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.
Never forget too it is the media’s raison d’etre to present a bleak a picture of the world as possible so the worse of human nature gets played up, a lot. The exception being Our Glorious Leader. So common sense, awareness, and good security and self defense measures should keep you safe.
The group was very patient to wait for 2 hours. I don’t know why they did not arrange for seating ahead of time. They must have really liked that restaurant. I’d have been out of there after 45 minutes.
At the same time, if this turns out to be planned, or a hoax.. we can have FReepers in the area to let us know, and it can turn out like ChikFilee ;)
In this day and age of instant communication, which in turn translates to instant ridicule, it is hard to imagine someone stupid enough to tell these people they had to leave based upon the reason we are being given. I don't know what happened, but in my opinion the odds favor something more than what we are being told. I would place money on a conflict between what one group believes to be acceptable behavior versus what is deemed acceptable behavior by the the other group. What is deemed a "good time" by some is deemed "raucous and unacceptable" by others.
Maybe you’re intentionally not getting the (obvious) point, which is the holding capacity of the individuals, not the skin color.
The post below reads like it was written by someone who knows more about this. There is no way of knowing for sure without further corroboration.
“What this article fails to mention was that the party was not willing to sit at separate tables. They only wanted to sit together and there were no tables at the time that could accommodate then. As time went on their comments became louder and louder. No wonder the other customers were getting nervous. Especially after all the other Black on White violence that has occurred lately.”
I went to the “Christian Post” website. It has the feel of “mainstream religion”. (I am a Christian(word believing, saved by grace)but I am NOT religious.) Lots of unanswered questions here. More information is definitely needed
I did the Pizza delivery thing for a few years, and there were 2 groups that I could almost guarantee no or nominal tip.. 1 your son found, the other were the expensive upper middle class homes.
Blue Collar neighborhoods were generally the best tippers. More expensive the homes got the less likely a tip in general, and the poorer they got the same thing.
My fault, it was a him.
You're right, saleman. There wouldn't be a story. At least not one that makes national headlines. But that's because the chickensh!t media is too afraid to report the politically incorrect truth of these things, despite the overwhelming body of evidence staring them in the face.
For the record, not all blacks forgive their fellow blacks for committing mayhem and disruption, just because they're black. Many of them condemn the bad behavior of their fellows, as I do.
Of course, blacks who think and live like I do, don't have a voice in the media. 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.
Both horrid stories.
“All i have read”
Yes, one side of the story, like I said.
Me, I’ve owned a restaurant, and would not chase out 25 paying customers without a reason in favor of 1 without a good reason, so I am tending to give the business owner the benefit of the doubt.
Money is green.
It’s the only color I, and 99.99999% of business owners care about.
The second story may be the reason the first story occured.
you poor thing having to deal with this.
RE: I went to the “Christian Post” website. It has the feel of “mainstream religion”.
I don’t want to give the impression that it was “only” the Christian Post that reported this.
It’s been reported in many other news sites. See here:
USA TODAY
Black S.C. man says Wild Wing Cafe refused to seat his group after woman said she felt threatened.
BET
Charleston, S.C., Restaurant Kicks 25 Blacks Out
http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/08/26/charleston-restaurant-kicks-25-blacks-out.html
DETROIT FREE PRESS
Restaurant refused to seat black patrons, reports say
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/501636/20130827/racism-racial-discrimination-wild-wing-cafe-south.htm
Racist Restaurant Kicks Out 25 African-Americans Because a White Customer Felt ‘Threatened’, Boycott Urged
(Just to name a few )
“Those assaults and killings of Whites by Black gangs are not being committed in restaurants by family groups. The perpetrators are your typical gangsta and punks (Think Trayvon on steroids. Your chance of coming across such a gang would depend on where you live, work, or play. Like all predators they have preferred territories.”
100% pure BS.
They do?
How so? Are there killings by Black family groups in restaurants? Everything I wrote is true. So deal with it.
I’ve worked in restaurants with very stupid managers who would be so freaked out by one customer complaining that they would totally overreact. It is not the owner that did this but the manager. Since the restaurant (as far as I know) as not issued a statement along the lines of “a group of customers became unruly upon a reasonable request by the manager” I’ll give the group the benefit of the doubt.
As a business owner I’m sure you know damage control in such situations must be started immediately or it will be too late to let your side of the story see the light of day.
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