Thread by @Huff4Congress

Hey, @olivegarden! Family friend visited your College Station, TX location with his 8yo daughter. Their “waitress” was a man in a dress with a deep voice who scared the little girl. Dad discretely asked for a different waiter…and was escorted with his child from the restaurant.

Please research and address the situation, keeping in mind that it isn’t “intolerant” when a child recognizes that a man in a dress is still a man. This is shabby customer service, and literally misogynistic.

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi To clarify and expound, @olivegarden, since I did get further details, not wanting to levy spurious accusations: after concern was noted, a manager came over and asked the problem. The father explained that his daughter was uncomfortable and requested another server…

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi @olivegarden …at which point the manager took their menus and requested them to leave, explaining that it “came down from corporate” that customers who weren’t “tolerant” – that is, pretended and forced their children to pretend that a man in a dress was a woman – weren’t welcome.

Explain?

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi @olivegarden For anyone who doubts this story (I myself wasn’t going to call out @olivegarden until I confirmed what I’d heard), its parent company @darden has this as its second tweet.

“It came down from corporate” makes a lot more sense now.

https://twitter.com/darden/status/1486742287585619972?s=46&t=oORx_csE7ZsCCbdgFSe0lw

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi @olivegarden @darden Hi, @CapitalGrille @YardHouse @RuthsChris @cheddarskitchen @EddieVs, do your managers typically ask customers to leave when children are confused and uncomfortable with male servers wearing dresses? Is that indeed corporate policy?

A comment would be helpful. Concerning!

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi @olivegarden @darden @CapitalGrille @YardHouse @RuthsChris @cheddarskitchen @EddieVs I’m trying to be accurate, @olivegarden @darden. Following up:

1) Reviewing the server dress code, it’s possible “man in a dress” ought to have been “man presenting as a woman.” I admit that I haven’t eaten at Olive Garden in two decades and don’t know what servers wear now.

@salltweets @OliLondonTV @SaraGonzalesTX @jonesville @RitaPanahi @olivegarden @darden @CapitalGrille @YardHouse @RuthsChris @cheddarskitchen @EddieVs 2) Darden is very concerned with “inclusion and diversity.”


-Does Darden benefit financially from CEI metrics?
-What about actual customers who don’t feel “welcomed, valued, and respected”?
-Does Darden recognize the inherent misogyny of “transwomen”? https://t.co/A3RVF0uH7Kdarden.com/our-impact/tea…