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So you would accept insults like that from a business that takes your money ? And you would go back there and continue to do business with them ?
Many do not see anything wrong with it. If it happened to them, It would be a biblical disaster. Yes, worse things have happened to people. But for this to happen at a business, Esp a large chain is a bit shocking.
I don't know. Call Papa John's HR dept and ask them. Sometimes all it takes is common sense to know not to insult customers or call them names construed to be racist.
What if she wrote "tall n*gger" about a Black man ? Still "harmless" ?
I've lived in a few places in the US, and in the world outside the US, where it was appropriate to refer to me as "the white guy". I'm also pretty sure that SOME people used that phrase as an insult.
Many do not see anything wrong with it. If it happened to them, It would be a biblical disaster. Yes, worse things have happened to people. But for this to happen at a business, Esp a large chain is a bit shocking.
Well justice prevailed. The employee got axed and the manager has to hold "sensitivity training" for his employees.
Glad to see that higher up in the franchise they realize that you don't insult the customers with the excuse "harmless joke".
Well justice prevailed. The employee got axed and the manager has to hold "sensitivity training" for his employees.
Glad to see that higher up in the franchise they realize that you don't insult the customers with the excuse "harmless joke".
So they learned something from this, at the expense of an employee who probably never received any sensititivity training. Maybe her insensitivity is not an isolated situation.
So they learned something from this, at the expense of an employee who probably never received any sensititivity training. Maybe her insensitivity is not an isolated situation.
Who said it was a harmless joke?
I must have misread. It was "business as usual" rather than harmless joke.
“It’s a busy place, and it was a way to identify her and her order,” he said. “You know, we do stuff like that sometimes. We’ll write ‘the lady with the blue eyes’ or ‘the guy in the green shirt.’ ”
The girl went out of her way to type that on the receipt. Do they have to enter something on each receipt asking for a name? Can it be left blank? The woman could've just shown it to the manager and let him handle it without any media attention. On the flip side, the cashier could've not typed that on the receipt.
I've lived in a few places in the US, and in the world outside the US, where it was appropriate to refer to me as "the white guy". I'm also pretty sure that SOME people used that phrase as an insult.
Intent matters
I asked a guy from Hong Kong once what they call us in Chinese and he said usually "round eyes" or "big noses".
I think over-sensitivity is too childish. We all have some racial trait someone somewhere might comment about.
I asked a guy from Hong Kong once what they call us in Chinese and he said usually "round eyes" or "big noses".
I think over-sensitivity is too childish. We all have some racial trait someone somewhere might comment about.
Yup. When I was in Asia I was just called the black one repeatedly. I didn't care.......
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