Cracker Barrell lawsuit......
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vraiblonde said:
Any accusation of racism has no validity on this forum according to the general consensus here. Whenever there is a story similar to this the BS flag is thrown by everyone here. Seems wierd to me. They all can't be BS.
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juggy4805
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kwillia said:
This thread isn't about rapes and other abuses though.
LordStanley
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Where is Chris Rock in all this... Did you see her picture, she looks like a wreck. He is a millionaire, and she's eating at crackerbarrel.....
Come on Pooky, take care of your momma
Come on Pooky, take care of your momma
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harleygirl
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I threw the BS flag Juggy because I frequent this restaurant quite often, and have for 4 years or so. I have a place in Murrell's Inlet, and go down frequently. The management and much of the staff are African-American and extremely professional. The restaurant is quite busy, I have a feeling they were told it would be a wait and they are pulling the race card.juggy4805 said:
MMDad
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That does make sense, because a local problem does not mean there is a corporate problem. However, since the name so important to a business like this, the corporation does have a responsibility to ensure their stores or frinchisees are complying with corporate policies.vraiblonde said:
The touchy-feely way to do this is with "diversity training", also referred to by employees as "nap time." The training goes over well in court, and allows the company to say "we told them not to do that", but has no effect on behavior.
If they want to be effective, they can monitor their franchisees through periodic inspections, surprise inspections, and secret shopper programs.
The fact the Sharpton is involved automatically makes me believe this suit is bogus, even if it were totally true. Why would she be so stupid to hook up with him? He's bankrolling the lawsuit, but I doubt she needs his money, unless Chris is so fed up with her that he won't pony up the $$$.
That's because most of them sound like complete BS. Plus, we're so desensitized by people who claim racism where there clearly was none that we're numb.juggy4805 said:
And, like Kwillia pointed out, we're skeptical about everything on here, not just racism.
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MMDad said:
It's sad that when he gets involved it becomes discredited. I do feel its not the issue with him but only publicity.
I'd throw the BS flag simply because I find it hard to believe that a whole store is engaging in bigotry. Even if one hostess refused to seat Ms. Rock, certainly another one would have taken care of the situation and notified the manager. I've worked in restaurants with some less than enlightened types 
but they kept their opinions to themselves if they wanted to keep their job.
Plus, if this were a store-wide problem, it's most famous customer wouldn't have been the first one to experience it.
Now, LordStanley said that she "looked like a wreck", so I'd be inclined to believe that THAT is why she wasn't seated - not because she's black.
but they kept their opinions to themselves if they wanted to keep their job.Plus, if this were a store-wide problem, it's most famous customer wouldn't have been the first one to experience it.
Now, LordStanley said that she "looked like a wreck", so I'd be inclined to believe that THAT is why she wasn't seated - not because she's black.
crabcake
But wait, there's more...
The fact that Sharpton wasn't even AT the meal is what makes me think it's 
. He has NO purpose in this, except to throw his name into the ring. And the Ms. DumbasaRock only went to him b/c she has no credibility on her own.
You hire a lawyer for cases like this; not a "celebrity" (and I use that term loosely).
. He has NO purpose in this, except to throw his name into the ring. And the Ms. DumbasaRock only went to him b/c she has no credibility on her own.You hire a lawyer for cases like this; not a "celebrity" (and I use that term loosely).
kwillia
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Rose Rock, the mother of comedian Chris Rock, claims she was racially discriminated against after she was seated but ignored for a half hour at a Cracker Barrel restaurant along the South Carolina coast.
Rock said Tuesday she planned to sue the Lebanon, Tenn.-based company. A Cracker Barrel spokeswoman said the restaurant chain was investigating and taking the complaint "very seriously."
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If this is the gist of her complaint then I most definitely will throw the "" flag. I have had this happen at various restaurants over time and in each and every case it was a result of the hostess not notifying the waitperson that they had a new table. If the facts come out that she chose to sit there for half an hour and did not bother to go back to the hostess and complain than shame on her for thinking she is the center of the universe.
Rock said Tuesday she planned to sue the Lebanon, Tenn.-based company. A Cracker Barrel spokeswoman said the restaurant chain was investigating and taking the complaint "very seriously."
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If this is the gist of her complaint then I most definitely will throw the "
" flag. I have had this happen at various restaurants over time and in each and every case it was a result of the hostess not notifying the waitperson that they had a new table. If the facts come out that she chose to sit there for half an hour and did not bother to go back to the hostess and complain than shame on her for thinking she is the center of the universe.I was thinking the same thing. They just didn't want to wait to be seated. It's very seldom I've been seated in less than 5 minutes at any Cracker Barrel. Most days they are packed but when they aren't I've still waited. I thought it was a ruse to make you look around and buy something.harleygirl said:
Oops! After reading what Kwillia posted...my dad once had to wait 20 minutes for coffee and I thought he'd go nuts.
The article did state that there were several stores in the past that allowed white servers to no serve black customers and claims that the stores were segregated in their seating. I haven't been to the one in question but I've never witnessed that in any location. The only separation I see is smoking/nonsmoking.
kwillia
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Rock, who is from Georgetown, said she and her 21-year-old daughter were the only blacks at the chain's Murrells Inlet restaurant in April. She said when she asked the manager about the delay she was told they could have a free meal.
"He never called over the waitresses and asked, `Why did these people sit here for a half hour without service?'" she said. "The only thing he said was we could have a free meal and neither of us wanted to eat."
She waited a 1/2 hour to ask about the delay and then gets pissed when the manager says he will give them their meal for free after being made aware of them not getting served. I have yet to see where she was refused service.... so until I can find that detail...
Rock, who is from Georgetown, said she and her 21-year-old daughter were the only blacks at the chain's Murrells Inlet restaurant in April. She said when she asked the manager about the delay she was told they could have a free meal.
"He never called over the waitresses and asked, `Why did these people sit here for a half hour without service?'" she said. "The only thing he said was we could have a free meal and neither of us wanted to eat."
She waited a 1/2 hour to ask about the delay and then gets pissed when the manager says he will give them their meal for free after being made aware of them not getting served. I have yet to see where she was refused service.... so until I can find that detail...
kwillia said:MORE DETAILS
Rock, who is from Georgetown, said she and her 21-year-old daughter were the only blacks at the chain's Murrells Inlet restaurant in April. She said when she asked the manager about the delay she was told they could have a free meal.
"He never called over the waitresses and asked, `Why did these people sit here for a half hour without service?'" she said. "The only thing he said was we could have a free meal and neither of us wanted to eat."
She waited a 1/2 hour to ask about the delay and then gets pissed when the manager says he will give them their meal for free after being made aware of them not getting served. I have yet to see where she was refused service.... so until I can find that detail...
Then what were they waiting for if they didn't want to eat?
Okay, now that I've actually read the story
I'm white and have sat in numerous restaurants for long periods of time without being acknowledged by a server. In fact, it happened just a few weeks ago at Outback, because the little waitress was too busy flirting with her table of good-looking men to concern herself with me and Larry.
In fact, now that I think about it, the waiter who ignored me at Tauraso's, then when he finally got around to coming to our table, informed me that they were out of practically everything on the menu, was black.
Can I file a discrimination lawsuit?
I'm white and have sat in numerous restaurants for long periods of time without being acknowledged by a server. In fact, it happened just a few weeks ago at Outback, because the little waitress was too busy flirting with her table of good-looking men to concern herself with me and Larry.
In fact, now that I think about it, the waiter who ignored me at Tauraso's, then when he finally got around to coming to our table, informed me that they were out of practically everything on the menu, was black.
Can I file a discrimination lawsuit?