By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-30 12:30:06 | Updated at 2024-10-02 00:42:34
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A Waffle House worker has blasted the popular restaurant chain, claiming she was fired after filming a viral TikTok video inside an Atlanta branch.
Yadira Ramirez's account blew up after she filmed herself and co-workers performing Latto's track 'Brokey' on shift - a trend which caught on after the rapper promised $10,000 to the fan who posted the best video.
The clip of the colleagues lip-syncing the rap on September 19 as they washed dishes, ate waffles and splayed cash has racked up 28.2 million views to date.
But it had unintended consequences - as Ramirez revealed in a video posted the next day that she had been fired after six years of service.
Waffle House worker Yadira Ramirez (pictured) has blasted the popular restaurant chain, claiming she was fired after filming a viral TikTok video inside an Atlanta branch
The clip of the colleagues lip-syncing the rap on September 19 as they washed dishes, ate waffles and splayed cash got 28.2 million views
Rapper Latto (pictured) encouraged fans to film videos of themselves performing her track 'Brokey' - promising the person with the best video $10,000
'I just got fired because of that video of Big Latto's challenge,' Ramirez revealed.
'Yey, I'm glad I put six years into a company that would fire me and literally... a day of posting one video, ONE VIDEO, that harms nobody, that everybody was actually literally rooting for and happy about, but whatever.
'Smart decision, smart move, you know. And then they put me on, it's called an EFR list or something, basically I can never get re-hired again.'
Ramirez' Latto dance video starts with her co-worker, who is wearing a red branded Waffle House hat, spritzing a hose at the camera.
Yadira Ramirez's account blew up after she filmed herself and co-workers performing Latto's track 'Brokey' on shift - something the rapper encouraged fans to do
The clip of the colleagues lip-syncing the rap on September 19 as they washed dishes, ate waffles and splayed cash got 28.2 million views - but it had unintended consequences
It then switches from the restaurant to the drive-thru window, where another colleague displays a wad of cash collected from customers while lip-syncing.
The next video shows a line of Waffle House workers dancing, before panning to a receipt reading 'BROKEY' two employees eating waffles.
According to Ramirez' TikTok, she worked at one of the Atlanta, Georgia Waffle Houses.
DailyMail.com has contacted Ramirez and Waffle House for comment.
'I just got fired because of that video of Big Latto's challenge,' Ramirez revealed on TikTok
