Yes.
In fairness, Citi executives didn’t personally come up with the items for this menu, being served at 383 Greenwich. That was the job of the people who run the bank’s cafeteria, Restaurant Associates.
Did Citigroup Celebrate Black History Month By Serving Fried Chicken And Collard Greens In Its Cafeteria?
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NH BLG_DEALBREAKER <GO>
to access Dealbreaker
DAS RAYCESS
…examining my motives before I comment.
I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies!
No purple drank or Kools? Epic Fail.
-Stan O’Neal
Newports
~Ken Chenault
This kind of thing happens every year at W&L. It’s no big deal.
This kind of thing happens every year at W&L. It’s no big deal.
what no waffles
what no waffles
Where is the Watermelon? Plus the Maury Povich Pregnancy Test?
Where is the Watermelon? Plus the Maury Povich Pregnancy Test?
Where is the Watermelon? Plus the Maury Povich Pregnancy Test?
I hope they didn’t order that chicken from Crowns on 142nd and Broadway.
PS: Where’s the King Cobra and Schlitz Malt table at?
Oh how I miss Lexington and Lee-Jackson Day.
-Sell Side VMI Guy
Finally, a thread tailor-made for that “Smitty” douchebag and he’s nowhere to be found.
Did the beasts proceed to throw their feces upon completion of the collar greens?
-Curious
The “Chicken Wings and Crown Royal” combo is noticeably absent.
thought the same thing. I want chick’n'waffles.
-Guy who wants chick’n'waffles
Guys, what’s the big deal? I’m…cool with…this…please invite me hang out with you outside of work, I won’t rob you. I’m half Eskimoe, for god’s sake
-Citi’s only (mostly) black 1st year, S&T
What’s next – social security securitizations, food stamp financing, credit without checking credit (I guess they kind of did that already)?
This is a low down dirty shame.
What’s next – social security securitizations, food stamp financing, credit without checking credit (I guess they kind of did that already)?
This is a low down dirty shame.
Thankfully they stopped short of having a separate “Black History Month” water fountain installed in the cafeteria.
Thankfully they stopped short of having a separate “Black History Month” water fountain installed in the cafeteria.
Thankfully they stopped short of having a separate “Black History Month” water fountain installed in the cafeteria.
Thankfully they stopped short of having a separate “Black History Month” water fountain installed in the cafeteria.
Oh, Hi! I didn’t notice you sitting there at the back of the trading floor . . .
“I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. I lost my job, I lost my house, Penelope hated me and it was all because of this terrible, awful Negro.”
“I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. I lost my job, I lost my house, Penelope hated me and it was all because of this terrible, awful Negro.”
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
My guess is they didn’t see the need because the purple drank in styrofoam cups was selling so well.
Will the Presidency suffice?
Will the Presidency suffice?
Will the Presidency suffice?
potes…
- Ashey Larry
I don’t get it. All of that food is delicious. I guess I will just go back to furiously masturbating.
They didn’t even get the name right, it’s “colored” greens.
They didn’t even get the name right, it’s “colored” greens.
into a cup?
into a cup?
I am right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wrote the comment below about the feces being thrown at the white man.
Additionally I am not a douchebag, merely a racist who was forced to grow up in brooklyn and an anti-obamfrican thats all
the emancipation proclomation, is that a boy band?
“I never trusted the Colonel. Slaves cooked that chicken. Aint no white man know anything about herbs and spices and gibblits.”
“I never trusted the Colonel. Slaves cooked that chicken. Aint no white man know anything about herbs and spices and gibblits.”
What?!? You can’t take a joke? I have nothing but respect for black people.
- Fuzzy Z.
What?!? You can’t take a joke? I have nothing but respect for black people.
- Fuzzy Z.
a purple drank cup
a purple drank cup
a purple drank cup
a purple drank cup
Anybody got 2nd year Restaurant Associate numbers?
Shouldn’t you be out running 5 miles with your buddy while I stare and make fun of you?
-FI PB W&L Guy
Is government assistance still a stereotype for blacks now that its a “wall street” thing?
“It…was…the…Dukes! It…was…the…Dukes!”
Next month I got some Indian heritage dishes for your asses. Chilled monkey brains and live baby snakes cut out of a larger dead momma snake for everyone!
- Vik to the P
You Fuckin’ Guys.
You Fuckin’ Guys.
Citi Sucks
[nervous laughter]
I was born . . . a poor, black, child.
I was born . . . a poor, black, child.
I was born . . . a poor, black, child.
This is good shit. I got it from a Negro. You’re probably high already and you don’t even know it.
I’ll take 4 whole fried chickens and a Coke.
I sense a new baby name: Quinoa (pronounced KWIN-O-A, or spelled keen-wah, same diff/no diff)
Love the “Protein” ingredient listed in the salad.
No cornbread?
Well, it’s a well known fact, ConspiracyBrother, that there’s a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
The Pentavirate are the Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, *and* Colonel Sanders before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. “Oh, you’re gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!”
How can you hate “The Colonel” you ask?
Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass!
Well, it’s a well known fact, ConspiracyBrother, that there’s a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
The Pentavirate are the Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, *and* Colonel Sanders before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. “Oh, you’re gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!”
How can you hate “The Colonel” you ask?
Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass!
That is awesome!
That is awesome!
So the conspiracies we’ve believed for all these years are true? The NBA really did institute the three point shot to give white boys a chance?
uhh…pass over the oar, N-word Jim?
uhh…pass over the oar, N-word Jim?
You look white. Don’t touch me.
You look white. Don’t touch me.
Are you telling me there really is a Man’?
The entertainment industry really *is* out to get Spike Lee?
O.J. really didn’t do it?
Michael- We could have gotten some burritos or some colored greens or some pad thai, love pad thai…
Stanley- It’s collard greens.
Michael- What?
Stanley- It’s collard greens.
Michael- Uh, that doesn’t really make sense, cause you don’t call them “collard people.” That’s offensive.
I approve of the menu
Look at the size of that boys head.
A virtual planet. It has its own weather system.
Its like sputnik, round but quite pointy in parts.
Finally I am bicurious with a strong interest in “taking one in the fart box.”
Finally I am bicurious with a strong interest in “taking one in the fart box.”
Finally I am bicurious with a strong interest in “taking one in the fart box.”
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Oh no they di-unt!!!
Citi catering department channeling Run DMC: priceless.
I miss killing a twelve pack out at Goshen.
way to kill the thread…..massa
Same thing happen to NBC last year and the chef happend to be black and her response was “It’s not trying to offend anybody and it’s not trying to suggest that that’s all that African-Americans eat. It’s just a good meal. I thought it would go over well.”
Sugar, water, and of course, purple.
-D. Chapelle
No white toast?
That’s Racism, man, I love to Racism Bro!
150lbs with 17 1/2, 35-36 shirt and way too long tie is the NKI
I wonder if the Fried Chicken came direct from the Chocolate City? With a free supply of Negroes
Shouldn’t you both be diligently making up for the time you’ve lost by having gone to W&L and VMI?
- guy who went to UVA
What? Quinoa crusted chicken? Olive oil whipped potatoes? That’s birther-equivalent inauthentic. Show me the real thing. Produce the collard greens cooked with ham hocks or bacon. Provide the potatoes whipped with butter, maybe garlic. And, where is the baked mac and cheese with 3 cheese? The candied yams? The potato salad? The corn bread? The coroner?
Citi can’t produce that.
See when you are an authentic American, and can trace your roots at least back to 1820 and slave times (and it’s always a joy seeing your great, great, great, grandparents suddenly appearing in census and other records as “MU” for mulatto), seeing this poor representation of stereotypical blackness is shameful. If you are gonna bend clumsily down on knee to patronize derriere noir by making a “black history table” spread of food, then keep it a bit authentic, or don’t bother at all.
As for the comments, I have no concerns.
People are being overly sensitive. If you Google “Black History Month Menus” there is a blog, written by an African American woman, and guess what’s on that menu? Yup, fried chicken, collard greens and the like. Are you going to tell soul food restaurants in Harlem that promoting Black History Month with fried chicken on their menus is wrong? Give me a break. Someone clearly needs more work to do at Citi.
You must have been one of those SNU’s always hanging out with Pi Phi’s that I made pointed and laughed at while running across the quad.
Looks delicious. Would anyone care if they served tacos and and enchiladas on cinco de mayo?
What the fuck is your major malfunction Citi cafeteria workers? You had better shit me some watermelon before I rip out your eyes and skull-fuck you!
Neither I nor this issue is stereotypical. Do Irish people complain when corned beef & cabbage are served on St. Patrick’s Day? No, they do not and do you know why? Because they are too damn drunk to care and far too lazy to complain about it, that’s why.
Neither I nor this issue is stereotypical. Do Irish people complain when corned beef & cabbage are served on St. Patrick’s Day? No, they do not and do you know why? Because they are too damn drunk to care and far too lazy to complain about it, that’s why.
Note grammatical error and see comment above.
-guy who still went to UVA
Love public school try-hards.
Eight Balls like fried chicken…who doesn’t?
@ Guest below, take your show on the road, it’s THAT good.
- not UVA guy, but fan of his work.
How did no one comment on the “whipped” potatoes?
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