Chris and Sarah Smith went to Jimmy's Round-up Cafe in Oklahoma City with their mom, a restaurant they've been eating at for more than 20 years.
After what happened on one fateful day, however, they won't be returning again. It all started when Chris and Sarah saw a homeless man outside of the restaurant…
"He just, almost in tears, told [their mother] that he was hungry, and she said, 'Come eat with us,' " Sarah said. The family wanted to do a nice thing for a community member, but the restaurant owner wasn't having it.
When the owner, Jimmy Collins, realized their guest was homeless, Jimmy kicked the man out — Chris and Sarah left with him.
"I was feeling frustrated. We were trying to do something nice. She was trying to do what God led her to do, and he just cut that off," Sarah said. "I mean, we were offering to pay for it. We weren't asking him for charity. It just made us sad."
Jimmy says he doesn't allow homeless people in his restaurant because he fears it will attract more homeless people.
"As you can see, when you pulled up, there was another homeless person outside of our restaurant," Jimmy said. "If I allow that, the word gets around, and they'll come in here several times a day."
While Jimmy has the right to run his privately owned business the way that he choses (as did the restaurant that kicked out a veteran because of his service dog), the couple can't help but call into question his personal character.
"We just hope that, maybe, he'll re-look at his policy on it," Chris said. "I can definitely understand not wanting people panhandling in the parking lot and stuff but, to our knowledge, that didn't happen."
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