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posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 27 2018, @12:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the Oooh-La-La! dept.

An apparently obnoxious restaurant employee in Vancouver BC has filed a human rights complaint claiming that he has been discriminated against because he's "too French." CBC News reports that Guillaume Rey has filed a complaint at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against Milestones Restaurant and its parent company, Cara Operations, where he worked as a waiter from October 2015 to August 2016. Rey says his co-workers misinterpreted his "direct, honest and professional" French personality.

Although Rey was reportedly well-liked by customers, on several occasions he was disciplined and warned about how he treated his colleagues, which the restaurant described as "combative and aggressive." Rey was fired for violating the company's Respect in the Workplace policy.

Rey might want to look closely at another recent decision, in which the Human Rights Tribunal decided that a local "'Brash, loud and obnoxious gay male' doesn't have right to (send) rude emails" to his local city council.


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Grishnakh on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:41AM (7 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:41AM (#658763)

    French salespeople need to learn to be polite and deferential with people looking to spend money.

    According to TFS, this guy was well-liked by customers. It was only his thin-skinned coworkers who didn't like him.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by bob_super on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:49AM (5 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:49AM (#658878)

    I read it, but I've spend enough time with French salespeople to be confused as to whether I should believe it.
    I even dated a girl who decided she would never live in France because of the way many assholes treated her non-French-speaking Barely-English-speaking parents, in tourist areas.

    I guess he is the proverbial exception, and should instantly get Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur.

    My statement still stands, for way too many French and Anglo-Saxons.

    • (Score: 2) by Lester on Tuesday March 27 2018, @08:02AM (4 children)

      by Lester (6231) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @08:02AM (#658894) Journal

      Try to live in USA or UK and tell me the way you are treated if you are a Barely-English-speaking, let alone a non-English-speaking.

      I have a friend that went to London and with his strong Spanish accent asked a middle-age woman "To the Coven Garden?". The woman answered "In English, Please" and turned around. That is unthinkable in Spain, everybody tries to understand and help those who try to communicate.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @01:14PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @01:14PM (#658948)

        We're not all assholes. I work in a University and had a student who was obviously Spanish (Not Central or South American) come to me for some computer help. He asked me in the best way he could. Luckily, I speak a little Spanish. After I helped him, he thanked me for responding in such a clear and "enunciated" manner.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:07PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:07PM (#659023)

          who was obviously Spanish (Not Central or South American)

          I wonder why you felt it necessary to include that parenthetical remark. Would you have acted differently if it had been a Central or South American?

          • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:23PM

            by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:23PM (#659033)

            Probably because of the "speak a little Spanish" part.
            If you speak Catalan or Castellano, you ain't speaking no American dialect.

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:39PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:39PM (#658986)

        In the US? With just a little english, you'll be just fine, maybe a little headache trying to make yourself understood, but I doubt you'd encounter any rudeness. If you can't speak english at all, you will have some difficulty unless you stick to places staffed with speakers of your language (which, for spanish at least, are relatively common, and a high percentage of the population also knows some spanish). Customer service, and helping those in need are a big part of US culture, excepting the north-east, which has a much more abrasive tendency.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:34PM (#659037)
    In what world is "unliked by coworkers and management" a ever going to be a protected right?