Maurice Rucker has gotten his job back, but if you’re looking for a way to reach out and personally support him there is a GoFundMe campaign running in his honor with the goal of raising $5,000 for Rucker.
Campaign is currently at $2,245
It's sad that it took social media backlash for Home Depot to offer a ten-year dedicated employee his job back, after wrongfully firing him for defending himself against a racist and verbally abusive customer.
Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan, received a forwarded email from
company spokesperson Matt Harrigan, saying that the company has changed
its mind about the employment status of 60-year-old Maurice Rucker. It
reads in part: “We’ve taken another look at this and we are offering
Maurice his job back.”
ORIGINAL STORY
Maurice Rucker, 60, lost his job at an Albany, N.Y., Home Depot after
he said he was subjected to racist verbal abuse, which he said was
unlike anything he’s ever experienced. The fall out has left him
shocked, WNYT reports.
Rucker said the incident all started last Thursday when a customer approached checkout with an unleashed dog.
“I said to him, ‘Sir, when you have your dog in here we prefer that you keep it on a leash.’” He turned around and said, ‘Fuck you. You’re an asshole you’re a piece of shit,’” Rucker recalled.
The customer didn’t stop there, adding, “If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job” and “You’re from the ghetto, what do you know?’” according to Rucker.
“I’ve lived all over the country and I’ve had no one talk to me the way that this guy talked to me,” Rucker said.
Now Rucker is considering looking for an attorney, and since he is out of his job at Home Depot, is hoping to work with children, to continue the work he did do at Home Depot, which included running kids’ workshops.
Rucker said the incident all started last Thursday when a customer approached checkout with an unleashed dog.
“I said to him, ‘Sir, when you have your dog in here we prefer that you keep it on a leash.’” He turned around and said, ‘Fuck you. You’re an asshole you’re a piece of shit,’” Rucker recalled.
The customer didn’t stop there, adding, “If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job” and “You’re from the ghetto, what do you know?’” according to Rucker.
“I’ve lived all over the country and I’ve had no one talk to me the way that this guy talked to me,” Rucker said.
Now Rucker is considering looking for an attorney, and since he is out of his job at Home Depot, is hoping to work with children, to continue the work he did do at Home Depot, which included running kids’ workshops.
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