Letter To The Editor
LETTER: D’Angelos Manager Apologizes for Hurtful Comment
A letter from Eric Gurney, manager of the Central St. D’Angelos in Stoughton, apologizing to a customer for an anti-Semitic comment made earlier this month.
Editor's Note: A week ago, About Town with Mark Snyder wrote about Paul Berger’s unpleasant experience at the D’Angelos at 2137 Central St. in Stoughton: ABOUT TOWN: Anti-Semitic Slur at Stoughton Sandwich Shop Causes Stir (Stoughton Patch, December 22, 2011) Berger, a Stoughton resident and a regular customer at that D’Angelos, registered for a D’Angelos rewards card during his Dec. 17 visit to the sub shop and then asked the manager, Eric Gurney, if there was a senior discount program, as well. Gurney responded, “Are you trying to Jew me down?” Berger said he couldn’t believe what he had heard: “[Eric] said ‘oops’ after he said it. I was truly shocked. I told him I resented it and that I would communicate with his boss. I threw my D’…
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Bruce Promisel
12:07 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Sorry Mark...this has nothing to do with being politically correct. The comment was ignorant and the defense of the argument is just as ignorant. There should be no tolerance of the use of derogatory terms for any race, religion or nationality. more ›