Wendys Stanley NC: Social media post goes viral after Dennis Peak, man with Down syndrome fired from fast food restaurant

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A household in North Carolina is on the lookout for solutions after their liked one was fired from a job he is been doing for greater than 20 years.

Dennis Peek has Down syndrome and was planning to retire quickly from a Wendy’s restaurant in Gaston County.

Peek’s household is now advocating for him after they came upon he was fired with out receiving discover.

They stated a retailer supervisor fired Peek as a result of “he wasn’t in a position to do his job like a traditional particular person.”

“I am out right here as a result of I must be his voice for the best way he was handled,” Cona Turner, Peek’s sister stated. “He do not perceive and we won’t inform him he was terminated. We have now not informed him and we can’t inform him.”

Turner stated she didn’t know what to do and took her heartbreak and frustrations to Fb to unfold the phrase.

Thursday morning, Turner stated she obtained a name from the Carolina restaurant group that owns and operates the Wendy’s saying he might be reinstated subsequent week.

Cona acknowledged in an replace on Fb that Peek is not going to be returning to work on the restaurant and might be having the retirement get together he had been wanting.