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===Making Fun of Homeless People (2018)===

On May 28, a homeless customer ordered chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings located in Lake Charles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2018 |title=Homeless Man Gets Year Of Free Wings After Finding Rude Note On Check |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/homeless-man-buffalo-wild-wings/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=CBS News}}</ref> After ordering, the customer was in tears when after receiving his receipts, he found a message that reads" "For homeless f@^*! Let sit and get gross", and on the bottom of the receipt reads "I love you".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Puhak |first=Janine |date=30 May 2018 |title=Buffalo Wild Wings gives homeless man free wings for a year after staffer writes derogatory message on receipt |url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/buffalo-wild-wings-gives-homeless-man-free-wings-for-a-year-after-staffer-writes-derogatory-message-on-receipt |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Fox News}}</ref>  Allegedly, the note was not supposed to be seen by the customer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hembry |first=Tawny |date=3 June 2018 |title=Buffalo Wild Wings Gives Homeless Man Free Wings for a Year After Employee Writes Horrid Message on Receipt |url=https://lovelyti.com/2018/06/03/buffalo-wild-wings-gives-homeless-man-free-wings-for-a-year-after-employee-writes-horrid-message-on-receipt/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=Lovelyti}}</ref> Customers in the store immediately reacted with anger and disgust, with one female customer commenting to a new station;<blockquote>“I was just really upset about it, like, why would you do that, especially, and he said, ‘You all know that I’m homeless; I don’t have anywhere to live,’ and it just really upset me,” Weston said. “And I was like, ‘That’s not OK, one, for someone to treat a customer like that, let alone a customer in his condition."</blockquote>The company responded by firing the employees, along with giving the customer 1 year worth of free wings, hotel room, and a Walmart giftcard. It also gave away a large amount of wings to a homeless shelter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Breanna |date=31 May 2018 |title=Buffalo Wild Wings Gives Homeless Man Free Wings for a Year After Employee Writes Horrid Message on Receipt |url=https://www.theroot.com/buffalo-wild-wings-gives-homeless-man-free-wings-for-a-year-after-employee-writes-horrid-message-on-receipt |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2026 |website=The Root}}</ref> <blockquote>“It’s embarrassing for this gentleman and it’s very inhumane on the part of the employees, It’s not our culture and it’s not who we are.”</blockquote>