He is tagged as a dumbfuck members sooooo
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Apparently food service employees at chains just hate Asians.
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BakedPigeon
Banned
Well fuck, I stand corrected.
If the dashes are intended to represent their eyes, it is clearly racist.
I am not convinced that it is a certainty that they do represent their eyes though.
weekend_warrior
Banned
maybe the employee couldn't spell their names so they put 2 dashes instead?
Devolution
Member
Eh. When a slant-eye is often used to represent your race in a myriad of ways, and you find it on your cup, I don't think you're going to think "oh hey what a coincidence."
All Chuck the dumbfuck stated was that those offended shouldn't be offended because he says so. Gee, I suppose not everyone can ascribe to his incredibly high quality of contribution.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
...........................................Took me a minute but I think this is what OP sees
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Also, when you're looking for it, you can find it anywhere. Which is, also, a coincidence.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
OK, so when you order at Starbucks. At least the one I go to.
You walk up to the cashier and he or she asks you what you want.
You tell them, and they mark up the cup so the other employee making the drink can call out what it is and who it is for when it gets made.
Is this how Starbucks works for everyone else?
BTW, mine has always read Mike, or Big Mike, cuz there this other dude that is there the same time in the AM, and his name is Mike as well.
You walk up to the cashier and he or she asks you what you want.
You tell them, and they mark up the cup so the other employee making the drink can call out what it is and who it is for when it gets made.
Is this how Starbucks works for everyone else?
BTW, mine has always read Mike, or Big Mike, cuz there this other dude that is there the same time in the AM, and his name is Mike as well.
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Deleted member 47027
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Depends. And depends on what you order.
Devolution
Member
I'm going to go ahead and assume that the people who reported this usually find their names on their cups and weren't actively looking for offensive shit.
Escape Goat
Member
Death is too good for these baristas.
How hard can it be to spell Kim and Kim?
yes I now realize I'm stereotyping Korean names and I don't think Korean girls are usually named Kim.
LyleLanley
Banned
What if the whole thing was a plan concocted by the customers to get a free gift card? What if they told the cashier that their names were spelled that way?
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Well, if I ordered the Chinky Red Eye, I guess I wouldn't be able to complain.
The Faceless Master
Member
that's fucked up.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I know the area the story is talking about and, yeah, that's kind of not a surprise.
Casual racism ("It's just a fucking joke," they'll say) is huuuuge in some parts around here.
Casual racism ("It's just a fucking joke," they'll say) is huuuuge in some parts around here.
MWS Natural
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Shit this fast food racism against Asians is getting out of hand!!
If they were just dashes, they would've been the same orientation.
Instead, they were deliberately made in such a way as to resemble slanty eyes.
It's not hard to believe it's real, it's not super offensive but even mildly offensive messaging is something that shouldn't happen when you're buying a coffee because it creates a sense that you're not welcome.
Instead, they were deliberately made in such a way as to resemble slanty eyes.
It's not hard to believe it's real, it's not super offensive but even mildly offensive messaging is something that shouldn't happen when you're buying a coffee because it creates a sense that you're not welcome.
GhostWriter24
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Michael Scott had a very racist character on The Office and got away with it:
Michael Scott had a very racist character on The Office and got away with it:
Context.
It's a comedian, in a comedy, and everyone else in the restaurant was offended by his act including the other main characters.
ConfusingJazz
Member
Took me a minute but I think this is what OP sees
I dunno, that could just be beavers wearing mushroom hats, might not be racist.
Well you certainly live up to your tag.
Starbucks should give drawing lessons to its staff. If it had been an accurate lifelike sketch of the two koreans no one would have had a problem.
If that had been the case the manager would have said that and not started apologizing.
Escape Goat
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The Wild Wild (Racist) World of Batwoman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x38AM_SxIz0#t=01m42s
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The Broken Ska Record
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Because you commented on ignorance with an ignorant comment. Smashing.
TheMan
Member
the workers were commenting on their beautiful eyebrows
Sometimes you just want to get people out of the store, if they complain about something. I have done it in the past when dealing with difficult customers.
I don't think I believe this was done to represent eyes, but who knows.
Jim E. Rossler
Banned
Maybe it was a fat japanophile who thought he was being clever but drew the kana wrong
Or maybe they were making fun of their eyes
Probably the latter
Or maybe they were making fun of their eyes
Probably the latter
Devolution
Member
Wouldn't you want to clarify that you're not being racist in order to keep customers?
I am trying to think what I would do as a manager if someone came to me saying that someone drew racist eyes on their cups. As a manager you want to end conflicts as soon as possible, you don't even want to argue about it. I can see someone just trying to end it quickly. Depending on how irate they were I might conclude that I couldn't convince them otherwise anyway.
I was once accused of being racist because I wouldn't cash a check for someone.
I live in seattle, I buy starbucks pretty often. I have never been asked for a name. I should see what they write there.
Why are people commenting if they've never bought starbucks?
ShockingAlberto
Member
So if there's a 100% standard explanation that has absolutely nothing to do with race, you'd rather not state it to save a few seconds?
Huh.
Like the hat?
Banned
people will find racism in anything.
I can see how you would think I was making an ignorant comment but my point is that when you have such a low wage low skill job with millions of employees, you're going to have people that say or do things like the slanty eyes but if you want to call my comment ignorant then so be it.
Fixed1979
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Fucking hell, this is the first I heard of the receipts. I know there's racist out there, and there are people who are ignorant to what things might be considered racist, by why be so bold as to put this on the fucking receipt that you're giving to the customer. Not only is it racist it's incredibly stupid.
I thought for a assumed that the cup thing was being overblown and someone was just being over-sensitive, there's no way someone who wants to be employed would do that. But after seeing the receipts people are just fucking stupid and these lines being the lines of an asian person doesn't seem so far fetched.
I thought for a assumed that the cup thing was being overblown and someone was just being over-sensitive, there's no way someone who wants to be employed would do that. But after seeing the receipts people are just fucking stupid and these lines being the lines of an asian person doesn't seem so far fetched.
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