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So if you were a contractor, would you show up to a client's house with this flag?

Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:28 pm
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
79190 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:28 pm


quote:

Black family fires contractor who shows up to job with Confederate flag on truck

A black family fired an independent contractor they had hired for a job after he drove to their home with a giant Confederate flag affixed to his truck.

Allison and Zeke Brown of Atlanta, Georgia hired the man, whose name is Michael, to replace the brakes on their golf cart. When he arrived at their home on Saturday, an enormous rebel flag was attached to his truck.

“Hi, you know what, I do apologize, I know you’ve come from a very long way, but we’re going to use someone else,” Allison, 40, a radiation therapist, tells Michael, as captured in a video on her Ring app.

“She’s upset with the flag,” explains Zeke, 48.

“No, I’m beyond upset with the flag,” corrects Allison.

Michael offers to remove the flag, but Allison says, “No, you don’t need to take it down. You can continue to believe what you need to believe, sir. But no, I cannot pay you for your services. Thank you, have a good day.”
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This post was edited on 7/2/19 at 3:30 pm
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43390 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:30 pm to
That's pretty damn stupid.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83630 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:30 pm to
quote:

Allison says, “No, you don’t need to take it down. You can continue to believe what you need to believe, sir. But no, I cannot pay you for your services. Thank you, have a good day.”


exactly how it should go down
Posted by BigB0882
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5310 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:30 pm to
He’s an idiot. Keep that shite to yourself and don’t bring it with you to work. I don’t care what flag it is. I wouldn’t even let my employees ride around with any political stickers if they used their own vehicles. Just asking for it and you don’t want those people working for you.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124575 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:31 pm to
They have every right to deal or not deal with whoever they want for whatever reasons they want
Posted by arseinclarse
Algiers Purnt
Member since Apr 2007
34445 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

to replace the brakes on their golf cart


I wish I had a golf cart
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
13374 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:33 pm to
Nothing that happened in this article get me riled. The guy has a right to fly that flag. The home owners have the right to politely tell him they don't want to hire him.

But if I'm trying to make money as an independent contractor, flying such a divisive flag would not be on my list of ways to attract business. I don't think "smart, hard-worker" when I see a truck or home with that flag attached to it.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
9820 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:34 pm to
Nothing wrong with this exchange at all. She's complete justified in her decision and was mature with her response to him. Maybe he'll learn to be more careful with his political beliefs as they can and do alienate customers.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22297 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:35 pm to
Dummy. A little common sense should have told him not to roll up to his black client's home sporting a six foot Confederate flag on his truck.
Posted by VeniVidiVici
Gaul
Member since Feb 2012
1728 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:36 pm to
Perfectly handled. If more people would react this way and not go screaming to the news demanding social justice, things would be a lot better.
Posted by Buckeye Jeaux
Member since May 2018
17756 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:36 pm to
I know a contractor who got kicked off a job for telling the client he hated the Denver Broncos.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66395 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:38 pm to
his right to sport the flag. their right to not do business with him.

carry on
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
37372 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:40 pm to
Seems like a very civilized, normal exchange. That's how it is supposed to happen.

The contractor is a fricking idiot.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79360 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:42 pm to
O/U on the number of sister-wives he has?

3 is the target.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37705 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:45 pm to
Dumbass deserved to get fired
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11488 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:46 pm to
Exactly how it should go down. One of them shouldn't be required to do business with the other. She can share with others and others can make a decision that is best for them.

Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
22953 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:48 pm to
Moron
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90885 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:52 pm to
Free market at work. Sounds like they were respectable enough. I have no issue with this.

Also the fact an affluent black family called a white guy to come replace the brakes on their golf cart ought to show how far the nation has come.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:54 pm to
quote:

Michael




He was coming to her in disguise, to test her forgiveness and empathy.

An appropriate judgment will eventually be given.
Posted by munchman
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
10323 posts
Posted on 7/2/19 at 3:54 pm to
Probably fake as Jessica Smallet
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