A Canadian restaurant worker landed in hot water after she failed to show legendary singer Aretha Franklin any r-e-s-p-e-c-t.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, the Queen of Soul described what led to her beef with a waitress at a Johnny Rockets restaurant in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Franklin, after performing at a concert in nearby Lewiston, N.Y., couldn’t wait to chow down at Johnny Rockets, one of her favorite spots to eat on the road.
She ordered her usual — a hamburger and cherry coke to go. Then she sat down at one of the restaurant’s many empty tables and waited for the food.
Out of nowhere, a worker in her mid-30s showed up and told Franklin, “You can’t sit there.”
“I said, ‘Excuse me, what do you mean I can’t sit here?” recalled Franklin, who was with her nephew at the time.
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