Sunday, July 9, 2017

Popular Cookie Company Employee Paid For Cop’s Order, Customer Called It Discrimination. UPDATED

Ease up on this company; look at the classy things they have done.

UPDATE: Katy cookie store reverses decision to suspend employee after he paid for police officer's order  . . . "Biju George, VKC Refreshments, owner and operator of the Great American Cookies at Katy Mills Mall, released this statement:
"On behalf of Great American Cookies Katy Mills, we owe the employee an apology. It was never an issue that he purchased a brownie for a police officer, but rather the events that unfolded with another customer in line at the time. However, after further review, we realize that the employee was in fact in the right and we continue to reach out to him and his mom to issue an apology. The corrective action and suspension was reversed immediately and we hope to connect with him today." -
Weasel Zippers


"The perpetually offended strike again.
"Via BPR:
An employee of a Texas cookie shop was suspended after he purchased an order for a police officer.
The young man was working at the Great American Cookies in Katy Mills Mall Sunday when an off-duty police officer placed an order with him, the Houston Chronicle reported.
When the employee caught a glimpse of the officer’s badge he offered to pay for the order.
The police officer thanked him and left the store. The kind gesture was done.
But that was not it for the couple in line behind the officer who demanded the employee pay for their order too, according to the Chronicle.
When the employee said he only did it for the officer because of his badge, the man called him a racist and attempted to fight him, according to the account described by the employee’s mother, Tami Kurtz Randolph, on Facebook.
“Then this customer started verbally attacking him, calling my son a racist and threatened to beat him up. His wife threatened to go back there and slap him,” Randolph wrote. “The middle aged man sat down his little daughter and tried to come behind the counter to attack him. Thankfully his coworker defused the situation. The man said ‘I will get you fired.’”
The customer left but the situation was not over for the employee.
“Tuesday he walks in with all his stuff. He was told the upper managers want him fired. Thankfully his manager refused and said you are an excellent worker and and everyone agreed that you did nothing wrong (The day before this situation he was offered a $2 an hour raise and management) He then started his normal scheduled shift,” Randolph said. “He worked 2-3 hours , when he was called into the back room where she had written him up. It says “he bought a cookie for a police officer and a customer wanted to physically fight him” it does state “if this happens again he will be terminated.” Then she stated after today’s shift you will be on a 1 week suspension.”
The management of the store has since issued an apology and affirmed it’s commitment to law enforcement in a statement to the Chronicle.

4 Response Strategies for Trump After North Korea’s New Missile Test

Daily Signal  President Donald Trump may have no good options in responding to North Korea’s successful missile launch July 4, experts say, but a military strike is likely the worst while more intense sanctions and pressure on China probably are the most feasible.

"Still, some authorities on North Korea have unconventional views for dealing with Kim Jong Un’s communist regime, such as interdicting North Korean vessels at sea or a full-scale blockade, similar to what the U.S. carried out against Cuba during the missile crisis in 1962.
Another idea: Trump should cut a direct deal with the North Korean government, acting on what he calls his gift of making deals.
"North Korea’s government says its intercontinental ballistic missile could carry a large nuclear warhead and reach as far as Alaska or the Pacific Northwest.
"North Korean state media claimed the Hwasong-14 missile flew 580 miles, reaching an altitude of 1,741 miles in 39 minutes of flight. Some analysts reportedly said the flight details suggest the missile had a range of more than 4,970 miles, which would put parts of the continental U.S. in reach.
"Here are four potential U.S. responses:"

My New Victim Centered Tuition Proposal

Mike Adams


"Dear UNC President Spellings: For years, my opposition to UNC diversity initiatives has been a source of controversy across our seventeen-campus system. Many have assumed that my opposition has been a function of personal prejudice or insensitivity to the needs of various “disenfranchised” groups. In reality, it is a function of my belief that people should be judged according to individual character traits, not group stereotypes. However, despite years of opposition to UNC’s victim centered diversity movement, it appears that my side has lost. Accordingly, I write to you today with an offer to join the war against white privilege and ultimately make your long term vision a reality on each campus in the UNC system. 

"As you know, we have traditionally promoted diversity by providing a sliding scale for students in terms of admission requirements. The theory was that we could neutralize white privilege by making whites score higher on standardized test scores in order to be admitted to one of the UNC schools. Ultimately, we have failed in the goal of making our campuses less white because we have failed to account for overriding economic considerations. My plan will fix that once and for all. It involves two very simple steps. " . . .


"It should also go without saying that there will be no need for oversight in implementing this new system. We will simply defer to student perception and trust that they are precisely who they claim to be. Those who say they are women are women. Those who say they are black are black, and so on. Once we have rejected the notion of truth, we’ll no longer live in fear of “falsity.”

"I hope that you will take my plan as seriously as I’ve always taken your commitment to institutional diversity.
"Sincerely,
"Mike S. Adams
"Professor and Community Disorganizer"