Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 02:35 PM Jul 2019

Convenience Store Employee Fired After Telling Customers 'Go Back To Their Country'

A Bucky’s convenience store employee in Naperville, IL, has been fired, after he was caught on camera telling customers from Mexico to “go back to their country.” In a Facebook post on Tuesday, a member of the customer's (Buitron) family indicated the unnamed employee refused service because they are from Mexico. In the video, the employee at the counter tells the women “I’m an American” and then asks, “are you a citizen?” After a woman responds asking “what is your problem?” the employee states in the video, “they need to go back to their county.”

In a second video, other people in line can be seen getting involved in the verbal altercation. One man in line can be heard saying to the customer “you have no right” and “leave (U.S.)”

Carolina Buitron told CBS 2, said she was cycling with six family members when a bike broke down near the store. While they waited for help, 15-year-old Indira Buitron went into the store to buy food. Carolina said the clerk told the teen that the food she was buying was expensive and questioned the legal status of her two cousins waiting outside. The teen said they were her cousins visiting from Mexico.

Bucky’s convenience store attorney Stephen Kalhorn said the “employee no longer works for us.”
Naperville police and city officials investigating this incident.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/07/18/buckys-employee-fired-racism-viral-video-go-back-to-their-country/

15 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Convenience Store Employee Fired After Telling Customers 'Go Back To Their Country' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP
MF45 sets the tone for the entire country - plain and simple. Yes, these bullwinkle428 Jul 2019 #1
he must be so proud.. stillcool Jul 2019 #2
I hope the employee's name is revealed so only Ilsa Jul 2019 #3
And someone in line joined in? dawg day Jul 2019 #4
I'm not surprised sdfernando Jul 2019 #8
"They're all prejudiced against me just because I don't speak Chickasaw, Dakota, Lakota, struggle4progress Jul 2019 #5
Here's the clerk's twitter page tenderfoot Jul 2019 #6
WTF?!? jcgoldie Jul 2019 #9
I hope local law enforcement is keeping an eye on this guy. cwydro Jul 2019 #10
got to wonder how he ever got hired in the first place. rurallib Jul 2019 #12
Check the clerk's fb page tenderfoot Jul 2019 #7
Oh FFS maybe the idiot should have walked on Slurpees to prove he is Jesus Jr. ChubbyStar Jul 2019 #15
At least I'm glad to see businesses doing something about this crap. trev Jul 2019 #11
He's a few bubbles off plumb Cousin Dupree Jul 2019 #13
Super Christian who would tell Jesus to go back to his country. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #14

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
1. MF45 sets the tone for the entire country - plain and simple. Yes, these
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 02:39 PM
Jul 2019

racists assholes existed all over the place during the Presidency of Barack Obama, but they certainly didn't feel emboldened to this degree.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
4. And someone in line joined in?
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 02:46 PM
Jul 2019

Where do these people come from? I mean the racists. Do they realize people from other countries are allowed in this country, and spend money in stores?

I think retail stores and restaurants are going to have to start nasty-checks like they do drug checks. They need to weed out the candidates who want to alienate the customers in service to Trump.

sdfernando

(4,937 posts)
8. I'm not surprised
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:12 PM
Jul 2019

I’ve been to Naperville several times and, being brown-skinned myself, I have not always felt comfortable there.

struggle4progress

(118,328 posts)
5. "They're all prejudiced against me just because I don't speak Chickasaw, Dakota, Lakota,
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 02:48 PM
Jul 2019

Ho-Chunk, Illinois, Miami, or Shawnee!"

trev

(1,480 posts)
11. At least I'm glad to see businesses doing something about this crap.
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jul 2019

This makes two such threads I've read here this morning on the subject (Valvoline was the other).

If we can threaten the haters' means of living, we might scare them into being less vocal.

keithbvadu2

(36,876 posts)
14. Super Christian who would tell Jesus to go back to his country.
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 10:13 PM
Jul 2019

Super Christian who would tell Jesus to go back to his country.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Convenience Store Employe...