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Two black Avis employees on the left-lib Upper West Side refused to rent to an Israeli executive.
"A reservation agent named Angelline declined to honor Mr. Bergwerk’s reservation, saying that it was company policy not to recognize Israeli documents. Stunned, Mr. Bergwerk explained that he had rented from Avis many times, including a car from that very same office on Thursday, November 19 – only two days earlier."
Last edited by Ibginnie; 11-22-2015 at 08:53 PM..
Reason: copyright violation again
The manager has a lawsuit against Bloomingdales.. and is represented by a Louis Ginsberg: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ne...cv01752/368497
Nature of Suit: Labor: Fair Standards
Cause of Action: 29:203 Equal Pay Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
I think so. It turns out it is just two rogue agents.
From the OPs article...
"Eventually, a manager was called. Shamoura took the side of her reservation agent, also refusing to honor Mr. Bergwerk’s reservation or recognize his documents. Stunned and stranded on a Saturday night in New York, Mr. Bergwerk called the Avis main number and got through to customer service. The representative confirmed to him that the Israeli license was an acceptable form of ID and also mentioned that he could show his passport to ameliorate any ID concerns the on-site employees had. Mr. Bergwerk put the customer service representative on the phone with Shamoura, the branch manager, and at this point the story evolved. She now claimed that she was declining to rent the Bergwerks a car not because of the insufficient documents but because Mr. Bergwerk had “argued about the way I was being treated in front of other customers,” according to Mr. Bergwerk."
Either this person is intentionally trying to get fired so they can file a spurious lawsuit to try to extort money out of Avis or they are a more vanilla plain old over-entitled idiot who is a walking advertisement for why companies should background check before they hire people.
Avis Car Rental
1 hr ·
On Friday, a customer seeking to rent a car from Avis Car Rental was not allowed to do so because he failed to provide the required documentation. Visitors to the U.S. From other countries must provide both a valid drivers license from their country of residence as well as a valid International Drivers License or passport in order to rent from Avis. We are aggressively investigating the customer's allegations regarding the handling of this matter, as we do not tolerate any form of discrimination. So far, our ongoing investigation suggests that this customer is unfairly maligning us with unfounded accusations.
I'm sure Hertz, Enterprise or several other companies would be more than glad to get his company's business from now on.
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