Spent my lunch being discriminated against and verbally assaulted by the bully managing a restaurant in the Cafe Rouge chain... my suggestion is not to ever use this chain as they are not LGBTQ+ friendly in any way (this is not the first problem that has occurred at this chain - different restaurants - in my circle of acquaintances) and to generally avoid eating at these restaurants until they deal with their culture of intolerance and learn the meaning of "quality customer service" - that we were baited into an orchestrated setup that pulled my parents, wife and baby daughter into it was well beyond reprehensible and well into criminal.
The problem is that the witnesses to even half of the setup and execution are subordinates to the bully in charge and would risk their jobs that they likely badly need (this is waiting after all) if they said anything against the bully in charge... and the other evidence would never be usable, let along convict, the bully in charge; but when thousand to one "chances" happen without fail and constantly during a customer experience there can be no real doubt that it is a setup when the person in charge is so self-satisfied at an altercation. I can't believe any manager who cares about his customers' experiences (even if only the other customers witnessing the confrontation) can be happy about this, especially to the extent that he doesn't bother to immediately start apologising to the other customers but instead proudly, arms folded and standing astride looks on at his customer leaving with a look of satisfaction and glee.
Discrimination is nasty - even for those many other caught up in the crossfire who had nothing to do with it... it is also alive and well and clearly a growing epidemic from the reports of late in the UK, US, Germany and France (those being the places I read the news about, YMMV. Fight it or you too will end up as collateral damage or even (I'd hope not) a target...
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
( http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/niem.htm )
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, a Sun, a Roman and a Cinder (apologies if I missed anyone and also for not knowing all your names :(
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