Man sues for 'no coloured waiter' request | News.com.au
Besides me being slightly surprised that this sort of this still happens today.... They're British and visiting in the US, so exactly what did they mean in regards to "foreign accents?"
Only a waiter with a British accent could serve them? :-? They're the damn foreigners and if they had that much of an issue towards people with different accents or of different race, maybe they shouldn't have left England in the first damn place.
Ignorants.
A HAITIAN-AMERICAN waiter filed suit against a Florida Ritz Carlton hotel after being forbidden from serving a British family who had requested no people "of colour" or with "foreign accents" wait on them.
Haitian-born American citizen Wadner Tranchant, 40, said he was turned away after he began to serve a British family who had reportedly lodged their request with staff at the luxury hotel in Naples, Florida, Florida's naplesnews.com reported today
"My client was prevented from waiting on this couple because he was black," said attorney Michael R.N. McDonnell of Naples, who represents Mr Tranchant, who had worked at the Ritz for 15 years, with Naples attorney Scott Martin Roth.
The lawsuit was filed under the US Civil Rights Act and seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
According to the suit, the incident with Brit Rodney Morgan and his family was not the first of its kind, as "Other employees ... encountered similar treatment on multiple occasions".
Besides me being slightly surprised that this sort of this still happens today.... They're British and visiting in the US, so exactly what did they mean in regards to "foreign accents?"
Only a waiter with a British accent could serve them? :-? They're the damn foreigners and if they had that much of an issue towards people with different accents or of different race, maybe they shouldn't have left England in the first damn place.
Ignorants.