When I managed, I told my employees if any customer made them uncomfortable they could signal me over with a simple "I need to step out for a minute" and I would take over zero questions asked. And we backed that shit up.
That was sweet of you as a manager, but there's a difference between "I do not want to be the one to handle this transaction" and "I want this Nazi to leave the store and not spend his bigoted money here..."
A big difference, and one entirely out of the control of a front line retail worker or even a store manager in many, many cases.
By giving my employees a clear, integrity-driven promise to have their backs without making a scene or requiring them to explain themselves, as well as simple instructions on how to do so discretely, it gives them some of that agency and control back. It's also important in de-escalation: if that Nazi were a stalker or abuser, or someone looking for the fight / confrontation / scene, having an escape valve gives an employee with little to no training nor responsibility to deal with that - it's simply not fucking fair to ask that - the choice they need to avoid a fight-or-flight-or-freeze, trapped moment.
Besides if anyone gets to show that little shit where the door is, nicely, walk them nicely to it, and make damn sure they know how unwelcome they are, it'll be me.
I remember this one story about a bartender kicking out some SS guy before he even sat down even though he was being civil. When asked the bar tender said if you let one in and tolerate them, then he invites his friends. And then they invite their friends. And before you know it its a Nazi bar. You have to nip it in the bud right away.
Speaking from experience, when you come from a dysfunctional home environment you tend to have a much higher threshold for dysfunctional work environments. You may not see things for what they are because similar behavior was normalized throughout your life by your caregivers. Your baseline of what is considered acceptable treatment is skewed as a result. This is not to say that we are powerless in perpetuity, of course. It's just an explanation for why such things can occur.
ffs… folks put up with what they have to. And for saying “feels oddly at home about it” well, isn’t a huge chunk of the comic about her emotionally abusive mother?
does making this observation mean I lack compassion for her? 🫤 i didnt actually mean it that way.. im familiar with the pattern myself.. so i can certainly empathize
no company would want to face the backlash of revealing that they won't let their employees not serve nazis, and if the higher ups aren't a company that cares about that and still make you, then they're nazis and you shouldn't work there.
Thanks to conservatives, you can reject even protected classes if you say its over religion and its not a protected, required service like housing or a hospital.
Just say Nazi is against your religion.... play their own games.
Without any evidence to back up my claim, I feel like most Holocaust deniers don't actually believe that, and just say it never happened because they know there's no defending Hitler to normal people otherwise
NO. Then the issue is that her employer tolerates Nazis! There should be NO public business that thinks knowingly serving Nazis is good for business. If your boss gets pissed, tell them to just imagine the absolute field day local news and online blogs and reviews would have knowing their local coffee spot proudly serves Nazis.
I kicked a nazi out of our drive-thru back when I worked at Domino's. Guy actually got his mom to call and complain about discrimination and tried to claim he was an 'Odinist'
Yes, Odin, famously known for his two back to back lightning bolts and his favorite number, 88, for the number of deadly storms he creates every year. Love that guy!
I know a bunch of people from way back that were Odinist and into Asatru. They are so pissed their symbolism is used by nazis since most of them are pretty much hippies with history degrees.
they want to take it all though, that's the problem. The warriors knot is now pretty widely considered a nazi or right wing symbol when it has nothing to do with nazis.
Sorry to tell ya, but 'Odinists' are known to be 'folkish' which is a term that comes right from the Nazi handbook. If they were not cool with being considered Nazis they would have just straight up been calling themselves pagans.
Hippies with history degrees should have known better, or they were cool with being connected to the Nazis and just wanted to be treated better.
He had a swastika on his arm with the full eagle and stuff around it. If he'd just worn long sleeves I'd have never known, but I guess he was proud of it or something.
You’d also be creating a scene and a headache for the nazi, which is a good thing. If you have capacity, you should do it. They should have to second guess themselves about everything whenever they’re in public.
If theyre comfy wearing their tattoos in public then no you arent. Theyre just gonna tell their buddies later about the “crazy bitch” at the gas station.
My point exactly - make walking around with visible nazi tattoos fucking uncomfortable. Inconvenience them. Deny them service. At the very least, give them your very best side eye
I sold an art piece to a neighbor (over some beers). During the same conversation I found out he’s a Sandy Hook denier. I threw the money back at him, took my shit back and told him to leave.
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Yes, this really happened. Yes, someone pointed out that he was friendly. No, I don't care how nice he was. What do I do with the tip money? No clue
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