A Maryland restaurant apologized after receiving backlash for continuing operations when a female customer died in the women’s bathroom.
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The incident occurred Wednesday night at Jasper’s in the town of Largo. Although police were called to the scene, they guarded the door so customers could use the men’s restroom, and the restaurant continued business as usual. First responders said the woman most likely died from a heart attack while using the bathroom. After another customer, Tori Monshae, posted about the woman’s death on Twitter, the restaurant faced backlash on social media.
A women died in Jaspers (LARGO MD) restaurant yesterday in the bathroom (cardiac arrest) but let’s talk about how the establishment didn’t close the restaurant and let her body stay in the bathroom until closing..NEVER GOING THERE AGAIN.
— ToriMonshae (@ToriMonshae) October 13, 2022
On Thursday, Jasper’s released a statement and apologized for their actions regarding the woman’s tragic passing. ‘On behalf of our ownership, management, and staff, we send the sincerest and most heartfelt support and condolences to the deceased’s family. We will be reaching out to the family to see if there is any way we can support them in this time of grief,’ the owners wrote.
Like that’s just some money hungry ass shit…on top of that all the servers were under distress so the service was just trash (it’s kinda already expected tho) but like I just would never go to that ghetto ass place again.
— ToriMonshae (@ToriMonshae) October 13, 2022
PLEASE DONT STRESS ME. THE POLICE WAS THERE. THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF THE BATHROOM DOOR SO NO ONE WILL ENTER …BUT THEY SHOULDVE CLOSED THE RESTAURANT SO THAT THE DECEASED CAN BE TAKEN OUT.
— ToriMonshae (@ToriMonshae) October 13, 2022
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According to Metro UK, the restaurant was crowded when the woman passed, and manager Miguel Perea told Fox 5 that they believed they were doing the right thing.
‘This is something that takes a day or two to sink in, and then you realize maybe we were wrong.’
Other Twitter users felt divided on the situation and said the restaurant most likely made the decision not to close because they were waiting for the coroner to remove the body.
Stop dragging Jaspers because you dont know better. Businesses don’t close when someone dies of natural causes. Once y’all realize that self-loathing narrative makes you more likely to drag a black business, we will all start winning 🤜🏿🤛🏿
— DJ CHiLD (@breathofthechld) October 13, 2022
Imagine thinking it’s completely reasonable to run business as normal with a person who just DIED lying on the floor in the other room. At the very LEAST they could’ve shut down long enough to let the body be respectfully removed from the premises.
— D 🤪 (@T1redWriter) October 14, 2022
You right legally they didn’t have to close but businesses run on more than legality it’s also about morality and empathy for your clients or customers that’s something you do when a rat dies sweep it in the corner clean it up at the end of the day but that was a whole human
— Kurley 💎 (@KurleyStyles) October 14, 2022