<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks Gerry! And Suzette and others for bringing awareness to the issue. This is how change happens- Way to Go!!<div>Phil<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone <div>Phil Smith<div>262-719 1542.</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 5, 2020, at 3:24 PM, Gerald Flakas via Lekooks <lekooks@lekook.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">I just got off the phone with the Fishbones manager Nathan, to inquire about this situation.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">He admitted to me that he overreacted inappropriately and that what he did was a big mistake.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">I asked him what they are doing to correct the situation, and he told me they are bringing in diversity training for the staff, and he will be meeting in person in the next few minutes with the people he offended.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">He said he learned his lesson, and this won't happen again.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">I think we should accept his explanation as a painful lesson learned, and expect he will not do anything so hurtful and foolish again</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Redemption is possible; remember the "Amazing Grace words", "I once was lost, and now am found".</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">We all make mistakes and hopefully learn from them.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">No "death penalty" for Fishbones and Zins from me, anyway (unless it happens again).</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Gerry Flakas</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Suzette Nelson via Lekooks <lekooks@lekook.org><br>To: lekooks <lekooks@lekook.org><br>Sent: Thu, Jun 4, 2020 10:17 pm<br>Subject: [Lekooks] Atrocious situation at Fishbones in Delafield<br><br></div><div id="yiv0872663155"><div>Hi friends. I want to share the following with you. A friend of mine who lives in Pewaukee posted this on her Facebook page today. I am copying and pasting it. Please please consider calling the management at Fishbones in Delafield and expressing your outrage at this situation. <div>And please consider not patronizing this restaurant and letting them know that. Particularly if you live in Lake Country, which I'm guessing most of you do. Here is the copy of her message.</div><div><br></div><div><div>"People of conscience, a friend of mine who is black has shared a troubling story with me. Her son and a couple friends (one black, the other white) were dining on the patio at an area restaurant yesterday, and like many of us, they were discussing the events of the day - George Floyd’s murder, the civil unrest we are seeing locally and across the globe, and all that goes with it. I am sad to report that they were asked to MOVE from their table to another area of the patio. Management initially pretended the move was necessary because of an incoming reservation, but that lie was exposed when one of the young men stepped out to the parking lot and called and asked about getting a reservation on the patio. Turns out the restaurant doesn’t even take reservations for that area; it’s first come, first served. No one else was asked to move.</div><div><br></div><div>When the young men politely questioned the restaurant’s decision, the manager told them they were moved at another patron’s request and that, “Around these parts, things are just different.”</div><div><br></div><div>Are you kidding me? Black people talking about racism is so problematic for white ears that it has to be banished to an area where no one will hear it? No. If anyone should have been asked to move, it should have been the white pearl clutchers. This is a case of discrimination and marginalization of people of color and we need to let this restaurant know that their actions were unacceptable to us. I already made my phone call and believe you me, the manager (Nathan) knew exactly what I was taking about and thanked me for calling. I hope you will consider placing a call as well, especially if you are a white resident of Lake Country. Nothing changes till we make it change. This may feel small in the overall scheme of things, but micro-aggressions lead to aggressions, make no mistake. </div><div><br></div><div>The restaurant is Fishbones in Delafield, and I will miss their Spicy Cajun Pasta and Red Beans and Rice dearly. </div><div><br></div><div>262-646-4696"</div><div><br></div><div>My additional comment:</div><div>I want so badly to find a way to either make this viral or stand in front of the restaurant with a sign that says "this restaurant asks people of color to move to the back of the room!" I am stunned. "Things are different in these parts"?!? Oh. My. God.</div><div>Also....any violation of civil rights here??</div></div><div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Lekooks mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Lekooks@lekook.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:Lekooks@lekook.org">Lekooks@lekook.org</a><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://lekook.org/mailman/listinfo/lekooks_lekook.org">http://lekook.org/mailman/listinfo/lekooks_lekook.org</a><br></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Lekooks mailing list</span><br><span>Lekooks@lekook.org</span><br><span>http://lekook.org/mailman/listinfo/lekooks_lekook.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>