Sakana Sushi Bar in Hoover said it has fired an employee who was caught on camera taking nearly a bucket full of candy on Halloween after she lied about apologizing to the homeowner.
In the video posted to Facebook, a few people can be seen walking up to a house that has left out a bucket of candy for trick or treaters.
An adult wearing a Sakana Sushi Bar shirt proceeds to grab several handfuls of candy leaving the bucket virtually empty as they walk away.
“Greedy adults stole almost the entire bowl of candy,” the post reads. “Literally left almost nothing for the children!! absolutely pathetic. Sakana Sushi Bar & Grill is this one of your employees.”
The restaurant released a statement regarding the incident but did not initially confirm if the person was an employee.
“We take this matter seriously, and we certainly do not condone behavior that takes away from children or the community,” the statement reads.
“We are looking into this and will address it appropriately if anyone associated with Sakana was involved. We value our community, our customers, and especially the families and children we serve. We would never encourage or support this kind of behavior.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.”
The restaurant confirmed to AL.com Sunday that after review it was determined that the individual that took the candy was an off-duty employee.
But a spokesperson for the business said she had since returned the candy and apologized to the homeowner, Taylor Wilson, Sunday morning.
However, Wilson said she did not receive an apology from the employee but rather the other woman in the video with the dress and relayed this to Sakana.
The restaurant told AL.com that after finding out this information they confirmed the employee lied about apologizing and decided she could no longer work at the establishment because it was “unacceptable being dishonest.”
“Lying to us after knowing how important everything is and how important we told her this is to us and to the entire community and we basically told her that she can no longer be working with us anymore,” the restaurant spokesperson said.
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