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Sanford Papa John's Delivery Drivers Fired Over Racist Voicemail
Central Florida News 13 ^ | May 27, 2013 | John Garity, Executive Producer

Posted on 05/27/2013 8:09:55 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

SANFORD -- Two delivery drivers for a Papa John’s in Sanford are out of a job after a racist voicemail rant surfaced online.

Now, the CEO of the pizza chain is apologizing to the nation.

It started when one of the drivers pocket-dialed an African-American customer in Sanford, leaving a voicemail filled with racist language.

That customer posted the voicemail on YouTube last week and it has since gone viral.

"They give me five bucks there. Fine outstanding African gentleman of the community," the driver is heard saying at one point.

The community the former employee is referring to is Sanford's African American community.

The rest of the voicemail, which runs several minutes, is filled with obscenities and repeated racial slurs.

In his YouTube post, the customer said he gave the delivery driver more than a 20-percent tip.

He also showed the delivery box, which said, "Your pizza experience managed by Brian," though it's not clear if Brian is the name of either of the employees who were fired.

After hearing about the incident, Papa John's Chairman and CEO, John Schnatter, posted an apology on Facebook and Twitter:

(Excerpt) Read more at cfnews13.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: papajohns; racist; sanford; voicemail
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Papa John's Pizza (Sanford, FL) Racial Slurs caught on Voicemail (at 02:34)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB24FcWs-tU

1 posted on 05/27/2013 8:09:55 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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Papa John’s Pizza (Sanford, FL) Racial Slurs caught on Voicemail (at 02:34)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB24FcWs-tU


2 posted on 05/27/2013 8:11:25 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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$5.00 for pizza delivery is now a poor tip? Sheesh. I guess I’m a poor tipper these days.


3 posted on 05/27/2013 8:20:12 PM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Ummm... 21% of $15.26 is $3.20


4 posted on 05/27/2013 8:22:35 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
It started when one of the drivers pocket-dialed...

I hate it when that happens ;-)

5 posted on 05/27/2013 8:23:36 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: JoeDetweiler

I must be Scooge Mc Duck!


6 posted on 05/27/2013 8:23:37 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

So, the CEO felt like he had to apologize to the WORLD via the Internet? Isn’t it enough to apologize directly to the customer and fire the driver?


7 posted on 05/27/2013 8:25:11 PM PDT by moovova
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To: JoeDetweiler

Me too.

I need to get to the bottom of this. Is $5 a poor tip? If so then perhaps I have some delivery drivers mad at me.


8 posted on 05/27/2013 8:25:50 PM PDT by impimp
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To: mylife

It’s racist to perpetuate the stereotype that Scottish ducks are cheap.


9 posted on 05/27/2013 8:25:57 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

My bad.


10 posted on 05/27/2013 8:26:36 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

My gosh. There is a racist in America. And he works at a franchise whose CEO dared publicly oppose Barack Obama.

I am sure this will be above the fold everywhere. I don’t watch television, but I will guess it will be prominently featured on the national nightly news stations.


11 posted on 05/27/2013 8:26:54 PM PDT by rlmorel ("We'll drink to good health for them that have it coming." Boss Spearman in Open Range)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

So he accidentally called them, while he was talking to someone else? Is that it?


12 posted on 05/27/2013 8:27:15 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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So how much are you supposed to tip for pizza delivery then? And for the person at a buffet that brings your drinks? And also for cleaning your hotel room? I always wonder about those.


13 posted on 05/27/2013 8:27:31 PM PDT by MNDude (Sorry for typos. Probably written on a smartphone, and I have big clumsy fingers.)
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The idiot inadvertently violated his own privacy.


14 posted on 05/27/2013 8:28:51 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I worked delivering pizza. 20 on the 16 dollar or so bill is a decent tip. We usually do around 20 or 25 deliveries in a night that can be around 10 hours. So, do the math. 4x20 is about 80 bucks and close to minimum wage.


15 posted on 05/27/2013 8:31:51 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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That was difficult to listen to. My word. Pleased to see that Papa Johns terminated both of these delivery guys and made a public apology to the man as well as a personal phone call to the man and his family involved.
16 posted on 05/27/2013 8:32:31 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Hunch: they were talking about someone besides the gentleman who tipped 21% and was “butt dialed.”


17 posted on 05/27/2013 8:34:46 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: MNDude
Tobias Lehigh Nagy says $5's Stinks!


18 posted on 05/27/2013 8:35:30 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Christie at the beach
All of you making comments, listen to the audio at the link above. It began after 2 minutes. The recording of the voice mail was on the customer's phone made by the stupid driver who did not shut his phone off. The customer left him a good tip by the way.
19 posted on 05/27/2013 8:36:27 PM PDT by Christie at the beach
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To: PghBaldy

Yes. He accidentally called the customer back:

Butt-dialed racial rant prompts firing of Sanford pizza worker

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/papa-johns-employee-fired-over-tip-complaint/-/1637132/20319074/-/h5d6yez/-/index.html


20 posted on 05/27/2013 8:37:16 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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