( CNN ) -- Papa John 's Pizza fired a cashier at one of its New York restaurants and apologized to an Asian-American customer for a receipt that identified her as `` lady chinky eyes . '' `` We were extremely concerned to learn of the receipt issued in New York , '' the company said in a statement posted on its Facebook page Saturday . Minhee Cho , a communications manager at nonprofit investigative journalism group ProPublica , posted a photo of the receipt on her Twitter account Saturday morning and by the afternoon it was picked up by a local newspaper . Along with the receipt , Cho tweeted `` just FYI my name is n't 'lady chinky eyes . ' '' The receipt had been viewed online almost 200,000 times by Sunday afternoon , according to the counter on the Twitpic page . Cho did not immediately respond to CNN 's request for comment , but her boss did . `` This blew up far beyond Minhee 's expectations , '' ProPublica spokesman Mike Webb said in an e-mail . `` She has reporters coming to her apartment , and that 's annoying . So she wants it to blow over and she has nothing more to say . '' Cho was a customer Friday night at the Papa John 's on Broadway in Manhattan 's Hamilton Heights neighborhood , according to the receipt . `` This act goes against our company values , and we 've confirmed with the franchisee that this matter was addressed immediately and that the employee is being terminated , '' the pizza company said . `` We are truly sorry for this customer 's experience . ''
Minhee Cho 's receipt goes viral online after she posts it on Twitter . `` just FYI my name is n't 'lady chinky eyes , ' '' the tweet reads in Korean. `` This act goes against our company values , '' Papa John 's says . Cho wants the controversy `` to blow over , '' her employer says .