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06th Mar 2016

PICS: Restaurant Defends Staff Member With Autism After Customers Refuse His Service

We have huge respect for the manager for posting this Facebook status.

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A Manchester restaurant is gaining new popularity and praise, thanks to a Facebook message supporting a member of staff.

Mike Jennings currently runs Grenache Restaurant in Manchester. Needing an extra pair of hands, Jennings hired Andy Foster as a server.

According to Mashable, Andy took the job to support his mother, who he cares for since she developed Alzheimer’s.

Jennings hired Andy knowing he has autism, realising that Andy is talented, skilled and great at his job.

He’s also a complete professional.

So when customers started being disrespectful and rude to their staff member, general manager Mike decided to post his feelings on the matter to Facebook:

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Thoughts on an incident which occurred last night….Totally unacceptable.Strongly worded but we need to get our point across.#equalopportunities

Posted by Grenache Restaurant on Thursday, 3 March 2016

It seems a lot of people agreed with his tough stance, with more than 9,000 likes on the post.

Thanking the public for their response, the Grenache Restaurant posted again late last night, writing:

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We can’t express in words how overwhelmed and humbled we feel regarding the recent coverage following on from Thursday…

Posted by Grenache Restaurant on Saturday, 5 March 2016

Thanking them for their kind and tough stance to provide equal opportunities, fans of the page offered words of support to Andy and other families nervous of finding respectful, equal employment for their nearest who have autism:

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Lead Image: Grenache Facebook Page