Posted on 06/27/2005 1:25:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Posh N.Y. eatery alleges insubordination, drinking on the job
Three former waiters at New York’s posh 21 Club, where a hamburger costs $30, have filed a $5 million discrimination lawsuit saying they were fired for being French.
In a civil suit made public on Monday at Manhattan Supreme Court, the three men, Rene Bordet, 68, Jean Claude Lesbre, 63 and Yves Thepault, 68, said the restaurant’s management falsely accused them of drinking wine on the job and “created and fostered an environment rife with anti-French sentiment.”
Both Bordet and Lesbre worked for 10 years as waiters and floor captains before being fired in 2004 after accusations of drinking on the job. Thepault, who worked for 14 years as a waiter, was fired in 2005 for gross insubordination after an argument with a chef over a hamburger, court papers said.
The suit accused 21 Club of engaging in “a concerted and egregious course of action to rid (the restaurant) of its older and long-term employees of French national origin.”
Bordet and Lesbre deny they were drinking alcohol and said when another employee was caught drinking on the job, on four occasions, he was only given a one-week suspension.
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They shouldn't be fired for being French, they should be deported.
Fired for being French? Heck, they should be happy they weren't shot for being French.
I doubt that there are more than 5 people in all of NY that hate the French.
Chateau Briand, a little fruity, with a hint of Charolais.
"A few drinks and we can "surrender" said Rene. "I'll just go live at Yves", said Jean Claude. "Oui" said Yves". "It eez a grande plan and we will have money up the kazoo", as the Americans say.
Footnote: Aren't they likely to be Union Members like here in Upstate NY.
Reason enough, methinks.
Stop crying, go get a crying towel from your fearless leader, JOCK STRAP.
It sure makes ya wonder how they can charge $30 for a 'burger and still compete with Hooters.
Gee, discrimination against the French. And they've been such loyal allies, too...
They're not fooling me. They were fired for being Cajun. And that's understandable.
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