This story was orginally posted on August 26, 2013. The irony is that the company has had repeated claims of racial discrimination since. They are involed in one as you read this.A woman contacted Radio Facts who works at the Wild Wings restaurant that asked the black patrons to leave. and asked that we allow her to be anonymous.
She states there are several reasons the group was asked to leave (below) Â Radiofacts.com
You’re only getting one side of story here. I work at the restaurant and your representation of the events is way off base. The group was being loud and obnoxious to both customers and staffers.
They kept complaining about their long wait and were talking about how “whitey” was able to get seated, but they were not. The problem was that they had a large group and insisted on sitting next to each other. We only had one area that could accommodate their large group and the patrons in that area were not done.
So yes, some “whities” were able to be seated before them, but only because they were going to a different area. We also seated non-whites in other areas too… They made this a racial issue before anything.
One of the guests also insulted a deaf white girl because she didn’t respond to one of them telling her to move (she was deaf and didn’t hear them)
They were also all standing in the middle of the walkway, making it difficult for customers to leave. We asked them if they could move over, but they said they can stand wherever they want, and if we wanted them out of the way then we should seat them. The customer that was offended was offended by a particular individual’s constant use of the word “n*gger” When asked to stop, he threw out a long string of racial epithets against one of my co-workers.
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Who the hell brings 25 people to a restruant especially a small one ?
I believe this story, I am a black woman, I know Micheal Brown from RB Stall High School, I know he had an affair on his wife with a former group member of focus, and I also was one of many that laughed my ass of to see he was a so called Minister when he sent me a friend req on facebook. It is sad that some white people view us in a negative light, however when we act like all the stereotypes put on us, we empower those who hate us, we lower the power of those who have been discriminated against. It is just like women who want to be respected, and boycott using the word bitch, hoe, or whore. Yet you raise your daughters to twerk, and have different men in and out of your life. There are three sides to every story… To the idiots that wonder why this woman choose to be Annonymous, in any corporation there is a person or department that handle speaking with the media, anyone who makes a comment will be terminated immediately. It is sad racism still exists, but we all have preconceived notions about other races. Open your eyes Trayvonn Martin believed another cracker was about to mess with him, and Zimmerman was stuck on they always get away. My confession, after 911 every Muslim was out to get us, you would have a grand wizard and black panther believe that they may have to join forces to kill the Taliban. DC sniper…. Every black person including myself initially thought this is some crazy ass white boy. Being that Ive known this man from age 11 to 23, I am currently 34 and still communicate with the former focus member who slept with him for years and aborted his child. Some people can change, but he isn’t one of them. Wolves in the pulpit is another Charleston tragedy. I believe the wild wing worker’s story to be more credible. Noone
here mentioned this woman is married to a black man with bi-racial children. #stopthehate #stopthelies #everywhitepersonisnotaracist
Thank you for your honesty. I think most of us are decent people that want to get along but the hatemongers on all sides have their own agenda. Your post gives me hope.
The well told half truth is worse than the blackest lie!!
Black racists create public disturbance, get kicked out, blame it on “racism.” What disgusting hypocrites.
I’m sure that this restaurant has served many blacks and not had to kick them out. These were just entitled white-hating racists. Period.
White people are going to have to start standing up and stop being doormats for these black bigots.
This is so depressing on so many levels. When I first read the story it didn’t ring true for obvious reasons. No corporation wants to be hit with the race card and no restaurant wants to lose 25 paying customers. A “white woman” saying she felt threatened “for no reason” and the guy pulling out his phone to film the manager when they were asked to leave triggered all alarms on the bs detector. Firstly, no one with any sense or manners walks into a restaurant with a party of 25. Secondly, no one, least of all a white person, is going to say they feel threatened by a party of black customers in this increasingly anti-white, everyone’s a racist except blacks, climate unless some kind of altercation transpired. Thirdly, setting up a FB page to boycott the restaurant, claiming to have footage and alleging racism in a restaurant largely patronized by blacks smacks of someone looking for a quick easy payday from Corporate America which has probably already cut the check. That the truth even came out at all is surprising. I voted for Obama and have never felt more scared for my country than I do now. Race relations in this country were better when I was a baby. Any intelligent conservative black person who tries to address the real problems facing their community, ie Ben Carson, Thomas Sowell, Bill Cosby et al, get dismissed as “Uncle Toms”. 40+ years of affirmative action and welfare benefits has resulted in an entitled underclass of violent angry people that blame everyone else for their problems and refuse to take responsibility for anything, even something as simple as using a restaurant that takes reservations and booking a private room for a party of 25. So much easier to call everyone else a racist and be a victim than behave like a grown-up. Meanwhile violent hate crimes committed by blacks against whites and asians go largely unreported and ignored by the media. Even in rare instances where they are ie Chris Lane or Delbert Belton, the silence from the White House is deafening. Civil rights have been hijacked by militant racists who only care about who they can sue and blame and get their “pound of flesh” from. Equal justice for all was a dream we all shared but sadly there is no Dr. King to lead or unite us now.
Anyone responding to this using the term “Afro-American” is just a racist pretending to be black. No one says Afro-American anymore, you backwards idiots.
At the end of the day Wild Wings got cameras like any other well established business especially for security at that hour… Videos don’t lie! I don’t believe the employee… The best defense is the security cameras! Also why apologize if the establishment was in the right…(you can’t possibly say that was the professional way…LMAO!) NORMAL professional theory would be to make a section to accommodate the costumers! Unprofessional!
BIG DICK yup you’re the eminent entrepreneur here and we should all listen well since you deign to even dignify us w your wealth of restaurant expertise.
your post is too transparent and we know you are one of those people
DICK what’s the dif between blacks and canoes? Canoes tip
Can we please stop the ignorance. And just to state facts: I have seen non tippers cross all race and socioeconomic statuses, including wealthier white men. So please leave your racist comments to yourself. Obviously, we know what type of person you are.
yeah coming from an Obama supporting myrmidon who has never been a server and can’t define “racist”. first go look up the definition and get back with me.
I kind of am jumping in the middle here & it appears that some comments have been made in a rather unpleasant way. However I have to say the simple fact is that black people do have a name for not typing period. My gf is black & not only does she also say so but hate to say it she is a tight wad when tipping. My daughter, son, ex-wife(yrs ago) & several family friends have been servers & every single one complained that black people don’t tip. I found this to be true when I was a bartender at 3 different establishments. So y’all get mad but facts are facts LMAO black servers fight that they don’t want to serve other black people for this reason.
Why would a minister also be a racial grievance monger? He’s to forgive others, and all that.
I think the answer is simple.This isn’t anybody else’s problem but their own. Let them deal with it, and let them figure it out for themselves. If we cry foul everytimw someone has a bad experience at a restaurant or a store, all we will hear in the world is complaining.
Listen, we are quick to intervene online because we are relatively distant to the situation, but if this wasn’t a situation that you would have been willing to interfere in in person, then move on.
There are a lot more serious situations in the world that need real action. This isn’t taking action. This is throwing your two cents into the conversation without any real solution.
We can’t control each other, if nature taught us anything is that life will take the course it chooses but we can guide it if we at least try. However guiding doesn’t mean controlling because when life is controlled, over time it will never flourish. You have to trust and believe and hope that your true actions will bring a happier tomorrow.
Our time in this world is too short to not take action while we are still on it. To stay passive and take no action is to watch it as it crumbles. You want to change this world than believe that there are heroes, and become one. Prove it everyday with your actions and try to make it better one interaction and step at a time. If anything we should learn from the world around us, is that change takes time but if you have the power to make this world different now then prove it with your actions.
#Hope
I have read both sides to this story & I can only speak from my 50 yrs of life & my last 4 yrs in particular. The last 4 yrs I have been dating a woman that happens to be black & all her friends are black. I am often if not always the only white person in the group when with her friends. I don’t mean to be judgmental but I have seen exactly what this employee said happened on many occasions. I am with me GF & her friends often when the say “I hate white people cracka”. Then they politely turn to me & say OWWW not you Bobby oww well then it’s ok WTF REALLY. The words Niggar & nigger roll out of their mouths like please & thank you. When I say I am offended I get a WTF attitude that they are entitled to talk like that. SO wait a sec if someone at a reassertion talks to my GF like that I should I want to kick there ass but her friend does it’s ok BULLSH*T
Video of Wild Wings altercation https://radiofacts.com/video-wild-wings-altercation/
Nice try, but even corporate management is apologizing. Is this what it has come down to? Instead of acknowledging racism, make up some twisted story to play into the stereotype of the loud obnoxious blacks? Most likely you found them threatening & loud for the simple fact that they were black and there were 25 of them. If they were doing so wrong why did they start videotaping to catch the bigotry on film? None of what’s said repudiates the actual facts of the story, which is that they were waiting for only 2 hours and couldn’t be seated because a white woman felt “threatened” by them. Nice try, but this is pathetic
The manager should be terminated. Not because of a racist act; but because of their lack of situational management skills. if a restaurant cannot accommodate a crowd (which happens), you should say something long before people wait for even one hour! Of course the customers may begin to become rowdy!
The manager is apparently not trained to properly manage (which include communication) different situations; therefore allowing the situation to become an issue. In my mind, the manager used the customer’s complaint/concern to address the issue of inability to accommodate the crowd, making both customers (the white person with the issue and the blacks who were waiting) victims of their own incapability.
The manager should be terminated. Not because of a racist act; but because of their lack of situational management skills. if a restaurant cannot accommodate a crowd (which happens), you should say something long before people wait for even one hour! Of course the customers may begin to become rowdy!
The manager is apparently not trained to properly manage (which include communication) different situations; therefore allowing the situation to become an issue. In my mind, the manager used the customer’s complaint/concern to address the issue of inability to accommodate the crowd, making both customers (the white person with the issue and the blacks who were waiting) victims of their (the manager’s) own incapability.
One thing that is undisputed is that a party of 25 showed up at a restaurant during a meal serving and expected to be seated together with a short wait at most. Wasn’t at least one of the 25 worldly enough or with just a bit of common sense to realize that it would be advisable to call the restaurant ahead of time to make a reservation or to just give the restaurant a heads up so that they could be accommodated as they wanted? Seating a large party such as this one especially during a serving time involves making sure that a sufficient number of tables are clear in an area so that they can be pushed together. Even if the restaurant had a private room for parties a call would be necessary to reserve the room. And let’s not forget, it was a WHITE person complaining about black individuals using the N-word, not the other way around.
I knew this was the real version of the story! I don’t understand why it’s always a color issue, it’s called act like a well mannered adult when you’re in public that’s it ! I don’t wanna hear your loud obnoxious cursing self when I’m paying to eat at a decent place. Glad this woman spoke up!
I’m buying this version too….I know dang well that no group of 25 Black people didn’t hang around for 2 hours without starting some ignorance…they probably came in wild and just cause they wanted to party doesn’t mean everybody else that came in the restaurant wants too. I am buying this one.
Has any new information surfaced on this situation? This story is nearly 2 years old. This just didn’t happen yesterday.
Update is Here
Two things, 1) if 25 of you are going to a restaurant, call and make sure theycan accommodate a large number such as that.
2)Eat at home! Y’all cook your favourite meal, come together and share!
I know this is an old post but who in the hell Waits 2 hours to be seated. If you’re going to have a large party of people shouldn’t you call and make a reservation so they can already have that section cleared for you. I am an African American and I do not sell out my people but I do have friends that constantly use the n-word in public. I find myself sometimes having to parent my friends language especially when we’re in a family-friendly restaurant. Sometimes I just want to put my head under the table. You should have different personalities for different places. When you are at home you behave a certain way because you’re at your house comma when you’re at your friend’s house you should behave a certain way because you’re a guest and when you’re at a restaurant or any other public place you should behave how you want people to treat you. Customer service is based on how you behave. If you want the best customer service be the best individual you can be. When I go out into public I don’t behave nor speak the same way I behave and speak at home because I am responsible for being a role model to my students and to my family members.
I would have been upset too if I waited two hours to be sited.
I don’t believe that lie
Yes, there are two sides but the white man’s side is always going to make their side the right one. If they were being loud after waiting two hours wtf did you expect. I will be sure that I don’t go there next week when I visit Charleston.. My family enjoys eating there but they will get over it.
I don’t know how much of this is true. you honestly would have to take both stories and blend them to get the truth. I don’t know many black people out there dropping nigger repeatedly. note if she would of said nigga then I would be like yeah OK make sense. but who knows
I believe some may have been upset yet, would have never waited TWO HOURS. I believe the story about Wild Wings because it’s happened to me a couple of years ago in Augusta, GA. We had a party of “four ” and everyone that came in after us were quickly acknowledged and seated (All Whites). After the fourth party was seated I went to the hostess and asked did the prior parties have reservations, she looked at me like I was speaking French, and said “I didn’t see you guys sitting there”………. This is the same young lady that signed my name on the log and came in the exact same waiting area to get the people to be seated…… I nicely informed her that she was correct and that we weren’t sitting there any longer” We left without an argument and have NEVER been back. So, I believe what the group says happened, if it went down the way the employee stated, the police would have been called.. quickly.
I suspect both things could be true. Members of the Black group may have said something ugly and the restaurant staff didn’t want them there after. However according to the Facebook post they were offered a free meal. If they were a real problem why offer them anything.
I don’t believe the unidentified person story myself, because first and foremost why would you offer to give them a free meal? And second of all waiting for two hours to be seated is possible if it’s a large group btw. And another thing if they can’t talk to the press but can make a post on fb gtfoh the person just didn’t want nobody to know who they was because just maybe it’s all lies!!!
CONSIDER THE SOURCE…
Yeah so y you anonymous
If you show up at a restaurant with 25 people without a reservation expect to wait. If you and your group were respectful to the restaurant and the worker’s without rude comments about your wait when you know that you should have made a reservation than no you should have not been asked to leave. And by the way 2 hours is not a bad wait fir 25 people. However, if you and your party or someone in your party was being loud and rude and making racial comments such as whitey. Then yes you should have
been asked to leave. Im black and I wouldn’t want you in a restaurant were I was acting like that.
It’s actually very difficult in this active life to listen news on TV,
thus I only use the web for that reason, and take the most recent information.
Perhaps if this restaurant is a nation-wide chain place, we should boycott their places all over to teach them a lesson, we deserve respect like anyone else.
Sorry I’m white and I don’t believe her bull.
They were supposedly rowdy and loud for two hours calling other customers names and were rude to a deaf lady? For two hours? And you didn’t ask them to leave for two hours?
Well then all the staff should be sacked for terrible customer service. If I was one of your customers trying to enjoy my meal while a crowd was shouting and cussing people out and being rude to other customers they would have been removed and banned from there after one warning which would have been given after five minutes of unrulyness.
There is not one restaurant on this planet that would withstand two hours of rowdy behaviour before acting on it.
As someone else said you would be willing to identify yourself, if this was true, because you would have no reason to hide or do you think the big bad black man is gonna get you in the dark? /sarcasm.
Finally the guy said he taped the staff asking him and the staff freaked. If there was nothing bad going on wouldn’t you want it filmed as evidence to prove you did nothing wrong. Reminds me of all those cops who’s camera stopped working at just the right time.
This story is a complete fabrication.
I don’t believe the worker it’s already a bias situation that’s just the restaurant doing damage control.