KATY TEEN NEARLY FIRED OVER FREE COOKIE FOR OFFICER

  

A Katy woman say her teenage son nearly lost his job after buying a cookie for a local police officer.

Tami Kurtz Randolph posted on Facebook that her son was working for Great American Cookie Company in the Katy Mills Mall, when a police officer stepped in line. The teen worker insisted on paying with his own money, getting a friendly thank you from the officer.

The post goes on to say that the next customer walked up and asked if the teen was going to pay for his order, too.  When the worker replied, "No, I bought his because he was wearing a badge,” the customer allegedly began to verbally assault the worker and threatened to physically attack him.

The situation was eventually diffused and no violence broke out.

When the teen walked in for his next shift just days later, he was informed by the manager that he would likely be fired for his actions.

He was later placed on a one-week suspension but after an outpouring of support on social media, the business shifted gears and re-instated the teen.