Hurricane Irma caused massive destruction to Florida. But before the storm made landfall, more than five million residents — about one-third of the state’s population — were told to evacuate for their own safety. Governor Rick Scott even issued a plea for residents to “leave now, don’t wait.”

As people heeded Gov. Rick Scott’s orders and fled the state, a Pizza Hut restaurant in the storm’s path issued a much different warning to its crew.

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In a now-viral post on Twitter, a Pizza Hut team member shared a photo of a printout pinned to a corkboard that advised Pizza Hut employees on hurricane “guidelines.”

The paper, addressed “To All Team Members,” starts with expectations, “as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida,” stating “our #1 priority is the safety and security of our team. But, we also have a responsibility and commitment to our community to be there when they need us. With that said, I/we need some guidelines in place to ensure both of those expectations are met.”

The sheet continued with general rules: The store would close six to 12 hours before a storm — and that if team members plan to evacuate, they must alert a manager and let him know when they plan to return, citing that a member is only allowed a “24-hour period before storm ‘grace period'” and must be back from an evacuation within 72 hours.

“You cannot evacuate Friday for a Tuesday storm event!” the paper read, before reiterating that after the 24-hour grace period, team members were expected to work their assigned shifts.

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“Failure to show for these shifts, regardless of reason, will be considered a no call/no show and documentation will be issued,” it read.

Twitter users quickly responded negatively to the post, calling the company out for caring more about profits than employees.

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One user pointed out the seemingly absurd fact that Pizza Hut will close for a holiday — but not for a life-threatening hurricane.

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Following the attacks, Pizza Hut issued a statement saying that the Florida store did not represent the corporation’s policy as a whole, saying: “We are uncompromising in our commitment to the safety and well-being of our team members. All locations in the path of Irma are closed and will remain closed until local authorities deem the area safe. We absolutely do not have a policy that dictates when team members can leave or return from a disaster, and the manager who posted this letter did not follow company guidelines. We can also confirm that the local franchise operator has addressed this situation with the manager involved.”

As of Monday, 6.5 million people in the state are left without power after Hurricane Irma — changed to a tropical storm once it moved north — swept up Florida.

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