A Washington, D.C. server was recently fired after telling a reporter that she would refuse to serve members of the incoming Trump Administration and GOP affiliates.
This controversial incident highlights the growing divide between political ideologies in the workplace and raises concerns about the impact of personal political beliefs on professional conduct.
Suzannah Van Rooy, a waiter at the Beuchert’s Saloon on Capitol Hill, made a statement to The Washingtonian saying she would not serve Trump officials, accusing them of being sex traffickers and condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s move of deporting the millions of illegal immigrants that entered under the Biden-Harris Administration.
“I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people,” she said. “It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them.”
She acknowledged that there seems to be a sense of defeat among Trump opponents but said she hopes “people still do stand up to this administration and tell them their thoughts on their misbehavior.”
However, when Van Rooy’s bosses learned of her plans