Posted on 05/24/2014 5:22:46 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
A Tennessee man who was accused of using a racial slur on a receipt at a Red Lobster restaurant last year is suing the restaurant chain and the waitress who cashed in on the incident after she posted a copy of the receipt on the Internet.
Devin Barnes, 21, claims he never wrote the racial slur on the receipt, and that the negative attention he received as a result of the way Toni Christina Jenkins - the waitress who claims to have received the slur - publicized the incident is slanderous.
In Barnes' suit, filed in Williamson County Circuit Court, he claims Jenkins slandered him by misusing his personal information, and that Red Lobster's 'willful and malicious ... omissions to act' by failing to prevent Jenkins from using his name and information 'to gain publicity and money' has caused lasting damage to his reputation.....
The handwriting analyst found that 'no significant handwriting characteristics similarities' were found between the questioned 'total' entry line and the handwriting samples provided by Barnes and his wife, the Tennessean reports.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline shortly after the incident, Jenkins said she believes Barnes when he says he didn't write the slur. She says she only posted the picture at all 'to make a comment about racism,' not to draw attention to herself....
In the weeks following Jenkins' posting the photo on the web, the left-wing blog AddictingInfo.org started an online fundraiser for her that raised more than $10,000 - money Jenkins later said she planned to use to buy a car....
Red Lobster said in a statement issued Friday. 'After the completion of a full investigation into this matter, Miss Jenkins returned to work.'
Barnes is seeking $1 million in his suit against Jenkins and the restaurant.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I hope he gets every red cent!! OOPS! That’s racist!
Sorry, but that will NEVER happen. Tennessee already has all those things. In fact, we are going back to Tennessee in a few months...even if we have to walk on broken glass to get there.
It's inconvenient.
Maybe these people who protested the bias image of the redheaded girl on the Wendys logo will protest Red Lobster next.
Thanks for posting that. I had to go find out what the heck that was all about and got a good laugh from the results.
“Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.”
Yeah, no way could that be serious...
Red Lobster is only included in the suit for their deep pockets.
I have to disagree with that statement:
1) Red Lobster has a policy (read the article) of not making customer information public.
2) At the time of the posting the bit^H^H^H waitress was an employee of Red Lobster and admitted by RL to be in violation of their policy (again, in the article).
>> Speaking exclusively to MailOnline shortly after the incident
That is, not the Mainstream Ministry of Information.
Was the waitress representing Red Lobster or herself?
Well then we know who has the conviction. What a shame. So much potential power.
Indeed.
Don’t forget the numerous cases of self-inflicted vandalism on cars, especially during election seasons. Almost always a black liberal.
She was representing Red Lobster —
Then perhaps you should have redacted the man's personal info. What a dumbass.
“It may be because race baiters like rev. Jesse and rev. Al show how profitable it can be.”
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They certainly don’t help matters any. Sharpton has always been a fraud since I first heard of him but I actually had some degree of respect for Jackson long ago before I realized that he was only interested in helping himself.
I didn’t know waitresses were part of Red Lobster management.
You are just being deliberately obtuse —
No, that was a legitimate question. Is your answer yes?
I’ll withdraw my last post and concede to your point.
When you go out in public and state you are an employee and share proprietary information that you accessed as part of your job there are two options, either you speak for the company or you don't. If you don't then you are fired. If you do (IOW the company is fine with your public statement) you are not fired.
She was not fired. In fact they say the situation was investigated and they found no reason to dispense with her dubious services.
Ergo, she spoke for that Red Lobster franchise at the least and it could be argued that she spoke for corporate as well since they made no move to discipline her or the franchise.
Had to deal with similar situation in my prior life as a cog in the mega-corp wheel. The person was fired as we wished to make it clear that he did not speak for the company.
You made your points well in your post #78 with which I have no problem.
I understand your point and would agree with it if they had fired her. There is little a company can do to stop what she did. They can only react. How they react is always the determining factor.
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