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Lowe's delivery driver replaced after customer said they didn't want a black man to bring goods
The Daily Mail ^ | 10 Aug 2015 | Tom Wyke

Posted on 08/10/2015 9:29:48 AM PDT by brwnsuga

A black delivery driver was told by his manager that he would not be making a delivery because the customer had said she only wanted a white driver in her house.

Marcus Bradley, an African American, who has worked for Lowe's Home Improvement for the last 11 years, was left devastated after his manager complied with the customer's outrageous wish.

The shocking incident reportedly happened in the city of Danville, situated in the US state of Virginia.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: black; danville; delvery; lowes; marcusbradley; racism; virginia
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1 posted on 08/10/2015 9:29:48 AM PDT by brwnsuga
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I would fire the manager for making it public

The woman may be a racist, but that’s not the rest of the worlds concern when she makes a purchase

They have many customers, some of them are a$$holes... but ‘why that was shared with anyone other than the phone call receiver is bad business


2 posted on 08/10/2015 9:32:21 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: brwnsuga

My BS detector is freaking out. I’ll beliieve it after he wins $10M in damages.


3 posted on 08/10/2015 9:34:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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Bingo. And not only that, if the driver was “devasted” by the existence of one racist customer, then he’s too flaky to drive a truck safely.


4 posted on 08/10/2015 9:34:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: brwnsuga

That’s awful.


5 posted on 08/10/2015 9:36:40 AM PDT by angcat
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Looks like its time for another episode of Race Card Lotto. This time courtesy of Lowes. Tell us, Johnny, what our contestant can look forward to getting today!


6 posted on 08/10/2015 9:37:08 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: brwnsuga

So a reporter went to the woman’s house and asked her about her request. How did they get her information?

Who knows maybe one of her friends was murdered or raped by a black person.


7 posted on 08/10/2015 9:37:32 AM PDT by funfan
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To: brwnsuga

And in a BLUE STATE too . . . if Obama’s son drove a truck . . .


8 posted on 08/10/2015 9:37:46 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: Tax-chick

For “inhome” delivery ....many bus. are NOT VETTING ANY EMPLOYEES...

The color doesnt matter ....but the history sure as hell does.....


9 posted on 08/10/2015 9:38:35 AM PDT by Therapsid
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"It also confirmed that the manager, who told Mr Bradley that he would be swapped for a white delivery driver for the customer's order, is no longer working with the company."

My guess is that during Lowes manager training for deliveries, he was instructed to "do whatever you need to do to make the customer happy!"

10 posted on 08/10/2015 9:38:43 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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....if true, pretty stupid.

Let me just say: I do not trust the media.


11 posted on 08/10/2015 9:39:06 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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The manager was fired, not for making it public, but for accommodating the racist request in the first place. And rightfully so. The manager’s response to the idiotic request should have been that the delivery would be made by the driver assigned to that route (whoever that driver was), and that if the customer did not want to accept delivery for whatever reason, she was free to refuse delivery, take her business elsewhere, and pay a restocking fee.


12 posted on 08/10/2015 9:40:31 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Therapsid

Good point.


13 posted on 08/10/2015 9:40:42 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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Devastated, I tell ya.
One of those words, you can’t think of a song that it’s in.


14 posted on 08/10/2015 9:41:55 AM PDT by Buttons12
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My BS detector is freaking out. I’ll beliieve it after he wins $10M in damages.

The story continues. Lowes investigated the incident. The driver will continue to drive for Lowes. The manager is gone. The customer told reporters that she could ask for whatever she wanted. Where is the BS.

15 posted on 08/10/2015 9:41:58 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: brwnsuga

That’s disgusting.


16 posted on 08/10/2015 9:42:23 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump/Cruz 2016 - My Dream Team)
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To: brwnsuga

Devastated? Seriously? If that is the case he needs to turn in his balls.


17 posted on 08/10/2015 9:45:01 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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To: funfan
Who knows maybe one of her friends was murdered or raped by a black person.

Black on white crime is real... it could have been a factor.

18 posted on 08/10/2015 9:45:31 AM PDT by GOPJ (Research facilities can't use a million aborted babies every year. Where are the dead babies going?)
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To: brwnsuga

And this is “news”?

Geez, if everytime a minority assaulted, raped, insulted, threatened, took advantage of, or wanted to do business with “like kind only” got this sort of coverage . . .

Then the “news” business would be thriving.


19 posted on 08/10/2015 9:45:54 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
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And this is “news”?

Geez, if everytime a minority assaulted, raped, insulted, threatened, took advantage of, or wanted to do business with “like kind only” got this sort of coverage . . .

Then the “news” business would be thriving.


20 posted on 08/10/2015 9:45:56 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
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