Buc-ee’s Faces Discrimination Lawsuit
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
May 29, 2026
LAKE JACKSON, TX. A fast-growing favorite place to stop for gas, food and fun is now facing a federal lawsuit for discriminating against a former employee.
Buc-ee’s has recently been accused by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of failing to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee with a chronic condition.
In 2024, Dale Witt was diagnosed in 2024 with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It affected his ability to stand for long hours and, in June 2024, the Buc-ee’s cashier asked for his schedule to be changed to shorter hours.
But according to the lawsuit, Buc-ee’s management refused to accommodate Witt’s request and he was eventually terminated.
Witt, who worked at a Bastrop Buc-ee’s for three years, said in court filings that he was battling a life-threatening disease when he was fired after asking for the necessary accommodations which was suggested by his physician.
The company initially accommodated the request. However, Witt experienced a near-fatal crisis and was placed on a ventilator for weeks. He took medical leave until October 2024, then informed Buc-ee’s managers that he needed further accommodation, including a stool to sit on at the register and for his schedule to be changed to four-hour shifts.
In a letter, he told managers his disease meant he couldn’t stand for more than 15 minutes, explaining that his muscles start to shut down when he is physically taxed.
“When this happens, my respiratory muscles begin to fail,” he wrote, saying he must be able to sit when he begins to feel weak. After four hours of any activity, he said, his body is too weak to do anything until after four or five hours of rest.
Managers orginally agreed to four-hour workdays but denied his other requests, the EEOC said. The company said Witt could break up his 20-minute break into several shorter breaks.
But sitting while working was not an option Buc-ee’s would explore, the commission says.
According to the complaint, Witt was fired two days before Christmas 2024.
The EEOC says his employment was terminated because of his disease in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The complaint further alleges two violations: failure to provide reasonable accommodation and terminating him because of his disease.
“Employers must understand that disability accommodations are not optional suggestions; they are legal obligations,” said Norma Guzman Director of the EEOC San Antonio Field Office.
We reached out to Buc-ee’s corporate office but there’s been no reply.
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