as one employee said, "Don't do that, don't do that."
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