re: Desi Vega apologizes to Black couple who had tip auto added to bill at restaurant

Semantics Lester. He intended for this to get to as many people as possible. And it did.

Otherwise he just texts some friends and family.

What’s interesting to me is how an apology, most likely the firing of the employees(which should be done), and an offer to refund his meal was not enough.

Mr. Washington says it’s not his place to demand the firing of the employees because it is not his business, but he did demand a public apology(when he made all of this public), implicit bias training, and to work with Cafe Reconcile. If it’s not his business, why should he be demanding how they go forward? What if this is two stupid employees doing this? And as you say, not something that happens at other restaurants? Should we judge the entire business based on the actions of these two? Aren’t we trying to get away from judging the collective based on the few?

Maybe I’m biased as an employer that works tirelessly to treat all people with respect and dignity. Who sees this horrible event, and wishes our society didn’t immediately seek to tarnish a business when an employee does something stupid.

Maybe meet with the owner and see if he apologizes, is sincere, disciplines(fires in this instance) and offers to comp the meal. If the owner handles it well, accept the apology and move on. If he doesn’t apologize and discipline appropriately, then blast the world about it.

I think that’s reasonable, but society seeks to cancel everyone nowadays. We can do better.