12/13/2024
We tried to take the night to review Ms. Van Rooy’s full comments, and any other interviews she may have given, to make an informed decision as to her continued employment based on our employee contracts. Not only do Ms. Van Rooy’s comments clearly violate our zero-tolerance policy on discrimination, but her decision to sign into our social media accounts in the middle of the night to post her own rhetoric in wildly offensive responses to comments is a further breach of conduct and protocol. She has no authority to speak on our behalf, and her comments do not reflect the positions of over twenty other people who make up our staff. For these reasons as well as the sheer dismay and disgust we feel at her unforgivable behavior Ms. Van Rooy has been dismissed immediately. Our staff and families (many of whom are personally offended by Ms. Van Rooy’s comments about them) are still reeling from what Ms. Van Rooy said and did, and we as a restaurant are simply horrified to be associated with base prejudice. None of us saw this coming, and regret deeply that the voices of over two dozen people who work at Beuchert’s Saloon are being silenced because of one person’s awful behavior. No publication or news outlet has reached out to us, the actual managers and owners of Beuchert’s Saloon, for comment but we would welcome any opportunity to clarify that Ms. Van Rooy is not a manager at our restaurant but instead a part time server and that she had no authority or permission to act as spokesperson or hijack our social media accounts. We beg you all not to condemn the group of hardworking folks who have made Beuchert’s Saloon a neighborhood mainstay for a over dozen years. We are still the same restaurant known for its warm service and friendly staff, and hope you will all visit us soon. We look forward to serving you. All of you.
