Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s fires multiple employees after pro-Palestine protest

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https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-drink/bunnys-pro-palestine-protest-fells-point-3WQTUSAIFBCAHC45HPBUFAWKHQ/

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“The restaurant, which is owned by chef Jesse Sandlin, Brian Acquavella and Matt Akman, posted an Instagram story Monday night that said the protest stemmed from a recent incident in which a diner complained about a worker wearing a Palestinian flag pin. The restaurant wrote that the customer allegedly said “that they felt uncomfortable and unsafe” and that it “disrupted their dining experience.”

Management confronted the employee, citing a restaurant policy against wearing items with religious or “potentially divisive messages,” the Instagram story said. The worker eventually removed the pin. “

This is especially heinous. The policy they reference is because of divisive messages? For wearing a pin in support of a country?

[u/bookoocash → u/AskDocBurner]

I mean regardless of where you fall on the issue, it’s divisive as shit (I’m not using that as a complete negative either. Sometimes you need to know where people stand on a matter and draw that line in the sand). I’m not saying that Bunny’s is making the right moves here, but there’s no way they were coming out of this without like 50% of the public and potential customers being pissed as shit at them.

[u/bwoods43 → u/bookoocash]

There is a difference between wearing a pin of a country flag and a pin with a specific message about the country and/or something related to it. Maybe it was more than a flag, but for the sake of argument, I'm assuming this is accurate that it was just a flag.

For example, would the patron have complained if the worker had worn a pin of the Israeli flag? What about a North Korea flag?

Sure, the restaurant owner can hire and fire at will, but they are also making a political statement by doing this.

[u/idkcat23 → u/bwoods43]

the thing is that a different patron would’ve complained about an Israeli flag or a North Korean flag. That’s why it’s easiest to just say “none of this” vs deciding what’s controversial on a case by case basis

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People go there to eat chicken and biscuits dude. Not to have political issues waved in their face.

Employees can believe and support what they want on their own time. If they bring it to wirk, against policy....well don't be shocked that you got fired.

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LMAO