Posted on 11/21/2018 10:53:57 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Chipotle manager Dominique Moran has been offered her job back after it was revealed she was the victim of a race hoax.
Late last week, Moran was abruptly fired from her management job at a St. Paul, MN, Chipotle after a man named Masud Ali tweeted out video that showed her refusing to serve Ali and his four friends, all of whom are black.
In a surprisingly good-natured way, she tells the group, “You gotta pay because you never have money when you come in here.” A little later in the video, another Chipotle employee seconds that. “We’re not gonna make food unless you guys actually have money,” he says.
For the next five minutes or so the group complains about being stereotyped and taunts the staff.
In his tweet, Ali accused Moran of racism. “Can a group of young well established African American get a bite to eat after a long workout session?”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Yep. Even employment cases that are actionable and have rock solid violations don’t have large payouts. I was on the receiving end of multiple serious violations and got a very small amount. Even with those violations I think I only got a settlement because the execs at the company were party to a felony (hacked my private gmail account). I have some regrets about taking that settlement, because that company advertises constantly how ethical/good neighbor/upstanding they are... yet I know things that counter that and could have sunk them. Annoys me to see their virtue signalling when I know what a fraud they are.
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This time, the target is a food outlet. The video showing a ‘racist’ manager went viral, and was viewed millions of times. Very few voices on social media raised the issue of whether or not we were getting the truth.
Dominique would be wise to lawyer up and not take that job back.
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If she’s stupid enough to take the job they’ll find an excuse to fire her within the next 6 months.
High School is probably a better time to read that book. I always read a few years ahead of my grade, and got into trouble with the teachers because I flew so far ahead.
I read the book around the same time you did...1965.
And i never forgot it. That’s why my one visit to Chipotle brought back such vivid memories of the Cafeteria of the Ministry of Truth.
In these times the willingness to think independently is a hate crime and those who are ready to do so should have their guns confiscated. Takes only a phone call.
Turn 70 tomorrow. My ability to give a s*** is steadily eroding. Might as well die standing up. I’m a Vietnam combat vet; 58,000 never made it back so what made me so special?
Nice rap sheet for the guy
I hear you, my FRiend.
A blessed birthday to you, and Thank You For Your Service.
(I am 66, widowed, and struggling, so I do understand your discouragement. But, don’t lose faith, because there are many of us. WE are just not as loud and obnoxious as the left!)
Are there any of these “hate crimes” that turned out to be true?
I suppose that there must be but ... it seems unusual for them to be true. And amid the proven fakes, there are many other examples of very theatrical, improbable, events, where proper evidence is lacking.
Ping - yes, it is yet another Fake Hate Crime. This one nearly cost a woman her job.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
Her cause of action would be for slander, not wrongful termination.
In Florida—barring some kind of formal employment contract which specifies otherwise—an employer has the right to fire an employee for any reason (excluding things like racism, etc.) or for no reason.
Thus, this woman couldn't sue to get her job back in Florida—an employer right with which I fully agree. However, she can sue for defamation of character, and there appears to be convincing evidence on that point—quite sufficient to soundly rebuke Chipotle.
And the damages? They offered her her job back, undoubtedly with any back pay. They’ve publicly admitted she was not wrong. You’ve got to prove damage to your reputation.
I don’t mean to keep harping on this, but I’ve made it my mission to try on this forum to dispel the notion that filing a lawsuit is like winning the lottery. Lawsuits are long, difficult, and expensive. Big corporations have lawyers coming out their ears. They’re probably being sued in dozens, if not hundreds, of cases right now for various things. I assure you they’re not intimidated in the slightest by the prospect of this woman suing them, for these reasons:
I’m not at all certain that she was defamed, but let’s say that she was. It’s been common law for hundreds of years that you’re entitled to nominal damages for injury to your reputation. Typically in the United States that means you’re entitled to a buck if you have no other “special” damages. As I said in my last, her employer has offered to make her whole. General damages is synonymous with pain and suffering and has to bear a relation to the special damages. That’s why you get a million bucks if I crash into you and cripple you for life, and some nominal amount if I careless bump into you and cause you to stumble and bruise your knee.
Punitive damages are tough to get. In California the formulation for a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress is that the defendants conduct was sufficiently outrageous “as to exceed what should be allowed in a civilized society” Is that what happened here? It’s a pretty high bar. Let’s say that it did: The Supreme Court has held that punitive damages
Must bear a ratio not greater than roughly ten times actual damages. She has no actual damages, so there’s no foundation for punitive damages.
There’s just no here here
To clarify: you’re entitled AT LEAST to nominal damages where, as here, you have suffered no actual damages
Fake Hate Crime ping! I have just added you to the ping list - my apologies for the delay.
I hope she sues their virtue-signaling, progressive corporate asses into oblivion. Who wants to work at a crappy fast-food e.coli factory anyway?
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Too bad it can’t be part of the settlement that all those involved with the decision to fire are, in turn, fired with no golden parachutes.
The corporate world needs to start thinking on inquisitions to rid themselves of the SJW infestations.
Thank you.
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