my friend is being hassled by the insurance company on her rental property. she put something on the stove that caught fire when she left the room. from what i have read, that makes her negligent. however, there was a faulty fire extinguisher. it did not work at all. there was also a possible problem with the electric stove that came with the house. she didn't know it at the time because, first of all, she never used an electric stove before, and secondly, she assumed that the smoking from one of the burners was just food and cleaned it out really good all the time. also, the rental property was actually a home. so when the landlord moved out, she never changed her policy from home-owner's policy to a rental insurance policy. shouldn't that make a difference? my friend has absolutely nothing for them to take anyway except a car that's probably worth about $5K and the damages are $82K. she probably makes about $22K per year and has three kids. what can they possibly do to her?
You can sue for anything, but before you do I would consider the fact that if you lose you are responsible for legal fees and court costs for not only yourself but for the other party as well. While the actions of the restaurant guests were definitely out of line, your firing was, indeed, just. It is highly unlikely that you would win any suit to get your job back. It was also not self-defense. Your behavior was out of line as well, and two wrongs do not make a right. Your goal of identifying the couple and suing them is also unlikely to come out in your favor. I would suggest that you take this as a learning experience and move on. If you were treated as you describe, that was wrong. However, whether you are white or black, young or old, male or female you must learn that The Customer Is Always Right when working in customer service. If you have a grievance, you should remain calm and inform your manager- not take matters into your own hands, especially physically.
That usually happens to me when I'm having a stoner night and I come across a random movie. I've seen some really bad movies, but they kept me interested at the time.
A good story but a little too long. You might want to remove some of the unnecessary information and resubmit the question. Better luck next time.
You should right the General Manager a letter and explain all that happened just for your record if nothing else. You were not in fear for your safety you just said yourself that you were blinded by fury. And if you were in fear for your safety and actually acting in self defense then you wouldn't be just knocking off the old man's hat. For all you know the man could have Alzheimer's. You need to get that under control.
You weren't fired for defending yourself against racism, you were fired for assaulting an elderly customer. It doesn't matter if he's a raging racist, it doesn't give you the legal (or moral in my opinion) right to strike him and firing you for striking customers, even if they're offensive, is not illegal. Or even wrong. You cannot sue them for this LMAO. This is not illegal termination whatsoever. MAYBE you could get an unemployment board to grant you benefits, but that's about it and even that's a stretch. You do realize that you don't even have the moral high ground here, right? Where did you get the idea that striking an old man is less morally wrong than hurting your feelings? EDIT: Nope, you struck him. Your hand struck his person and you knocked off his hat. That's assault, boy. And I called you that because you're a kid before you hit me for thinking I'm racist.
