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SpartanDem
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:11 AM Original message |
British family tells US hotel they 'do not want to deal with black staff' |
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Demeter
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Since to an Englishman, We Americans ALL Have Accents |
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Democat
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Florida? |
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PJPhreak
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Fri Apr-23-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Naples,Full of Evil,Greedy,Self Centered Bankster Type Bastards! |
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dipsydoodle
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Fuck |
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Judi Lynn
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. They should have been shown the door. Immediately. What kind of place would indulge them? |
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Raster
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. "What kind of place would indulge them?" Surely, you jest. Ugly, rampant racism seethes just under |
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BumRushDaShow
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Seems to be a system-wide problem with this hotel chain |
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Delphinus
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Fri Apr-23-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Interesting article |
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kwassa
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Fri Apr-23-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. This is a different problem altogether; discrimination among immigrant staff. |
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annabanana
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Fri Apr-23-10 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. Every single member of the wait staff should refuse to go to that table. |
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JNelson6563
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. +1 Perfect. |
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DonCoquixote
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Fri Apr-23-10 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Compare this to |
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dkf
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Fri Apr-23-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Must be hard to pick foreign destinations outside Europe. |
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RC
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Fri Apr-23-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. The hotel should have told them: "You will be checking out now?" |
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sinkingfeeling
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. And there are tons of Americans who travel to foreign lands and are upset if somebody doesn't |
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marshall
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Racism rears its ugly head in many places |
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greiner3
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. No I don't remember; |
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marshall
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It was a class action lawsuit filed against the Secret Service in 2000 |
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ronnie624
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Fri Apr-23-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. The Secret Service was accused of racism, not Al Gore. |
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melm00se
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. the customer is always right |
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peacetalksforall
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think it's NOT fair to wash all Brits with a bigot brush. We are not |
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CLANG
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. No, sir, we can't do that. |
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Odin2005
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. What a buch of assholes! |
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Joe Bacon
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. Let me guess--the old man thought he was Paladin |
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Jokerman
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. I've worked a hotel desk and here's how I would have responded: |
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crim son
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. I spent spring break in Naples until I married. |
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sui generis
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think the British family did anything illegal |
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edbermac
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Fri Apr-23-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. The hotel should have told the Brits to 'bugger off'. |
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alp227
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Better: Hotels should not have to d eal with bigots. |
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gleaner
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm with the waiter .... |
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