VICTIMS VICTIMIZED!
Posted on 08/27/2013 7:04:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After waiting patiently for two hours to be seated, a group of 25 black family members and friends were recently booted out in the rain from a Wild Wing Café in North Charleston, S.C., because a white customer felt threatened by their presence.
News of the incident, which is now spreading on social media, was first made public via a Facebook post on Aug. 22 after the company failed to respond to a complaint made on behalf of the offended customers three weeks ago.
"I will never go to Wild wings cafe in N. Chs again! We (Party of 25 family and friends) waited 2hrs, patiently and were refused service because another customer (White) felt threatened by us," noted Mike London in the Facebook post. "This type of racial discrimination is unacceptable and we have to put a STOP TO IT. The manager looked me dead in the face and said she was refusing us service because she had a right to and simply she felt like it. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ESTABLISHMENT... PLEASE SHARE THIS POST…We need your help," the post continued.
The post was quickly followed up with a telling photo of the group standing outdoors shielding themselves from the rain with umbrellas.
In an interview with WNEM about the incident last week, Michael Brown said the group was celebrating a going away party for his cousin when the shift manager of the restaurant approached them and told them that there was a "situation."
"She said there's a situation where one of our customers feels threatened by your party, so she asked us not to seat you in our section, which totally alarmed all of us because we're sitting there peaceably for two hours," Brown told WNEM. "Obviously, if we were causing any conflict, we would have been ejected out of the place hours before," he noted.
He explained that during his conversation with the manager, a member of the celebrating party decided to record what was happening and the manager responded by refusing to seat them entirely.
"I asked her I want to be clear with you," said Brown. "I said so you're telling me I have to leave. She said I have a right to deny you service. I said so you're asking me to leave because you're upset because he was recording you, after we've waited for two hours, and after you've already pretty much discriminated on us, and she answered 'yes.'"
Since the matter became public, however, the company has been facing public scorn and has responded to the incident a number of times.
"With regard to the ongoing discussion about a customer complaint, we at Wild Wing Cafe are completely aware of the fact that we dropped the ball in communicating swiftly to a loyal customer. We take full responsibility for our lapse in response time, had the opportunity to call back and have no excuses for not doing so in 3 weeks," noted the company in a post on their Facebook page on Aug. 24.
"We have never tolerated racism from our employees and won't tolerate it on our Page either. Our biggest concern has always been our customers and our staff. We have always insisted on hearing all sides to an issue and treating people with respect... and this time is no different," it continued.
In a follow-up post on Sunday, the company further noted that they are now conducting a thorough investigation into the incident while apologizing again.
"We are conducting a thorough investigation and are taking the appropriate action. In the meantime, we are in regular and productive conversation with the individuals and we hope to keep all involved fans and friends of WWC," the company noted.
"We realize these are topics that engender emotional reactions. We truly believe that actions speak louder than words and we hope all are open to let ours speak for us as we move through this situation. We are committed to not repeat the mistakes that have been made and to make sure anybody who walks in the doors of WWC is treated with love, respect and care," it said.
there is no reason to turn this on me... i think it's perfectly fine to want to hear both sides... i am not referring to those who want to hear both sides... i am referring to those who automatically think this large group of black people must have deserved to be tossed out... or that they must be bellyaching over nothing...
No one ever interviews us to get our opinion. When they do, the tape is left on the cutting room floor because it doesn't fit the cookie cutter narrative of the LSM.
Yep.
I’m very upset by what is happening on FR. I know that there have been horrible crimes committed by black ciminals against non-blacks which are never reported as the racist attacks that they are - and justifiable resistance by non-blacks against black criminals that are reported by the MSM as crimes. I agree that the black population has to ask itself why Anglo whites, Hispanic whites, Asians and anybody not “black” might be afraid of blacks, a “conversation about race” we seem unwilling to have since the racist in chief, Obama, took over.
But resolving that problem doesn’t mean turning into racists ourselves. And some of the posts here - and on other threads - are disgusting.
I contribute to FR as a monthly donor or but I’m not sure I want to enable these people anymore. Once upon a time, the mods would take care of postings like these. What has happened?
I guess I just find it hard to believe that ANY business establishment, especially a restaurant, would be stupid enough to do something like this without some extenuating circumstances. My mind says there HAS to be more to the story.
‘Course, it really could be that simple. There are some real idiots running restaurants out there.
I wonder who the complainer was. Someone with some clout, perhaps?
“No one ever interviews us to get our opinion.”
Let me be the first.
Which founding father do you admire most?
Do you like chocolate or strawberries on your vanilla ice cream?
Do you prefer a shotgun or semi-auto pistol for home defense?
If a terrorist gang broke into your house, would you prefer:
1. One M-60 machinegun.
2. One crate of grenades.
3. An M1-A1 tank.
4. A 101st Airborne battalion.
5. A recording of John Lennon singing “Give Peace a Chance?”
How ya doing, buddy?
You may find the comments disgusting but look at the picture of the group.
Does it look like a social group that is all happy getting together?
No. Not one of them is smiling. Isn’t that a bit odd?
When you are out with friends and a picture is taken wouldn’t you find it odd that not one person in the group smiles.
This is a set-up.
They look like perfectly average if mildly unhappy folks to me, too.
If I waited for two hours and then didn’t get seated, I probably wouldn’t be smiling either.
If I hung around with morons who didn’t know enough to make reservations I wouldn’t be smiling either.
There's something about this that hasn't been said yet.
A recording of John Lennon singing “Give Peace a Chance?”
Cause that would be proof they were dealing with a dangerous mad man.
“Cause that would be proof they were dealing with a dangerous mad man.”
LOL!
Heh....I'm doing alright. Love the interview questions. I might just take you up on it ;-)
Thanks
Wild Wings are just mainstream corp. chain, very successful very likely to be amenable to a Jesse Jack-off scheme. That being said, I imagine this group failed to do much planning and got their feelings hurt when the restaurant manager was not overly concerned w/ their eminent starvation. This is a very busy location and the racial mix in N. Charleston is divided about 50/50 black/white as I’m sure the customer base is too. I doubt there is any actual discrimination happening but it sure seems a lot of FReepers think the precious little black group needs some cuddling and any un-PC comments are just oh-so terrible, jeez get a life!.
There are many, many restaurants w/in 5 mile radius...even some very good BBQ! However getting a large group moving is not simple.
Another side of story found after 5 second search:
“You’re only getting one side of story here. I work at the restaurant and your representation of the events is way off base. The group was being loud and obnoxious to both customers and staffers. They kept complaining about their long wait and were talking about how “whitey” was able to get seated, but they were not. The problem was that they had a large group and insisted on sitting next to each other. We only had one area that could accommodate their large group and the patrons in that area were not done. So yes, some “whities” were able to be seated before them, but only because they were going to a different area. We also seated non-whites in other areas too…They made this a racial issue before anything. One of the guests also insulted a deaf white girl because she didn’t respond to one of them telling her to move (she was deaf and didn’t hear them) They were also all standing in the middle of the walk way, making it difficult for customers to leave. We asked them if they could move over, but they said they can stand wherever they want, and if we wanted them out of the way then we should seat them. The customer that was offended was offended by a particular individual’s constant uses of the word “n*gger” When asked to stop, he threw out a long string of racial epithets against one of my co-workers.”
http://www.radiofacts.com/woman-wild-wings-contacts-radio-facts-states-black-patrons-asked-leave-several-reasons/
That right there is reason enough for any customer to feel threatened by anyone in that place. If the management doesnt allow you to protect yourself, then they are responsible.
I would be most afraid of the one dressed in yellow. If you get between her and the wing tray you may be trouble.
Other than that they all seem to have their pants pulled up and not flashing gang sign.......
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