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5. A bad and bigoted one.

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Thu Mar 3, 2016, 08:36 AM

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'BLACK PPL' printed on IHOP receipt offends Texas customers [View all] Miles Archer Mar 2016 OP

I don't quite understand the detail of this article virtualobserver Mar 2016 #1

There is a sterotype that black people are poor tippers. Travis_0004 Mar 2016 #2

sure.....but what kind of waiter raises the issue of tipping before the food is served....or at all? virtualobserver Mar 2016 #3

A bad and bigoted one. JHB Mar 2016 #5

that is a signal to walk out of the restaurant virtualobserver Mar 2016 #6

No indication the waiter was bigoted or worried about his tip. IEH Apr 2016 #54

It's BS, basically, because the waiter was black. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #35

So when did restaurants start monicaangela Mar 2016 #4

I was a bartender for years in college ShrimpPoboy Mar 2016 #9

I've never noticed any description on my receipts monicaangela Mar 2016 #10

I'm at a restaurant now Bradical79 Mar 2016 #27

That sounds like a better idea! monicaangela Mar 2016 #39

I interpret that to be Totally Bald Leftist who is 71 whistler162 Mar 2016 #43

Table number is NOT related to this situation. The customers were NOT sitting at a table. IEH Apr 2016 #53

Yes monicaangela Apr 2016 #55

Some places do that. Table No. At bars/restaurants a group descriptor is often used. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #32

I'm unfamiliar with bars monicaangela Mar 2016 #38

A lot of restaurants have a bar also. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #40

I know and I tend not to frequent monicaangela Mar 2016 #42

Yes monicaangela Apr 2016 #56

I had the ability to label my tables whatever I could print when I worked at one place Reter Mar 2016 #45

Not sure how "this case" even was offensive. IEH Apr 2016 #52

I have had monicaangela Apr 2016 #57

Restaurants do label tables IEH Apr 2016 #49

Point taken monicaangela Apr 2016 #58

At a bar it makes sense Travis_0004 Mar 2016 #11

Let's see what would happen if "White guy" was printed on a receipt. nt MrScorpio Mar 2016 #12

I'll have to look next time I dine out. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #41

Nothing would happen. IEH Apr 2016 #50

Not a very thorough article. The waiter was also black. Captain Stern Mar 2016 #7

Now you're spoiling their fun. WillowTree Mar 2016 #17

I worked in a restaurant that was 90% black (staff and customers) Reter Mar 2016 #46

It actually stands for the Blackberry Pancake Platter Frank Cannon Mar 2016 #8

Fucking for real? Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #13

No, not for real. herding cats Mar 2016 #15

You gotta admit, it makes a strange amount of sense. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #16

Oh, I see how someone came up with it. herding cats Mar 2016 #19

There has been an uptick in these sorts of obnoxious or racist comments on rest. Rcts of late Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #20

Actually, that's not true. herding cats Mar 2016 #14

Of course, it's not true. I made it up. Frank Cannon Mar 2016 #21

A black waiter using "black people" to identify folks who placed a take-out order Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #18

What if it was a white waiter? philosslayer Mar 2016 #22

He wasn't though. nt B2G Mar 2016 #23

What if he were ? philosslayer Mar 2016 #24

Gee, what if he also wrote "KKK Forever" while we're at it? Throd Mar 2016 #28

So you think... philosslayer Mar 2016 #33

Obviously no connection here. IEH Apr 2016 #51

Yeah or at least not fire the kid treestar Mar 2016 #25

Yep. Firing a black guy for referring to black people as "black people" Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #26

It seems mean. Okay, complain to mgmt. But the lady even said Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #34

LOL linuxman Mar 2016 #29

Hmm metroins Mar 2016 #30

I think this was a group descriptor, often used in some restaurants to ID service groups. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #31

Ageed. Travis_0004 Mar 2016 #36

Well the waiter said he was rushed and didn't get the name. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #37

I wonder if the black waiter had put "PPL OF CLR" instead of "BLACK PPL", Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #44

maybe they should go back Angel Martin Mar 2016 #47

The first time I heard that code word, I was flabbergasted Orrex Mar 2016 #48