Bagel Shop Refuses to Serve Servicemember

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/11/19/business-slumps-after-yelp-review-claims-davis-bagel-shop-refused-veteran-service/

KOVR-TV [Sacramento, CA]

19 November 2013

Business Slows At Bagel Shop After Worker Reportedly Refuses Service To US Servicemember

Reporting Laura Cole

DAVIS (CBS13) – Customers are threatening to boycott a Davis bagel shop after an online review claims employees refused service to a customer wearing his military uniform.

The owners of Posh Bagel in downtown Davis, a mom and pop shop, say that simply is not true. […]

Soldier Refused Service (Methil, Fife, UK)

http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/race-row-lies-are-a-disgrace-methil-take-away-slams-vile-rumours-1-3099070

Fife Today [UK]

18 September 2013

Race row lies are a disgrace - Methil take-away slams vile rumours

A Methil take-away owner has hit out at a malicious rumour which has spread saying he refused to serve a British soldier.

Zahid Anjum, owner of Chanda Cottage on the town’s Sea Road, said the accusation which started on Facebook is simply not true. […]

Store Refuses to Serve Guardsman (Bogalusa)

http://www.gobogalusa.com/news/article_5dd53c8e-b0e1-11e1-8d13-001a4bcf887a.html

The Daily News [Bogalusa, LA]

7 June 2012

Social media causes a stir

BY MARCELLE HANEMANN

The Daily News

The impact of social media was evident in Bogalusa Thursday after a message posted on Facebook prompted rapid and widespread calls for the boycott of a local store, and a small group of people assembled outside the establishment waving American flags and telling their story to passers-by.

Inside, Savi, the East Indian owner of SP Truck Stop, the former Duval’s located across Louisiana Highway 10 from the American Legion Home, was upset and confused.

The Facebook message was a forward from a woman who sent a mobile phone message claiming that her husband was in line at the store and heard a uniformed member of the National Guard told “We don’t serve your kind.”

The Facebook messenger then called for a boycott to “force them out of business,” and invited people to “share.” [...]

http://www.gobogalusa.com/news/article_cbe59bd0-b2fb-11e1-80c5-001a4bcf887a.html

The Daily News [Bogalusa, LA]

10 June 2012

Facebook fracas | Protests, search for ‘guardsman’ continue

BY MARCELLE HANEMANN

The Daily News The Daily News

On Friday, the day after a posting on Facebook prompted dozens of flag-waving protestors to assemble in front of a store that allegedly refused service to a uniformed member of the National Guard, a Louisiana National Guard spokesman said he had heard nothing, from his people, of such a slight. [...]

http://www.gobogalusa.com/news/article_a9ef82a6-b559-11e1-a277-0019bb2963f4.html

The Daily News [Bogalusa, LA]

13 June 2012

Facebook protest affects business

By Richard Meek

The Daily News The Daily News

Donut Shop Refuses to Service Military Members

http://www.weny.com/News-Local.asp?ARTICLE3864=9164593

WENY-TV [Horseheads, NY]
21 March 2012

Rumors Abound At Local Dunkin' Donuts (VIDEO)

Walter Smith-Randolph

ELMIRA, NY (WENY-TV) -- It started with Facebook comments then e-mails and even phone calls.

Several viewers wanted to let us know that two U.S. military members were allegedly denied service at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Church and Madison.

Here’s one: "Can you please look in to this story -- Dunkin’ Donuts in Elmira wouldn't serve military members in uniform."

Owners of the downtown Elmira store wouldn't speak with us on camera or by phone today.

They had us call a national spokesperson who released a statement, reading in part -- "We take matters like this very seriously and when we learned of the complaint we immediately conducted an investigation. The franchise owner has no record of an alleged incident, and assures us that this is not true." [...]

Soldier Refused Service (Crawfordsville, IN)

http://www.journalreview.com/news/article_be43c208-3d90-11e1-8ecc-001871e3ce6c.html

Journal Review [Crawfordsville, IN]
13 January 2012

Web hoax gets residents riled

Jamie Barrand

[...] A Facebook post from a local citizen alleging that a uniformed U.S. military soldier had been denied service at a Crawfordsville business prompted outcries from numerous Facebook users -- one of whom went so far as to launch a Facebook page dedicated to getting customers to boycott the business in question. The poster said local law enforcement had been called to the business and that the soldier had been escorted from the premises.

By mid-morning Thursday, it was evident the post was false. Local police checked dispatch records, which revealed no calls for service from the business. No one knew the name of the soldier who had supposedly been denied service. There were no eyewitnesses; all information was at best second- or third-hand.

Threads about the alleged incident continued to pop up throughout the day Thursday, many filled with racial slurs, profanity and accusations of posters being “un-American.” [...]

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150604084389575&id=149126144574

Fox 59 WXIN Indianapolis

Hey Fox 59! Last night an american soldier was refused business at the Citgo gas station in downtown Crawfordsville on Washington Steet, and was told to leave the gas station because he was in uniform. The police were called and escorted the soldier off the business. A lot of the citizens in Crawfordsville, as of myself, are very angry about this. The police should be ashamed!! Maybe you guys could go down there and get some more information? Thanks!

January 12, 2012 at 6:18am

Soldier Refused Service (Corbin, KY)

http://thetimestribune.com/x1443105130/Rumor-hurts-Corbin-gas-station

Times-Tribune [Corbin, KY]
26 July 2011

Rumor hurts Corbin gas station
Facebook posts suggest owners refused soldiers

CORBIN -- Michele Baker / Staff Writer

A Corbin business has suffered a downturn due to an apparently false rumor circulated on social media outlets that the owners refused to serve uniformed soldiers.

Since last weekend, the rumor has spread via Facebook and Topix posts involving Danny Patel, who owns the Sak-N-Pak station on Cumberland Falls Highway near the Root Beer Stand. [...]

Soldier Refused Service (Klamath Falls, OR)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/article_aa22cf3a-7ad1-11e0-8d9f-001cc4c03286.html

Herald and News [Klamath Falls, OR]

10 May 2011

Rumors about gas station persist

By LEE JUILLERAT
H&N Regional Editor

Steven Graham said he was wearing his Army combat uniform when he walked up to the counter of the AMA Mini-Mart and put a can of beer on the counter and asked for a can of Copenhagen chewing tobacco.

"He said, ‘We have the right to refuse anybody,' then he pointed at my U.S. Army tag. He pretty much laughed at me so I left," said Graham, a member of the Oregon Army National Guard. [...]

Marines Refused Service at Eatery (Stockton, CA)

http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/23534591/detail.html

KCRA-TV [Sacramento, CA]
12 May 2010

Marines Refused Service At Eatery? Claims Fly Online
Phone Calls Hammer Weberstown Mall Sub Shop

STOCKTON, Calif. -- Web postings claim a Stockton sandwich shop refused to serve Marines at lunch on Monday, and the talk has led to a boycott of the eatery.

Calls for the boycott were posted on Facebook pages for the Department of Defense and other sites across the Web.

Posters claim that that Marine recruiters in Stockton were refused service at this Charley's Grilled Subs in Weberstown Mall. [...]

Soldier Refused Service (Montana)

http://www.kmbc.com/news/22355845/detail.html

KMBC-TV [Kansas City, MO]
27 January 2010

Facebook Rumor Hits Gas Station Owner
Businessman Fights Back Against Anonymous Posting

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. -- It started as a post on Facebook – a story that a man who runs a gas station in Excelsior Springs refused to sell to a person in the military. [...]

[Peter Patel, operator of the BP Quick Corner station, is victimized by a false rumor that he refused to service a customer, saying "You are killing my people."]

Store Owner Refuses to Serve Soldiers (Kansas)

http://www.eldoradotimes.com/news/x1577100558/Rumor-hurts-convenience-store

El Dorado Times [KS]
5 September 2008

Rumor hurts convenience store

By Julie Clements
El Dorado Times

Someone has been starting rumors about a business in El Dorado.

Sohan Saroya, owner of Saroya's C-Store, the former Gail and Helen's, is concerned about the affects of these rumors on his business.

"He was saying for some reason people have started a rumor that his business doesn't support the troops," said Police Chief Tom Boren. [...]

Store Refuses to Serve Soldier (Update)

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18910269&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=532624&rfi=6

The Republican & Herald [Pottsville, PA]
12 Oct 2007

3 of 4 charges dismissed against ex-store employee

BY STEPHANIE LASOTA
STAFF WRITER

[Amber Wolfgang, who admitted to spreading a rumor that Sam Singh, owner of the Tremont Super Market, refused to service a person wearing military clothes, was arraigned on four separate charges. Three of the charges were dismissed when Sam Singh failed to show up during her arraignment.]

Woman charged with ethnic intimidation

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18830797&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=532624&rfi=6

http://tinyurl.com/3x4jfl

The Republican & Herald [Pottsville, PA]

19 September 2007

Woman charged with ethnic intimidation

BY STEPHANIE LASOTA
STAFF WRITER

TREMONT - Charges were filed against a former employee of the Tremont Super Market, Main Street, for making false statements to a police officer, disorderly conduct and ethnic intimidation.

Charges were filed through Magisterial District Judge Carol A. Pankake's office on Monday.

Amber J. Wolfgang, of 135 W. Laurel St., Tremont, was charged with the misdemeanor offenses, which could carry a jail sentence of two to seven years, according to Tremont police Chief Michael Conway.

Store owner Sam Singh, 27, of Pine Grove, a native of India, said he fired Wolfgang Aug. 3 for poor job performance. Shortly after, Wolfgang began perpetuating an e-mail rumor that said Singh told a person wearing military clothes to leave the store. [...]

Store Refuses to Serve Soldier

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18807607&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=532624&rfi=6

http://tinyurl.com/2njrwn

The Republican and Herald [Pottsville, PA]
12 September 2007

Internet rumor harms Tremont grocery

BY STEPHANIE LASOTA
STAFF WRITER

TREMONT - The owner of the Tremont Super Market on Main Street asked the borough council Tuesday for support in dispelling rumors circulated via an e-mail that he says is the cause of a dramatic drop in sales.

"I'm planning to shut down," said Sam Singh, who has owned the store since February.

The e-mail makes allegations that Singh denied service to an individual wearing military clothes. He denied the allegations. [...]

http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18812555&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=532624&rfi=6

http://tinyurl.com/2lhhx5

The Republican & Herald [Pottsville, PA]
13 September 2007

E-mail could lead to charges

BY STEPHANIE LASOTA
STAFF WRITER

TREMONT - Borough police Chief Michael Conway said Wednesday charges will be filed against a former employee of the Tremont Super Market on Main Street for making a false statement, harassment and possibly ethnic intimidation.

Store owner Sam Singh, 27, of Pine Grove, a native of India, said he fired the employee on Aug. 3 for poor job performance. Shortly after, the ex-employee began perpetuating an e-mail rumor that began sometime in July, which said Singh told a person wearing military clothes to leave the store. [...]

Soldiers Refused Service in Restaurant

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2007/09/05/news/top_news/doc4abc5ac
b990cbfed8625734d0014921b.txt

The Munster Times [IN]
5 September 2007

E-mail rumors lead to harassment

Times Staff Report

CROWN POINT An unsubstantiated rumor claiming U.S. military personnel were denied service at the Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street led to outrage on Internet message boards, e-mails to Congress and even reports of harassment Tuesday at the restaurant. [...]

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_247180702.html
CBS 2 [Chicago]
4 Sept 2007
Donut Shop Owner Allegedly Snubs Military Members

http://www.post-trib.com/news/davich/542109,davich.article
Post-Tribune [Gary, IN]
5 September 2007
E-mail: Red, white and untrue
JERRY DAVICH

http://www.post-trib.com/news/davich/544721,davich.article
Post-Tribune [Gary, IN]
6 September 2007
Readers' responses to alarming e-mail running the gamut
By Jerry Davich Post-Tribune staff writer