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Monday, April 4, 2011
Customer accuses Maple & Motor of sexual discrimination on Facebook page
Unfortunately he's unavailable for comment, so that's kind of weak.
Using Facebook as his tool, a customer (or customers) of Maple & Motor, the highly rated burger joint on Maple in Dallas, is accusing owner Jack Perkins of discriminating against him because he's gay.
After an incident at the restaurant in which Perkins asked the customer to curtail his public displays of affection with a friend, the customer created a Facebook page called Unlike Maple & Motor and is trying to rally the gay community behind him.
Unfortunately, the customer or customers did not respond to emails; some of the comments on the page urged them to go to the Dallas Voice.
Most of what Perkins had to say was off the record, but there's plenty posted on his Facebook page.
Maple and Motor: "A group of 7 men came in for dinner, several of whom are regulars. I personally asked a group of two people to move and then used the table vacated to set up a table for them. Two of the men were more engaged with each other than the othe...rs. On more than one occasion the engaged in a prolonged jumping up and down embrace. I asked them to stop. They asked if I was kidding. I said no. They ordered and ate. They did not argue with me. They did not leave."
"We were pretty full when they were finished. As they got up, I told them not to be in a hurry to leave."
"Let me answer your question in advance. I have asked many heterosexual couples to stop what they were doing."
"And again, for the record, THEY WERE NOT ASKED TO LEAVE. In fact, they had not ordered when I spoke to them. The continued through the line, ordered, and ate."
Nearly all of the 70 or so comments posted offer support.
Perkins admits he's an unusually colorful figure in the restaurant world, but promises he does not discriminate against gay people.
"They're a lot of my customers," he says. "I don't run away from conflict -- the truth is, I run to it. That's why I put the link to their page on my Facebook page."
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Travis Bush, verified:
Not sure what the big deal is..if the owner of a business tells you to stop doing something that he thinks is disruptive, you have two choices. You either stop and continue with your meal or you leave. It doesn't sound like they were terribly offended, because they got their food and ate it.
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nickss16, anonymous:
Yup... yet another situation where someone feels theyre entitled to act like a clown wherever they want. It's Jack's business and his property... if you don't like being told to refrain from acting like a buffoon, take your business elsewhere. Don't sit down and sulk and then run to the internet to post about how unfairly you were treated. People nowadays....
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Jason Rice, verified:
Ok, I suddenly want to find this place.
Good burgers and an even better attitude.
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Travis Bush, verified:
I like their burgers and I also like their desert cookie things with the cream in the middle. Lemme know when you are gonna check it out and we can go together.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Will do.
I'd say "It's a date" but then we'd be expected to start a FB page and kvetch and moan like a coupla High School Princesses....
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Travis Bush, verified:
It must be nice to believe you have some extra entitlement that allows you to act however you want in public and then claim discrimination when someone calls you on it..
BTW Jason, try starting in with the hugs, and I will hurt you!
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Jason Rice, verified:
Again?
Man, you hold a grudge...
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Travis Bush, verified:
Don't make me start an "Unlike That Plano Guy" page..
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Jason Rice, verified:
And Trav - look at it.
The kind of Junior High PDA they're talking about... followed up by what?
A typical Junior High response of
Oh, we'll show you, you big meanie --
We're on
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Travis Bush, verified:
LOL the other funny thing is the whiner's FB page is by invite only..kind of like a mutual admiration society but with a lot of bouncing up and down hugging...
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Jason Rice, verified:
No way!!!
There is "clueless" and then there is "Magnificence in Cluelessness." We find ourselves in the shadow of greatness.
Dang shame those genetic lines probably end there.
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borborygmus, anonymous:
I think Jack Perkins is a misongynist, and so do a few other women he's worked with. Not teaching anymore, Jacko?
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
Travis are you talking about whoopie pies?
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SitizenKane, anonymous:
Nice kvetching Jason and Travis; I was chuckling through the thread at ya guys wit and sarcsasims.
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ciaohound1, anonymous:
A "prolonged jumping up-n-down embrace" in ANY small space is annoying and rude..and this place is small and PACKED all the time....Don't care if you are gay or straight, but just be courteous to those around you...or get the "F'" outside to do your hug-n-jump-n-hump-d-hump...
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cwhyrick, anonymous:
First of all... To me there is nothing grosser then to see two people making out in a public place. Come on! A burger joint and two men have to make out? A gay couple OR heterosexual couple making out in public is rude. That is why people say, "Get a hotel!" I can guarantee you the two men making out were NOT hot and typical trash. Have some respect for yourselves and others and quit playing the discrimination card!
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kdbutler214, anonymous:
Hi Jack ! It is me Kristen.... I knew I was not the only one who thought you were an a-hole! HA! See ya when I come get a burger...
xo
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