19-year-old claims he was fired from a restaurant chain over his TikTok videos

A 19-year-old is going viral after being allegedly fired from his job over a series of TikTok videos. The teenager, who goes by the name J Salsa on social media, claims he was a chef at J D Weatherspoon, a popular chain of U.K.-based pubs. That is, until he started recording videos from his restaurant’s kitchen. J Salsa shared a series of clips on TikTok, during which he makes some of Weatherspoon’s most popular items. On September 13, the teenager shared a video in which he claimed he’d been suspended from his job. According to him, his managers made the decision after learning about his TikTok page. On September 21, J Salsa shared another update claiming he’d been fired for good. J Salsa’s situation isn’t all that uncommon. Plenty of restaurants have rules against sharing in-store videos online, a policy that’s led to plenty of alleged firings