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Chris Rock's mom: Cracker Barrel discriminated

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

I'm sorry but I WAS at a Cracker Barrel last week in Georgia with my mum and sister who were visiting from the UK. We waited 45 minutes for our food and the service was terrible. Was it discrimination? Some people were getting served (it depended on their order). We found out they were a chef short.

I'm done with the disrimination card being played for something like this.. It works both ways.

In GA. The people who work for Cracker Barrel are nicer than most servers I get served by.. of any race. It's a low paid, high turnover industry. If it was racism, sue the PERSON, not the company... The world's gone mad...

Manc

Cracker barrel.........

the irony is fantastic.

Leslie

Say what you like. I've worked in a restaurant that intentionally sat black people and Mexicans in the back near the kitchen. It was an unwritten policy.

dan_alford

I have to agree. We had to wait a long time for our food one time too. People had come , ate and left before we got ours. Apparently they lost the order. On another occasion the food was so cold we had to send it back. My wife didn't want to for fear of it getting spat on so the manager cooked it personally for her.

Kate2112

The clue was in the first part of the name of the restaurant.

The article states that there have been numerous lawsuits filed for discrimination against black customers, minorities and gay employees. While you may have experienced slow service with a reason given for that slow service, it would appear that Ms Rock was simply ignored.

Leslie

Managers spit in the food too.

scrubbedexpat099

That's beacuse you do not complain like the yanks.

My missus would be screaming blue murder,but she is tame compared to my step daughter.

TouristTrap

I've eaten there ONCE. The service was so pathetic, I said I'd never do it again. (Maybe they thought I was hispanic with a blonde/blue-eyed hubby?)

Angry White Pyjamas

Retards.

We've had shitty meals ourselves sometimes in places, including waiting longer than normal or watching others get serverd ahead of us, or cold food. Did I feel discriminated against? No...I was annoyed and mentioned it. In one instance we got a discount on another we got free puddings. In this case the manager offered Ms Rock a free meal, but - oh no - thats not enough they want money, because they had to wait a whole 30 minutes!!!! Tell them to **** off.

I'm sure real discrimination has and does occur, but all this kind of crap does is make it harder for real cases to be heard.

willmore

Is this the same company that makes the cheese? I didnt know they had restaurants, live and learn!

dan_alford

Hush dont let her know that

Once knew a couple from online gaming, hubby was a truck driver and his wife was a chef. He used to hate going out to eat anywhere other than fast food joints as she would always send the food back, even his.

TouristTrap

Yup. All up and down the interstates. They have these really cute country stores attached to the restaurant - that I go to, but never the restaurant.

paddingtongreen

I think she meant cracker barrel brand cheese, made by Kraft.

dan_alford

My wife is the Yank

AWP, I agree with you on service and perceptions. When we got married, we had to fly to New York to get my wife her British Visa. We stayed in a 4 star hotel a block away from the consulate. On the last day, we were waiting for a taxi and decided to eat in the restaurant in the hotel. We were also in jeans and casual tops. The cheapest items on the menu were $25 philly cheese steaks. We had piss poor service , the guy barely acknowledged us. We had to wait 20 minutes for him to take our order and then after bringing us the food he never came back or refilled our drinks. This is the only time in the states that we have paid for food with exact change.

The flip side of this is a local Ryan's buffet. There is a guy there, William, from Brazil. He is one of the best waiters I have seen. Our glasses are never empty, he will bring us fresh food from the kitchen and he has got to know us so well he knows when I change from drinking softdrinks to Coffee in a meal. When he goes home to Brazil he brings us back Brazilian coffee. Needless to say he gets more than the 15-20% tip from us.

gruffbrown

Why would you have to wait 30 minutes for service at a processed cheese restaurant?