RadioShack calls customer "ugly itch from tatoville"

[KonaKane]

Following up on the PizzaHut employee who thought it was cute to type on a Chinese American's receipt "Mrs. Chinky eyes", RadioShack has entered the fray of stupid racist employee tricks.

Radio Shack Receipt: Customer 'Ugly Itch' From 'Ghettohood,USA'

A woman went into a Maryland RadioShack to buy a cassette tape adapter and left with a receipt that read "ugly itch" from "tattoville," referring to the tattoos on her arm in memory of a child lost to SIDS and her deceased mother.

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On the receipt from the Silver Spring, MD store were these typed out words: "ugly itch, ghettohood, usa, tattoville, Maryland." Lewis decided to return to the store to speak to the manager.

When Lewis returned to RadioShack, the 27-year-old says she was greeted with a few curse words from the manager. The employee that wrote the note on the receipt began to apologize, calling the words "just a joke," said Lewis.

When she attempted to get a number for the store's corporate office, Lewis says she was given a bogus number and the manager threatened to call the cops.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/rad...-news.html

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What a blessing the new GOP/Tea Party are for this nation, isn't it? They have opened a whole new era when, as Ronald Reagan had hoped, "people would be comfortable with their prejudices again."

[Hekate]

This takes my breath away.

[KonaKane]

I's the second such incident in so many months, and the store's reaction to her was almost as appalling as the receipt.

Is this a new low in customer relations? A trend? Especially if you are not White?

[jaxx]

Makes me wonder why people like the clerk have jobs and nice people are looking for a job. What kind of fool was the manager giving a bogus phone number for the corporate headquarters? Sheesh, not a dimes worth of difference between them.

[KonaKane]

(03-15-2012 04:06 PM)jaxx Wrote:  ..........

What kind of fool was the manager giving a bogus phone number for the corporate headquarters? Sheesh, not a dimes worth of difference between them.

I know! How boneheaded was that? "I'll just give her a fake number" as if she wouldn't dial it and find out.

[SeattleGirl]

(03-15-2012 04:36 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  

(03-15-2012 04:06 PM)jaxx Wrote:  ..........

What kind of fool was the manager giving a bogus phone number for the corporate headquarters? Sheesh, not a dimes worth of difference between them.

I know! How boneheaded was that? "I'll just give her a fake number" as if she wouldn't dial it and find out.

No kidding. That manager is dumber than a box of rocks.

[KonaKane]

(03-15-2012 06:37 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  No kidding. That manager is dumber than a box of rocks.

And almost as ugly!