A bilingual menu apparently set off a customer in Anaheim.
A security camera caught the man going into an all-out rant on employees, even threatening to call immigration officials.
The man is heard saying, “It’s says it in Mexican. We’re not in Mexico. We’re in America. Not Spanish.”
A tirade over a taco, a man in Anaheim even yelled at customers who try to come to the cashiers defense.
The owner of Palapas Tacos on Lincoln says the man could not understand the special’s board because one word was in Spanish.
“My cashier was really shaking when he left. Since he got in, he was aggressive, he was not having a good day,” owner Juan Del Río said.
The sign for the special says its only good on Friday – Viernes in Spanish – inside the restaurant though it clearly says Friday.
But even when the cashier pointed that out, witnesses say the man didn’t let up — That’s when Del Río grabbed his cell phone and went outside to talk to the man.
Del Río: “Who are you going to call?”
Customer: “Immigration!”
Del Río: “Why?”
Customer: “Because you’re not legal!”
Juan Del Rio: “This is over a taco.”
That was particularly upsetting to the cook who also was on the receiving end of the rant.
Ruben Velasquez said that ‘one works honorably,’ and that they don’t ‘take the bread out of anyone’s mouth.’
“I honestly don’t know if he is racist, he hates Mexicans or hates his life,” Del Ríosaid.
The restaurant says the man is not a regular and you can probably guess, he is not welcome back.
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