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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:25 AM Nov 2016

Woman Goes On Racist, Pro-Trump Tirade In Michaels Store Over 1 Bag

Source: Huffington Post

A Chicago shopper was filmed having a meltdown inside of a Michaels craft store, during which she accused the staff of discriminating against her for being white and for voting for Donald Trump.

“And I voted for Trump, so there. You want to kick me out because of that? And look who won,” the unidentified woman is heard yelling at employees.

According to the 10-minute video uploaded to YouTube, the woman believed that a black employee had tried to “force” her to purchase a $1 reusable bag. Employees can be heard telling her that they offered her the bag because they were out of disposable ones that met the size of her larger items.

Jessie Grady, who filmed Wednesday evening’s profanity-laced tirade on her phone, told the Chicago Patch that she broke out her camera so that it wasn’t just the angry customer’s word against the employees’.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racist-pro-trump-tirade-over-bag_us_583c55cce4b000af95eef322

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Woman Goes On Racist, Pro-Trump Tirade In Michaels Store Over 1 Bag (Original Post) TomCADem Nov 2016 OP
And welcome to Trump's Amerika Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #1
Trump-Loving Man Throws Tantrum At Black Starbucks Employee Over Coffee TomCADem Nov 2016 #2
To be fair assholes like that have been with us long before Trump was born and will probably be cstanleytech Nov 2016 #3
Yes they were lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #4
Exactly CountAllVotes Nov 2016 #5
Yeah, Really RobinA Nov 2016 #8
What started it? I hate mentioning this kind of stuff... WhoWoodaKnew Nov 2016 #6
Michaels store was out of large item merchandise plastic bags. Holiday season , poor inventory? lunasun Nov 2016 #10
Hopefully the internet will soon identify her shawn703 Nov 2016 #7
She's more likely to become a hero with Trump followers lunatica Nov 2016 #17
Sick and common. Saw some racist go off on an AA clerk because they were out of her cigarette lunasun Nov 2016 #9
Her name is Jennifer Boyle leftyladyfrommo Nov 2016 #11
She also did this at Peets Coffee Shop according to lunasun Nov 2016 #13
LOL @ "Human Resources Business Partner" Iggo Nov 2016 #14
Wonder how many qualified black and brown applicants she did not hire at the hospitals lunasun Nov 2016 #16
according to wonkette, she did the same performance at a marshall's near the michael's niyad Nov 2016 #20
Welcome to post-racist America. Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #12
It's happening. Iggo Nov 2016 #15
The deplorables Motley13 Nov 2016 #18
can you imagine how they will react if the recounts do what we think? niyad Nov 2016 #21
Pfft. I would ignore that woman just like I'd ignore a black person... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #19
well, apart from leaving without the items you wished to purchase, how do you ignore a rant niyad Nov 2016 #22
The cops don't respond or they're not called in the first place? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #24
Police were called several times. davsand Nov 2016 #25
That woman acts like a spoiled brat along the same lines as these women... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #26
Looks to me like she goes around hoping someone assaults her for a lawsuit. ret5hd Nov 2016 #23
Her husband is an attorney. n/t Adsos Letter Nov 2016 #27
Is she related Dorian Gray Nov 2016 #29
FOX news audition? IcyPeas Nov 2016 #28

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
2. Trump-Loving Man Throws Tantrum At Black Starbucks Employee Over Coffee
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:50 AM
Nov 2016

Yup, this is becoming the norm. Act like a racist, sexist asshole. and you can become President of the U.S.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporter-throws-tantrum-at-starbucks_us_582deb07e4b058ce7aa9a5bd

A South Florida man was filmed ranting at a Starbucks barista after he claims he was denied service for supporting Donald Trump.

In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, David Sanguesa, who is white, can be heard calling an African-American barista “trash” and “garbage” while accusing her of discriminating against him at the Miami cafe.

“Because I voted for Trump. Trump. You lost,” he tells the unidentified employee before asking for his money back. “You’re garbage. You’re complete trash.”

Starbucks customer Jorge de Cárdenas, who caught the explosive scene on his cell phone, told The Huffington Post that Sanguesa claimed “white discrimination” shortly before he started filming.

cstanleytech

(26,280 posts)
3. To be fair assholes like that have been with us long before Trump was born and will probably be
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:57 AM
Nov 2016

with us long after we are all dead.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
4. Yes they were
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:57 AM
Nov 2016

But they didn't feel enabled to spew their vile racist / misogynist / xenophobic crap in public. Trump enabled them.

RobinA

(9,888 posts)
8. Yeah, Really
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 09:15 AM
Nov 2016

When I was in retail in the '80's, because my area was largely white, it was mostly white on white insults. I had an employee told to crawl back under the rock she crawled out from. Calling people "trash" was kind of a norm for the abusive types. It certainly was an eye-opener how the public treated people. And don'y even get me started on the abuse I saw while working at McDonalds...

I considered it a learning experience. Made me tough for my subsequent career in mental health. I had a particular weakness about being called stupid. A summer at McDonalds took care of that.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
10. Michaels store was out of large item merchandise plastic bags. Holiday season , poor inventory?
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 10:03 AM
Nov 2016

You decide the start and fault , too many shoppers , or poor planning on bag inventory

Nope it was out right hatred of whites and trump in the young lady's paranoid head.

shawn703

(2,702 posts)
7. Hopefully the internet will soon identify her
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 09:07 AM
Nov 2016

So she can be held up for public scorn and ridicule, fired from her job and immortalized on the internet just like everyone else of her ilk. If the only way for these people to feel shame is if they take a hit to their pocketbooks and can't go out in public without people wanting to throw rotten fruit at them, so be it.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. She's more likely to become a hero with Trump followers
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:41 PM
Nov 2016

She could even be as popular as Zimmerman who shot and killed Trayvon in Florida. Maybe they'll even send her money.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
9. Sick and common. Saw some racist go off on an AA clerk because they were out of her cigarette
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 09:56 AM
Nov 2016

brand . The ranting when on for more than a few minutes at the top of her lungs how this black B won't get her cigs . Lady clerk just kept repeating she doesn't have them they are sold out , then her, more nasty language . I yelled I'm calling the police like someone in the op video did.
I'm waiting here to check out , leave her alone I also said . I was a few people down the line and to be honest if I was next to the ranting racist , I probably would not have done that as she was young and very big / large and could be packin but I was just a voice in the crowd Did not stop her but she did finally leave.
Even so I made sure no one was around me when I left .

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
16. Wonder how many qualified black and brown applicants she did not hire at the hospitals
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:18 PM
Nov 2016

On second view it is clear IMO by her choice of scarf brand, boots and bag that she also clearly like most, really voted for trump based on economic insecurity, so let's not forget that aspect of her anger

niyad

(113,239 posts)
20. according to wonkette, she did the same performance at a marshall's near the michael's
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:11 PM
Nov 2016

just a few weeks prior.

people are going to start following her around with their cameras to record her rants as evidence that she is batshit nuts. maybe she wants her own youtube channel.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
12. Welcome to post-racist America.
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 10:06 AM
Nov 2016

This is the beginning of what it will be when white people like her realize that they will soon be in the minority.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
19. Pfft. I would ignore that woman just like I'd ignore a black person...
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:51 PM
Nov 2016

... accusing me of being racist for what he/she incorrectly perceived as unfair treatment.

If the person persists like that woman, call security to remove her or call the cops.

niyad

(113,239 posts)
22. well, apart from leaving without the items you wished to purchase, how do you ignore a rant
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:15 PM
Nov 2016

that goes on and on? cops apparently don't bother to respond to this sort of thing if the offender is white.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
24. The cops don't respond or they're not called in the first place?
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:28 PM
Nov 2016

If there's no security in that place to call, then it's as pathetic as Wal-Mart. (There was an article shared on this board awhile ago about cops complaining about all their calls to Wal-Mart to handle unruly customers.)

davsand

(13,421 posts)
25. Police were called several times.
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:31 PM
Nov 2016

That tirade extended out for almost 45 minutes and CPD did not dispatch until somebody expressed concern that she might have some sort of medical emergency.

I've seen comments made by the woman that made the video saying that she has received treats for posting it. She was pretty rattled the day it happened but seems to be mostly just pissed off at this point.

Something I think every one of us needs to do is contact our local law enforcement to ask how they plan to deal with this sort of thing. What if she'd had a gun? (Illinois is a conceal carry state, so that is not as far out as you might think!) What if she'd begun physically attacking somebody? Pretty sure there were people there that day that were afraid of her, what about their right to feel secure in their person? This can happen anywhere, and it presents a danger.

Laura

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
26. That woman acts like a spoiled brat along the same lines as these women...
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:42 PM
Nov 2016




I just looked at the Chicago video again and saw someone who looked like a security guard standing behind her at about 8:30. If so, that's messed up! She should have been escorted away.

Dorian Gray

(13,490 posts)
29. Is she related
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 10:44 PM
Nov 2016

to the westboro baptist church group?

Isn't that their MO?

Provoke until people lose it, then they can sue?

IcyPeas

(21,857 posts)
28. FOX news audition?
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 05:53 PM
Nov 2016

she could be the next kellyanne conway or the next ann coulter.

came back to edit....

or she really has a problem and I feel sad for her and she needs help. wonder what she thinks when she sees these videos? wonder what her husband, friends, family think when they see this. someone needs to help her.

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