Head Chef At Meat Restaurant Goes Vegan, Blows Up At Owners When They Keep Serving Meat

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    Font - r/AmItheAsshole · Posted by u/-SilverMoonSoul- 8 hours ago 27 26 32 2 5 O2 ,5 2 AITA for not hiring back my recently-turned vegan chef who quit in a fit of rage after he refused to cook meat, and blames it on a mental health crisis? My wife and I own a restaurant and our speciality is our variety of locally sourced meats. Recently, our head chef has come out as vegan. We were very supportive of him and even started buying vegan foods for him to eat at work. Last week he informed us that h
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    Font - because it conflicted with his values. Although this was an inconvenience because he was the head chef, we were understanding and decided that we would assign other of our chefs to work with the meat. Then last Sunday he told us he no longer would be ordering meat from our suppliers, didn't want to see or smell meat around him, refused to work on preparing the menu for the fall and other duties that are directly related to his title as Head Chef and that he just didn't feel comfortable wo
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    Human body - When asked what solution he proposed he said we had to stop serving meat. We told him that wasn't going to happen. We had already tried to accommodate to him but this was unreasonable.
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    Font - He then gave us an ultimatum, we either become a vegan restaurant or he quits. I told him he was getting worked up and suggested he sleeps on it before he says or does something in the heat of the moment and regrets it later. He said he didn't have anything to think about and quit on the spot because we are "a couple of murderers who profit off the torture and suffering of animals" and he was disgusted at us, we're a pair of c*nts, etc... He said a bunch of nasty things and even as he was
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    Organism - Yesterday my phone starts ringing and it was him wanting to apologize for his behaviour and ask for his job back. I told him not gonna happen. He had disrespected and insulted my wife and me in front of our team, disrespected and insulted our entire staff and caused a scene in front of the customers. Absolutely unacceptable behaviour. Sorry but no, you can't have your job back.
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    Organism - He said he was having a mental health crisis, that's why he acted out. I'm sorry but that's not a get out of jail free card. You just don't drop that sentence and except me to act as if nothing happened. Actions have consequences. To throw that sentence there as if those were the magic words that made all problems go away...
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    Font - After talking about this situation with some friends and family, a lot of them are telling me I'm an asshole because if the man has a mental health issue that caused him to act out then I must hire him back and get him help. Am I the asshole?
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    Font - The__Riker__Maneuver · 8h 2 8 & 15 More Partassipant [3] You attempted to give this person every single accommodation you could think of. You told them to take a breath and sleep on their decision before doing anything drastic. In my mind..you already went above and beyond to accommodate this person. So don't set yourself on fire just to keep this guy warm.
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    Font - Anonymotron42 · 7h 3 Partassipant [1] Yeah, OP even tried to "meat" in the middle and it didn't work out. I'll, uh, exit stage left now...
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    Font - nyvn · 6h OP has an obligation to protect their business and other workers, hiring this chef back would not be doing so. Especially if they're unable to perform their duties as head chef (which it seems that have not been doing for some time).
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    Font - lordliv · 3h Partassipant [1] Honestly, OP, don't even bring up any of the "respect" stuff. Simply say "I cannot hire someone who threatened me and my family." That's really what it boils down to.
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    Font - TassieBorn · 2h NTA Agreed to all the above. Also, why would you want someone with an untreated "mental health problem" managing a commercial kitchen - a high-pressure environment - around knives, fire/heat etc?

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