Subway manager's 'racist' text after girl applies for job
A mum has lambasted a Subway store after the manager sent a racist text message when her daughter handed in her job application.
Timika Simmons wrote on Facebook her daughter applied for a job at the Champion Forest Drive store in Spring, Houston in the US state of Texas after her friend who already worked there urged her to apply.
The friend then sent a text message to the store manager, informing her the girl had handed in her application.
“Ok thanks. How she look?” the manager said in the text.
“Black girl long dark hair. Shortish,” the friend replied.
“Oh no thanks. I don’t want those people in our store lol,” the manager said.
Ms Simmons called for the Facebook post to be shared in a bid to get the store manager fired.
“We are typically silent about this stuff but this was pretty blatant and to be sharing this type of hate with other kids who don’t feel the same way is taking it too far,” she wrote.
Some commented on the post saying they would boycott the store.
“Anyone with any sort of dignity and respect for people will avoid this place like a plague,” one said.
“Disgusting!” another commented.
According to local news outlet Click2Houston, the manager was fired by Subway immediately.
“The franchise owner has reached out to the young woman who applied for the position to apologise and encourage her to consider reapplying,” a statement said, according to the news outlet.
“The former manager’s actions do not reflect the openness and values shown by Subway franchise owners and their staff.”
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