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Brandon resident urges patience and kindness toward service workers after workplace incident
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Sawyer Van Horn, a Brandon resident and McDonald’s employee, described clogged bathrooms at his workplace and urged customers to be kinder to short-staffed service workers.
Sawyer Van Horn told the Brandon City Council he works at a local McDonald’s and asked residents to be more considerate to service workers.
"Think about who's cleaning up your messes," Van Horn said, recounting an incident in which both restrooms at his workplace clogged and staff were not informed promptly. He said employees are often short staffed, face rude customers and sometimes are sworn at. "You have no idea what people are going through," Van Horn said, urging kindness when interacting with customer-service employees.
A council member responded briefly, thanking Van Horn and noting that traffic from the nearby interstate can bring people into Brandon who might not treat local employees respectfully. The council acknowledged the comment during the public-comment period; no formal action was taken.
