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Tying up some loose threads
By adamg on Tue, 06/16/2020 - 1:59pm
After plowing through yesterday's news, Megan Johnson had an idea:
What if we combine everything? Phantom Gourmet starring Bianca de la Garza and it’s just her getting yelled at while working the register at Tatte selling the pig masks that were sent to the Natick couple by eBay executives
— Megan Johnson (@megansarahj) June 16, 2020
The Phantom Gourmet you know about (but wait, there's more!), along with, of course, the pig-mask-sending eBayers. But in case you're now grumbling that UHub has failed to keep you updated on the latest Bianca de la Garza news, well, here's an update. Ditto for Tatte.
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Comments
Uh oh.
What'd I miss about Tatte?!
Tzurit Or doesn’t care about black people*
*Allegedly.
Owner of Tatte Tzurit Or has had numerous allegations surface of fostering a culture of racism through both subtle and overt acts of bigotry.
Thank you...
I can't speak to their hiring/promotion record, but if this is the controversial Instagram post she's being dragged for, I'm not quite sure why the Progressive Purity Police are all riled up:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGCfGXjAcZ/
Tatte is being dragged...
...for saying “Black lives matter” while the company’s actions very clearly don’t align with that sentiment and the efforts to save face have been unimpressive and superficial.
Every time Tatte speaks to the problem they throw gas on the fire; open mouth, insert foot.
No, that's not why there is
No, that's not why there is controversy.
Didn't she sell the company
Didn't she sell the company to Panera?
I had no idea about Tatte or
I had no idea about Tatte or Bianca.
Question
How does one pronounce Tatte? Tat , or tatay, or otherwise. Asking for a friend.
Bianca de la Garza
Ugh! I'd forgotten about her. Worst local TV personality ever. I'd take Willie Whistle over her any day.
I'm sure
I'm sure David Wade would like to forget about her too...
Sounds entertaining
Please make sure I get an invite to the cocktail party where this event plays out.
That's one expensive bowl o' puddin'
Hajjar appears to have broken the Christie Mihos record.
Who's the next Boston B lister to fall from our low expectations
of grace...?
Not A One Off
So interesting! My husband dragged me out of my comfort zone and took the fam to the Fenway Tatte where he religiously gets his coffee and cookies on his break at Longwood. We magically did find a table for four but at one point, he joked that he wanted me to see the “social structure of Tatte”. I was too comfy in my chair with my face in a delectable pastry, so he proceeded to explain what he meant. The cashiers and clerks and servers up front = white, young. Through the large glass window to the back where the assembling and short order tasks were being done = older POCs (Latinos/Blacks). It was glaring and embarrassing. We still will go there but I thought it was just that day, but apparently it isn’t.
They should be called on this.
Notice the passive construction and the indefinite "they." I have also noticed the POC back white front kichens, but I always came up with: That's wrong but what can I do?
Maybe I'll figure something out. Maybe: Call out the national chains. Maybe they'll be embarrassed enough to start making changes and then the smaller business will be embarrassed enough to make changes.
Would they?
Not unusual in restaurants
It's pretty standard to have attractive people (often younger) on the customer-facing jobs. That in itself sounds pretty normal, but if all the young attractive people were white, than that's not kosher.
Don’t forget Upper Crust Pizza
Two adorable whites to work the register backed up by a team of South American indentured servants.
She forgot...
She forgot to mention Chubs the woodchuck who had gone to Salem Willows to get his first chop suey sandwich of the summer.
In the Year of the Chewable Ambien Tab
This sounds like a bad dream mashup to me.
Nice Decemberists reference!
Nice Decemberists reference!