The customer, identified only as Kassie, saw "N*gger Chik" on her receipt and posted her story to Facebook. The owner told her the slur was used deliberately but as a joke and she wasn’t supposed to see it. The "joke" just got out of hand.
Watching the news report is just bizarre, as the couple who own the restaurant now seem to feel like they're the victims in this ordeal, what with all the ensuing publicity. And although the employee who did it has been fired, he wasn't until the news crew from WTAJ showed up. Spectacularly oblivious white people. You'd think they'd be a little more self-aware that their livelihood just went up in flames.
Source: WTAJ
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – A Pennsylvania restaurant is facing backlash after a racial slur was printed on a receipt and handed to a customer.
The customer, identified only as Kassie, said she ordered a blackened chicken panini at the Aviation Inn in Duncansville and said the bar went silent when she walked in to pick it up. As a woman of color, Kassie said she was used to the treatment.
“People kind of stare at you being the minority and not the majority,” Kassie said.
What Kassie wasn’t expecting though was to look at her receipt to see the N-word. After calling the restaurant, she said one of the owners, Allen Butterbaugh, told her the slur was used deliberately but as a joke and she wasn’t supposed to see it.
“He did tell me that this was a joke amongst the kitchen, and he said it got out of hand,” Kassie said.
She said the owner claimed he told the employee not to put it on the receipt, but the employee told him he’s not racist, so he could do that, justifying it by saying he hangs out with minorities, so he’s “a brother.”
