Is it racist ?

Minusorange said:
The question is "Is it racist?" not "Is it moral?"

Beside the employee was rude telling her to mind her own business when challenged, if the woman felt the need to report the employee then that's her choice, it doesn't make it racist though which is the whole reason she's lost her book deal
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I don't really care for the racist argument either way (I've seen arguments for and against), I was taking issue with your opinion in the OP:
Minusorange said:
Pretty crap way to lose your future because you complained about a rude member of staff breaking rules you're not allowed to break
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Dis86 said:
I could have put money on cheeseyboy defending the employee. Tempted to say Vincenthanna will be along next too. Especially since the employee was female.
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So is the complainer, and they are also a minority, so your little comment makes no sense.

Remember when Diane Abbott was "tweet shamed" for having an M&S pre-mixed cocktail on TFL? That was BS as well. She wasn't harming anyone.

IT WAS AGAINST THE RULES THOUGH, OH NOE!
 
Minusorange said:
As a staff member they should be expected to be courteous to customers and to abide their own rules, even if those rules are stupid
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Meh, I treat people as humans not automatons.

I was at the cinema in Leicester Square the opening weekend for Endgame. There was a power cut on the square for 10 minutes and the film stopped 10 minutes before the end!

Some of the patrons were giving the employees absolute **** for what happened, even though it was completely out of their control. Why would you get angry with an Odeon staff member because the power went out in the square? Angry people are stupid.

Edit - I realise this is not really related, but is highlighting peoples attitudes to staff. Sometimes you've got to have some empathy.
 
VincentHanna said:
The staff/police aren't enforcing it:

Is it racist? Unlikely.

Is the woman who did the reporting stupid? Yep.
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That's handing out criminal citations, the rules are still in place and staff would enforce them, it even includes fare evasion which they're obviously going to enforce.
 
cheesyboy said:
Funny how all the forum libertarians go all authoritarian with certain stories.....
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Libertarian doesn't mean you should ignore rules you don't like on the contrary I would suggest it implies a healthy respect for other people rules when you enter their premises or use their services.

Nice try though
 
cheesyboy said:
So?

We were talking about the busybody woman's actions, not the employee. Do keep up.
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Yes, the employees actions caused the customers actions

There isn't a right or wrong in all of this, certainly not enough to cause the woman to lose her book deal or is everyone supposed to lose their jobs now when they report people for breaking rules (and laws?) ?
 
Caracus2k said:
Libertarian doesn't mean you should ignore rules you don't like on the contrary I would suggest it implies a healthy respect for other people rules when you enter their premises or use their services.

Nice try though
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Funny how all the forum libertarians react to a bit of cognitive dissonance.....
 
Minusorange said:
Yes, the employees actions caused the customers actions
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No they didn't. The customer had a choice, and chose the bad faith "uphold the rules" option. Publicly. In their own name. When their name is their brand.

She knew the employee would probably lose her job. For eating lunch on public transport. Losing her own book deal seems actually quite proportionate.
 
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