Subway Manager refused to hire the African-American because «we do not need such». Then she got fired

Search summer jobs ended for the high school student from Spring (TX) not the way she expected.

Kathleen Simmons was hoping to get a job at a local Subway at the address 15830 Champion Forest Drive, the work of her friend. She brought the application, and the friend left her in the Manager’s office, — known only as Monica — and just in case, sent the SMS to warn you.

«Okay, thank you. — posted by Monica in reply, How is she?»

Friend briefly described Kathleen as «a low African-American woman with long black hair.»

«Oh, no, not worth it. it was said in following message — don’t want these work for us, lol.»

After that, the girl made a screenshot of the correspondence and sent it to Caitlin. She showed it to her mother, and the woman, in turn, contacted Subway. According to Simmons, happened incredibly she was «alarmed and shocked».

«This greatly touched me.— she told KTRK — it Was very unpleasant.»

Representatives of the Subway has made an official statement in which he claimed that the Manager «was immediately fired for her actions,» and invited caitlyn to apply again. The company also stressed that «the actions of the former Manager does not reflect the values of the owners and other employees of the Subway franchise, including their desire for inclusiveness».

However, Simmons has «no plans» to re-send the summary to the diner.

«The only thing I wanted was a stressed high school student — that they admitted wrong. I just needed to Subway that was done and said aloud, so he does not lead.»

Caitlin plans for the summer remain the same. After the incident, the girl contacted a few companies, inviting place and very soon she will begin work at the Studio Quench IV.

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