Cashier Fired For Receipts Labeled ‘Ching’, ‘Chong’ At OC Chick-fil-A

IRVINE (CBS) — A cashier at a fast food restaurant in Irvine has been fired after insulting two Asian customers.

KNX 1070′s Mike Landa reports it all stems from two racially-charged names that were printed on a receipt.

The cashier reportedly typed the names “Ching” and “Chong” on the receipt of two customers who said they were regulars at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Jamboree Road.

She was fired soon after the incident was reported, officials said.

A company spokesman called the incident “immature behavior, failed judgment, and human error”.

Chick-fil-A has recently come under fire from gay rights activists for its support of traditional marriage.

The chain’s political leanings, however, have yet to weaken demand for its food as evidenced in September when crowds flocked to the grand opening of its newest store in Hollywood.

Cashier Fired For Receipts Labeled Ching, Chong At OC Chick fil A

dave

too bad the cashier isn’t Rosie O’Donnell, who seems to think all asians speak ‘ching-chong’

Keith K

Is there any proof that those weren’t the names given to the cashier trying to get their 15 minutes?

Ceilon Stuart Chen

you are an idiot, Keith….
unless you are the same type of person who would do that. a-hole
LTCB

Actually, dufus, Keith is correct. There should have been a bit more investigative work before terminating the employee. And, yes, I’m pretty sure they DIDN’T because MOST companies are so afraid of the PC police that they don’t bother to check this sort of allegation out at all. I could get ANYONE fired if it suited me but, I wouldn’t. That does not mean that these other folks DID NOT.
David

“You wan’ combination meeeaaal?”

“You wan’ combination flied rice?”

“You wan’ the cream of sum-yung-gai with combination meeeaaal?”
Marach

Keith K..
Ceilon Stuart Chen is correct….if their names were Ching and Chong, why would they complain.
BokChoy

Ultimately, this all comes down to:

Dog meat consumption in South Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat_consumption_in_South_Korea
MAP

I think the RAGHEADS should not have been served. Enuf with PC!

Lazybum

but Dave, you forget: Rosie is a lib, therefore is immune to charges of racism. Chick-a-fil ownership refuses to sell out their religious beliefs, therefore they are evil.

Pretty simple.

Nate

It’s only simple if you’re a simple minded person who reduces everything to a “good guys vs. bad guys” issue, and judging by your use of absurd generalizations, you almost certainly fit that bill.
jstain

“Lazybum

but Dave, you forget: Rosie is a lib, therefore is immune to charges of racism. Chick-a-fil ownership refuses to sell out their religious beliefs, therefore they are evil.

“… nailed that one square on the head.

MondaleLuvr

I heard they hired OJ as their spokesperson. Who else would know more about Chick-filet?
ben

However, isn’t Chong Hispanic? One of ‘em was… As for Rosie; more like Rush and his bad mimicing.

Eric Swinson

Cheech was Hispanic. Chong was half Scottish half Chinese. If she wanted to be more accurate she could have said Li, Wang, Chang or Chen and probably got one of them right.

Jasmine

Chick Fil A is a Christian restaurant, and they abide by decency and respect. This sort of behavior is not typical.
That being said, gays and hyper active liberals may want to dine elsewhere.

PF

Why would they need to dine elsewhere if they were treated with decency and respect?

chingchong

because being treated ike everyone else is never good enough for the Left – you have to be treated the same but differently in a manner that seperates you out as being exactly like me only not really – duh
rjm2238

Because that is not enough for them. There are many who are rabble rousing, activist miscreants who like to jam their life styles and choices down the throats of others, simply because they sense those others might be offended by them.
It is about time somebody showed them the door for a change.
Rich in New Mexico.
Jo

Not need to, may want to. Pay attention lib.
Nate

Woa woa woa, who started a “Say the dumbest false stereotype that comes to minds about a liberal” contest and didn’t tell me!

Darnit….
jonsie

Because other diners may not want to eat with gays and hyperactive liberals.

JohnB089057

Wonder if and African Americans looked at their receipts?

Silly Goose

It’s Irvine…there are no blacks there…….just sayin’

Ceilon Stuart Chen

there is Blacks in Irvine
Silly Goose

Ceilon Stuart Chen – No, there are very few blacks in Irvine. Only white folks and Asians that play tennis and/or the violin. I was just at the Chick Fil A at the Market Place on Jamboree last week while at a 2 day water polo tourney at Woodbridge High. Never saw one black persone the entire time we were there.
HM Phobe

“there is Blacks in Irvine”

Way to go Chen – no stereotype from your grammar

MrDee

I have been looking all over the map. Exactly where is “Africa-America located?

Zippy

Somewhere near Detroit or Philly.
Damon Smithwick

Haha… yeah. I’m so sick of the politically correct. They’re ‘blacks’, people. Why is the term white OK but the term black is not? Politically correct stupidity, that’s why.
shlomo glick

wonderful. i’ve wanted to know that as well. along with american germany, american india, american france, etc….
curious

Ask National Association for Advancement of Colored People or
the American Negro College Fund………..
Phil Reese

Try Chicongo, IL
Capt Moroni

That my friend is one of the best questions I’ve read all day.
jstain

“Zippy
Somewhere near Detroit or Philly.”
Yep, you need a linguist to travel through there, and body armor…

“

Dervrak

At least it didn’t say Cheech and Chong. That would be insult to Marajuana smokers everywhere.

Dave

Dave’s not here
dc

Hahaha maybe that’s what she meant to write but can’t spell!!! Doesn’t anyone have a sense of humor anymore???

Chooch

License? it’s on the bumper in the back.

Minerva

I won’t eat there – not because of their belief’s but because they use COFA chicken. COFA chicken is raised in extremely cruel situations and are force fed by products from cattle and pig slaughter houses

Thomas

In honor of you, I’m heading there today for lunch. I might even double-down with an extra box of nuggets, too.

mmmmm COFA chicken is mighty tasty!
Brian

COFA chicken still tastes good!
George Johnson

Yep, I think I’ll eat there today and order an EXTRA sandwich just for you.
Baldy Kirby from Atlanta

Minerva, why don’t you eat here?
Bill Galluccio

So it is acceptable for you to eat chicken, so as long it is treated well before it has its head chopped off?
Mike

As opposed to a more humane way of killing and slaughtering chickens????
MrDee

It’s been reported that Gays, Christians, and Atheists choose COFA chicken by a wide margin. I don’t think the chickens have such a discriminating diet. Especially that they are stupid birds that will eat rocks.

TweedleDee

Birds eat rocks to help their digestion, learn something new everyday right? How about adding substance instead of leaving stool.

shlomo glick

a dead chicken is a dead chicken is a dead chicken.

get a life.
Lazybum

and they developed chickens that are born without bones too!

Minerva-You should stop and get a big old mug of shut the f^ck up.

Ashley Henderson

I’ve heard of those boneless chickens! Yup! They’re called “Chicken Nuggets”

Chris

COFA puts the Chicken in Chicken-fried Steak. That’s what makes it so yummy

kelly

Chicken Fried Steak has no chicken in it. It’s beef that is fried like it was chicken the “Chicken Fried” steak.

Silly Goose

I think it’s actually CAFO…not COFA. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation.

ricardo maxwell

much ado about nothing! It’sTime to stop political correctness
Dana

Minerva, you’re full of it.
Jason Weishaupt

Asians, no sense of humor. I am checking with Chinese wife now to see what she has to say about it.

JJ The Fed
steve

What is wong with people these days?

TheRealKingMax

ROTFLMAO!

Justin Time

Ya, if an Asian printed Smith on a receipt, we’d be totally offended and demand their immediate termination as well… oh wait, we would probably laugh with them.

Peacetrain

Not if Hitler, KKK, or Jew was printed on the receipt.

Cap

However, Ching and Chong are two very valid and common Chinese names..I doubt a caucasian would be offended in China if someone wrote Smith and Jones on their receipt..Just another example of the hyper-sensitive PC culture in which we now live…
fgsg

were they? No…. nice attempt at hyperbole their freakshow
bubbles

No be honest now. If you were in China, ordered some food, and you looked down and your receipt said Jew, that would not be hysterical to you?

David

Whoa… why does the article try to correlate this obvious incident of racism with the company’s support of traditional marriage, two completely unrelated issues.

george

Not unrelated if you’re out to smear the restaurant chain with everything in your arsenal. Behold the current state of objective journalism.

Mr. Skippy

Everybody knows that the only people you can make jokes about anymore are white heterosexual males. Everyone else is off limits.

freecheese

Correction, Skippy: Hollywood and the media can joke about “white heterosexual SOUTHERN males” always portrayed is toothless, dumb, bare-footed hillbilly hicks.
All they know about Southern white males is derived from what Hollywood themselves tought them about said men: The Beverly Hillbillies and Dukes of Hazard !
How sad. I have been laughed at by Northerners (and Kolliforinians) when I tell them I am from the MS Gulf Coast.

me so pc

Yeah. And what do those two Asian people call white people? And they’ll get laughs and applause for it. Eff off, liberals. You self-loathing idiots.

Reaper

What are you talking about round-eye?

Timothy McGarry

dog eye or cow eye

Astonished

I’ve eaten at Chick-Fil-A many times and have had nothing but excellent service. I can’t for the life of me understand where this employees’ mind was that day.

As for the copany’s support of traditional marriage. Well, we do live in America and they have that right. And potential patrons have the equal right to eat or not at their restaurants.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

He mind be at home

Want to work at home restaurant.

Rat-Fil-A Buffet.

You wan flies with that?

Jeez

Gotta love when Drudge links to a story. Something magical happens: The only kind of racism in America is reverse racism, gays and “hyper active liberals” should not feel welcome in restaurants, animal cruelty is OK and those Asian customers should be blamed for complaining. And God bless that cashier. What a world.

goshgollygee

Oh and there’s that false dilemma that libtots are so fond of. An either/or that only exists in their little drug-addled minds. Lick it, Jeezie. We’re taking the trash out.

Jeez

Point proven. Keep up the hate!

goshgollygee

Uh huh. That sound bite gonna keep you warm when you’re out on your ass?
Just Asking

First of all, why do you assume that anyone who doesn’t agree with you must have found the story on Drudge? Has it occurred to you that yours isn’t the only opinion in the area? Second, how do you know it’s on Drudge unless you went there yourself? Third, what’s wrong with having a variety of views on the board? Or would you rather it was just people who agree with you?
Baldy Kirby from Atlanta

Jeez, you need to wipe some of that jeez off your chin…

Hate on that, little limp wrist.

Jeez

Right on, Baldy! You tell ‘em.

You rubes are too much fun. Keep it up! Hate! Hate! Hate!

Mike

I’m sure gays and liberals would feel completely welcome in their restaurant, as they should be since they have great customer service. If someone chooses not to go to Chick Fil A due to their stated support of traditional marriage, then that’s their choice to feel offended and not eat there. Not sure what your point is with that one.

The very fact this made the news is because the customer service there is typically so good – this is the exception that proves the rule.
JustSayNoNow

Libs are funny. Stupid, but funny.
Nate

I’ve noticed this many many times as well. It’s not to say I don’t find the same comments without Drudge linking to a story, but it’s almost a given that when I see a story like this that I’ve been linked to by Drudge, I’m going to find the oh-so-cliched “Liberals are horrible” comments and the many many variations on that theme. It’s as predictable as the sunrise, as is the lack of original thoughts and comments.

I do always find amusing the assumptions, generalizations, and outright fabrications, and sometimes you’ll find someone that has worded them in a humorous way. Mostly though, the comments on this particular article are of the if-you’ve-seen-them-once-you’ve-seen-them-all variety. People who smear liberals(and it’s never explained what a liberal actually is, so I’m left to assume it’s anyone who doesn’t agree with the poster) should really get some better material, or you know, stop going out of their way to look like a fool.

pulloutthatbeam

Funny how you know all about the posters you’re whining about (to the point where you even claim knowledge of where they came from) while at the same time claiming that no one can identify a liberal or that liberal is just a tag they put on someone who disagrees with them. Hypocrisy much?
Silly Goose

Yeah, because liberals never bash conservatives. To me it’s just the flip side of the coin. You will always find uneducated dolts throwing spears at each other from both sides of the spectrum. It is a talent that is not purely reserved for those who lean to the right.
darnyoursocks

Nate…Jeez..whatever the eff your name is – shut the hell up. You are the problem.

Griefman

David…. the answer is look at the location….. LA. Attacks on racism and traditional marraige go hand in hand in LA LA land
The Clintidote

Poopushers spread disease. Deadly disease.
Steve

It didn’t bother me. I would have laughed it off. Yes, immature and that’s all. Oh, yes, I am Oriental. A PC world would be too boring.

busted

No Asian would refer to him/herself as “Oriental” – that term is used for products like rugs, pottery, etc. – not people.

Ronald C. Yochum

Somebody please tell me what the problem is with “oriental”?
Word Nazis

From 2 different well known sources: While a small number of reference works used in the United States describe Oriental as pejorative, or antiquated but not necessarily offensive, the American Heritage Book of English Usage notes that:

” It is worth remembering, though, that Oriental is not an ethnic slur to be avoided in all situations. It is most objectionable in contemporary contexts and when used as a noun, as in the appointment of an Oriental to head the commission. But in certain historical contexts, or when its exotic connotations are integral to the topic, Oriental remains a useful term.[7]”

Random House’s Guide to Sensitive Language states “Other words (e.g., Oriental, colored) are outdated or inaccurate.” This Guide to Sensitive Language suggests the use of “Asian or more specific designation such as Pacific Islander, Chinese American, [or] Korean”.[8] Merriam-Webster describes the term as “sometimes offensive.”[9]

Or in other words, its mostly offensive to the same people that all the other ethnic names (or slurs as they call them) are offensive to. People with no lives to worry about. Or what I call word Nazi’s

theyareweird

NY Times Style Guide put it on the hate list back in the nineties. No reason, just changing the word again like they are wont to do. They told Asians that they should now be offended by the word “Orient” despite it simply being a name for a certain area of the globe. Somehow, that’s hateful.

Expertskier

What a stupid article … racism and gay marraige … only from the leftist CBS … why isn’t someone complaining about the “Chick” in Chick-fel-A …. isn’t “Chick” an offensive term to women and chickens ….

george

LOL

Spider

Daivd…You are talking about a left-wing, lying liberal California CBS media outlet. The story has nothing to do with marriage, yet they have to take a stab at a Values-Based Company that believes in God.
Peter

I’ve had to deal with rude and insulting behavior because of my skin color in fast food restaurants many times, usually immediately after the cashier was courteous and friendly to the previous customer who was of the same skin color as them. But I’ve never tried to get anyone fired.
I guess that because I’m Caucasian, I just don’t let bigots get me too upset. It’s their problem, not mine.
But there are a few local restaurants that I will not patronize for that reason.

Irving J

I’ve gone into kosher bakeries in Orthodox neighborhoods, and despite being Jewish, am treated like a non-entity because I do not look Orthodox. So I mumble a few phrases in Yiddish to the cashier and they look at me dumbfounded, but still with a nasty look.

youranus

Next time my wife and I go to Chick fil-a we will order separately. When they ask my name it will be Ching and when they ask her name it will be Chong. If they refuse to enter those names I am suing for name descrimination.
Bill

Harro Johnny. You want good time? Ten Dorrar.

Chong

HAHAHAHAHA. Funniest story evar! Wonder if the cashier was a brotha. I wonder if Ching and Chong got a little out of court Ka-Ching?

David

“I wonder if Ching and Chong”

Brother, don’t you dare use those terms…

For four hundred years… those words, have kept us down…

Took a whole lot of tryin’ to get up that hill…

craguilar

Funny cashier! I’m Hispanic and I wouldn’t mind if she typed “JOSE” on the receipt. Americans have NO sense of humor about race.

Sam

I’ve got news for you craguilar. ‘Hispanic’ is not your race. You are Caucasian, who happens to be of Latin American descent. However, you are correct in your second statement, but Americans have No sense of humor about ANYTHING!

Opinionated

There is no country of Hispania. You’re (global) Mexican, Puerto-Rican, Columbian, Brazilian, Spanish, Chilean, Peruvian, etc… or you could be Chicano. Or Cholo. Or…

Marriedw3

They support traditional marriage?! OMG! That’s horrible! Horrible! Don’t they know we’re living in a world where there is a majority of LBGT people running the streets? Shouldn’t they at least throw some Boa’s and Condoms in each bag so they can support the free-for-all sex activity going on in the streets?

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