African-American couple from Texas just went viral by accusing International House of Pancakes of racism. They say that their IHOP server put an offensive slur on their receipt.
One little problem: the alleged slur was “BLACK PPL.” Another problem: The waiter who put it on there was black.
I know what you’re thinking. To answer your question: No, it’s still March 3. It’s not April 1 yet. That’s how oversensitive we’ve become.
he story began with Arainia Brown and her boyfriend Rolman Sparkman traveling back to Austin along Interstate 35. According to KVUE-TV (via KHOU-TV) at about 3 a.m. they were feeling peckish, and when you’re hungry you want to go to a place where a half-gallon of boysenberry syrup is at your disposal.
And you know the only place for that — IHOP.
They ordered takeaway (shame, really — you want full access to that jug of syrup for as long as possible).
However, as they were about to leave, they noticed that the waiter had chosen to describe them as “BLACK PPL” because, one assumes, they were the only ones there:
The server was African-American as well, but that made no difference to Brown and Sparkman.
“I feel upset, I’m sad, I’m angry. Like this, it makes no sense,” said Brown.
“You could have asked me my name,” she added. “Don’t put, don’t label me. I don’t label you.”
Yes, well, she’s not the IHOP employee. There’s also the fact that people get offended all the time — at Starbucks mostly, but I can see an IHOP customer getting angry, too — when a name is misspelled or misheard.
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