Fil Am files racial discrimination complaint vs popular D.C. restaurant

[Completely 3]

Fil Am files racial discrimination complaint vs popular D.C. restaurant

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By RODNEY J. JALECO, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau | 09/18/2008 3:08 PM

Nancy Dizon and husband Jack Korionoff (Rodney Jaleco)

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA - Nancy Dizon just wanted a quiet dinner with husband Jack Korionoff at a popular Alexandria restaurant. It turned ugly when a waitress served her Caucasian-looking husband the steak-and-crabcake meal they ordered, but allegedly refused to give her food. And when she complained, Dizon alleged the manager accused the pair of abusing the salad bar.

Dizon, a native of Calinog, Iloilo, has filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Human Rights Commission in nearby Fairfax County.

“The lady took our order, she was not pleasant at all,” Dizon told ABS-CBN’s Balitang America. “From the beginning, nafi-feel ko na bias sa akin, parang ayaw sa akin.”

Dizon and Korionoff, half-Russian, half-Filipino, said it was the second time they patronized the Ruby Tuesday restaurant along Richmond Highway. They obviously liked their first visit enough to come back.

Asian features

Her Asian features were unmistakable but Korionoff, with his white hair and fair complexion, looked Caucasian. Dizon is convinced this was the root of the demeanor allegedly shown by the waitress, a certain Marie who is Bhite.

“After she took our order umalis na siya, sabi ko doon sa hostess: ‘Can we please have another waitress?’ Kasi I’m not really comfortable with this lady, sabi ko medyo hindi pleasant ang attitude niya sa akin. Sabi ng hostess: ‘Sorry, she is the only one assigned to that section’,” Dizon recounted.

“Sabi ko, sige pagtiyagaan ko na kasi nakuha na ang order,” she continued. “Pagbalik ng waitress, mabilis, hinagis lang ‘yong dinner plate sa husband ko, pa-ganyan.”

“Sabi ko, aba! Nasaan ‘yong akin? Wala. Hindi ko na mahagilap kasi umalis na bigla. I could not ask her kung saan na ‘yong dinner ko. Bakit ‘yong husband ko lang ang binigyan niya ng dinner?”

“Ang sama sama ng pakiramdam ko at that moment. I could feel she was really prejudiced against me. Baka akala niya no-read, no-write ako” Dizon said, fighting back the tears welling in her eyes. “Isip ko iba yata ang takbo ng gabing ito.”

In fact, Dizon is no push-over. A graduate of the exclusive nun-run, girl’s school St. Theresa’s College in Manila, she had worked with the Asian Development Bank and was able to work in the US when she was hired at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC.

Please read the whole story in http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration...r-dc-restaurant

Edited September 21, 2008 by Completely

[Ban Hammer 13,573]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination. and can you please repost it with english translations please?

[Completely 3]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination. and can you please repost it with english translations please?

Hi Charles, actually this post came from the Filipino news channel based in the USA. I can not change nor repost the topic with english translation as this news came from the website directly.

Edited September 21, 2008 by Completely

[Ban Hammer 13,573]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination. and can you please repost it with english translations please?

Hi Charles, actually this post came from the Filipino news channel based in the USA. I can not change nor repost the topic with english translation as this news came from the website directly.

you can't translate the pinoy parts above into english?

[Completely 3]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination. and can you please repost it with english translations please?

Hi Charles, actually this post came from the Filipino news channel based in the USA. I can not change nor repost the topic with english translation as this news came from the website directly.

you can't translate the pinoy parts above into english?

Okay, I will do it for you but dont get me in trouble

[Completely 3]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination. and can you please repost it with english translations please?

Hi Charles, actually this post came from the Filipino news channel based in the USA. I can not change nor repost the topic with english translation as this news came from the website directly.

you can't translate the pinoy parts above into english?

This is the story of a couple who's wife is filipina and went to a nice restaurant.. The American did get a nice treatment but the wife left untreated without serving her food.. Her husband is done eating but still the food for his wife never came in the table.. The waitress according to the story did be little her in such a way, that she threw the carry-out box in front of her in a very rude manner and the manager acused them of getting to go boxes for salad. She told the Manager that they should be the one to who need toapologize to her because in the first place, the waitress never served the dinner.

[mRx 16]

i'm missing any overt signs of discrimination.

Me too. Sounds like a typical dinner at Ruby Tuesdays though.

[akdiver 3]

If you don't like the service in a restaurant, the correct thing to do is take your business elsewhere - not sue.

I hope the suit is thrown out.

[trinket 30]

One thing, why did Mr. Husband eat his dinner without waiting for his wife's dinner to arrive?

I find that odd and lack of chivalry. She should sue her husband for not being an attentive and caring spouse

[mRx 16]

One thing, why did Mr. Husband eat his dinner without waiting for his wife's dinner to arrive?

He couldn't. Letting a steak dinner get cold would violate the Code of Man.

[britty 1]

How the hell is this discrimination ?? I have actually been to the Ruby Tuesday's in question, and trust me, anyone who goes twice is a complete moron. That woman should be glad she didn't get served - the food is unbelievably bad. And a box for the "all you can eat" salad cart - that's just pikey.

[akdiver 3]

One thing, why did Mr. Husband eat his dinner without waiting for his wife's dinner to arrive?

What sense is there in letting his food get cold?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

One thing, why did Mr. Husband eat his dinner without waiting for his wife's dinner to arrive?

He couldn't. Letting a steak dinner get cold would violate the Code of Man.

Amen, brother. What man could sit there looking at a steak and not eat it?

Edited September 21, 2008 by Jabberwocky

[Ban Hammer 13,573]

One thing, why did Mr. Husband eat his dinner without waiting for his wife's dinner to arrive?

He couldn't. Letting a steak dinner get cold would violate the Code of Man.

Amen, brother. What man could sit there looking at a steak and not eat it?

if he let it get cold, he'd have "whipped" written all over him.

[trinket 30]

Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MEN MEN MEN.