California waitress who kicked out CEO during racist tirade receives over $78G in tips

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Now that’s a big tip.

A California waitress has received over $78,000 in tips and praise as an “everyday hero” after kicking out the CEO of a San Francisco tech company who cursed at an Asian family during a racist rant at a restaurant over the Fourth of July weekend.

Gennica Cochran, who works as a server at the Lucia Bar & Restaurant inside the Bernardus Lodge & Spa, immediately intervened when she heard Michael Lofthouse, CEO of tech company Solid8, cursing and yelling at an Asian family who was celebrating a birthday at the Carmel Valley restaurant.

"You need to leave right now. Get out, you are not allowed here, get out now,” Cochran ordered Lofthouse in a now-viral video. “You do not talk to our guests like that, they are valued guests, you are not allowed here ever again!"

The CEO has since issued an apology to the Orosa Chan family for his “appalling” behavior and racist remarks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-waitress-who-kicked-out-ceo-during-racist-tirade-receives-over-dollar78g-in-tips/ar-BB16zM1b?li=BBnb7Kz

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I hope that this POS gets fired...

That waitress is my hero.

[leftieNanner]

3. He's the CEO

So he probably won't fire himself. Let's hope his company loses some of its business, though.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Board of Directors can fire the POS...nothing to it. Besides his businesses now are taking a

major hit...ain't going to be much business left after a while.

[leftieNanner]

7. Oh, good point.

I had forgotten about the Board of Directors.

These arrogant assholes think they are kings of the world.

Until they're not.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. I recall reading that there is no board

It’s a sole proprietorship. Be a real shame if customers found a new cloud in which to park their data.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. She absolutely did the right thing. Good for her!

[Leghorn21]

4. Fantastic!

WELL DONE, Gennica!!

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

"To hear the emotion coming out of my voice, to see my mannerisms, it was unbelievable. It was just something that came over me and I just did what needed to be done," the waitress told KGO-TV on Wednesday. "I did what anybody else should or would do in that situation.

"I felt very protective of them. You don't come in here and say those kinds of things to people,” she continued. “Especially people feel so raw coming out of quarantine. Most of these people this is the first time that they've been out to dinner and then you have someone attacking them it was just no, no, I don't have time for this."

Explaining that she felt “almost maternal” towards that diners who were attacked, Cochran said that she followed her instincts to do “whatever I can to protect these people.”

“To have someone hate you just because of the way that you look, that's beyond me. I don't understand it,” she said.

In a message to the public, Cochran added: "If you see something do something. Stand up against racism and hatred in any form any time you can."

[awesomerwb1]

8. What a nice person

[Aristus]

10. Good for her. I'm so proud.

I'm proud of everyone for whom the first, reflexive action is to stand up for humanity against bullying and racist behavior.

[gratuitous]

11. The post said that Lofthouse had apologized

I hadn't seen that, so I clicked through the link, which was linked to (sorry) a Fox News report:

Link here.

Compared to Lofthouse's very strident racist remarks, the "apology" comes off pretty sheepishly, and didn't convince the people he insulted:

Raymond Orosa, a member of the family targeted at the restaurant, said of the apology: “He's just saving face. I think he really meant what he said and what he did.

"I don't believe his words because his actions speak louder than the words he's saying,"

Orosa and his wife Mari, whose birthday the family was celebrating, have lived in the U.S. for nearly 26 years.

[Nululu]

12. Hope he loses all his customers and business

That family will never get that birthday back. I hope they found some enjoyment despite that evil lout.

[aggiesal]

13. He's not apologizing for what he said ...

He's apologizing because he got caught saying it.

How many other times did he make racists and hateful comments and never got called on it because nobody recorded it.

He's no doubt trying to save his company.

Pendejo45 sure brings out the worst in people.