Posted on 09/11/2012 8:10:41 PM PDT by dennisw
A Hooters hostess described an Asian couple as “Chinx” on their food receipt — then copped to the slur and quit, a lawyer for the burgers-and-boobs restaurant disclosed Tuesday.
The shocking incident occurred July 1 at the Hooters in Fresh Meadows, Queens, when Kisuk Cha and his girlfriend placed a takeout order for buffalo shrimp and chicken wings — and got an extra helping of racism, according to Cha's lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Cha suspected something was up because the food server was "gawking" at them and "giggling" after looking at the computer monitor. After paying the $21.75 tab, he examined the two receipts and spotted the slur “Chinx” on both.
Owners of the Hooters franchise hired lawyer Edward McCabe to investigate. The food server whose name appears on the receipt was cleared after a hostess stepped forward and admitted that she had penned the ethnic slur, McCabe said.
"She was very apologetic," McCabe said. "She said she didn't realize the gravity of it and how offensive it was.
"It was shocking to us and we are absolutely sympathetic to (Cha and his girlfriend)," McCabe added.
Restaurant receipts going back three months were reviewed as part of the investigation and no similarly disparaging identifiers were found, he said.
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Can whites sue for being called cracker or honkie which I find terribly offensive, degrading, humiliating not to mention inappropriate. Where do I go for justice!!!
But it’s okay to call it ‘hooters’.
Why stop at the Federal courts? They could bring an action before the World Court, and at the Intergalactic Federation Council of Justice too.
We are just so screwed.
It was ignorant, childish, and so the heck what. Why is every stupid incident a national story and federal case? People can be rude and crude, and no business encourages it. “Shocking incident”. Rude yes, but a shocking incident is a gangster shooting not something dopey scribbled on a restaurant receipt.
I hope the judge is one of those who takes a dim view of plaintiffs who bring frivolous lawsuits into Federal court. I’ve heard of plaintiffs who bring such suits being cited for contempt of court.
“Hooters” sounds pretty dang offensive too
Hmmmm....I had cousin....who was known as CHINK....because at one time he “talked like a Chinaman” .... this was in the 1940s-1960s
I’m guessing if they apologized, reprimanded the person who wrote the comment, and offered them free wings from the begining they might have diffused this situation. Now with Lawyers involved it will have to go to Court and eventually probably a nice settlement for the Offended Couple.
I was called a yankee when I was in china. Should have sued them.
This is straight out of a South Park cartoon!
Check out the waitress name - it be Shenika ... hmmmmm
People need to grow a thicker skin. Where in the constitution does it say you are protected against being offended? Last time I looked the document guaranteed my right to offend you - not the other way around. Seems like this lawsuit is right up there as far as unconstitutional from the get-go! Oh - just to keep the record straight - my wife is of Chinese ancestry - however - she is simply an American like myself!
To paraphrase the late “Sheets” Byrd,
“There are black crackers”.
http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/teams/Atlanta_Black_Crackers.html
There are also Chinese honkies. It’s what the Singaporeans call folks from Hong Kong.
Pound sand whitey. You want 40 acres and a mule too? /S /S /S
I had occassion to go to a Hooters in King of Prussia, PA.
Barely ate and couldn’t wait to leave.
The antics of the men and thier “Gotta be the Stoopitist” lines losers say to women and some of the most disgusting comments “aloud” .......
I actually figured out they are very small men and never ever went out for drinks or food with them ever again.
Hooters sells takeout? WHY?
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