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Judi Lynn

(160,663 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:29 PM Jul 2020

Jimmy John's workers in Georgia fired for making noose out of bread dough

Source: CBS News


JULY 7, 2020 / 9:57 AM / AP

Four employees of a Georgia sandwich shop were fired after making a noose out of bread dough and filming themselves playing with it.

A video posted to social media of the workers at a Jimmy John's restaurant in Woodstock shows one employee draping the bread dough noose over the neck of another and yanking it. The other workers watch and laugh. A "Happy 4th of July" banner appears across the bottom of the video. The workers who are shown in the video appear to be white.

The Telegraph of Macon reports that the clip was posted on Snapchat and later shared across social media, receiving thousands of views. Customers threatened to boycott the sandwich shop over the incident, calling the video hateful and racist.

Jimmy John's condemned the video in a statement on Twitter.

"We have zero tolerance for racism or discrimination in any form," the company commented under the video, which was shared by a Twitter user Sunday. "The franchisee has taken immediate action and the employees have been terminated. The actions seen in this video are completely unacceptable and do not represent the Jimmy John's brand."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-johns-fires-employees-noose-video/

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Jimmy John's workers in Georgia fired for making noose out of bread dough (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2020 OP
However, this is fine (warning, graphic pics) yesphan Jul 2020 #1
I'm guessing that fat demon is Jimmy John. My God. Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #2
Oh my god, that is repulsive PatSeg Jul 2020 #3
He had a picture taken of himself, naked, on a shark he'd just killed? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #5
JFC! How depraved! Duppers Jul 2020 #7
I knew there was a reason I should never buy anything there. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #4
Plus their sandwiches are bland as fuck. Crowman2009 Jul 2020 #6
I am rather turned off to sandwiches... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #8
The ones down by me were always way too salty. Yuck! iscooterliberally Jul 2020 #9
Why would he think anyone would want to look at his ass? 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #10
Given the posterior posture... reACTIONary Jul 2020 #11
Indeed. 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #12
Kick dalton99a Jul 2020 #13

Judi Lynn

(160,663 posts)
2. I'm guessing that fat demon is Jimmy John. My God.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:54 PM
Jul 2020

He'll never know how unimpressive he is.

I would imagine the spirit of that shark is thanking its lucky stars that it was gone long before Porky dropped trou and slimed its shark body.

Thank you, so much, for throwing the much needed spotlight on this man who's begging Karma to take a good swift kick at his broad backside.

Pure, grinning, disgusting evil.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,412 posts)
5. He had a picture taken of himself, naked, on a shark he'd just killed?
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:38 PM
Jul 2020

and then shared the picture with someone?

Jesus, talk about a lack of taste or decency. Or self-respect. And the same goes for the pictures of the other animals he's killed. What a failure as a human being. He's as bad as a Trump.

Duppers

(28,132 posts)
7. JFC! How depraved!
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jul 2020

I often wish there were a hell.

Thanks for enlightening us, yesphan. Never eaten at a JJ's, never will now, for sure. Passing this one on.

2naSalit

(86,931 posts)
8. I am rather turned off to sandwiches...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:15 PM
Jul 2020

having managed a couple sandwich shops tat didn't belong to me. And certainly not a chain. I would be suspicious of anything in that place.

I prefer food that comes on a plate and is normally consumed with the aid of a fork or spoon when eating out.

iscooterliberally

(2,865 posts)
9. The ones down by me were always way too salty. Yuck!
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:34 PM
Jul 2020

My wife and I tried them several years ago. We didn't know about Jimmy John being a jackass. What a horrible person! I read earlier this year that he sold the chain to another company. Apparently Jimmy John is no longer the owner.

3catwoman3

(24,117 posts)
10. Why would he think anyone would want to look at his ass?
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:40 PM
Jul 2020

If mine looked like that, I wouldn’t want anybody to see it, not even me!

Jesus H!

Isn’t Jimmy John’s the one that has the sign in the window offering “Free Smells”?

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