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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Wed May 22, 2019, 05:14 PM May 2019

WTF? Kansas Buffalo Wild Wings managers said it's OK to refuse black customers: lawsuit

Managers at an Overland Park Buffalo Wild Wings regularly made derogatory comments about African American customers and allowed employees to refuse them service or give them poor service, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

The plaintiff’s lawyer, Gerald Gray, said white employees refused to serve black customers because, they said, “blacks don’t give good tips.”

The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas by a former employee of the Buffalo Wild Wings at 105th Street and Metcalf Avenue, who is suing the company for fostering a “racially hostile work environment,” and for racial discrimination, age discrimination, discrimination based on a disability and retaliation. It names as defendants Buffalo Wild Wings and the parent company Inspire Brands.

The employee, Gary Lovelace, says he was fired after reporting his concerns about discrimination and workplace safety. Lovelace, a 55-year-old black man, worked as a cook at Buffalo Wild Wings for 12 years before he was fired.

More at https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/article230667394.html

I have never been there ... and I plan never to go there 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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WTF? Kansas Buffalo Wild Wings managers said it's OK to refuse black customers: lawsuit (Original Post) UpInArms May 2019 OP
The local Wild Wings is shuttered... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #1
Plus, their food is pure toxic shit Rambling Man May 2019 #2
Hmmmmm, what's wrong with this picture? onethatcares May 2019 #3
I waitressed for almost 15 years. Phoenix61 May 2019 #4
There's a couple by me, I'm never setting foot in them again. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #5

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
1. The local Wild Wings is shuttered...
Wed May 22, 2019, 05:23 PM
May 2019

I went there 2x and both times had awful-ass service. That's why they're shuttered.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
3. Hmmmmm, what's wrong with this picture?
Wed May 22, 2019, 06:13 PM
May 2019

have permission to treat part of your customer base like shit and wonder why the tips suck.

what kind of ben carson brain sturgeons are these??????

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
4. I waitressed for almost 15 years.
Wed May 22, 2019, 06:48 PM
May 2019

There is no way to look at someone and tell how they will tip. I’ve gotten crappy tips from obviously wealthy people and great tips from folks you knew had worked hard to pay for their meal. I always treated everyone like they were going to give me the best tip ever and made a good living.

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