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Customer says party store employee refused to fill balloon order after learning it's for officer
WPXI ^ | October 3, 2016

Posted on 10/03/2016 5:40:02 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

PLEASANT HILLS, Pa. - A customer said a Party City employee refused to fill her balloon order after finding out it was for a police officer’s memorial ceremony.

Karly Lane told Channel 11 she went to Party City on Saturday to buy a dozen blue and black balloons for her friend, Duquesne officer Robert GoGo Jr., who died in an off-duty motorcycle accident almost a month ago.

Lane told the clerk that the balloons were for a memorial ceremony in GoGo’s honor. The clerk allegedly told Lane she refused to support a police officer and had someone else wait on her.

"How can you not support a police officer? It doesn't matter. They don't know my brother. They don't know what kind of man he was. They don't know what he did in his job. It just hurts," GoGo’s sister Jennifer Martino.

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: balloon; bluelivesmatter; pittsburgh; police
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There seems to be a lot of this going around.
1 posted on 10/03/2016 5:40:02 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I wonder what would happen if people started picketing against these businesses?


2 posted on 10/03/2016 5:42:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The first thing I think people of that community need to know is the exact name of that employee who took it upon itself to be cruel.

NAME! FULL NAME!


3 posted on 10/03/2016 5:43:43 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yes, it was an individual employee making a choice, so it was really just someone making a “statement”.

Some BLM people actually have jobs. Apparently this one does. :-)

Also, there really are a lot of ditzy 20-somethings that really have no clue and just jump on the latest “thing to protest” wagon without really thinking about it. They are sort of the #neohippies.


4 posted on 10/03/2016 5:44:50 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I guess they won’t be calling the cops if the place gets robbed.


5 posted on 10/03/2016 5:45:59 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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To: Mr. Douglas

And that stupid immature jump on the bandwagon should hurt. Losing your job and being forced to provide a public apology at 20-something for being an idiot is a learning experience and one that should be learned by the skull full of mush employee.


6 posted on 10/03/2016 5:47:31 AM PDT by cyclotic
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Party City is committed to our customers and the community. Corporate management is looking into the matter to uncover What transpired and will take action accordingly."

what transpired was, yet another worthless Obama voter has decided to take it to the next level. These people are taking Obama's many, many cues about how America is bad and racist and mean.

7 posted on 10/03/2016 5:47:46 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: Gaffer

agreed...

also found the information on the Party City in PA so we can call:

651 Clairton Boulevard
Suite 50
Pleasant Hills, PA 15236
(412) 655-7487
Store# 662
Store Hours
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday: 8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

http://stores.partycity.com/pa/pleasanthills/party-store-pc662.html


8 posted on 10/03/2016 5:56:44 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Fire the clerk’s ass immediately.


9 posted on 10/03/2016 5:58:55 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

::L Karly Lane told Channel 11 she went to Party City on Saturday to buy a dozen blue and black balloons for her friend, Duquesne officer Robert GoGo Jr. ::

Sniff test?
Lane is assumed to be a married name but...GoGo [caps included]?
Officer’s ancestral nationality?


10 posted on 10/03/2016 6:00:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Global warming is the number-one cause of climate change documentaries.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Yes, that’s his name. His death was a big local story.


11 posted on 10/03/2016 6:01:57 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

No bias here
It’s not at all like the baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple; because he didn’t agree with their life choices. Then was fined $100K+

No, wait a minute. It is exactly like that case


12 posted on 10/03/2016 6:06:28 AM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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Duquesne officer Robert GoGo Jr.,

What kind of surname is 'GoGo'? With a name like that, was he speeding when he wrecked his motorcycle?

13 posted on 10/03/2016 6:08:51 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Thanks for the clarify!


14 posted on 10/03/2016 6:09:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Global warming is the number-one cause of climate change documentaries.)
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To: PAR35

Google is your friend.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/community-remembers-life-legacy-of-officer-killed-in-motorcycle-crash/436974877


15 posted on 10/03/2016 6:16:51 AM PDT by upchuck ("It's either Donald Trump or 1,000 years of darkness on this planet." ~ Roger Stone)
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To: upchuck

I tried Google. Got a lot of returns for the in-flight wi-fi service.


16 posted on 10/03/2016 6:19:42 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How dare a private individual at a private business make a private choice to refuse service to a government employee?


17 posted on 10/03/2016 7:21:42 AM PDT by thoughtomator (This message has been encrypted in ROT13 twice for maximum security)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Makes sense. If the balloon popped and someone yelled “gun”, there could be four or five people dead.


18 posted on 10/03/2016 7:40:15 AM PDT by OrangeHoof ("If you cain't run yo own house, you cain't run da White House. Cain't do it." - Michelle Obama)
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To: PAR35

Maybe the name is an abbreviated form of Gogola or Gogolak?
A lot of East European ancestry in this part of PA.


19 posted on 10/03/2016 10:44:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PAR35

Did you click on the link in my post? I got that link from Google by entering the officer’s name.


20 posted on 10/03/2016 10:54:47 AM PDT by upchuck ("It's either Donald Trump or 1,000 years of darkness on this planet." ~ Roger Stone)
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