All they wanted was some cheese
8 years ago by sincere_milkshake · 1529 Likes · 16 comments · Popular
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carne_asada
· 8 years ago
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Is tete supposed to be some joke here? Or is this just a serious racism thing?
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sincere_milkshake
· 8 years ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3975128/CVS-forced-apologize-workers-called-police-two-black-men.html
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awdorkable
· 8 years ago
thanks for the article, but i still dont understand. like... what could cheese be mistaken for? Why did the workers get scared enough to call the cops??
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sincere_milkshake
· 8 years ago
I guess because it was late, and they were stereotyping.
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awdorkable
· 8 years ago
Oh. That's so intense, though. Like they went as far as call the cops when the two gents hadn't even gone as far as pull out weapons or anything. They legitimately asked for cheese and all they had to do was point the men to some cheddar what the heck
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afungusamongus
· 8 years ago
Lol 'cheese' is slang for money kids. I think they were stereotyping and thought they were being robbed
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sincere_milkshake
· 8 years ago
In what world is cheese slang for money
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awdorkable
· 8 years ago
Is that for real bc if I asked for cheese instead of saying money then the people in my life would legitimately give me cheese
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afungusamongus
· 8 years ago
This world.
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lane6
· 8 years ago
Not only am I ashamed of this event, but I'm also ashamed that this happened in my hometown
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222daisy
· 8 years ago
Hey fellow RVAer! I'm hoping this was some serious misunderstanding, did they think they said something besides cheese maybe? Insane!
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lane6
· 8 years ago
That's always possible, but I don't think so. The police officer that came into the store didn't arrest them or anything like that. My guess is that the staff (I think it was just one or two people there) had some mental problem
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222daisy
· 8 years ago
I was glad to see at least the police treated them kindly
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guest
· 8 years ago
I thought it was a joke at first
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deleted
· 8 years ago
This cannot be real. Please tell me these fuckers got fired.
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alderaanreasons
· 7 years ago
So after seeing this post, I did some research. I don't think it was a race thing since both employees involved are also African-American. That opened more questions though.. Couldn't find anything online explaining what the misunderstanding was. As a retail manager I can't imagine any situation where I would abandon the sales floor especially if I thought there was a threat. If it was a real emergency the safety of the other customers in the store would be a major concern. I'm bewildered.
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