Gay Apple customer outraged after he ‘received receipt from store employee with homophobic slur printed on it in place of email address’
Adam Catanzarite visited an Apple store to purchase a pair of headphones
Claims he was given a receipt with the words '[email protected]' printed on it
Says slur was put in the place usually reserved for customer's email address
Posted picture of the receipt to Facebook and hit out at Apple
Wrote that it is 'not okay' for companies to use such words
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A gay Apple customer claims he was handed a receipt with a homophobic slur on it after shopping in one of their stores.
Adam Catanzarite visited the Apple store at Pioneer Place in Portland last month to purchase a pair of $29 earphones.
But when he checked his receipt days later, the place reserved for the customer's email address had been replaced with the words [email protected].
The slur was printed on the receipt where the customer's email address is usually placed
The post Mr Catanzarite wrote on Facebook after finding the gay slur on his receipt from Apple
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n a separate Facebook post he explained: 'Historically, my communities have faced a history that is filled with extreme violence by individuals who are victims of their own homophobia and the society that says homophobic behavior is okay.
'The employee who entered [email protected] should not be fired (take a minute to let that settle in if you need to), but should be given an opportunity to learn about the impact of the use of the word and how these words impact the individuals who have been oppressed by them.
'Apple should give this employee an opportunity to get the resources they need to better serve their customers.
Mr Catanzarite had been shopping at the Apple store in Pioneer Place, pictured in Portland, Oregon
Fire the scum, give the man a $1,000 iTunes voucher and that's about as much as you can do. (and give prominent GAY activist musicians free promo on iTunes aka. Gaga )
Fire the scum, give the man a $1,000 iTunes voucher and that's about as much as you can do. (and give prominent GAY activist musicians free promo on iTunes aka. Gaga )
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