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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:23 PM Oct 2017

A's Catcher Bruce Maxwell Says He Was Denied Service at Restaurant for Kneeling During Anthem

A's catcher Bruce Maxwell said in an interview with TMZ that he was denied service at a restaurant in his hometown in Alabama by a waiter who recognized him for kneeling during the national anthem.

Maxwell says he was getting lunch with a councilman when the waiter who was originally assigned to their table said he would not serve them because of Maxwell's decision to show solidarity with NFL players protesting police brutality and racial injustice after Donald Trump called players protesting during the anthem "sons of b****es."

"He denied us service at lunch and they had to go get us another waiter to wait on our table in that same restaurant," Maxwell said. "He was like, 'You the guy who took the knee? I voted for Trump and I stand for everything he stands for.'"

The councilman Maxwell was with spoke to the manager of the restaurant and the two were given a new waiter.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/as-catcher-bruce-maxwell-says-he-was-denied-service-at-restaurant-for-kneeling-during-anthem/ar-AAtZICh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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A's Catcher Bruce Maxwell Says He Was Denied Service at Restaurant for Kneeling During Anthem (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2017 OP
Freedom of speech in Trumplandia? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #1
This crap is just beginning. icymist Oct 2017 #2
As a Chef once taught me for dealing with such waiters.... Turbineguy Oct 2017 #3
Need to shut that restaurant down. CanonRay Oct 2017 #4
Just give the waiter who did serve a nice fat tip. Xipe Totec Oct 2017 #6
The Red Hat Klan's emboldened. HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #5
Waiter trumpster. Too stupid to vote his interests. NCjack Oct 2017 #7
"I voted for Trump and I stand for everything he stands for.'" RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #8
Craven owner should have FIRED that guy ON THE SPOT. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #9

icymist

(15,888 posts)
2. This crap is just beginning.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:31 PM
Oct 2017

Next, refusal of service based on religious grounds because he didn't accept Trumph as Lord and Savior!

Turbineguy

(37,337 posts)
3. As a Chef once taught me for dealing with such waiters....
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:34 PM
Oct 2017

"Let me give you a tip: Don't fuck any pigs. They'll squeal on you every time!"

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
5. The Red Hat Klan's emboldened.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:34 PM
Oct 2017

They think this is THEIR country and everyone ELSE doesn't kiss their ass enough.

These assholes will be some waiting motherfuckers if they think I'm kowtowing to their Christo-Feudalist bullshit.

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