Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Everything is About Race Now, That's the Game They Play" video.

  1. Cyden One He was handling a belligerent customer. He told her to leave and when she didn't, he called the police. He knew he was being filmed by her and understood the implications of this action and, apparently, it might have scared him.....but he did it, anyway. As a manager, that's exactly what he should have done. His fear has appeared to be justified. It's now a media event and he may lose his job over it. Who has the power here, anyway? This "black" woman used her race to browbeat and threaten a white person. This man's "white privilege" is failing him.
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  2. Cyden One As was pointed out, he was not the one that asked the customer to leave. Also, we have no idea what the customer said, if she threatened him or how serious the threats were. We have no idea of how much experience this manager has and whether this was his first confrontation of this type. You're basing an assessment on a very, VERY short video clip. Since, you're engaging in personal experience as a call to authority, I'll do the same. I worked for 14 years as a bartender and though I'm in my late sixties and retired, I still get requests for my services on a part time level. This would indicate that my abilities, as a bartender, are respected. I'll tell you one thing, though. I hope that there's no video clip of my first confrontation with an irate customer. I know that it wasn't all that flattering on my part. I got over it and not all people do. It was a new experience in my professional life and it's not easy. That doesn't mean that your unease can't be overcome. I guarantee you that if you watched a clip of my first encounter and decided that this indicated a pushover, you'd be sorely mistaken. I mean that in both a figurative and physical manner. I've even had a customer claim that I had declined service because he was black. He didn't get far with that claim. Even if that manager isn't suited for that job, and that's quite possible, that doesn't have a thing to do with the behaviour of the customer and how this is being turned into a racial incident. No dispute should be settled using the colour of a person's skin as the deciding factor, alone. The facts are the issue here and that's all that counts. Worse, I'd hate to think that a business should ALWAYS acquiesce to a customer's demands. That sounds like a recipe for fraud without consequence to me.
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