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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Why would you even say that???
I love that place!
IF they are insulting you on the check you can be almost certain that you are averaging at least 2 body fluids per dish. All the same what the heck is up with that restaurant? Are they just plain dumb, or do they actually think their customers will 'appreciate' being called all sorts of grade-school names?
Substitute "insult guests based upon race..." with "killing people." To be sure, killing people on your premises is not good for business. But business is not everyting, especially if the culture condones the abuse. We had slavery for a long, long time --- it WAS good for business! If it were accepted by neighbors and productive today, would you accept it.
Business deals with private property rights (which are by the way granted and enforced by the government). Culture -- where the issue of racism belongs --- is a public good.
Not referring to customers in the back room. These identifiers are on the bill presented to the customer, and in the case of the "Jew Couple" on the credit card receipt.
Good one.
I'm just trying to figure out why this "Trish" person put that on the check.
Or perpetually racist?
Pathetic, but not surprising....customer service is nearly non-existent on the east coast.
"True generosity requires nothing in return, the least of which is gratitude. If one expects something for their "generosity", than their act was more of a transaction."
That is utter BS... If you are at a bar and leave the bartender a good tip, you expect something for it, you expect better service. What do you think TIP stands for? It is so far out there to say after you leave a tip you should never expect anything for it "the least of which is gratitude". Pull your head out of your arse and join the new century.
I am a white male catholic conservative and have been raised better then to think I am above people. I don't have to agree with them or like them but I do not put my self in a place to think I am better because of my race. There are good and bad in ever race, religion and sex some of us have shown who are who in this post.
Wait a minute.
The expression of racism is a form of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment.
Always.
All speech, no matter how idiotic and hateful, is protected under the First Amendment.
Murder is not.
See the difference?
This whole thing just smells like pile on to me...
IF this place is so damned horrible and unprofessional, doesn't seem to me they'll be in business very long.
This whole thing seems insane to me... I can't believe someone thinks their CIVIL RIGHTS have been violated because someone wrote an adjective on their check.
People today are frankly WUSSIES.
Yes, thank you. I apologize for my error.
These folks will just have to not go there anymore and spread the word around to their friends and family about this. If they continue treating customers this way it's sure to eventually have an impact.
LOL!
I like it better when it was the Deal Lake Pub, a semi-scruffy hangout. Going yuppie wrecked it.
:^(
Perpetually offending racist or thin skin offended?
You are absolutely correct, but that is not relevant. One may expect no gratitude but certainly has the right not to receive insults in return either. And those insult do hurt more if you were more kind to the one insulting you.
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