Denny's Boycott over Border Patrol Treatment?

DOUGLAS, Ariz. -- Denny's has apologized to the U.S. Border Patrol for an insulting receipt given to an agent here after he had ordered a grilled chicken sandwich to go.

The receipt, meant for the cook and not the customer, was typed into a cash register by the restaurant's shift manager and inadvertently given to the agent when he went to pay for the $7.50 order. The receipt described the order as for the "Border Ass Whole."

The shift manager, who was not identified, has been fired. Officials at Denny's corporate headquarters described the manager as a "rogue" employee, adding that the nationwide restaurant chain "supports and welcomes all Border Patrol personnel and their families."

Denny's slam raises ire of Border Patrol  Washington Times 4/17/05

The Border Patrol union applauded the firing, as does Shop Right Blog. SRB does not presume to endorse or oppose any particular boycott, but the nationwide boycott of Denny's restaurants that Friends of the Border Patrol has called for based on these facts seems to us overbroad because this incident relates to only one franchised unit and perhaps only to one "rogue" employee, as Denny's corporate asserts.

Update 4/20/05:  Friends of the Border Patrol is now involved with an effort to clone the Minuteman Project on the California-Mexico border.  Group plans civilian patrols along border San Diego Union-Tribune 4/19/05