The employee was still fired a month later because he was repeatedly caught using his cell phone instead of working, but the woman wanted to take action against the company and seek compensation.
Waiting at the gas station A woman can be seen refueling completely ignored by the nurse who climbed over it to serve other passing motorists, but when he asked for explanations, the terrible answer came: “I don’t serve black people”.
The horrible scene took place at a gas station in the state of Oregon, USA, and has now cost the company that manages the distributor one Compensation of one million victim of racial discrimination. The story’s female protagonist, Rose Wakefield, has actually sued the gas station attendant’s employer, and in recent days a jury awarded her $1 million in damages
The story dates back to March 2020 when the woman stopped at the Beaverton gas station and rest area to refuel her car. However, the attendant, Nigel Powers, had begun to ignore them and serve other drivers. When the woman wanted to ask for help, the man said, “I’ll come to you if I feel like it.”
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Surveillance video from the same rest stop shows Wakefield getting out of the car at this point to go to the store and call for help. Another employee then made himself available and had followed her outside to minister to her. However, when the woman saw Powers walking past her, she didn’t hesitate to ask him why he refused to help her and replied, “Because I don’t serve black people.”
Over the next week, Wakefield made two complaints to gas station managers, but their calls were largely ignored. The attaché was released a month later because he was caught several times talking on his mobile phone instead of working, but the woman wanted to take action against the company and seek compensation. “The employee was never questioned by the company about the racist remarks and was only fired for not serving customers,” the woman’s lawyer said.