Sign on the exterior of a Popeyes restaurant
  • The Popeyes franchise manager "screamed" at federal investigators, the DOL says in a lawsuit.
  • He cursed at the investigators and slammed a door so hard it shook the building, per the lawsuit.
  • When investigators previously visited the restaurant, they were told all its staff had gone home sick, per the DOL

When federal investigators visited a Popeyes franchise restaurant in Pennsylvania as part of a probe into its employment practices, a manager screamed curse words at them and slammed the kitchen door so hard it shook the whole building, the US Department of Labor said.