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On 27 September, white customer Palmer Pellham in a now deleted [[Facebook]] post alleged the company discriminated against a group of 4 African American customers after witnessing the group wait 10 minutes to be seated and soon after being asked by a waitress to prepay to receive service due to several customers [[wikipedia:Dine_and_dash|dine and dashing.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kekatos |first=Mary |date=2 Oct 2017 |title=Customers accuse Denny's waitress and manager of racism after asking a group of African-American men to pay for their food in advance |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4939794/Denny-s-waitress-manager-accused-racism.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 Apr 2026 |website=DailyMail}}</ref>Palmer Pellham | On 27 September, white customer Palmer Pellham in a now deleted [[Facebook]] post alleged the company discriminated against a group of 4 African American customers after witnessing the group wait 10 minutes to be seated and soon after being asked by a waitress to prepay to receive service due to several customers [[wikipedia:Dine_and_dash|dine and dashing.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kekatos |first=Mary |date=2 Oct 2017 |title=Customers accuse Denny's waitress and manager of racism after asking a group of African-American men to pay for their food in advance |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4939794/Denny-s-waitress-manager-accused-racism.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 Apr 2026 |website=DailyMail}}</ref>Palmer Pellham asserts several white customers were seated and served immediately, adding only two tables were occupied with the rest being avalaible.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Oct 2017 |title=Employees fired at Federal Way Denny’s over treatment of black customers |url=https://www.federalwaymirror.com/2017/10/02/employees-fired-at-federal-way-dennys-over-treatment-of-black-customers/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 Apr 2026 |website=Federal Way Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Oct 2017 |title=Nation Patron Accuses Denny’s Waitress, Manager Of Racial Discrimination |url=https://newsone.com/3750437/dennys-racial-discrimination/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 Apr 2026 |website=Newsone}}</ref> On 30 September, Denny's released a statement on [[Facebook]] apologizing for the incident and firing the involved employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Maggie |date=30 Sep 2017 |title=Customer shames waitress, manager for racism at Federal Way Denny's |url=http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/customer-shames-waitress-manager-for-racism-at-federal-way-dennys/617445767 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001221708/http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/customer-shames-waitress-manager-for-racism-at-federal-way-dennys/617445767 |archive-date=1 Oct 2017 |access-date=10 Apr 2026 |website=Kiro7}}</ref> | ||
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