Woman sues CVS after clerk uses alleged ethnic slur on receipt

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#151 dave123321
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What's the big deal? If I were an employee at a company and I had to write down a black person's name and all I knew was that his last name was Jones, and I put "Buckwheat Jones", it would be unreasonable for overly sensitive Mr. Jones to take major offense to that, right? RIGHT? To be fair, I think the woman really shouldn't be suing, but I definitely can see why she's royally miffed. megagene
agree with this very much
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#152 Lonelynight
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stupid racists can't even get their insults right.
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#153 Jackboot343
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Ching Chong Lee :lol:

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#154 JasonDarksavior
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$1,000,000 for that? You gotta be kidding me mate
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#155 br0kenrabbit
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It's perfectly possible to live on 8/hr

Nibroc420

Maybe if you never, ever, ever need to see a dentist or doctor, never eat fresh food and don't give a flying fart about the opposite sex.

 

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#156 Murderstyle75
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[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"][QUOTE="ScreamDream"]

You didn't answer my question, here it is again. So it's acceptable if you were an employer and could only pay slighter higher than minimum wage for employees to act like this.

Nibroc420

And like I said. You get what you pay for. Pay 8.00 an hour and you are going to get 8.00 in quality. If you can't handle that or are not able to expand your business to pay more, perhaps being a business owner isn't for you if you can't accept the low quality. For that amount of money, you are going to attract two kinds of people. People who are incapable or else they wouldn't be working for 8.00 an hour to begin with or people who just don't care but are in a temporary rut. And why should they care? Your paycheck is not doing anything to bring them above poverty level. Don't act like you are doing them any favors. Minimum wage jobs are a dime a dozen unless you truely live in a rural area outside of civilization. Why should they do you any favors while still having to cash a welfare check even when working full time or are losing sleep about their gas bill? And these same 7.40 to 8.00 an hour employers would be paying their workers 4.50 to 5.00 if the government allowed it.

It's perfectly possible to live on 8/hr, problem is you cannot drive escalades and buy new $150 jeans every week.

It's like when that supermarket closed down, and everyone wanted to rush over and take the left-over food. They were wearing real nice clothing, driving BMW's, yet they're crying about how their children are starving and it's a rough life for them.

Food and Shelter > BMW's and Air Jordans.
Do we need to take more tax dollars from working citizens to educate people of that little fact?

Its not possible to live on 8.00 an hour. Fuel is skating at around 4.00 a gallon, my gas and electricity bill is over 200 a month, my PLPD auto insurance is $1500 a year on a 9 year old minivan with 160k miles on it. House rent is $700 to $1000 a month in most places. Now lets add in things like your water bill, babysitting and latchkey if you have children, cost of food, cost of clothes, cost of medical, etc, etc, etc. Even a clunker automobile is $2000 to $3000 now. These are cars that used to cost less than $1000. Two years ago I tried to use $1500 I saved up for dependable and cheap work transportation. The only thing I could even use it on was a down payment. These 8.00 an hour is $320 before taxes on a 40 hour work week. After taxes, you are in the mid $200's. Thats hardly enough to cover rent let alone any kind of utility. How can you afford even $20 jeans on that income unless you live in your parents basement?
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#157 Riverwolf007
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strangely enough her  actual name of Hyun Dai Lee is even more racist.

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#158 scoots9
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She doesn't deserve a cent.

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#159 Nibroc420
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[QUOTE="ScreamDream"]

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"] These companies can afford it. They just choose to exploit the workforce instead. Funny now Kroger pays my girlfriend almost 18.00 an hour with full benifits while their competition pays their employees with similar experience, 8.00. Ironically because of such good customer service, they also have a huge and loyal customer base and their prices are cheaper as a result. The 10.00 six pack of regional craft beer rang up by a minimum wage Walmart worker with little training or experience is only $8.00 and rang up by somebody who has been working there five to ten years with a maximum wage topping off at over $15 an hour with full benefits at Kroger. And companies who pay a low wage have a much higher turn over than a company that offers a good wage or at least exceptional incentives, raises and promotions. That's much less money spent on constant training, less money spent on employee theft, less money spent on damages, cashier errors, customers not returning to the store, etc, etc, etc. And it also raises the morale and motivation of other employees as well. And just look at Costco. The average worker makes 45k a year. Yet they still manage a net income of 1.7 billion a year.Murderstyle75

You didn't answer my question, here it is again. So it's acceptable if you were an employer and could only pay slighter higher than minimum wage for employees to act like this.

And like I said. You get what you pay for. Pay 8.00 an hour and you are going to get 8.00 in quality. If you can't handle that or are not able to expand your business to pay more, perhaps being a business owner isn't for you if you can't accept the low quality. For that amount of money, you are going to attract two kinds of people. People who are incapable or else they wouldn't be working for 8.00 an hour to begin with or people who just don't care but are in a temporary rut. And why should they care? Your paycheck is not doing anything to bring them above poverty level. Don't act like you are doing them any favors. Minimum wage jobs are a dime a dozen unless you truely live in a rural area outside of civilization. Why should they do you any favors while still having to cash a welfare check even when working full time or are losing sleep about their gas bill? And these same 7.40 to 8.00 an hour employers would be paying their workers 4.50 to 5.00 if the government allowed it.

It's perfectly possible to live on 8/hr, problem is you cannot drive escalades and buy new $150 jeans every week.

It's like when that supermarket closed down, and everyone wanted to rush over and take the left-over food. They were wearing real nice clothing, driving BMW's, yet they're crying about how their children are starving and it's a rough life for them.

Food and Shelter > BMW's and Air Jordans.
Do we need to take more tax dollars from working citizens to educate people of that little fact?

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#160 XilePrincess
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As an employer you are accountable for what happens in your business. If your employees do stupid crap, you're liable. I don't know why they didn't just immediately fire this person, unless they hold some status within the company (manager, supervisor,etc.) they're dime-a-dozen minimum wage drones. I think it's wrong that the employee did that, and I think perhaps an apology in the form of a very large cvs gift card is in order, but I don't think she has grounds to sue. Racism may suck, but being racist isn't illegal until it becomes violent or a hate crime.
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#161 br0kenrabbit
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Racism may suck, but being racist isn't illegal until it becomes violent or a hate crime.XilePrincess

There are plenty of anti-discrimination laws in the US, especially as it pertains to businesses.

 

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#162 JustPlainLucas
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Am I the only one that doesn't believe this story? Why on Earth would that employee knowingly type out Ching Chong on the receipt, knowing it would get her in trouble? This whole matter is dubious.
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#163 XilePrincess
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[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Racism may suck, but being racist isn't illegal until it becomes violent or a hate crime.br0kenrabbit

There are plenty of anti-discrimination laws in the US, especially as it pertains to businesses.

 

That is true. While badly worded, I meant that basically they can't throw somebody in jail for calling an asian person Ching Chong. It's not technically discrimination, it's just being an a-hole. The person wasn't refused services or discriminated against besides using a name that wasn't theirs, that was considered offensive by the woman. I think the employee was an insensitive d-bag for doing that but I don't think any discrimination or illegal anything actually happened here.
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#164 mattbbpl
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Am I the only one that doesn't believe this story? Why on Earth would that employee knowingly type out Ching Chong on the receipt, knowing it would get her in trouble? This whole matter is dubious. JustPlainLucas
Oh, never underestimate how stupid people can be, particularly when they don't really care about the job they're performing. I have no doubt that someone out there would do this while performing a menial minimum wage job without blinking an eye.
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#165 jesuschristmonk
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People can't take a joke anymore. Fightingfan
Nope. Can't imagine how much better this world would be if everyone could just take a joke.
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#166 zenogandia
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]People can't take a joke anymore. mems_1224
Seriously. Demanding the employee be fired is a bit much. People who work at CVS dont make s***

Suing for a million dollars is a bit much, but the employee should have morals and ethics. Refer to people by their first name, not an ethnic slur. He deserves to be fired. 

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#167 ferrari2001
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If I ever met her on the street I would probably punch her in the face for being a damned moron. What has happened to people that they all got sticks up their ass. People need to lighten up and get over shit. {/rant}
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#168 Nibroc420
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[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"] And like I said. You get what you pay for. Pay 8.00 an hour and you are going to get 8.00 in quality. If you can't handle that or are not able to expand your business to pay more, perhaps being a business owner isn't for you if you can't accept the low quality. For that amount of money, you are going to attract two kinds of people. People who are incapable or else they wouldn't be working for 8.00 an hour to begin with or people who just don't care but are in a temporary rut. And why should they care? Your paycheck is not doing anything to bring them above poverty level. Don't act like you are doing them any favors. Minimum wage jobs are a dime a dozen unless you truely live in a rural area outside of civilization. Why should they do you any favors while still having to cash a welfare check even when working full time or are losing sleep about their gas bill? And these same 7.40 to 8.00 an hour employers would be paying their workers 4.50 to 5.00 if the government allowed it.Murderstyle75

It's perfectly possible to live on 8/hr, problem is you cannot drive escalades and buy new $150 jeans every week.

It's like when that supermarket closed down, and everyone wanted to rush over and take the left-over food. They were wearing real nice clothing, driving BMW's, yet they're crying about how their children are starving and it's a rough life for them.

Food and Shelter > BMW's and Air Jordans.
Do we need to take more tax dollars from working citizens to educate people of that little fact?

Its not possible to live on 8.00 an hour. Fuel is skating at around 4.00 a gallon, my gas and electricity bill is over 200 a month, my PLPD auto insurance is $1500 a year on a 9 year old minivan with 160k miles on it. House rent is $700 to $1000 a month in most places. Now lets add in things like your water bill, babysitting and latchkey if you have children, cost of food, cost of clothes, cost of medical, etc, etc, etc. Even a clunker automobile is $2000 to $3000 now. These are cars that used to cost less than $1000. Two years ago I tried to use $1500 I saved up for dependable and cheap work transportation. The only thing I could even use it on was a down payment. These 8.00 an hour is $320 before taxes on a 40 hour work week. After taxes, you are in the mid $200's. Thats hardly enough to cover rent let alone any kind of utility. How can you afford even $20 jeans on that income unless you live in your parents basement?

What sort of idiot decides to have children, and drive a nice car when they're making 8/hr? Man their credit card debt it going to kill them.
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#169 megagene
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If I ever met her on the street I would probably punch her in the face for being a damned moron. What has happened to people that they all got sticks up their ass. People need to lighten up and get over shit. {/rant}ferrari2001
You think that people should lighten up and get over shit. And you would exemplify this by punching someone in the face? Interesting.
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#170 Vari3ty
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A million? You've got to be f*cking kidding me. I could see *maybe* (and even then, I'm not sure) firing the employee, but trying to get a million dollar payday from the company is ridiculous. 

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#171 TheWalkingGhost
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I hope she doesn't get a damn dime! In fact she should be forced to pay the store and government for the money she is wasting. How do we know this isn't an honest mistake?
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#172 GreySeal9
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Fvck this lady's ridiculous lawsuit. But if I ran that company, I would definitely fire the guy. There's no need to keep a moronic employee who put a racial slur on a customer's reciept. 

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#173 GreySeal9
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If I ever met her on the street I would probably punch her in the face for being a damned moron. What has happened to people that they all got sticks up their ass. People need to lighten up and get over shit. {/rant}ferrari2001

The lawsuit and the woman are both moronic, but no, people shouldn't "lighten up" over racial slurs.

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#174 Lonelynight
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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]If I ever met her on the street I would probably punch her in the face for being a damned moron. What has happened to people that they all got sticks up their ass. People need to lighten up and get over shit. {/rant}megagene
You think that people should lighten up and get over shit. And you would exemplify this by punching someone in the face? Interesting.

lol
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Am I the only one that doesn't believe this story? Why on Earth would that employee knowingly type out Ching Chong on the receipt, knowing it would get her in trouble? This whole matter is dubious. JustPlainLucas
She didn't get in trouble. And judging from the prevailing mindset that "nobody can take a joke", no wonder it happened.
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#176 Rockman999
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That's a racial slur? 

I haven't heard someone use that to mock asians since I was in elementary school.

What is this bitch like two? 

I came in here expecting serious slurs like the ch or g.

:lol:

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#177 PelicanRebelLdr
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That woman is insane.