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Disgruntled customer throws food @ Yo Mama Kitchen staff

The woman on the left reportedly threw food at the staff of Yo Mama Kitchen on May 19, 2018. Photo: Team of Reporters
Following her confrontation with staff of Yo Mama Kitchen, the irate customer reportedly left the scene. Photo: Team of Reporters
Following her confrontation with staff of Yo Mama Kitchen, the irate customer reportedly left the scene. Photo: Team of Reporters
Yo Mama Kitchen on Wickham's Cay I is a popular food establishment in the Virgin Islands. Photo: VINO/File
Yo Mama Kitchen on Wickham's Cay I is a popular food establishment in the Virgin Islands. Photo: VINO/File
WICKHAM'S CAY I, Tortola, VI- The mobile food van Yo Mama Kitchen, owned and operated by Marlon J. Choucoutou Jr, a young Virgin Islander, continues to be popular and well supported due to its variety of local and regional cuisines.

The food van is located on Wickham’s Cay I, close to Central Administration Complex and adjacent to the Tortola Pier Park.

The young entrepreneur started out in 2013 with ice-cream and other local drinks, but five years later, has turned the business into a very attractive place with a solid menu of local foods, well cooked and with great portions.

It was on Saturday May 19, 2018 around 2:30 PM that a disgruntled customer, who is said to be a Jamaican national, placed an order by telephone but had issues with it on arrival to uplift. According to an eyewitness, who spoke to our newsroom, the woman, who is said to be a small business owner, was offered a replacement by staff at Yo Mama Kitchen in the most professional way.

She threw food @ staff

The out of control women, who police sources identified as a Ms. N. Facey, reportedly began to shout expletives at the Yo Mama Kitchen staff and proceeded to throw the order she picked up at them.

The situation escalated and police were called as the woman tried to leave the place of business. The owner of the business made many attempts to resolve the situation and even attempted to prevent the woman from leaving while the police were on their way; however, she entered her car and left the scene.

Persons in the immediate area videotaped the incident that is now circulating on social media. It is believed that a day before the same Ms Facey had another confrontation with a woman at her place of business. Full details of that is unclear but police were also called and both women made a visit to Peebles Hospital.

Yo Mama Kitchen has since posted apologies to their many customers over the incident. Many persons have pledged to continue supporting the establishment.

Police have not responded to inquiries as whether the woman will be charged.

45 Responses to “Disgruntled customer throws food @ Yo Mama Kitchen staff”

  • Liat 521 (20/05/2018, 23:14) Like (139) Dislike (4) Reply
    Send her backside back to jamdown
    • Cook..recipe book (21/05/2018, 10:49) Like (21) Dislike (3) Reply
      Her behind also needs to cook...learn to get an egg or make jerk chicken. Imagine is food she went on so for...Well mama send help
    • Victim (21/05/2018, 16:03) Like (3) Dislike (29) Reply
      the lady is a nice lady yes.things not going good her way at time.
      • Dsy what now? (21/05/2018, 20:10) Like (32) Dislike (2) Reply
        @victim, I am a nice lady also who have bad days and sometimes things don't go the way I want them to but, I don't go out and take out my frustrations on anyone. Please stop making excuses for her bad behavior. She was wrong and unprofessional.
      • Really (23/05/2018, 15:17) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
        This lady was also seen on tape abusing a mentally challenge citizen. I believe deportation is in order because obviously this woman cannot control her behavior.
    • Thanks (21/05/2018, 16:39) Like (39) Dislike (2) Reply
      Liat521, I will pay for her one way ticket back to Jamdown town if she agree to never set foot back on this Island.
  • yardie (20/05/2018, 23:38) Like (101) Dislike (3) Reply
    She could have never got away with that behaviour in jamdown, she would have gotton a crop of licks
  • Iborn284 (21/05/2018, 00:03) Like (52) Dislike (3) Reply
    This lady must be crazy. That video of her with her foot on that poor lady’s neck got me soooooo upset. How could people watch her do that and laugh ... times really change
    • Gumption. Official (21/05/2018, 14:25) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
      Sad. Yet most people still will say otherwise. More people are in favor for negative vibes.
    • Exactly (21/05/2018, 17:41) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
      What is so amusing. Authorities please look into this
  • Different strokes (21/05/2018, 00:12) Like (32) Dislike (2) Reply
    Different folks.Why must these people always feel they rule/take over anywhere they go and one must jump or be afraid of them. I am certain many expletives of blood cloth etc was used as they often used these to make you be afraid.Even if you had a bad day you dont go around taking it out on people. As a matter of fact is she into the same business or similar? Is the other business thriving harder than hers? The Lord will supply all our needs just go to Him in prayer and ask for innovation and more and He will sure see you thru dont let Satan get to you.I hope everything has been resoved by now.
    • Don't fraid she! (21/05/2018, 22:13) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply

      How the likes of her get business here I would like to know. 

  • oh yea (21/05/2018, 02:48) Like (17) Dislike (65) Reply
    that establishment has no customer service don't even know people goes there as a matter of fact
  • bvi (21/05/2018, 04:12) Like (80) Dislike (2) Reply
    Typical Jamaican behavior. Arrogant.
  • Something is wrong (21/05/2018, 06:07) Like (33) Dislike (4) Reply
    I watched this video more than once. Something isn’t right with this lady. Something is wrong!!!! She is going through something that she doesn’t know how to deal with it. No right person in their mind behaves like that. Sharika Is going through something and she needs help ASAP!!!! If you all look at the video carefully she’s not acting normal. However I am not siding her for what she did cause she dead wrong!!!!
    • Don't Care (21/05/2018, 11:15) Like (39) Dislike (4) Reply

      Everyone is going through something these days. She was wrong for what she did.She better be glad I was not the employee she spaz out on. That food van have some of the best food in the BVI. If you are dissatisfy with the order, act like a human should act and I am quite sure it would have been corrected.

  • Fran (21/05/2018, 06:38) Like (35) Dislike (2) Reply
    She is rude and unprofessional. There is something wrong with her. Yo mamas kitchen is all good.
  • hold up (21/05/2018, 07:53) Like (15) Dislike (18) Reply
    Well it's majority of Jamaican cooks working there and some of them have no manners and damn respect. So if their own for pissed of it had to be a reason. Not saying that the woman was right. Look how nationality got drag into this. Thing to talk. I vividly remember an incident posted on Facebook with a landlord who was says to be a BV Islander, and a tenant that was expatriate. The criticism that was levied against the poster for did so was furious. Now look at this now!!! Jamaican customer and not only that, her name!!! What a hypocrite people!!!
  • See (21/05/2018, 08:11) Like (31) Dislike (2) Reply
    Yo Mamas is a great place with a hard working staff and they do not deserve to be treated so . God forbid this psycho woman has a real problem in her day.
  • Hmm (21/05/2018, 09:00) Like (48) Dislike (6) Reply
    Whats the name of her business because i want to never visit there.....blasted jamdowns
  • international rescue (21/05/2018, 09:05) Like (26) Dislike (1) Reply
    Jamaica jerk cuisine. Send the jerk back where it jerked from.
  • one eye (21/05/2018, 09:19) Like (7) Dislike (11) Reply
    See the island people thing tortola people are soft
  • stt (21/05/2018, 10:03) Like (24) Dislike (4) Reply
    Lady,can you please come Rock and do that to my food van.Please thanks!
    • For Realze (21/05/2018, 14:47) Like (8) Dislike (3) Reply
      @Stt. A monkey knows what tree to swing from.She would never come down here and get away with that mess. I would pay her to come down here and do that S#!t to someone food van. bet she won't.
  • OF Course (21/05/2018, 10:06) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    When yo sho em love, them tek advantage and seh you soft. When yo treat em bad dem say you bad and back home jamdown people ah nice people and them dont treat people so. (kik in da rear end)
  • Rita (21/05/2018, 10:40) Like (22) Dislike (2) Reply
    I will NEVER go to her place. Jamaica Jerk Cuisine!!!!!! Neither will my friends because she has shown that she is Crazy!!!! Don’t trust anyone like that with my food! She might go crazy on her own customers one day. Yo Mamas Kitchen is great.
    • Me either (21/05/2018, 14:57) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
      For real, I would never go to her business or eat anything from her place of business. The way she was acting, she might get mad and put some S&;t or spit in my food.
  • Sigh (21/05/2018, 10:43) Like (17) Dislike (2) Reply
    Sometimes in a crowd, emotions are amplified. Some say that the customer service at this establishment is poor, so perhaps the customer thought she would garner support with her actions. In the BVI, a message appears strong according to the messenger, and sometimes according to the audience.

    On one hand, please work on customer service training in order to reduce these incidents, Yo Mama. On the other hand, customers, please respect these businesses and yourselves. If you're not pleased with something, disengage and discontinue patronizing after respectfully voicing your displeasure, until conditions improve.

    I personally respect that the proprietors did not retaliate physically, especially since the customer assaulted da mama, because I could not exercise that kind of restraint.
  • wow (21/05/2018, 10:51) Like (23) Dislike (0) Reply
    No class!
  • 3 Sides (21/05/2018, 11:15) Like (16) Dislike (22) Reply
    Videos can be made after the relevant cause has been not recorded. Though she appears to have been upset and tossed the food on the counter; did she actually throw it at the owner/staff; or was it merely the food splattering? While not condoning her apparent behavior, the mob mentality displayed was atrocious! She was outnumbered and the size of the heavies around her was a bit intimidating I’d imagine for her.

    They could’ve taken her license plate info, they (YMK) escalated the situation by playing citizen cops. Tortola is so dang small, it’s not like she would hide and the ‘food assault’ did not warrant the display seen there. Imagine if other businesses displayed the same level towards disgruntled clients.....are we now a litigation society?
  • Nancy Drew (21/05/2018, 11:41) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    She is promoting her business.
    • Learn to cook (21/05/2018, 15:56) Like (10) Dislike (2) Reply
      I assume she sells food from what I got from a previous comment. But I wonder why she didn't eat from her own business
      • False (21/05/2018, 18:37) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
        She does not sell food people !! She does nails
        • NO SAH (21/05/2018, 22:51) Like (1) Dislike (4) Reply
          Which salon? Would not want an unruly person doing my nails. If she gets mad at customers it is easy to imagine what she can do.
        • Bigeye (22/05/2018, 13:18) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
          She was wrong for behavior but she do a great job on nails and very professional. Something trigger her that girl ain't so.
  • bvi (21/05/2018, 14:06) Like (32) Dislike (8) Reply
    What’s new. Jamaicans in BVI always trying to abuse locals.
  • I’m NOt Yo mamma (21/05/2018, 21:50) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    I didn’t know about Yo Momma kitchen until now! Everyone saying it’s good so I’ll give it a try!
  • Foodie (22/05/2018, 11:14) Like (10) Dislike (2) Reply

    The food ain’t all that ayo making it out to be!! The wait is also lengthy and if your order is wrong the attitude displayed and the wait is enough to test even Job!! Better food and service out here - bet if it was an expat vs expat or Vislander vs expat the majority of y’all would be commenting differently. Sh*** happens get over it!

  • Interested (22/05/2018, 14:09) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    That is what happens when we allow rif raf into the country.
  • MadeintheBVI (22/05/2018, 21:12) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply

    Listen this lady needs to be sent back to her own country where she can obviously behave in this and get away with it (yeah right) Hog know where to root!

    Whoever does patronize her little business needs to stop and for the Tortola idiot that helped her get the trade license you need to go back to Jamaica with her and see what she can do for you!

  • Everyon please calm down (23/05/2018, 03:54) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    I have picked up a few things from these blogs that something must be wrong with this lady. It was pointed out that she did the same thing at another establishment. Those of you that are her friends, please tell this lady that if she continues to handle her frustrations in this manner she is asking for legal challenges which mean lawyer fees tp defend her each time and all the reasons for being in BVI to make a living would be all for nought. Also friends keep close watch on her to see if she is experiencing post Irma stress, and whether if her business of doing nails is not doing well and causing her this stress. Another person pointed out that Yo Mama Kitchen take so long to serve them. Haven't anyone paid attention and realized that it is because the food is good that Yo Mama is getting too many customers than it could handle at certain times of the day and even at nights, namely, Fridays? Well Yo Mama keep it up and the good food. Even though this was an unpleasant situation, the disgruntled customer has given Yo Mama FREE ADVERTISEMENT. So disgruntled customer, do not go around behaving badly as you are helping other businesses with FREE ADVERTISEMENT ! and not your own ! ! Yo Mama where the good food is at? At Tortola Pier Park in the vacant parking lot.
    • sjh (23/05/2018, 15:46) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      This is not an isolated problem. The woman SERIOUSLY has a problem. She is seen in another video with her foot in the throat of an obviously mentally challenged young lady clearly abusing her. This incident needs to be looked into by the police. I agree that we need to send this lady a message and not patronize her business. I think it is time for her to make her home elsewhere.
  • Pony (24/05/2018, 13:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    People there are 3 sides to a story ,this young lady is very Proffessional,and she is the best on this island .it seems as if when you are a Jamaican you are an outcast.and for your info sherika wasn't the one in the video with her feet on the young lady's neck get your fact .she is a Proffessional.what about the strippers you 've here on work permit. She is a good mom and yes she cooks and cleans well.


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