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Starbucks apologizes after “racist” name was given to customer
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:35 pm
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A customer is trying to resolve an issue with the world’s biggest coffee chain after a Starbucks barista allegedly changed the name on his order to one mocking Asian people.
Johncarl Festejo, a recently retired Filipino-American air force veteran, had dropped into Starbucks in North Carolina with his daughter, Milan, 12, before he took her to school this week.
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When the barista asked for his name, he said “John”.
“A few minutes later, I was just waiting in that area, and next thing I know I hear, ‘Is there a Chang here? Is there a Chang? We got a hot cocoa,’” he recalled to KCRA3
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So, I double checked my Starbucks app. It says my name. I just asked, ‘Is this some kind of joke? For real? Like, come on now.’”
It is understood that the employee has also been removed from the work roster while the investigation is being conducted.
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This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 4:42 pm
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Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:37 pm to Tigerbait357
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:37 pm to Tigerbait357
Poor guy. I pray for him.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:38 pm to Tigerbait357
Plot twist. Somewhere out there some dude named Chang never got his coffee because this guy assumed someone was being racist.
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:39 pm to Tigerbait357
What a pussy
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:39 pm to Tigerbait357
It's rude, unprofessional, and can easily be viewed as offensive. That doesn't make it racist, of course.
It's amazing how much the word racist has lost any semblance of concise meaning.
It's amazing how much the word racist has lost any semblance of concise meaning.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:42 pm to ChewyDante
That scene in Kicking and Screaming where Ditka signed the autograph for the Asian kid and said "To: Bing Bong" comes to mind here 
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:43 pm to Bluefin
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:43 pm to Tigerbait357
I'm so upset that Starbucks did this to this poor Asian-American. I'm boycotting them now in protest of the way the company and its employees treat Asian-Americans. First they don't let blacks use the restroom, then they take away free porn, and now this.
Line. Crossed.
Line. Crossed.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:46 pm to upgrayedd
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What a pussy
Once you see Starbucks’ final response to this, you’ll see who the real pussies are. They’re gonna fold like a cheap hooker hit in the stomach by a fat john with sores on his face.
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:46 pm to ChewyDante
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It's rude, unprofessional, and can easily be viewed as offensive. That doesn't make it racist, of course.
Exactly. Something being racially insensitive and racism are two different things.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:47 pm to Wayne Kenoff
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. I'm boycotting them now because I dont like to pay 5 bucks for coffee.
My wife will still keep them in business, however.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:47 pm to Tigerbait357
Didn't Starbucks already recently go through some kind of sensitivity training?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:47 pm to slackster
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Exactly. Something being racially insensitive and racism are two different things.
Yep. There's prejudice and then there's racism.
One of those is the pre-determined mindset and views of one based off of one's race and the other is targeted violence and killing of someone based off of his/her race.
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:48 pm to Tigerbait357
It’s more likely the barista thought he said Chang. I could see how that could happen.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:49 pm to Geauxtiga
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Didn't Starbucks already recently go through some kind of sensitivity training?
Well now there will be an additional sensitivity training on naming customers
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:49 pm to Tigerbait357
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:50 pm to Nado Jenkins83
She looks pretty hot. IWHI
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:51 pm to Tigerbait357
I thought Chang was oriental for John?????
Posted on 12/3/18 at 4:51 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Jessica one must be from new Orleans east
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 6:34 pm
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