My co-worker is an African refugee who moved here 10 years ago when his parents were murdered. He is an amazing and kind human being who works very hard and taught me everything I know about serving.
Last night I was serving at the restaurant we work at when I witnessed a disgusting display of racism.
A man and his boyfriend entered the restaurant at about 8pm and one of them was belligerently drunk. I regrettably sat them down and took their orders. While I was grabbing something from the kitchen for this demanding drunk man, (who told me I was slow, bad at my job, etc) I heard him yelling at my co-worker I have mentioned above. He yelled the following:
“I WANT MY BILL, I WANT MY F*CKING BILL RIGHT NOW!! I’M NOT GOING TO LET SOME BLACK MAN TELL ME TO LEAVE, DO I LOOK BLACK TO YOU?”
He proceeded to yell racial slurs at my co-worker and I told him to leave and not worry about the bill, just leave NOW.
He decided he didn’t cause enough hurt, yelled at other customers in the restaurant and threw wine glasses, oil and vinegar glasses and anything he could break AT a customer who voiced their opinion on his blatant display of racism.
I hope that karma gets this man and he gains some perspective, or even some HUMANITY.
It is absolutely atrocious that this is STILL happening.
WHY? —Shoot Me Into Space
This article appears in Apr 4-10, 2013.
Sounds like somebody could have used an all inclusive night’s stay at the drunk tank.
Get your shit together, Mr. Meaty.
So you rewarded him with a free meal? Shit, call me hate crime Kirkpatrick the next time I dine out.
NARC^
HATE CRIME
This guy was a piece of work no matter his orientation OP (and other bitchers). He’s probably an asshole in sobriety never mind when he’s had a few. His rank display of racism just displays what a little man he is.
Exchanging one prejudice remark for another is a bad idea, though it might feel good in the moment. I think the servers acted appropriately in removing him and maintaining the moral high-ground. If they made a crude remark they may offend someone of that disposition who was dining there, minding their own business. However, if it were me, I probably would have had the cops remove the haters and I would have sent them a bill for their meal and any damage they caused AND I would have served them with a PPA to bar them from returning to the property.
Well said Hoist.
With human propensity to lump people into a stereotype based on the behaviour of the loudest, he has just made a case of total, certifiable insanity for racists. Which, if i’m right, is fantastic. “Gee. I don’t want to be racist because it could make me as insane as that guy… Is THAT what I sound like when I rant about black/white/asian/latino folks??” etc…
of course, knowing human propensity to lump people into a stereotype based on the behaviour of the loudest, it is equally possible that people will probably think this is a homosexual trait and not a trait of a loud-mouthed racist.
People are jerks everywhere is my point. I would have had the cops remove him.
Umm, pretend gay for the purposes of this bitch. Then back to pretend straight for the remainder.
Best thing to do with people like that is just laugh in their face. Don’t give him what he wants.
Ivan
Not cool.
Dark & edgy/excruciating bad taste – it could go either way. I rolled the dice.
“What’s life without a little salt, eh?” – “Farewell to the King”, 1989, John Milius, Dir.
Why would you let someone who appears to be intoxicated into your restaurant? You knew it would end badly but, you were too pussy to say something right from the beginning.
I thought it was funny.
I lol’d. It was one of those things that’s both terrible and funny at the same time.
It happens:
…because some people don’t like black people… Gays get murdered becasue some people don’t like gay people… Women don’t get good jobs because some people don’t like women…
Thanks for the props, guys. I may sometimes be shocked by my irreverence, but I’ll never waste time by pretending to apologize for it.
And who disliked Daniel’s comment? All he did was accuse me of poor taste, and while it may not be what Voltaire had in mind, I’ll defend to the death his right to do so. On-line, at any rate. *troz*
I wasn’t mad Ivan, I was just giving a heads up. Guess I assumed everyone understood how hypocritical I would sound otherwise given some of what I’ve written.