Current Events > A Black Employee was given THIS by her BOSS!! Do you think this was a joke??

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Rob Hearit, the manager at Darb's Tavern & Eatery in Michigan has apologized after a bi-racial employee was given this watermelon on Martin Luther King Day as a "joke" gift as she was the ONLY minority employee!!

He wrote on FB to confess that he participated in a "joke" and admitted it was in "poor taste"

Kelly Martin Aimery, the mother of an employee there posted these images of the offensive gift to FB and said "I've sat and stewed on this and am furious about this. Decided to post and see what everyone thinks. My daughter got this on MLK Day because her work, including her boss thought this was OK. it is NOT. Come on people. This is awful on so many levels. She is biracial, hence the Happy 1/2 MLK Day. This is on top of many comments her boss feels free to say to her, including 'halfsy'"

Rob replied and said "I would like to address a recent event that happened between employees here at Darb's Tavern & Eatern this past weekend. A Wonderful minority employee at Darb's was recently given a watermelon as "gift" from our employees that, while intended to be a friendly joke, was in poor taste and offensive to say the least. Many of you have expressed outrage over this incident, and you are right. As owner and manager, i take full responsibility. I saw the "gift" and i didn't stop it. In fact, in a lapse of judgement, i also joined our employees in signing it. While i thought it was an innocent inside joke between employees who are friends, as the owner i should have recognized the inadvertent message, stepped in and stopped this behaviour"

There will now be diversity training with the owner himself and the staff

Do you think was an "innocent joke"? let's see what people think

The pictures -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/01/17/48CBB2A900000578-5340957-image-a-56_1517504565914.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/01/17/48CBB2AD00000578-5340957-image-a-57_1517504571797.jpg

Cheap Restaurant -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/01/17/48CBB4A100000578-5340957-image-a-54_1517504534049.jpg
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what an idiot.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

what an idiot.

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People in the midwest aren't racist, just insanely ignorant and out of touch.
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It probably was just a joke, friends joke about that kind of stuff with me all the time.
The big difference though is that they are my friends, not my co workers.

They shoulda known better.
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It's not hard.

It's really not that hard.

@faizan_faizan posted...

People in the midwest aren't racist, just insanely ignorant and out of touch.

so much for being done

Full Throttle posted...

Kelly Martin Aimery, the mother of an employee there

so it wasn't even the woman herself

if my parents heard what half the shit my friends so to me and vice versa they'd have the police called

Aimery declined to comment for this story, saying she planned to talk to a lawyer first.

nevermind i guess she's going to use this as a wonderful opportunity to make some money
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Full Throttle posted...

This is on top of many comments her boss feels free to say to her, including 'halfsy'"

What in the hell. Yeah he knew full well what was going on and is just being disingenuous to cover his ass

Axiom posted...

Full Throttle posted...

This is on top of many comments her boss feels free to say to her, including 'halfsy'"

What in the hell. Yeah he knew full well what was going on and is just being disingenuous to cover his ass

exactly. this seems to be the trend...

>obvious racist idiot does racist shit
>gets called out
>"omg guys it was just a prank!"
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action52 posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

what an idiot.

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That's fucking dumb and I can't believe an employer would do that. I hope the place goes out of business but RIP that girls job.
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Yes. People are too sensitive. Befit getting fired one of my black coworkers would go back and forth with shit that I'm sure would get me modded if I were to post it and neither of us were racist. We just had a sense of humor.
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So what does the girl think? Thats the only opinion I care about.
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FrenchCrunch posted...

@faizan_faizan posted...

People in the midwest aren't racist, just insanely ignorant and out of touch.

so much for being done

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most agree it's NOT a joke
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Turbam posted...

It probably was just a joke, friends joke about that kind of stuff with me all the time.
The big difference though is that they are my friends, not my co workers.

They shoulda known better.

I agree with this. Her boss should had thought that through. There's a big difference between joking with friends and joking with co workers.
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This is in bad taste and unacceptable but my sense of humor refuses to not let me laugh.
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Happy black day Lmao wtf
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"Happy black day"? Yeah no...that's not s joke. It's straight up racist...wtf
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What the fuck and why is there ten people here who think that is appropriate?

Go in the service snowflakes. Whites,blacks,browns all joke on one another. Well, the men do at least. Imagine that, jokes. Jokes about race, wrap your head around it, go out in public and out of the house every once in a while. The sun's good for you and human interaction works.
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KillerKhan420 posted...

Go in the service snowflakes. Whites,blacks,browns all joke on one another. Well, the men do at least. Imagine that, jokes. Jokes about race, wrap your head around it, go out in public and out of the house every once in a while. The sun's good for you and human interaction works.

I have worked in the service industry.

Also;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem