A 17-year-old Five Guys employee has been fired.
After calling a group of police officers "piggies".
The unnamed teenager worked at the chain in Howell, N.J.
Five police officers said the employee “mouthed off to them”.
Andrew Kudrick, chief of the Howell Township Police Department, shared the incident on Facebook.
He called it an "isolated incident caused by a poor decision by a part-time employee".
Five Guys district manager Cortney Pechillo told NJ.com that "immediate action was taken".
The incident comes weeks after a series of controversial police encounters at restaurant chains.
In December, two officers in California claimed they were temporality denied service at a local Starbucks.
In November, a police officer from Oklahoma was allegedly served a cup with the word "pig" printed on it