‘Speak English in Canada!’ Mother berates Asian staff in grocery store for ‘speaking Chinese’ in front of her and claims they are ‘rude as f**k’
- Video posted onto Facebook by Allen Tseng shows the woman launch into her racist temper tantrum at a Burnaby Shoppers Drug Mart
- In the brief clip, the mother berates staff while standing at the register with her son
- ‘Speak English in Canada,’ she screams at the female employee, ‘You’re rude, you are rude. Go somewhere else’
- Most of the woman’s frustration appears to be with the pair speaking Chinese and her inability to understand what they are saying
- Loblaw Canada, the company that owns the grocery chain, released a statement condemning the woman’s behavior
A white woman at a Canadian grocery store berated Asian staff for ‘speaking Chinese’ in front of her, launching into a racist tirade about they needed to ‘speak english in Canada.’
Video posted onto Facebook by Allen Tseng shows the woman launch into her racist temper tantrum because the staff was ‘speaking Chinese’ in front of her at a Burnaby Shoppers Drug Mart.
‘Saw this happen today at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Kingsway/McMurray,’ Tseng shared on Facebook. ‘I just want to put this lady on blast for being extremely rude and racist.
‘And hopefully show her there’s consequences to this type of behaviour. It’s sad to see this sort of racism still in 2019 and in Greater Vancouver, BC, and Canada.’
Video posted onto Facebook by Allen Tseng shows the woman launch into her racist temper tantrum because the staff was ‘speaking Chinese’ in front of her at a Burnaby Shoppers Drug Mart
In the brief clip, the mother berates staff while standing at the register with her son.
‘Speak English in Canada,’ she screams at the female employee. ‘You’re rude, you are rude. Go somewhere else.’
Most of the woman’s frustration appears to be with the pair speaking Chinese and her inability to understand what they are saying.
She repeatedly claims that staff are being ‘rude as f**k,’ before getting her bags and storming out of the store.
In the brief clip, the mother berates staff while standing at the register with her son. ‘Speak English in Canada,’ she screams at the female employee. ‘You’re rude, you are rude. Go somewhere else’
She repeatedly claims that staff are being ‘rude as f**k,’ before getting her bags and storming out of the store
Tseng explained that he had not seen what led to the confrontation but added that the woman was trying to assist with the matter when the mother screamed at her.
‘The Asian lady was trying to help. She was asked to help by (a manager), but they spoke to each other in their own native tongue and that’s when the misunderstanding happened,’ he explained to the Vancouver Sun.
He described staff as being visibly shaken after the encounter.
‘It made me feel sad for the employees that they had to be verbally harassed like that,’ Tseng added.
Loblaw Canada, the company that owns the grocery chain, released a statement condemning the woman’s behavior
On Facebook, Tseng shared grabs of various racist comments directed toward him for sharing the video. He quickly informed those telling him to leave Canada that he was born in Surrey, British Columbia.
Loblaw Canada, the company that owns the grocery chain, released a statement condemning the woman’s behavior.
‘The incident that took place on Monday was unacceptable and extremely disappointing to see. It has absolutely no place in our stores,’ said spokeswoman Catherine Thomas. ‘We believe fully in two-way respect between our employees and our customers and were appalled to see that behaviour.’
The official language in Canada is English and French.