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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. — Shannon Riggs and her cousins were not prepared for what happened when they stopped for dinner on the way home from a Donald Trump rally Friday night.

Dressed in Trump shirts and hats, WTVR reports the family walked up to the window at the Cook Out in Colonial Heights, Virginia to order burgers and milkshakes.

“As soon as we got to the window, someone inside said ‘Hell no! I’m not serving them,'” Riggs told the station.

After a few minutes of discussion behind the window, their orders were eventually taken.

“Everyone was laughing and giggling,” Riggs said about the uncomfortable situation.

She said at one point, an employee yelled out an order was ready, but when her cousin went to the window to claim the food, she was told, “Oh not for you!”

While the employees laughed, Riggs said she canceled her order and asked for the number to corporate.

The workers did refund the family’s money, but the situation left a lasting impression on 16-year-old Lauren Wolfrey.

“Once you witness [discrimination] first hand, it’s a totally different experience,” the teenager said. “I was in a state of shock.”

A spokesperson for Cook Out issued the following statement to WTVR:

Cook Out is, and always has been, a politically neutral company. We welcome all customers regardless of political affiliation. Regarding the refusal of service at our Colonial Heights location, the situation has been resolved and was resolved that night per Cook Out policy.

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