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 can tell any more..
More likely that the servers revolted.....
Wild Wings is on the anti-concealed carry boycott list.
I would too. I’d like to think that the group wasn’t being loud or rowdy. Perhaps some of the patrons already there have become more aware of things like “flash-mobbing” and destruction caused by so many black yutes.
They don’t seem like the type just looking at the picture, but they don’t seem very friendly, either, possibly because they had to wait two hours.
I think that if it had been approached differently, this situation might have been forestalled more amicably.
I wonder if this was a customer did not want to be in the same section as a loud obnoxious group. I this just a matter of the “race card express” goebles outrage?
we will never know because the effete media has a narative that has to be followed.
I think the group was pretty decent, but they apparently showed up without reservations (for a party of 25) in this place, which is not that big a place. The hostess was attempting to clear out seats, but naturally you can’t tell the other patrons to get up and leave when an unexpected party arrives.
I would assume that the supposed white patron was probably sitting in the section the hostess was trying to clear, although I think it’s odd that she said she felt threatened since this doesn’t look like a threatening group. Maybe she said she felt pressured (to leave); maybe the hostess said that and didn’t communicate it well. I don’t know.
RE: I would have felt threatened too.
I don’t understand why you would.
The pic of the group looks like a pretty mainstream bunch of respectable people.
I truly believe it is a sin to be racist towards others.
With far too many black people everything is racism. We’re they being extremely loud or rowdy?
They learned from Jesse Jackson to create a crisis and perhaps they will get a franchise of their own to shut up.
They are scary enough, that’s for sure.
Would you mind if I use that for a t-shirt?
I agree....all the facts are not on the table!!! Let’s hear the whole gig, from A-Z from both sides!!! Anything that comes from the mouth of an Obamabot is subject to lies and misconceptions!!! Just the facts...ma’am!!!
I don't think the entire story has been told.
Dumpster diving is now lawsuit diving ... this was a set up, IMHO.
A party of 25 and you don’t call ahead to make reservations so the establishment can set up?
RE: Would you mind if I use that for a t-shirt?
Knock yourself out. Just remember that when you go on vacation ( especially Florida ), you’re very likely to see MANY blacks in buffet restaurants.
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