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Nancy Levine
@nancylevine
Is this James Iannazzo, Wealth Management Advisor, Managing Director of @MerrillLynch? Merrill Lynch is owned by @BankofAmerica. Comment from his employer? $BAC #ESG
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Danesh
@thatdaneshguy
I've identified this man as James Iannazzo of @MerrillLynch being racist and assaulting a minor
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I have emailed Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, asking them to confirm whether the man in the video is their employee James Iannazzo and, if so, what is their comment. Will post here if I receive response.
NEW: A spokesperson for Merrill Lynch emailed me this statement today about James Iannazo who was seen in a viral video:
Our company does not tolerate behavior of this kind. We immediately investigated and have taken action. This individual is no longer employed at our firm.
9:04 AM · Jan 23, 2022
underpants
(182,279 posts)or whatever it was.
If he produces someone hire him.
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts).
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orleans
(33,987 posts)dalton99a
(81,073 posts)lame54
(35,141 posts)calimary
(80,700 posts)I love it when assholes get their - um - just desserts!
Moebym
(989 posts)At one time, Italians weren't considered white.
This is why we must teach real history.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)ARPad95
(1,671 posts)Scholarship Board of the Columbus Memorial Fund when he was a senior at Norwalk (CT) High School. All 10 members of the Columbus Scholarship Board and their titles like president, first vice president, second vice president etc. were also included in the brief newspaper article (https://newspaperarchive.com/norwalk-news-jul-03-1991-p-10/). They all had Italian surnames so I think you can easily guess the memorialized person was none other than Christopher Columbus, Italian Cristoforo Colombo.
In 2020, the city of Norwalk ordered the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue that was owned and dedicated to the city by the Columbus Memorial Fund in 1940. (A tidbit of 1940 history: March 18 WWII: Axis powers: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass in the Alps. After being informed by Hitler that the Germans are ready to attack in the west, Mussolini agrees to bring Italy into the war in due course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940)
The group that started the movement to have the CC statue removed is called CT Youth Activists. Here's their rationale:
it represented violence, racism, marginalization, and the continued denial of the genocide of indigenous people. The group called for the statue to be replaced by a monument to Norwalks original inhabitants, the Wappingers and Lanopes.
https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-s-Columbus-statue-to-be-removed-15366079.php
Hmmm, perhaps one can glean from all of this that Mr. Iannazzo, being of patriotic Italian extraction, might have an issue with "fucking ignorant, immigrant high school bitches."
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)They think because they make so much money they are better then everyone else. They're rude and egotistical.
Im glad the guy was fired. This video will go viral and hell have a hard time finding another job unless he gets hired by some right wing venture capitalist fund and will be anonymous behind the scenes. But Wall Street is a small club and he might not be able to escape this encounter.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)BunnyMcGee
(461 posts)Larissa
(786 posts)that he effed himself up. That's when he demanded the staffers give him their phones and tried to barge his way into the locked office. In warp speed his vulgarities and assault spread across social media. His eyes were swollen with tears for his own sorry self.
BunnyMcGee
(461 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)What an asshat. Glad he was fired.
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)csziggy
(34,120 posts)"In a world full of Karens (with picture of the Merril Lynch guy) be a blue hoodies girl (with a picture of the barista yelling at him)."
https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckYouKaren/comments/sazchc/blue_hoodie_girl_is_a_fucking_legend/
RobinA
(9,878 posts)abominably. His behavior doesn't excuse hers. If you can't handle the heat, stay out from behind the counter
ARPad95
(1,671 posts)initiated the incident.
"If you can't handle the heat, stay out from behind the counter."
Your take is abominable.
ripcord
(5,084 posts)He asked for the smoothie with no peanuts and he took it home his son had a severe allergic reaction after drinking it. I can understand he was upset but the language, threats and throwing the drink were what got him arrested and fired.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)For all we know, the kid snuck a snickers.
lame54
(35,141 posts)That may have turned the tables on public perception
ripcord
(5,084 posts)I can understand his anger after seeing your kid go through a severe allergy reaction but not only did he over react but his anger brought out his true nature. I wouldn't be surprised if the family sues the shop though.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,225 posts)that is all the precaution he takes in protecting his severely allergic son. Perhaps there were nut products in one of the ingredients, perhaps nut residue got into the chocolate powder. If it is a malt shop, there's probably nuts and nut products all around. What was the father thinking?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)make all their food at home. By going to restaurants, there is ALWAYS a chance of cross contamination. ALWAYS!
csziggy
(34,120 posts)They do not get to eat take out or restaurant food. They do not get to go on sleep overs or play dates because of the risks of getting exposed to something they could react to. Their school has been informed so they can be protected from getting exposed.
I've made cookies for holidays for them and their mother was very detailed in her questioning about what the ingredients were and how I prepared them. She and the boys were so happy to have cookies that they could eat for holidays since they seldom get to have sweets at all.
My go-tos for them are oat flour oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips (made in a nut free factory) and meringue cookies with either the same chocolate chips or with peppermint candy canes broken up. The boys really like the meringue cookies - they can grab big handfuls and still don't get a lot of calories out of them.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,225 posts)Ordering a milkshake made in a place where a variety of nuts are used is just too risky. If it is true that his son had an allergic reaction, it is the father's fault. He was negligent. Why in the hell would he put his son at risk like that?
So the guy doesn't have the sense to make his severely allergic son a milkshake at home, and is probably constantly putting him at risk. And then he blames other people, is a racist pig, assaults minors, and has no anger control.
LoisB
(7,079 posts)Rebl2
(13,311 posts)Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)spooky3
(34,303 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)He's going to an ice cream shop, not a medical clinic.
There are teenagers working there part time who can't be held to pharmaceutical standards.
It was dumb of him to go there, because if his son is that sensitive, peanut dust could be anywhere, including the surface of the cop.
Guy is just a jerk with control issues.
I'm not sure I believe his allergic son story.
spooky3
(34,303 posts)processed in the same facility and caution should be exercised, etc.
This parent should be outraged at HIMSELF, for not protecting his child, and for raging with racism at innocent young workers.
ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)McDonald's used to sell a fruit & walnut salad.
There was an * after that item on the overhead menu.
Below, it said "* Contains Nuts".
In a fruit & WALNUT salad! They still added a tree nut warning right on the menu.
Pretty hard to not be diligent, unless one is a raging tool. Like this idiot!
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)Larissa
(786 posts)Best laugh all month.
Piasladic
(1,160 posts)A huge bag of raw peanuts at Publix which had a big label: "may contain peanuts"
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Mariana
(14,849 posts)They aren't clairvoyant, he should have let them know. Most people who request that an ingredient be left out do so because they don't like the ingredient, not because they're allergic. It was on him to inform them that's not the case with this particular order.
If I had a kid who was deathly allergic to peanuts, I wouldn't be getting a smoothie at a place that uses peanuts. The risk of cross-contamination is too high, no matter how careful the workers are. This jackass could have made the kid's smoothies at home, but he couldn't be bothered with that I guess.
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)Can't you SEE them make the shake? I do at my place.
May be different there, but it's pretty transparent
Mariana
(14,849 posts)The other ingredients or the equipment most likely had some peanut residue or dust from other orders or from prep or whatever. Which is why you don't buy stuff for your kid who's deathly allergic to peanuts from a place that uses peanuts as an ingredient. You find a place that doesn't use peanuts as an ingredient, or you make the kid's smoothies at home.
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)Don't put their kids in that position. Make the effing smoothie at home.
Jetheels
(991 posts)and hes not with his son that could be dying?
And so he leaves the hospital and then literally throw away the evidence, at a teenager?
That makes not much sense.
One thing I can be sure of is who he voted for.
Willis88
(109 posts)questionseverything
(9,631 posts)N/t
forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)I mean, refund the money, sure.
Jetheels
(991 posts)and he goes back to the smoothie shop and wants a refund or something. This story makes no sense the more you think about it.
And like so much news, do we ever find out what really happened?
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demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)IF he went to the hospital I would stay with hin and then make phone calls when the crisis is over
and ...guess what. Companies have a disclaimer that protects them. I KNOW from experience
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,225 posts)life, ordering this and that, saying "oh by the way, no peanuts" especially from a place with nut products everywhere. No - you just don't do that. That's negligent. But I doubt the "severe allergy" story.
My mom was allergic to codeine, and we were ever vigilant and beyond careful. The doctors and medical staff were also very careful. It was written on all her paperwork, files, etc in big red letters: ALLERGIC TO CODEINE. She had a medical bracelet.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)had dish for them. they ate NOTHING ELSE, not the cake or anything.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)spent several nights in the ER after a reaction
now we ask to see the ingredients and only go where we have been before and KNOW for sure
hollygolively
(87 posts)He could have handled things in a non-combative way. In a non-abusive way.
His choice was to do otherwise.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)The place sells smoothies full of peanut butter. If his son has a life-threatening peanut allergy the father was risking his son's life bringing him food from that store. Parents of kids with allergies are supposed to know this.
At best this shows very poor judgment on the father's part - even before he committed assault, battery and trespassing as shown in the video.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)So the store personnel did not take the precautions they might have if they had known it for someone who was allergic. There are specific steps that are taken if an allergy is specified - or if it was not possible at that location, they can tell the customer that.
The failure to tell them the drink was for a very allergic person was on the father.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)that could potentially be an issue
AND why wasn't he still with his son in the ER? It takes longer than 39 minutes if the allergy is as severe as he claims.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)Actions have consequences, dude.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)If you behave like an asshole, someone is taking a video of it.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)Walleye
(30,724 posts)MissB
(15,800 posts)And they were talking about the Spanish flu pandemic and how folks got weary and angry. Like a normal human nature response to the stress of the pandemic.
Not sure I buy into it completely, but folks in general are angrier.
That said, the guy in the OP video is an ass.
I still say we should be able to handle acting with basic human decency.
Walleye
(30,724 posts)I know Im going a little crazy for sure, my mom used to say, Im at the end of my rope. I havent quite got to the end yet but I think a lot of people have
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)If so, maybe he will go take it out on the personal trainer who got him started.
Walleye
(30,724 posts)ARPad95
(1,671 posts)The tweeter pointed out that several of his network connections included bettor, sports gambling, gambler and the like in their job titles.
Hmmm, lots of those "American Greed" episodes feature swindlers, errr, I mean financial advisors with gambling problems. They get very squirrely when they have to pay the piper.
JI7
(89,182 posts)So they feel they have the support and they cheer and rile each other up .
There is also a HUGE victim complex among them so they always feel like they are fighting against some injustice done to them.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)like that back in the '80's when I was in retail, but then we didn't curse back at them and they didn't get fired (the customer).
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)pushed open the door?
ificandream
(9,196 posts)progressoid
(49,827 posts)Riiiight. Those racist comments just came out of nowhere I suppose.
People don't scream racist stuff like that unless it's already inside them.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)whathehell
(28,969 posts)in his remarks..I know he called her an "immigrant" , but to my knowledge, anyone of any race can be an "immigrant".
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)using the term 'immigrant' as a pejorative - is sailing awfully darned close to racism. And Americans are generally not given to assuming people of Polish, Dutch or Irish extraction - are 'immigrant' based on their appearance.
I suppose there's an outside chance that you are right here. But it looks like pretty outside chance.
spooky3
(34,303 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 23, 2022, 10:52 PM - Edit history (1)
He clearly saw the workers as beneath his status, and called one a "f-ing b-word" at least once.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)I'm sorry, but I don't think "immigrant" is a racist term in itself. You said that Americans are generally not given to calling someone of European origin an "immigrant" based on appearance, but they would if they heard a non-American accent.
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)You're just being way too open minded (or purposefully naive) my friend.
True the word itself is not inherently racist in a technical sense. (as perhaps used in an academic or legal setting) In the context we are speaking of here? Bet 'yer ass! 99.9% of the time.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)but if you think that only racist words are used with a 'perjorative sneer', I'd guess you're a straight guy who's never heard yourself being called "cunt","bitch" "
slut" or "faggot".
soldierant
(6,648 posts)(even when compleytely out of any rational context) ... what about the phrase "fucking immigrant"?
I'd say that's definitely some kind og pejorative myself.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)He also called her a "bitch" which is definitely a perjorative and he was f-bombing all over the place.
He was an abusive jerk and I'm quite glad he was fired.
..My only point was that the word "immigrant" is not, in itself, racist.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)been the case with retail customers. In my day, to escape this kind of rager you had to be a Grandmother or a male above the age of 30. Women in their 20's got the worst of it.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)and I left it as soon as I was able.
ificandream
(9,196 posts)... as he is finding out the hard way.
malaise
(267,824 posts)Bye bye
Moebym
(989 posts)The young man is POC and a fast food employee.
The young man was a mere servant to James. James thought no more of yelling at and threatening this young man than a slaveowner would whipping a slave he thought was slacking.
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)And that one could probably kick his entitled ass.
She was fearless.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)GoodRaisin
(8,887 posts)whathehell
(28,969 posts)and if I'm not mistaken, both of those he was abusing were young women, not men.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)I almost canceled my BOA card until I heard he was fired.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,474 posts)Gore1FL
(21,034 posts)I think former governor Rapey McRapeface is currently the front-runner.
xmas74
(29,658 posts)The man who will sue for any reason as long as it gives an appearance of doing something. His current suit is against 35 public school districts in Missouri over mask mandates. He claims it's similar to child abuse. Of course his kids attend a private school where staff are required to vaccinate and masks are required for anyone on grounds.
Behind him is Vicky Hartzler, one of the biggest idiots Congress until our 2020 new kids were elected.
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)The smallest things can set someone like that off.
It's lucky for those girls he didn't have a gun.
pazzyanne
(6,519 posts)Demobrat
(8,917 posts)Iannazo: I was fired for assaulting a restaurant employee over a milkshake.
Of course he will learn nothing from the incident and blame everyone else. I wouldnt want to be his wife or child. He will be unemployed with nowhere to go during the day and nobody else to take it out on.
Good luck to them.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,005 posts)getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)That is borderline. Yeah, it's not exactly polite, but calling someone an immigrant seems to be more classist than racist.
Was there more to it?
Since we don't know what the person looked like, it's hard to know. It could have been someone with an accent as much as a person with non-white skin or features.
Not saying it was right or justifiable. But he will probably get a better job offer than he had from some magat firm........
Still, the thought of his anger and misery are sweet.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)at everything, but then the way he was yelling and cursing was scary - I'd be thinking the whole time what if he has a gun?
No reason to lose it like that, especially when he'd been home and had time to think about it before he got there.
He should have just called a personal injury lawyer.
Demobrat
(8,917 posts)while beating their partners to death. I agree its not the words its the delivery. I thought he was going to get his hands on one of those kids and do serious damage. Guy needs a serious time out - in jail.
getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)We all have our days.
She was actually accelerating towards me from a dead stop as she made a turn with no effort to let me cross the street in a crosswalk pushing a shopping cart.
Not racial, or classist, or even sexist; but pointed.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)druidity33
(6,435 posts)might want to watch it in order to be more informed before defending this fellow. It's pretty clear he's a total dickbag...
kcr
(15,300 posts)It is way over the line. You can't even see the line in the rearview mirror.
niyad
(112,435 posts)and reasonably sanely-functioning adult, make very sure of what I order, especially at a new place. If I had a child with a food allergy, especially that peanut one, I am not sure that I would ever risk a possible fatal reaction. Everywhere I go, in stores and restaurants, are warning signs. "This product made in a facility that has nuts", or similar.
I feel very sorry for that jerkoff's child. What a terrible role model.
relayerbob
(6,510 posts)No matter his reason, that's completely unacceptable behavior.
Glad he lost his job. Hope he enjoys serving the sandwiches at his next one.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)Fuck these diseased racist assholes.
70sEraVet
(3,430 posts)that was not made to his specifications, he would have hired a lawyer to file suit - NOT verbally abuse a bunch of teenage employees. More than likely, he was just being a bully to make up for his own dumb-assness.
Glad he got fired. Maybe Merrill Lynch should hire one of those teenagers who acted more mature than he did.
Obvious85
(258 posts)Agree?
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,321 posts)Clean out your desk and box up your shit.
If the dude doesnt have enough to retire on after 25 years as a retail broker, he must really suck at it.
He sucks as a human being though, that much is clear.
live love laugh
(13,009 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,352 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Attacking and berating young women working a job. The fact he was trying to get into the back to get that young ladies phone is truly disgusting. He probably wouldn't have done that if there were another man in that store. He would have been knocked the fuck out
Stinky The Clown
(67,697 posts)Nut allergies are SERIOUS. Maybe even life threatening for some. Sparkly's nice has them big time. When she was a teen, she was visiting here and wanted a jelly sandwich. I got out the jelly she chose. She asked if we'd ever maybe possibly just by chance dipped the knife into the peanut butter before using it in the jelly. GoT make sure she was safe, we gout a new, unopened jar of jelly. That incident has stuck with me for decades.
Knowing my sister-in-law, they were VERY careful about this sort of thing. I'd say it would have been impossible they went into a place where nuts and almond milk and who knows what else is used regularly and order a specialty drink to go for their kid with a nut allergy.
Mr. Innazzo, in my opinion, is lying.
vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)If you really are a parent of a child that has allergies like this you will know going into a chain store or a local store that a lot of the products are made around nuts. You would not be buying from a store you would be making the stuff at home with the right and safe ingredients. You wouldn't be a total fucking Idiot and take a risk buying something from a store that is exposed around such items for allergies. Hes a two bit shithead liar and now he'll be the victim because the right wing nutjobs always coddle these losers.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,546 posts)...enough that I should really open a brokerage account.
It will be with ML.
Larissa
(786 posts)His melt down got 16 million views on Tic-Toc before it was removed.
ZonkerHarris
(24,156 posts)Response to Nevilledog (Original post)
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Emile
(21,909 posts)or one of the many other financial companies.
SKKY
(11,772 posts)...out of danger. I don't get his reaction after the fact, but he was under a lot of stress, and stress reveals a lot about people.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Born in 1973. Maybe some time away from working will be good for him.
infullview
(978 posts)"What a maroon"
RobinA
(9,878 posts)out of line, but as a former retail worker I can't imagine responding to even nasty customers the way these girls did. Screaming and f-bombing the customers? Just no. Typical of the times. A pitched battle between a guy angrily asking to see a manager and workers with NO ability to deescalate or control themselves. Can't even imagine. Everybody off the deep and here.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)Yeah, this peanut allergy smoothie problem is on him, not the workers. Make it at home or go to a shop that doesn't have risk of cross contamination.
Mr. Sparkle
(2,915 posts)Jetheels
(991 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)evil, entitled and wants to be 'in charge'. What a RW POS. And why isn't throwing a cup full of hot liquid, hitting a person not assault? Money white male...this is what's wrong in America. The ex-president told this POS he could do this with no consequence and would pay for legal costs.
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)He has expensive lawyers and a "position in the community" those kinds of people always land on their feet no matter how awful they are. Lots of his clients think and act like this entitled ass.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)he has to find another position with this example of his "verbal communication" and "problem solving" abilities available to every HR department on the planet.
Not saying he won't find another job. He does have marketable higher level skills. If he's fortunate, a relative or friend will be able to help him out so the fall won't be all the way to a cubicle in some strip mall business. So loading and unloading hand trucks probably isn't in his future, but this is already disastrous.