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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:42:15 AM EST
 A TikTokker who used to work at a Cracker Barrel in Arizona has revealed a “code word” that she claims some of her coworkers used to refer to Black customers. @cinnamnhoney shared her experience as a hostess at the popular restaurant chain in a video that has been viewed over 237,000 times. “A waitress used to complain SO MUCH if I sat ‘Canadians’ in her section & I was so perplexed bc i thought canadians were stereotyped as nice,” she wrote in her caption. “Me, a hostess at cracker barrel, wondering how every employee knew a table was full of canadians even though they didn’t have a telling accent,” the on-screen caption reads in the video. Employees at Cracker Barrel use a “code word” to refer to black customers, according to an ex-hostess. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:43:57 AM EST
[#1]
Used to work at a restaurant in Newark, DE and that’s exactly what they used.
It’s a thing, I’ve seen it. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:45:04 AM EST
[#2]
I've heard 'Canadians' used to reference black people before, but not in the restaurant industry.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:45:35 AM EST
[#3]
Good ol' Honkey Bucket.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:46:26 AM EST
[#4]
That’s been a thing in the restaurant industry for ever. It was being used at my first job in 1994.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:46:41 AM EST
[#5]
My friends that worked as servers introduced me to the term "spoda."
As in they don't know they "spoda" tip. Used in a sentence, "I just got seated with a big party of Spodas." |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:47:09 AM EST
[#6]
Wait until she figures out what "cracker" means....
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:47:26 AM EST
[#7]
Must be a FOH thing. I worked there off an on for 3 years, mostly as a Sunday morning church crowd mercenary cook. Never heard that in BOH.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:47:26 AM EST
[#8]
How do stereotypes start?
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:47:34 AM EST
[#9]
pffft everybody knows that.
I learned the term in 8th grade as a busboy. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:47:58 AM EST
[#10]
Why would you want people that tend to be non-tippers to be seated in your section?
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:48:12 AM EST
[#11]
Should I be outraged or boycott Cracker Barrel?
Cause I don't care and I don't go there anyway. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:48:39 AM EST
[#12]
That term has been used forever for black people in restaurants.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:48:46 AM EST
[#13]
Not at all uncommon. I worked at a restaurant back in the day and we had words for foreigners, Karens, the Saudi immigrant students, etc.
They weren't derogatory but these situations manifested after COUNTLESS similar encounters. They didn't just randomly create themselves. They were earned. I mean, it's part of being a waiter. The movie "Waiting" wasn't far off but we never spit in food (or any of what they did). But the games, code words, having fun with inside jokes...all part of it. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:49:34 AM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've heard 'Canadians' used to reference black people before, but not in the restaurant industry. It's actually pretty universal IME> |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:49:39 AM EST
[#15]
I was just there this morning. Good food, cheap, peppy older diner lady vibe from the waitress.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:50:59 AM EST
[#16]
Want to change people’s perception of you, change your culture.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:51:17 AM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My friends that worked as servers introduced me to the term "spoda." As in they don't know they "spoda" tip. Used in a sentence, "I just got seated with a big party of Spodas." Yup, its all codewords to servers that they don't tip right? A codeword meant not to bust your ass since it wont matter anyway |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:52:17 AM EST
[#18]
We used to call them "Mondays" when I worked in resturants
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:52:40 AM EST
[#19]
I knew it was gonna be Canadians
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:52:42 AM EST
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:10 AM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We used to call them "Mondays" when I worked in resturants  |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:25 AM EST
[#22]
Thought it was gonna be Canadians before I even clicked
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:36 AM EST
[#23]
I am less outraged now.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:36 AM EST
[#24]
Definitely not a Cracker Barrel thing. A buddy of mine worked at a BBQ joint years ago and they used the same word.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:50 AM EST
[#25]
LOL...
"Code word" That "code word" isn't so secret. This girl must live a sheltered life. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:53:55 AM EST
[#26]
guess they have to switch to Amish now?
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:54:05 AM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How do stereotypes start? Like the stereotype that pit bulls kill more than other dogs, or that VW makes unreliable cars. People just make shit up. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:54:08 AM EST
[#28]
Article uses a well dressed, clean cut normal looking black couple for a picture. In reality the "codeword" was used when loud, obnoxious ghetto trash came in.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:54:35 AM EST
[#29]
I'd say that this could be the tipping point, but Canadians don't tip.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:54:57 AM EST
[#30]
I've heard it used but back in the '80s when I was in high school and worked in a couple of restaurants the waitstaff, black and white, just referred to them as non-tippers and none of them wanted them in their sections, especially on Sundays after church let out. The black waitstaff used to make comments about how the black customers treated them like "house...", well you know the rest. Constantly complaining, eating half their meals then expecting them to be replaced or comped, etc. Yeah, I worked in a Red Lobster for a couple of months- I haven't been in one since.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:56:20 AM EST
[#31]
Ate there last night, had the fish dinner with carrots and hashbrown casserole
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:56:28 AM EST
[#32]
Where I work a union operator got walked out for using that exact word (ca****an).
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:56:29 AM EST
[#33]
Same here. I waited tables far too long, at several restaurant chains in several states. Everyone referred to Canadians. The funniest part were the black waiters and waitresses who refused to serve other black people because they were all shitty tippers.
You will NEVER stop evolution. Generalizing about types of people will never go away. It's a trait we inherited millions of years ago like Jordan Peterson's Lobster reference. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:56:31 AM EST
[#34]
In the Texas Department of Corrections they are called rugs.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:56:44 AM EST
[#35]
They are generally picky, overly demanding, condescending, and don't tip.
I'd be pissed too if I had to wait on them all the time. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:57:28 AM EST
[#36]
I thought it was Amish?
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:00 AM EST
[#37]
GD taught me that "Amish" is also a code word for "Canadians"
EDIT - beat by 30 seconds 
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:13 AM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL... "Code word" That "code word" isn't so secret. This girl must live a sheltered life. A chick with a room temperature IQ virtue signalling on tik tok about a decades old phenomenon is a pretty solid clue. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:33 AM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The black waitstaff used to make comments about how the black customers treated them like "house...", well you know the rest. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:45 AM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've heard 'Canadians' used to reference black people before, but not in the restaurant industry. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:45 AM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait until she figures out what "cracker" means....  Oh bother she's going to be surprised
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Posted: 3/26/2022 11:58:51 AM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s been a thing in the restaurant industry for ever. It was being used at my first job in 1994. Yup. It's at least that old. I'd guess that's about the first year I heard it used. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:00:38 PM EST
[#43]
How fucked up has our country become that we have to use code words.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:00:49 PM EST
[#44]
Theres a reason for that. And if you ever worked in a restaurant you'd know why. Unfortunately, i worked for years as a waiter outside of DC to get myself through college. EVERYONE at EVERY restaurant used some sort of code word.
And i hate to say it; but without exception they would live up to the stereotypes. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:01:11 PM EST
[#45]
FOH used it bc they were the ones getting fucked by the ‘Canadians’. BOH were more familiar with the Spanish offensive terms
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:01:29 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How do stereotypes start? Reality. If you get jumped while in the city what are the most likely race of the perpetrators? If I said, "her name is Sharmisha!" What color is she? And if you were working at a restaurant and had a party of ten and they were black, what are your odds of getting a tip even if you gave ultimate service? I have noticed a new stereotype amongst blacks where they think they're owed, or entitled to everything. Like they can treat you like shit but you better kiss they ass. Stereotypes exist for a reason. |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:02:42 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bet I know why. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: We used to call them "Mondays" when I worked in resturants (Tell me why) |
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:02:54 PM EST
[#48]
……..
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:03:06 PM EST
[#49]
Canucks is the racist slang term.
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Posted: 3/26/2022 12:03:45 PM EST
[#50]
Big deal. You should of heard the way the management and wait staff talked to my wife and family at a “Blacks Only” chain Resturant outside of New Orleans. The Black manager asked us to leave.
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