Injustice

So there I was sitting at a restuarant bar having a beer and waiting for my late lunch. The place wasn't busy. Sitting to my left a few seats over was a black gentleman about my age. Three times he requested a refill from the waitress and all three times she walked right pass him.

On the next time around, he said, "Excuse me, young lady, can I have a refill?"

She turned around and said,"What did you say, boy?"

What the fuck? Did I just hear a white waitress call a black man "boy"?

He was livid. I was shocked. He said,"What did you just say?"

She said,"I have a name tag, you didn't have to call me what you did."

"I called you young lady." I tried to explain that to her. They started yelling at each other and then she went to the back.

Out comes a manager and tells the black man that he has to leave. I tried to back up the black man and tell the manager what happened. The manager wouldn't listen to me. He escorted the man out the door. The manager came up to me and explained that the man was a street person and that they sometimes feed him. He had to escort him out cause he was deflating. I said huh? He said he was deflating. I told him I didn't want my order. The waitress came back out with my order and I told her I don't want it. I paid for my beer and left. Look it was bad enough what the girl said, then the man was escorted out but the manager tries to explain it to me that he was a street person? I'm sorry but if he meant homeless, the man looked far from homeless.

I walked out pretty pissed off. I looked up the corporate headquarters address and wrote a letter about the incident. I'm not sure how or if they will respond. I even enclosed a copy of my receipt because it had the time, date and name of the waitress on it.

Oh in case you are wondering, the place is Hooters.

Signing off,
The Pissed Off Pope