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why can't this stuff happen to me?
http://www.kmbc.com/cnn-news/17768390/detail.html
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man found a racial slur printed on his receipt after returning a pair of shoes he bought over the weekend.
KMBC's Marcus Moore reported that Keith Slater, 22, bought a pair of shoes from a store called Journeys. Slater later returned them after finding a cheaper pair at another store. Slater did get his money back, but it was what was printed on the receipt that he and his family found disturbing.
"That makes me upset. I don't want to look at that (receipt,) that makes me so upset. Why would you say that?" said a woman who was shown the receipt.
"Have they been fired? I mean, this is absolutely crazy," said a man who saw the store ticket.
The receipt, which shows "Cust: Dumb" and then the n-word, is what Slater received after returning a pair of shoes to Journeys at Oak Park Mall.
"When he showed me that receipt, I could not believe it," said Slater's mother, Linda.
By the time the Slaters noticed the racial slur printed on the receipt, the store was already closed for the day.
Moore reported that he went by the store, but no one would talk to him about what happened. A spokesman with Journeys corporate office would only say that the matter is being investigated. But later Tuesday, Genesco, which owns Journeys, released this statement:
"While we are continuing to investigate this incident, it now appears that an employee in one of our stores entered highly inappropriate statements in a form used to process a merchandise return. Needless to say, such an act was not authorized by Journeys, and will not be tolerated. This employee has been terminated.
At Journeys, we pride ourselves on valuing and respecting every customer. We are shocked and sickened that a former associate could be responsible for an act so out of keeping with our culture and our values. We profoundly regret this incident."
"He couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. None of us got any sleep just thinking about it," Linda Slater said.
Hoping to get answers about how the words got on the receipt, the Slaters returned to the store. But they said they never got a full explanation, only that the employee entered a generic code.
"And it pulled up six or seven different choices, and the choice that she (the employee) chose was the very last choice," said Slater's father, Keith.
"I really don't doubt that this is the first time it happened. I'm sure it's happened before, but this is probably the first time that somebody noticed their receipt and came back and asked about it," Linda Slater said.
The Slaters said they are waiting for answers.
"To me, the appropriate thing to do is to terminate the employee because it's just inappropriate for that to be there, and then to have that deleted from their system," Keith Slater said.
The Slaters also filed a complaint with mall security.
why can't this stuff happen to me?
No doubt, that is a gift wrapped lawsuit and settlement...
that guy, if you want cheaper shoes don't shop at ing Journeys
Sad but true. People are insulted everyday but only black people feel the need to make a big production out of it.
Ok, I understand how inappropriate the whole thing was, but seriously... "He couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. None of us got any sleep just thinking about it,"?? WTF is this, a soap opera??
or perhaps they didn't get any sleep after they realized they could sue the store for more money than they would ever see in their lifetimes otherwise...
hey dog, they had 200 yearz of slavery that equals 200 years of en lement.
its lame how they keep on usin the race card
you dont see many ethnic minorities doin it....green card no work
REPARATIONS
Reason for Return: pleez?!?!
Al Bundy would have never done that
Or course not, cause he worked at a woman's shoe store
Doesn't say anything about them pursuing any legal route. Calm down guys.
Besides, if I found a receipt calling me a "stupid cracker" I'd probably try to get a couple pairs of shoes out of it.
You'd be laughed at and be told "Its no big deal forget it"
what if it said "stupid cracka?"
See that's ed up
come to think of it why would a white guy shop at journeys?
I mistakenly thought that Steve Perry owned the place.
Then you walk in and see tyler perry
Funny you should mention him as I am considering legal action against him due to seeing House of Payne promos during the MLB playoffs.
It would of been funny if it was a chick and the receipt said " s"
"you not black you beige"
hahahahahahahahaha oh my God that's so funny see cause the one black guy wasn't as black as the other guy. But if i'm white i can't say like that
It's actually the very last part of the promos that has me suing, where he says, "TBS: Very funny." I thought I knew the definition of the word funny. However after seeing that I became confused and unable to reconcile what I was seeing on the screen with the use of the word funny. In my efforts to make sense of it I spent over $7000 dollars on dictionaries from different companies and even other countries in an attempt to find one that defined funny as "lacking any sort of humorous quality". I am seeking reimbursement for the cost of the books and $250 billion in pain and suffering.
If a reciept of mine ever said selfish jew, I'd buy the store right then and there and fire the employee.
Perhaps the person working the register that day was a rapper, or a black comedian.
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