Don't know; perhaps your eyes are better than mine. http://www.jerseyshoretoday.com/rock/parkhill's.htm
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that Joanne in some of the pics taken in Parkhills? > http://www.jerseyshoretoday.com/rock/parkhill's.htm > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "Dirty Joanne" joins discrimination probe > > Published in the Asbury Park Press 08/19/05 > > BY CAROL GORGA WILLIAMS > > COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU > > LOCH ARBOUR â" An Asbury Park woman is prepared to cooperate in > a state > > inquiry to determine whether Parkhill's Waterfront Grill committed > > discrimination when it labeled customers on bills and credit card > receipts. > > > > Joanne Fordyce, 34, said she has a bill from July 15, 2004, in > which she was > > labeled "Dirty Joanne" by a server named "Trish." She said she > found the > > receipt in mid-August 2004 when she changed purses. She and a > group of > > friends went to the Main Street restaurant and asked General > Manager Malia > > Wells for an explanation. > > > > Wells referred them to owner John Parkhill whom Fordyce > said "blew them > > off." Parkhill died in January, and his brother, Michael, took > over. Michael > > Parkhill could not be reached for comment. > > > > On Thursday, after the state Attorney General's Division of Civil > Rights > > said it was conducting an inquiry into another incident from July > 2005 in > > which Elliott Stein, 23, of Deal and Brooklyn, was labeled, along > with his > > girlfriend, Jennifer Cassin, as a "Jew Couple," Fordyce said she > contacted > > the state. > > > > "I'm going to be doing an affidavit for them, to help in their > > investigation," Fordyce said. > > > > Peter Aseltine, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office, > said its > > civil rights division has no other complaints about Parkhill's on > file and > > that Stein has not filed a formal complaint. He said the agency > was embarked > > on "fact-finding" regarding the incident to determine whether > discrimination > > laws were violated. > > > > Wells said Wednesday that the "Jew Couple" label was a result > of "poor > > judgment" on the part of a server who no longer works there. > > > > Stephen Reid, a restaurant spokesman, said it had been the > servers' practice > > to use descriptions of diners to identify them on checks, instead > of table > > numbers, as many establishments do. He said the restaurant now > uses a > > table-numbering system. > > > > "It takes the opportunity for mischief away from the servers," > said Reid, > > who added that Fordyce was a problem customer who had been banned > from the > > restaurant for more than a year. > > > > Fordyce denied she had any problems at Parkhill's until the > labeling issue > > surfaced. > > > > > > The Associated Press contributed to this story. > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > 8/19/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
