Posted on 08/19/2005 11:02:33 AM PDT by ExitPurgamentum
By HEIDI SINGER and CYNTHIA R. FAGENFri Aug 19, 6:00 AM ET
A posh Jersey Shore eatery, under fire for referring to a pair of diners as a "Jew Couple" on their check, is in hot water again.
Longtime customer Joanne Fordyce said she was outraged when she noticed that her check from Parkhill's Waterfront Grill in Loch Arbour printed, just below her table number, "Dirty Joanne."
"They're real nice to your face and then they let you know how they really feel when you get the check," said an outraged Fordyce, a human-resources director.
She said she was so shocked, she held onto her July 15, 2004, receipt for a year.
Fordyce said she bought $9 worth of cocktails at the bar, and added a generous $5 tip.
Later, she noticed the "Dirty" insult.
"How nice could I be? I felt like an ass after that," she said.
"I was going to let it go, but now I see they are still doing it.
"This is definitely not the normal practice if you want to stay in business. I know there are plenty of my friends that have had bad experiences there. That's why they don't go anymore."
She said that in her case, it was a female bartender who wrote up the check.
"I don't know, maybe the bartender is jealous because we drive a Mercedes. But they don't have to be jealous any longer. We just don't want to go there and be treated like this," she said angrily.
Fordyce, 34, said she decided to come forward after reading about diner Elliot Stein's shocking experience at Parkhill's, in Wednesday's Post.
In that July 8 incident, Stein's check referred to the 23-year-old Brooklyn shoe buyer and his girlfriend, Jennifer Cassin, as "Jew Couple."
"This is still going on? It's amazing," Fordyce said in disbelief.
She said she had a similar experience to Stein's when she went to complain to the same manager, Malia Wells, and received the cold shoulder.
"I was blown off like it didn't matter," said Fordyce, who lives in the area. "There was no apology."
Fordyce, who had been a Parkhill patron for seven years, said she once spent $3,000 on a baby shower at the eatery.
Fordyce yesterday filed a complaint with the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
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Better to insult me on the check than spit in my food.
Somebody from the DU must work there.
Sounds like a place that really wants to retain customers...
"How nice could I be? I felt like an ass after that," she said.
A dirty ass.
Can't be sure they don't do both!
I don't know, maybe the bartender is jealous because we drive a Mercedes.
Yes, Dirty Joanne. The bartender is jealous of your Mercedes.
This story just cracks me up. I picture her getting out of her Mercedes in a little cloud of dust, like Pigpen.
Fordyce yesterday filed a complaint with the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
The Civil Right to be dirty. And sue somebody.
She was going to let it go, but held on to the $9 reciept for a year - yeah, makes sense.
Follow the money. That's all I have to say.
I wonder if she was drinking a dirty martini :)
"Fordyce yesterday filed a complaint with the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights."
Grow up and grow thicker skin. You had already done the right thing by no longer frequenting the place. Why bring in the state Civil Rights Nazis? Does the government have to be involved every time someone's feelings are hurt?
Did she by any chance order $9 worth of "Dirty Martini" cocktails?
It is clearly the case, judging from your posts.
I am sure if you applied, that eatery will gladly give you a job.
Maybe she needs to take a bath and wash that Mercedes she's so proud of.
I am sure if you applied, that eatery will gladly give you a job.
I would never work in a restaurant that allowed the likes of Dirty Joanne to eat there!
Why are you attacking her?
She appalled. She is insulted. She thinks she should but hesitant to take action --- suits are costly emotionally and she thinks that might not be worth it. But she may still gear up to take a stand in the future. She keeps the receipt --- to show to friends and relatives, if not for any other reason. What's so unreasonable in that? She certainly did not rush to make a scandal.
Now, why is that you are so appalled by her and say nothing at all about racist scum in that eatery?
She filed a complaint with the "CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION" because someone called her "dirty"? Unbelievable how thin skinned folks are in NYC. How the hell were her CIVIL RIGHTS infringed upon by being called less than clean?
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