This is not a salon! A Taco Bell employee shows himself giving another worker a HAIRCUT in the kitchen – while a third employee is FIRED for sharing the footage
- Jennifer Legear, a former employee at Sycamore Taco Bell in Kokomo, shared a picture of the shift manager giving the general manager a haircut
- The Howard County Health Department’s inspection report has not been released
- When management was asked why a haircut happened just before the lunch rush, they blamed their tight schedules
A Taco Bell employee was pictured giving another employee a haircut in the kitchen and is now being investigated by the local health department.
Jennifer Legear, a former employee at Sycamore Taco Bell in Kokomo, shared a picture on Facebook of the shift manager giving the manager a haircut just before the lunch rush.
After the post gained widespread attention on social media, a complaint was sent to the Howard County Health Department, which then visited the fast food chain.
A spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied that the photo of the haircut was related to the complaint received. The inspection report has not yet been published.
Jennifer Legear, a former employee at Sycamore Taco Bell in Kokomo, shared a picture on Facebook of the shift manager giving the manager a haircut just before the lunch rush
After the post gained widespread attention on social media, a complaint was sent to the Howard County Health Department, which then visited the fast food chain
Legear, who had worked at the store for a month, quickly sent the picture to her friends on Snapchat.
But after one of them posted the photo on her social media and she was fired, she decided to post it on Facebook.
she said WTHR13: “I noticed two of them pull out a pair of scissors and put on a garbage bag, and I thought, ‘That’s interesting.’ Then they sit down and start cutting the hair on the back of their head.
“It was only about a meter away from where you prepare the food.”
Legear explained in her Facebook post what happened after the photo went viral, saying that the fast food chain’s management asked her why she took a photo and posted it.
They also told her that the haircut happened because the employees had a fixed schedule and didn’t have time to go to a hair salon.
“Well, since I’ve already been fired for this, because it somehow got leaked after I only sent it to a few people, and it made the people pictured BIG mad.” (The CEO sits in the chair and a shift manager attends about cutting),” she wrote on Facebook: “Who knew you could stop at the local TB and get a taco and a haircut!”
“Things I heard when approached about taking it:
“If you had a problem with it, you should have said something” um… No. Because it shouldn’t have happened
“Why did you even take a photo and post it? Because I can do it and I thought it was fucking weird.” I didn’t post it. I showed about five people. What they do with it is up to them. If you didn’t want people to see it, don’t you do it?
“I work a fixed schedule and don’t have time to get a haircut.” Well… That sounds like a problem for you.
“Roll your eyes again… Omg I’m going to slap you” (I don’t think she thought I heard that lol)
“You know what, you can just accept your “I don’t care” and leave. And because of my friends, I got fired from Taco Bell.”
Legear said, “I noticed two of them pull out a pair of scissors and put a trash bag on, and I thought, ‘That’s interesting.'” Then they sit down and start cutting hair in the back.
Taco Bell has not yet commented on the situation. It is expected that a corrective action plan will be developed to address the violations. If there are delays in implementation, the business can be hit with a heavy fine
In a statement sent to Fox29The health department said: “The Howard County Health Department responded to a complaint submitted via email to our office on Thursday, 10/19/23.”
“I sent an inspector to the Taco Bell on West Sycamore St. here in Kokomo on Friday morning, 10/20/23. The restaurant was inspected for compliance with State Food Code 410 IAC 7-24 and Howard County Ordinance.
“The complaint was discussed with management at the time. The inspection report may be released as public information after a response period of 10 days.”
Taco Bell has not yet commented on the situation. It is expected that a corrective action plan will be developed to address the violations. If there are delays in implementation, the business can be hit with a heavy fine.