Wilson car shop under fire for employee's Juneteenth comments
KNOWN FOR FAST MOVING WATER
AND SLIPPERY UNEVEN TERRAIN.
>> WILSON CAR SHOP OWNER THIS
EVENING IS APOLOGIZING AFTER
ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES COMMENTS
ABOUT JUNETEENTH HAS SPARKED
BACKLASH. THE INCIDENT WAS ALSO
CAUGHT ON CAMERA. IT LED TO ONE
CUSTOMER WALKING OUT AND
DEMANDING HER CAR BACK WRAL'S
FLYNN, SNYDER, TALK WITH THE
SHOP OWNER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IT STARTED WEDNESDAY WHEN A
CUSTOMER IN THE WAITING AREA
AT SYNERGY. AUTO CARE ASKS THE
U.S. AND EMPLOYEE BEHIND THE
DESK. REPLIES. HE WINS.
AND LEADING TO THIS COMMENT
FROM THE CUSTOMER, THOUGH.
THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE
SAYS IMMEDIATELY A BLACK WOMAN
SITTING IN THE WAITING AREA
STARTS TO WALK OUT. APPEARING
OF SAID OVER THE EXCHANGE
>> SECONDS AFTER THE CUSTOMER
LEAVES A 3RD CUSTOMER IN THE
WAITING AREA ASKS WHAT'S
INCLUDED IN THE NBA. AND IT'S
SOMETHING TO RAISE ONE SPORTS
SPREAD ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
THE SHOP'S OWNER, JOSH, JODI,
POSTED THE FOOTAGE ONLINE TO
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. IT
QUICKLY REMOVED THE POST AND
HIS BUSINESS'S FACEBOOK PAGE
AFTER RECEIVING FIERCE
BACKLASH. WHAT IS YOUR STAFF
MEMBER MEAN BY? I KNOW, RIGHT
IN RESPONSE
TO CUSTOMER.
>> HEAT. AND SHE WAS TAKING THE
HOLIDAY HAD A WHOLE NOTHER,
MEANING SHE WAS. SHE WAS
BELIEVING IT HAD TO DO
SOMETHING WITH THE SCHOOL,
LETTING OUT TEENAGERS WHERE THE
TEETH CAME FROM IT. WRAL MADE
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT
THE WOMAN SEEN WALKING OUT IN
THE VIDEO.
>> WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SHARED
WIDELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HER
RELATIVES TOLD US SHE WAS
UNAVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW.
SEVERAL ACCOUNTS HAVE VOICED
SUPPORT FOR THE WOMAN. THANK
YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR US AT
THAT SHOP. LOVE SAID ONE
COMMENTER. YOU DID THE RIGHT
THING SAID ANOTHER. THE SHOP
OWNER SAYS HE'S SINCE TAKEN
STEPS TO EDUCATE THE EMPLOYEE
AND THE REST OF THE STAFF ABOUT
JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY WHICH
BECAME A FEDERAL OBSERVANCE IN
JUNE 2021. COMMEMORATING THE
END OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S..
SHE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A
PLATFORM TO TO SAY HOW MUCH HE
APOLOGIZES FOR AND SHE WISHES
NEVER HAPPENED. BUT
>> SHE TELLS ME EVERY DAY THAT,
YOU KNOW, SHE WISHES IT DIDN'T
GO DOWN THAT WAY. AND SHE
DIDN'T KNOW WHEN SHE WISHES SHE
WOULD HAVE KNOWN WISHING YOU
NOW DO WHAT HE SAYS. HE'S
REACHED OUT TO THE WOMAN IN
THE VIDEO TO APOLOGIZE.
>> THE INSIDER, WRAL NEWS
WILSON.
>> NOW THE TOP AMERICA CLAIMS
THAT SOME OF HIS EMPLOYEES HAVE
GOTTEN DEATH THREATS. AFTER
THAT EXCHANGE, SHE TELLS US NO