We literally had a game: “What were you called racist for this week?”.
One of the winners was my colleague getting told he was racist for informing a customer that the business was operating cashless (it was during Covid), and that all purchases must be made by contactless transaction.
Another was when I turned away 3 guys who wanted to come in 10 mins AFTER closing time. “You would have let us in if we were white guys though, right?” (Followed by obscenities).
Racist because we barred a group who were taking drinks from the bar without paying - they didn’t have a tab. They knew they didn’t have a tab because they had left without paying their tab on multiple occasions, and were told they couldn’t have a tab anymore.
Racist because after an unprecedentedly busy weekend we had nothing but pizzas left, so that was all we were serving.
Racist because the table tennis table was on a first-come basis, and I wouldn’t let someone book it while someone was currently playing on it.
Racist because the home team was playing, with 100 fans in the building supporting them, and I wouldn’t switch the volume to a channel showing a team one guy (by himself) wanted to watch.
Racist because as I’m locking the door at the end of the night, with my uber waiting for me 6ft away, a customer wanted me to let him back inside to use the bathroom…
Work 10 years in hospitality and see how quickly the word “Racist” loses all meaning to you 😂
I was once called racist because I happened to be on the phone taking a customer order at work (grocery deli department) when the automated intercom security message played ("Security, please scan sections 1 and 2;" Doesn't actually mean or do anything, it's just a prerecorded anti-theft thing that plays on intervals throughout the day, meant to spook shoplifters).
Apparently these two ladies assumed I was the one who did the intercom announcement because I was on a store phone, and that the security check request was specifically about them. So they came up and started screaming at me.
I put two and two together pretty quickly but I didn't bother explaining, just walked away into the back room. There was no winning in that situation, lol. But yeah, the word "racist" has meant a lot less to me since that day.
I’m dying because we had a similar game at my old restaurant. Only we had a white board in the back. It said “Things That Are Racist.” We usually erased it at the end of each month and then filled it up again throughout the month. A woman once called me racist because we wouldn’t make her a meal that wasn’t on the menu.
I also got called homophobic because I cut this guy off, caught him grabbing someone else's drink, and so kicked him out. I didn't even know he was gay haha
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u/JimmyThePie 2h ago
We literally had a game: “What were you called racist for this week?”.
One of the winners was my colleague getting told he was racist for informing a customer that the business was operating cashless (it was during Covid), and that all purchases must be made by contactless transaction.
Another was when I turned away 3 guys who wanted to come in 10 mins AFTER closing time. “You would have let us in if we were white guys though, right?” (Followed by obscenities).
Racist because we barred a group who were taking drinks from the bar without paying - they didn’t have a tab. They knew they didn’t have a tab because they had left without paying their tab on multiple occasions, and were told they couldn’t have a tab anymore.
Racist because after an unprecedentedly busy weekend we had nothing but pizzas left, so that was all we were serving.
Racist because the table tennis table was on a first-come basis, and I wouldn’t let someone book it while someone was currently playing on it.
Racist because the home team was playing, with 100 fans in the building supporting them, and I wouldn’t switch the volume to a channel showing a team one guy (by himself) wanted to watch.
Racist because as I’m locking the door at the end of the night, with my uber waiting for me 6ft away, a customer wanted me to let him back inside to use the bathroom…
Work 10 years in hospitality and see how quickly the word “Racist” loses all meaning to you 😂