POOLER, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) – Public outrage is mounting against a Firehouse Subs restaurant in Georgia.
The restaurant location in Pooler has come under fire after a Veterans Day incident went viral, sparking calls for the location to be shut down.
The controversy began with a Facebook post accusing the owner of being rude to veteran customers who came into the store for the company’s Veterans Day promotion.
Amiee Eisensmith, who shared the post, said the experience left her and her daughter feeling unwelcomed at the restaurant.
“From the beginning, we did not feel welcomed,” Eisensmith said. “I went in and asked, are you participating in the Veterans Day promotion? And he said very nastily, ‘Unfortunately, yes.’”
And according to her the interaction only continued to go downhill from there.
“We were going to let it go, we were going to give him the benefit of the doubt but as we were sitting there …