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Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Business.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...longer-has-a-business/?utm_term=.0b63205d2425

A Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade against a customer. He no longer has a business.

The Dairy Queen owner shouting the n-word at Deianeira Ford told her he could say whatever he wanted at his fast-food restaurant — that any accusations and complaints she uttered would fall on deaf ears. Ford was vindicated two days later, when her Facebook post about the incident provoked outrage so strong that the Dairy Queen in Zion, Ill., didn’t open for business. But her victory was tempered by something even more troubling that she heard at a protest: Although she was the most vocal victim of the owner’s racism, she was not the first.

On Wednesday, Ford had taken her two children to visit their grandmother — and, because they were well-behaved, she stopped by the Dairy Queen on the way home. She ordered a $5 box, but part of the order was wrong, and another part was missing. So she asked the owner to fix the order, and when he balked, she asked for a refund. That’s when things spiraled. The owner, James “Jim” Crichton, returned her $5, but gave her a mouthful, according to Ford and the police in Zion, 50 miles north of Chicago. “He called me and my children n—–; he said I can go back to where I came from,” Ford told The Washington Post. “He took out his flip phone and he said he would take a picture and put it on Facebook because he wants to show the world what kind of n—— he has to deal with. Then he shut the window and walked away.”

Additional links and info:
Dairy Queen closes Illinois restaurant after owner uses slur during argument with customer | Fox News
Dairy Queen ending franchise agreement with Zion store after racial slur incident - Lake County News-Sun
https://twitter.com/DairyQueen/status/817525067592728576
Dairy Queen Shuts Franchise After Owner's Reported Racial Confrontation with Customer : snopes.com


WOW!!! what is wrong with people? This nutball had a complete meltdown over his employees making a mistake so it caused him to lose his businesses. What a completely dummy and moron. Nutters and their meltdowns crack me up. Sad and funny at the same time. Good move DQ sweeping in and taking his franchise from him he is clearly unstable and incompetent. What ever ills he has I hope he gets them fixed, he needs serious help.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

My favorite part is, though he didn't break any criminal law, when the police showed up and questioned him he doubled down on his retardation melt down to the polices officer?!?! lol

“Crichton boastfully told me he would be happy to go to jail over the issue and proudly admitted to calling Ford a n——. He added that he is ‘fed up with black people,’ ” and described an incident in which two “of them” were in his restaurant squirting ketchup all over the floor, according to the officer’s report. “During the course of my conversation with Crichton, he used the word ‘n—–‘ freely to describe black people,” the officer continued.

and then a history of him doing this comes out . . . . .Man James “Jim” Crichton is a class A dummy.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

My favorite part is, though he didn't break any criminal law, when the police showed up and questioned him he doubled down on his retardation melt down to the polices officer?!?! lol



and then a history of him doing this comes out . . . . .Man James “Jim” Crichton is a class A dummy.

I am dumbfounded more often than I should be at people who are absolutely the wrong type of people to be working a public facing service job that just shouldn't be.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

I am dumbfounded more often than I should be at people who are absolutely the wrong type of people to be working a public facing service job that just shouldn't be.

Sadly I'm rarely shocked by these people/incidents happening. The shocking part is that the person in question or others double down or support the incident and they think they have logic to do so. There could be more missing from this story but nothing will actually support what the dude did and regardless of any retractions or apologies you know at home behind closed doors he still thinks he is in the right.

I'm glad nutters like him are getting more rare and we just get to see and hear about them more in todays technology based world but it's still shocking a person can be like that and at the same time function, like you said, in a public facing service job.

Seems that maybe we as a people, as a country, need to do better identify these whackjobs and pointing them out because you just know they have had many many flags in their lives that showed others who they are and enough wasn't done.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Yeah, you can't do anything you want when your business is a franchise. Idiot.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

I don't agree with this. A man doesn't deserve to lose his business for being a racist, he deserves a chance to change his ways and publicly show he has changed. Public humiliation is fine, but to be happy that people lost their jobs because of some stupid **** their boss did is ****ing asinine.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Yeah, you can't do anything you want when your business is a franchise. Idiot.

Heck even if this was James “Jim” Crichton Creamery this would still be a totally stupid and vile move.
(not saying you claimed otherwise just saying)

Words like idiot, moron, dumbass, retard, jackass etc etc don't even seem to do him justice lol
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

I don't agree with this. A man doesn't deserve to lose his business for being a racist, he deserves a chance to change his ways and publicly show he has changed. Public humiliation is fine, but to be happy that people lost their jobs because of some stupid **** their boss did is ****ing asinine.

Well that's the issue, it wasn't technically "his business". In a basic sense it was DQs business and they were basically letting him use their name, they withdrew that offer because of his breach of contract. Originally it seems they were going to just subject him to training but then a history of this behavior came to light and they decided it was best to part ways.
 
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*Titled slighted edited to make fit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...longer-has-a-business/?utm_term=.0b63205d2425



Additional links and info:
Dairy Queen closes Illinois restaurant after owner uses slur during argument with customer | Fox News
Dairy Queen ending franchise agreement with Zion store after racial slur incident - Lake County News-Sun
https://twitter.com/DairyQueen/status/817525067592728576
Dairy Queen Shuts Franchise After Owner's Reported Racial Confrontation with Customer : snopes.com


WOW!!! what is wrong with people? This nutball had a complete meltdown over his employees making a mistake so it caused him to lose his businesses. What a completely dummy and moron. Nutters and their meltdowns crack me up. Sad and funny at the same time. Good move DQ sweeping in and taking his franchise from him he is clearly unstable and incompetent. What ever ills he has I hope he gets them fixed, he needs serious help.

From what I read, this is confirmed and he is officially out of the DQ business.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

From what I read, this is confirmed and he is officially out of the DQ business.

Seems that way
seems they were thinking just suspension, temporary closing and retraining but a history of this behavior came to light and they decided it was best to part ways. Guess that could still change cause the info is pretty scattered but thats what I gather too.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Well that's the issue, it wasn't technically "his business". In a basic sense it was DQs business and they were basically letting him use their name, they withdrew that offer because of his breach of contract. Originally it seems they were going to just subject him to training but then a history of this behavior came to light and they decided it was best to part ways.

They should have taken over the location instead of simply shutting it down. Again, how you see some goodness in that A) a racist was reprimanded beyond what was necessary but B) people lost their jobs as a result is ridiculous.

Stopping racism should be about allowing people to change their ways, not ruining them and those who have done nothing that we know of.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

I don't agree with this. A man doesn't deserve to lose his business for being a racist, he deserves a chance to change his ways and publicly show he has changed. Public humiliation is fine, but to be happy that people lost their jobs because of some stupid **** their boss did is ****ing asinine.

He was a representative of Corporate DQ. In essence he was fired, just like I would be if I said something like that to a customer.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

He was a representative of Corporate DQ. In essence he was fired, just like I would be if I said something like that to a customer.

Sure, and corporate should have taken over the location and kept it operating instead of shutting it down. Now, we have people out of a job, but hey - you made one racist jobless.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

My favorite part is, though he didn't break any criminal law, when the police showed up and questioned him he doubled down on his retardation melt down to the polices officer?!?! lol



and then a history of him doing this comes out . . . . .Man James “Jim” Crichton is a class A dummy.

Yes, he behaved very badly and perhaps he was pushed to the limit. I don't know what occurred to truly say. And neither do any of us.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

1.)They should have taken over the location instead of simply shutting it down.
2.) Again, how you see some goodness in that A) a racist was reprimanded beyond what was necessary
3.) B) people lost their jobs as a result is ridiculous.
4.) Stopping racism should be about allowing people to change their ways, not ruining them
5.) and those who have done nothing that we know of.

1.) if that is possible I have no problems with that at all. Not sure who technically owns the property and how this franchise is set up. At times the guy may own the property and not DQ ets. Who do you think is against that option? who said they were?
2.) according to YOU he was reprimanded beyond what was necessary, i simply see a clear violation of contract and DQ responded accordingly :shrug: you are welcome to disagree though but breach of contract is a common reason to void said contract.
3.) where did I say it was good people lost their jobs? qoute please. Did anybody say that?
4.) again who said stopping racism is about running his life? the same could have been done to him if he was also caught embezzling or using unapproved vendors or other breach of contract rules for a franchise. again who are you speaking of?
5.) lastly also who said this? if the other people can keep their jobs at that location (legality?) or be transferred to other locations Im all for it. Who are you talking about that is against this or celebrating it?

Was there a conversation on another board or in another thread you are talking about? Please link it so we can see the people and comments you are talking about. Thanks
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Sure, and corporate should have taken over the location and kept it operating instead of shutting it down. Now, we have people out of a job, but hey - you made one racist jobless.

I agree and maybe Meryl Streep and others should be fired or reprimanded for calling trump and those who voted for him racists. You know what, that word is as offensive to me as I'm sure the n word is to others. But hell, what do I know because I'm white and have no rights or feelings!
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Sure, and corporate should have taken over the location and kept it operating instead of shutting it down. Now, we have people out of a job, but hey - you made one racist jobless.

Do you have a link showing this was factually possible at this location?
Do we know DQ owned the property etc and not Jim?
Do we know the other workers are not being compensated, transferred or assisted in work by DQ?

If you can provide such I will be on board with saying DQ should do something regarding those concerns
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Sure, and corporate should have taken over the location and kept it operating instead of shutting it down. Now, we have people out of a job, but hey - you made one racist jobless.

And now, he's even more hateful than he was before.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

And you know what else, grow up and stop acting so entitled that you feel entitled to squirt ketchup all over someone's property. You know the property that someone working has to clean up!
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

*Titled slighted edited to make fit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...longer-has-a-business/?utm_term=.0b63205d2425



Additional links and info:
Dairy Queen closes Illinois restaurant after owner uses slur during argument with customer | Fox News
Dairy Queen ending franchise agreement with Zion store after racial slur incident - Lake County News-Sun
https://twitter.com/DairyQueen/status/817525067592728576
Dairy Queen Shuts Franchise After Owner's Reported Racial Confrontation with Customer : snopes.com


WOW!!! what is wrong with people? This nutball had a complete meltdown over his employees making a mistake so it caused him to lose his businesses. What a completely dummy and moron. Nutters and their meltdowns crack me up. Sad and funny at the same time. Good move DQ sweeping in and taking his franchise from him he is clearly unstable and incompetent. What ever ills he has I hope he gets them fixed, he needs serious help.

Yeah, good for Dairy Queen: those are franchises anyway.

I know a guy who lost his Good Year franchise because he's a thief.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin


I'm not reading any of this. Learn to formulate a post properly.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Do you have a link showing this was factually possible at this location?
Do we know DQ owned the property etc and not Jim?
Do we know the other workers are not being compensated, transferred or assisted in work by DQ?

If you can provide such I will be on board with saying DQ should do something regarding those concerns

Can you show that they are?
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Sure, and corporate should have taken over the location and kept it operating instead of shutting it down. Now, we have people out of a job, but hey - you made one racist jobless.

I suspect that is exactly what they will do, once they find a new franchisee. Perhaps they even take it over under corporate management during the transition. But for now....I see no way they could keep that place open.

They [DQ] are sending a clear message. And, this is good.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

Yes, he behaved very badly and perhaps he was pushed to the limit. I don't know what occurred to truly say. And neither do any of us.

this is true but unless all the info we have received even from Jim himself is completely false and theres some other completely different story I cant think of one scenario that justifies his actions or even logical makes them understandable. Not saying you said that just saying, nothing even close to anything described in the victim's words, the police officers words or jim's words would ever push me to the limit to act like he did, or anything non related would cause me to take it out on others like that.
 
Re: Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade on customer, He no longer has a Busin

This is the part that gets me: How does anyone these days think they can get away with crap like this?
 
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