Posted on 04/28/2005 6:03:35 AM PDT by StuLongIsland
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel 7 men sue Florida City Denny's after being called 'bin Ladens WB39 report: Seven men sue Denny's in Florida City for discrimination (WB39) Apr 28, 2005 (RealVideo) By Chrystian Tejedor Miami Bureau April 28, 2005 Seven men of Middle Eastern descent have sued a Denny's restaurant in Florida City, claiming the restaurant refused to serve them. Ehab Albarabi, Nabil Arafat, Usama El-A-Baidy, Esam Hessein, Mohammad Natour, Usama Mohamed and Ehab Mohamed, all of Boca Raton, filed the civil rights suit April 22 in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. They seek $4 million each from the owner and a former manager of the restaurant. The suit alleges that last year the restaurant discriminated against the men and humiliated them. "We certainly are very hurt by all of this," 31-year-old Ehab Mohamed said Wednesday. "We are in fear of being discriminated everywhere we go." The men decided to stop for food at the Denny's in Florida City shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 11, 2004, attorney Alan Kauffman said. According to the suit, the discrimination started when the waitress who took their drink orders took "an unusually long time" to bring their drinks and take their food order. After waiting more than one hour, Albarabi asked manager Eduardo Ascano about the delay. According to the suit, Ascano called the men "Bin Ladens," referring to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. After waiting another 30 minutes, El-A-Baidy questioned the manager about the remark and delay. According to the suit, Ascano said, "We don't serve Bin Laden's here ... You're not welcome here anymore."
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Sounds like Scrappleface.
Maybe I can sue if I am told to smile and I have no teeth. What else is new. They are really annoying.
Ha..Ha..Ha....Get over it...You need to stop your kind from killing people because they are not Muslims....
Boy, I hope a Denny's manager doesn't make a crack about Nazis if he gets a customer named Adolph Hilter.
Why didn't they just self detonate?
I think there may be more to this story. They just sat there for an hour politely waiting? I wouldn't have. Anyway. I didn't see anything about them being American. I would like to know where they were going at 2 am.
In case you haven't figured it out, you're not welcome in this country anymore. Get out, and take your friends and relatives with you.
Thought just occurred to me - instead of sueing people because there is a finger in your chile - change your name to Osama benladen - then when some one makes a crack about your name sue them.
That was you don't have to commit a crime to get the ball rolling.
Just have the ACLU print you up a bunch of the forms so all you have to do in fill in the same of the person you are sueing - regular production line.
File all of them in the 9th Circus Court in California.
yeah, and since this is a free country I am free to not like someone by their nationality if we are at war with it! considering the names their countrymen are calling ours(include cutting off their heads!) I'd say SUCK IT UP ASSHOLES AND DON'T THINK WE'RE ABOUT PAYING MILLIONS FOR HURT FEELINGS and while we're at it....the american people have been about as pc as we're gonna be with you people, thank your lucky stars that we went so far as to NOT inter you in camps or ship you back to your homeland, or beat you sensless! Your lucky you can fly on planes or eat in our restaraunts since we are at war with your kind at the moment and you don't have to common sense to take the towel off your head and be understanding of the position we're in! I swear to god that if these guys get a dime I'm gonna sue the next towelhead i see for offending my sensibilities while we're at war with their dress.
Calling them bin Ladens was uncalled for. Should have called them disciples of a mentally unbalanced bandit pedophile.
decaf and spellcheck
Denny's set itself up for this kind of stuff after their first payoff.
Don't most eating establishments have a " we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign?
My solution, and the solution of my eight friends, was to never eat at Denny's again. I've held up my end of the bargain, six years, two cities, and one marriage later. The friends I still keep in touch with have, too. As for the old man, I have no idea.
They misunderstood the guy. What he said was "How long have you been waitin'?"
If I had been manager of the Denny’s in Florida City, I would have said why are you "Bin Ladens" from Boca Raton down here so close to the Turkey Point Atomic Energy plant?
Like a group of Americans could go to their ME armpit country and sue for discrimination......Denny's has been ripe pickings for years now - easy target for such as these.
Prove it , Binny!
I'll bet these sons of Allah cruised in there to wolf down some bacon and sausage laden breakfasts.
Two officers from the Miami-Dade and Homestead police departments eating at the Denny's asked the seven men to leave the restaurant, and said they would arrest them if they didn't, the lawsuit said.
My neighbor is Canadian, the owner of my company is Canadian, our COO is Canadian, our top programer is from Bolivia, and I have several Canadian friends.
I guess they should report to you or a proper authority where they are going if they want to be out and about at 2 am.
At 2AM ? 7 angry muslims in a restaurant I was running might meet Mr Smith and Wesson at that hour if the little bastards get belligerent.
What is it with some people? I would have just said "Fine, I prefer Perkins anyway" and left. But NOOOOOOOO! They have to go dig up a shyster to sue! Give me a break! I want on THAT jury.
Poor guy. I'd move away, get a new job and find new freinds.
Maybe the Imperial Federal Government (IFG) should set up an office of "Where you going?" and CindyDawg could head it up.
"Don't most eating establishments have a " we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign?"
So you feel we should go back to a time when you could refuse service because of the color of a person's skin or their ethnicity?
The signs you refer to apply to people if they're drunk, rowdy or don't meet a posted dress code.
I don't think you went over the top quite enough.
"At 2AM ? 7 angry muslims in a restaurant I was running might meet Mr Smith and Wesson at that hour if the little bastards get belligerent."
Gotta watch out for them black folk and Hispanics, too. They might not be totin' dirty bombs like the Muslims do, but they're always stealin' stuff and gettin' in fights. (saracasm off)
It's FLORIDA and DENNY's all in one lawsuit! Shocking.
If you're implying that I am being racist towards arabs regarding my comments ... not really, just culturally bigotted towards islamics. They damn well earned that cultoral bigotry on 9/11 and a few other instances.
I think a privately owned business should have the right to decide for whatever reason who it wants to do business with.
I counted two "Usamas" in that so what it the problem here?
Culturally bigotted towards Islamics. Very well said!
I happen to be a (gasp!) Denny's waitress. Oh, sorry--server. First, with regard to the kind of service you can expect at 2am, or any other time of day, you have to keep in mind that there are corporate Denny's and there are franchise Denny's. In theory, we're all supposed to be held to the same standard. In practice, the corporate stores (such as the one I work at) are held to a higher standard. It is just easier for corporate mgmt to keep tabs on corporate stores.
A lot of you seem shocked that people are out dining at 2am...why? The overwhelming majority of Denny's restaurants are 24 hour stores. Last call in a lot of states is 2am. Where do drunken crowds go to satisfy their munchie cravings or sober up a bit? The nearest 24 hour restaurant. When are you most likely to have the least amount of staff working? Between 2am and 6am. Some of us really do try our best, but there are limits to what we can accomplish. If a dozen drunks--or sober folks, whatever--all come in and order a breakfast at 2am, they are going to have to wait a little longer than usual. It has nothing to do with service. It has to do with the size of the grills. A good server will have no problem explaining this to a customer, and I have never had a customer fail to understand it. Good service sometimes, regrettably, means having to explain that one can expect slow service.
With regard to this statement:
"We don't serve Bin Laden's here ... You're not welcome here anymore."
If the manager actually said this, he has absolutely no business working in the service industry. Period.
And, also fwiw, I live and work in Michiganistan!
TRAITOR!!!
jk, PL
Regarding my Canadian friends, co-workers, and employer, yes, their heads do bobble like on South Park.
lol, eh!
Who listen to Alanis and pat Muslims from Hamilton on the back?
You're an idiot.
Can't recall ever seeing an Arab in there.
And your comments on being questioned when crossing the border is not relevent.
And I doubt they actually sat their quietly for an hour. There is a lot to this story we haven't heard yet.
7 mid eastern men at 2 am in the morning in Florida would be a situation that would get my attention.
I guess then 7 mid eastern men at 2 am in Nevada wouldn't?
Aren't egyptians arab? But I get your point. After dealing closely with trop for 1600 yrs. I can see how they may not want them around and they are probably not cowed by threats of a lawsuit.
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