With the push for “political correctness,” one Texas restaurant chain decided it’s had enough. The owner posted a sign, letting people know they’re not bowing to the demands of others — and almost immediately, their sales began to soar.
It’s now okay to wish the folks in one Texas restaurant chain “Merry Christmas” – they proudly proclaim their stores are “politically incorrect.”
Managers of the Berryhill Baja Grill restaurant chain posted the signs outside the chain’s nine branches in Texas in early December, ABC News reports. The sign reads:
“Notice: This store is politically incorrect. We say ‘Merry Christmas,’ ‘God bless America.’ We salute our flag and give thanks to our troops, police officers and firefighters. If this offends you, you are welcome to leave. In God we trust.”
In an interview with ABC News, Berryhill Baja Grill CEO Jeff Anon said the flap over the holiday-sanitized Starbucks’ cups was the last straw.
“I just got tired of all the news of everybody having to be politically correct,”Anon, who is Jewish, tells ABC News.
“There’s nothing wrong with saying ‘Merry Christmas’ in lieu of ‘Happy Holidays.’ When people say ‘Merry Christmas,’ they’re being nice. They’re not trying to be politically incorrect or have religious beliefs.”
Some of the signs have reportedly been taken down by disapproving customers but were quickly replaced, according to reports.
Anon said that the overall response to the signs has been positive.
“I’d say for every one who thought it wasn’t appropriate, probably 10 to 20 thought it was,” he said.
Some of Anon’s customers said they had no issue with the sign.
“I guess the political correctness has gone overboard sometimes,” restaurant patron Randy Massy said.
“I celebrate Christmas,” another customer, Cynthia Blivins, said while having lunch with a friend at the chain’s Post Oak, Texas, location. “I salute the flag! I’m an American. It doesn’t offend me at all.”
Anon said that the signs have not affected business at his restaurants, which continues to be good.
“The outpouring of support has been absolutely terrific,” he told ABC News, adding that the chain has received many requests from people who wanted to get a copy of the sign for themselves.
“Some people say you shouldn’t take religion into the workplace. We’re not trying to bring religion into the workplace. It has nothing to do with religion. It’s the spirit of the holidays.”
This is not the first time a restaurant has decided to put up a sign warning customers of political incorrectness.
In November, a bakery in Springfield, Ohio, drew controversy on social media when it posted an identical sign in its store window, WPXI reported at the time.