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In January 2017 a Facebook user going by the name Caleb Lee claimed that both an employee and a manager at a Pizza Hut restaurant in Alabama not only refused him a military discount, but also disparaged police and U.S. servicemembers in the process: According to a 15 January 2017 news report from Huntsville television station WAFF, after Pizza Hut investigated the report and determined the incident it described was fabricated, Lee vanished from social media: Shortly thereafter, Pizza Hut released a statement in an effort to undo the damage done by the rapidly spreading falsehood: As of 2 February 2017 the original post had been deleted, but copies of it remained in circulation, with commenters still pledging to cease dining at Pizza Hut (unaware of the rumor's near-immediate debunking): Lee wasn't the first to embellish a personal anecdote based on the shunned serviceman legend (which has in recent years grown to encompass police). Rumors of the sort date back at least a quarter-century, when Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Shady Maple buffet was targeted by claims that they treated soldiers discourteously during the first Gulf War. Gas stations are a frequent target of the often fabricated claims, and law enforcement variations tend to pop up during times of widespread dispute over policing and criminal justice.
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