Welcome to Chilly D's
Three California women were incensed when they finished their restaurant meal and saw themselves identified on the check as “fat girls.” Customer Christine Duran asked the manager, “Why does the receipt say ‘fat girls’?” He offered a discount of 25 percent as an apology, but, Duran said, he “had like a smirk on his face, like it was funny but trying not to laugh.” The restaurant, Chilly D’s in Stockton, later promised “to heal our newly tarnished reputation so that everyone feels safe and welcome again.”
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