A pizza restaurant in Michigan is under fire after a customer allegedly received a receipt with the words “Trash, White” in reference to the derogatory term, “white trash.”
“The gal that took the order had an interesting name for us,” he wrote on Facebook. “Yea, corporate will hear about this.”
The man also wrote: “Never assume that name-calling or bullying won’t be called out, especially in the digital age. 2) It’s certainly best not insult any customers, much less the office of a world-renowned musician who happens to live in Wayne County and orders food from you often. Not cool.”
According to the man, the musician’s “global social media following has latched onto this ... and now you’re getting famous for all of the wrong reasons. Greetings from the East Coast.”
The restaurant issued an apology about the incident.
“We apologized and assured her that we, as a company, do not tolerate this type of behavior, in our stores. We have since made suggestions to managers of this franchise, location, on how to deal with the employee, who caused this regrettable situation,” the statement read.
Charboneau later said he wants to “stop with the hate” in a follow-up Facebook statement. “My response was to tell everybody to stop with the hate and do your job. I know from my work history it’s not always the easiest to be nice. Try anyway,” he wrote.
He added: “So during this holiday season, spread love not hate. Don’t pre-judge. Let others be themselves so they don’t misdirect hatred on others.”
After Charboneau called out the firm, a number of people criticized the chain.
