The story of a brave and outspoken waitress from New York who kicked a patron out of the diner went viral recently. The man was allegedly creeping on underage girls and harassing them, but the waitress wasn’t going to stand for it.
The incident took place at Long Island’s Massapequa Diner at around 11 pm on a Saturday night. Louis Cozzolino, a 21-year-old TikTok user, was at the diner and noticed the waitress’s bold behavior. He decided to record what was happening, not realizing that the video would soon go viral.
According to Louis, the man was “trying to give his cellphone number to ‘underage girls,’ made ‘loud’ anti-LGBTQ slurs, and repeatedly called his server a ‘b–ch'”. The unnamed man was also accused of staring at the young girls he was harassing before going on a homophobic and sexist tirade. The staff tried to move the man away from the girls, but he continued to be rude and insulting.
Finally, the waitress, who was identified as Sondra Albert, had enough and asked the man to leave. Other staff members also did not want to serve him because of his behavior. In one of the videos, Sondra warned the man to leave politely, saying “Honestly, nobody wants to wait on you, we’re asking very nicely so please just leave. You’re not going to call me a b–ch, you’re not going to sit near my boss’ wife, you’re not going to call people a lesbian — you sure as hell ain’t going to look at underage girls.”
When the man refused to leave, Sondra got angry and warned him, “I’ll kick your ass. You don’t frighten me for one minute. The way you speak about people who are lesbians and young children… Oh, you’re so frigging full of s–t! Tell it to somebody who cares, you’re not wanted here!”
The confrontation prompted a round of applause from Louis’s table, and the man eventually left voluntarily before the police arrived.
Although the Massapequa Diner declined to comment on the incident, loyal customers who frequent the diner alleged that the man’s behavior must have been extreme for him to be removed so aggressively. They described the staff as friendly, even to intoxicated customers who came in late at night.
This story is a reminder that there are people out there who are willing to stand up for the innocent and call out despicable behavior, even if it means foregoing a much-needed tip from a rude and creepy patron. The bravery of Sondra and the staff at the Massapequa Diner is inspiring and should be applauded.
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Sources: Taphaps, The Blaze, NY Post