SC Restaurant Boots Out Party of 25 Black Customers in Rain Because White Patron Felt Threatened

Christian Post ^ | 08/27/2013 | LEONARDO BLAIR

[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.

[facedown]

Bump the truth to the top.

[FreedomPoster]

Are you still a publican? Where?

Freaknik is one of the rare cases where Bill Campbell did something good for the city, by suppressing it.

[Mase]

Do you still think these were "poor people" and victims of racism? Your experience with the entitlement race must be very different than mine.

Here's the other side of the story, and it is much more plausible than the story offered by the perpetually offended racists:

A woman contacted Radio Facts who works at the Wild Wings restaurant that asked the black patrons to leave. and asked that we allow her to be anonymous. She states there are several reasons the group was asked to leave (below) Radiofacts.com, You’re only getting one side of story here. I work at the restaurant and your representation of the events is way off base. The group was being loud and obnoxious to both customers and staffers. They kept complaining about their long wait and were talking about how “whitey” was able to get seated, but they were not. The problem was that they had a large group and insisted on sitting next to each other. We only had one area that could accommodate their large group and the patrons in that area were not done. So yes, some “whities” were able to be seated before them, but only because they were going to a different area.

We also seated non-whites in other areas too…They made this a racial issue before anything. One of the guests also insulted a deaf white girl because she didn’t respond to one of them telling her to move (she was deaf and didn’t hear them) They were also all standing in the middle of the walk way, making it difficult for customers to leave. We asked them if they could move over, but they said they can stand wherever they want, and if we wanted them out of the way then we should seat them. The customer that was offended was offended by a particular individual’s constant uses of the word “n*gger” When asked to stop, he threw out a long string of racial epithets against one of my co-workers.

Abusing a white deaf girl? Those poor people! Do you still think these animals should be given free meals for five years? Good grief, you need to get out more often.

[Mase]

Please see post 213. The other side of the story has finally come out. We may be quick to judge here, but the bottom line is always the same. It’s unfortunate that it has to be that way, but whether you like it or not, people are judged by their actions....and their actions have been consistent....consistently bad.

[Mase]

That would be post 203.

[9YearLurker]

Well, well.

Color me not surprised. I’m glad this employee spoke out.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I've been out of the hospitality business since 2007. I've been OTP since 1997.

Campbell had no choice. By '95, all the Midtown businesses closed for the weekend and people stayed inside their homes.

[FreedomPoster]

I expect the tax revenue hit is what really did it.

[Mase]

Yeah, not surprised either.

Forgot the link:

Radio Facts

[napscoordinator]

They should have been seated before other patrons. That was there number one error. Sure 25 seats are unusual, but my family recently went to IHOP and they accommodated us just fine and we had 17 with zero problem. This restaurant is a mess and I pray that the new owners are a member of this 25 person family. The treatment of these folks was nothing short of disgusting. I hope they have found a lawyer already.

[Night Hides Not]

Let's face it, this is a bad situation all around. One of the party members called 3 days in advance to make a reservation. When the manager advised him that WW doesn't do advance reservations, he also indicated that the group could be accommodated.

I'm only going on what I read in the article and the comments, so this version of the story may or may not be accurate.

A situation like this would provide good training for prospective managers and franchise owners.

[Mase]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this restaurant. There is absolutely something wrong with a group of dirt bags who go to a restaurant with 25 people and then complain about "whitey" getting seated first, while blocking the aisles and telling polite people that they can stand anywhere they want. The average table turn time for a party of 4 is about 2 hours. This is a sports bar, so maybe there were customers watching a game and the tables were turning slower. You don't any idea what was going on but you're assured that it was white racism. I would have thrown their thug fat asses out when they started abusing a deaf white girl.

For some reason you labor under the delusion that all restaurant layouts are the same and that their experience at this place should mirror your experience at IHOP. In your world, it's ok to complain about "whitey" and abuse deaf children, while blocking the aisles, using the "n" word, and then hurling racial epithets at anyone who tries to manage them. Restaurants in this day and age, especially in a city like Charleston, discriminate against customers because they are black. Have you been living in a cave the past 50 years?

You are a sick person. Seek help.

[napscoordinator]

The comments on this thread are completely unnecessary and full of racism. You go ahead and stick up for them because you will answer in another life. A sick person because I find it disgusting that people are making fun of people in a picture? Sure...

[Mase]

The only training that needs to be done here is to confirm to large groups that they cannot make reservations, and that they will be accommodated as space becomes available. In other words, it could be a long wait. Restaurant operators try to accommodate large parties by blocking space that they think will come available the with the least amount of wait. They have to make all sorts of considerations - who has already finished their meal, how long ago a particular party was sat...etc. A restaurant does not shut down all of their seating just so a large party can be placed sooner. Doing so would make the operator a stupid businessman.

If the store was busy, a two hour wait for a group of 25 isn't all that bad. For cripes sake, there are groups of four that wait 90 minutes just to eat at a Cheesecake Factory.

Telling someone they can be accommodated is not the same as offering them a reservation - although that's not the word I would have chosen. My guess is that there is a lot more to the story, and that the store tried to manage the expectations of this large and "offended" group of people as best they could, but that they were having none of it and chose to try and intimidate their way to a faster seating.

Think about it, what upside could there possibly be in making a group of 25 large rude black people wait two hours to eat? Absolutely none. I have no doubts the manager was sweating bullets the entire time and the staff was begging him to do something/anything, to make them stop abusing the staff.

I would have thrown their sorry asses out the minute they began abusing other customers and the staff. I hope the company has the testicular fortitude necessary to stand up to these thugs.

[Mase]

Next time you're in a restaurant and a large group of large black people are abusing a white deaf girl, you be sure and tell everyone that the white girl is wrong for not moving out of the way. If that same group is blocking the server from getting to your table, or preventing you or your children from leaving the store or getting to the bathroom, you be sure and tell your family it is racist asking them to move.

The next time a black person refers to you as whitey, you be sure and apologize to them for your whiteness, and for your history of racism.

Good grief, dude, you sound like some guilt ridden liberal. I haven't read the entire thread, so I am unaware of anyone making "fun" of the people in the picture. I am, however, questioning your statements that are based on emotion rather than facts. Black people in a group of 25 do not get tossed from a restaurant in this day and age because they are black. The response by one employee makes that clear. The world in which you think you live went away a long, long time ago.

[roofgoat]

A typical “news” story where anyone not bleeding white guilt would know is BS.

How many times does the white guilt filled posters here on FR have to get beat up with reality to finally learn how things are today. It ain’t the 80s and 90s anymore guys.

This was laughable from the moment it hit the net. But I’m sure we will see more “thruthful” stories about “racism”.

[who knows what evil?]

Truth trumps ‘black appeasement syndrome’...again.

[roofgoat]

“Truth trumps ‘black appeasement syndrome’...again.”

Kind of. Sad to say but truth isn’t worth a dime anymore in New America.

Because these lies of white racism leak from the MSM everyday - you don’t want higher taxes RACIST, you don’t want Govt Healthcare RACIST, you cross the street when a group of blacks come your way RACIST - the Govt and the MSM have created a generation that hates people because of their light skin.

So although truth wins in this story, the damage done to society is the real winner. Evil is kicking ass these days.

[napscoordinator]

I could have guessed you didn’t read the entire thread. It is obvious. You don’t need to be a liberal to know that making fun of people in a picture is wrong.

[who knows what evil?]

Evil is kicking ass these days.

Agreed.