Pizza chain Papa John's has apologised after an employee typed a racial slur on a receipt to a customer at one of its New York City branches.
Customer Minhee Cho posted a message on Twitter along with an image of the receipt from a Manhattan location describing her as "lady chinky eyes".
Several hours later, after the message had gone viral, the Louisville, Kentucky-based company formally apologised on its Facebook and Twitter pages for Ms Cho's experience and said the employee had been dismissed.
Spokeswoman Tish Muddon told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the company was attempting to reach Ms Cho to apologise personally.