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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:58 PM Apr 2016

Ranting cashier won't ring up lesbian or LGBT ally

Employee behind the register absolutely refuses to serve gays or their defenders.
Melissa Langford was out shopping at her local New Orleans Family Dollar store on Friday, April 22, when she captured (NSFW) video of an employee going over the edge about gay people and refusing them service.

As Langford, a lesbian, approached the counter to pay for her items, the cashier began a rant about not wanting to do transactions with gays or those who support them.
“After five or six minutes (or at least it felt like that long) of listening to her yell and preach to each customer about how 'gay people need to get 'the f*ck', they got somethin wrong in they head, *edit* that she had the right to refuse service to anyone she wants, gays are sick' etc.”

In the video you can see and hear the cashier ringing up one customer and say that she “is not dealing with these two,” referring to Langford, who was next in line and another person speaking out against her homophobia.

Langford says once the cashier realized she was being recorded, she toned down some of her judgments, but the convictions were still there.

http://sdgln.com/news/2016/04/25/ranting-cashier-caught-camera-wont-ring-lesbian-or-lgbt-ally

videos in Facebook of homophobic rant (click on link and scroll down)
https://www.facebook.com/melissa.langford.372/posts/10156811089180156

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Ranting cashier won't ring up lesbian or LGBT ally (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 OP

The cashier... Mike Nelson Apr 2016 #1

the cashier needs a mental health evaluation Skittles Apr 2016 #2

Yup! 2naSalit Apr 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author FrodosPet Apr 2016 #4

Dollar store investigating after cashier ‘caught on camera’ refusing to serve gay woman FrodosPet May 2016 #5

Oh no... Can't shop at the Dollar store! TipTok May 2016 #6

Yikes. Termination time, crazy chashier! ladyVet May 2016 #7

Good lord. Everyone talking at once. cwydro May 2016 #8

Mike Nelson

(9,959 posts)

1. The cashier...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:06 PM

Apr 2016

...is a sad, misguided woman. Hope she gets help and learns to work peacefully with others.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

2. the cashier needs a mental health evaluation

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:07 PM

Apr 2016

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

3. Yup!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:32 PM

Apr 2016

Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

FrodosPet This message was self-deleted by its author.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

5. Dollar store investigating after cashier ‘caught on camera’ refusing to serve gay woman

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 12:47 PM

May 2016

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/26/dollar-store-investigating-after-cashier-caught-on-camera-refusing-to-serve-gay-woman

A dollar store chain in Louisiana is investigating – after a video spread in which an employee allegedly refuses to serve a gay woman.

New Orleans woman Melissa Langford spoke out after her experience at the Family Dollar store – where she heard an employee at the cash register cracking homophobic jokes.

Ms Langford told the employee that as a gay woman she didn’t want to hear anti-gay comments, but after the exchange the employee then allegedly refused to serve her.

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A statement said: “We take incidents like this very seriously. We have a Code of Ethics in place that ensures inclusion for customers and associates and helps to ensure good customer care.

~ snip ~

TipTok

(2,474 posts)

6. Oh no... Can't shop at the Dollar store!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 12:56 PM

May 2016

Seriously though, that woman needs to be fired yesterday.

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)

7. Yikes. Termination time, crazy chashier!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 05:04 PM

May 2016

I almost had some ugly words with a lady in a local charity thrift store the other week about the upcoming change to the $20 bill. Seems she can't see any reason why they need to put anyone else on it (she didn't come right out and say the n-word, but it was getting close).

I just sort of edged around the subject because I wasn't feeling well and knew I wouldn't be at my best and would probably say something mean to her, and she was an old lady.

But I can't wait to see the new money, and I did tell her that. She got that sucked-on-a-lemon look and ignored me after that.

Le sigh.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

8. Good lord. Everyone talking at once.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 05:13 PM

May 2016

I couldn't make head nor tails out of either video.

Hope there weren't any children in there with all the language zipping around.

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