Lawyer goes on douchebag rant against restaurant workers, reputation gets destroyed

[Travis B]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.3993056

A few words of Spanish unleashed a torrent of hate speech from a racist, ranting Manhattan lawyer.

The Madison Ave. meltdown by attorney Aaron Schlossberg included a threat to sic federal immigration officials on workers at a Midtown restaurant — because they failed to speak English in his presence.

"He heard us speak Spanish and started yelling, 'You motherf---ers!'" recounted Oscar Villanueva, a Honduran immigrant and employee of the Fresh Kitchen.

"He said we have to speak English," continued Villanueva. "He started saying a lot of ugly words ... We felt really bad, humiliated."

A viral video of the Tuesday lunchtime explosion captured the xenophobic Schlossberg announcing the employees were in "my country" before invoking the threat of deportation.

"My guess is they're not documented," Schlossberg announced loudly about the staff. "So my next call is to ICE to have each one of them kicked out of my country. If they have the balls to come here and live off my money?

"I pay for their welfare, I pay for their ability to be here. The least they can do is speak English."

Schlossberg, 42, is a registered Republican and 2016 donor to President Trump's campaign. His company bio claims he is fluent in Spanish and conversational in French.

The babbling barrister's identity was exposed and his reputation trashed less than 24 hours after his nationalistic natterings. He disappeared Wednesday without comment on the mess.

Internet trolls unloaded on Schlossberg as his offensive opinions zipped through cyberspace, with hundreds giving his law firm one-star reviews or posting insulting photos.

Customer Deena Suazo, 34, a local medical receptionist, said she had just ordered her lunch in Spanish when Schlossberg exploded.

She watched in disbelief as he screamed at a counter worker to "give me my f---ing sandwich!" Suazo, an American native with Puerto Rican roots, was shaken by the hate-fueled outburst.

"It's disgusting to me, in this day and age, that people think it's OK to walk around the be disrespectful and racist," she said. "That's what the United States is made of, all cultures and ethnicities."

The videotaped portion of Schlossberg's volcanic monologue began with the lawyer lecturing the store manager about bi-lingual workers speaking in Spanish.

"Your staff is speaking Spanish to customers when they should be speaking English," he barks. "Every person I listened to — he spoke it, he spoke it, she's speaking it.

"This is America. Your staff should be speaking English, OK?"

The fuming man then informed the manager that he planned to follow up by contacting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a possible raid on the restaurant.

The manager said he was infuriated by the lawyer's remarks but refused to respond in a similar fashion.

"He's a customer, so I had to stay professional and ask him to leave," the manager said. "That's what I did."

The front desk at Schlossberg's Madison Ave. office building was turning away all visitors at his request, and the phones in the office were turned off.

A person answering the phone at his Manhattan residence hung up without a word Wednesday.

I highly approve of this douchebag getting his comeuppance.

[Independent voter]

The language they are using? It sounds like they are suing the lawyer. Kind of ironic if true.

[Masark]

Trump's next attorney?

[Blur4stuff]

If English was good enough for Jesus then it's good enough for immigrants.

[Travis B]

Trump's next attorney?

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe this was his audition tape.

[Saucexorzski]

who eats at fresh kitchen and expects english? weird

[CSINada]

I just wonder, you boys hate him for being so offensive or for demanding usage of national language in restaurant by its employees?

[Socialhealer]

reputation destroyed?

i don't see the problem? shouldn't affect his career at all.

people don't hire lawyers because they're looking for a nice person with a good moral compass, they want a piece of shit that will do anything shit on anyone they can to lower their fine/jail time/get them off the hook that's a laywers job.

[Trassk]

So, he's screaming and crying about how his tax dollars pays for immigrants welfare.. against people he's calling immigrants.. while they are working and doing their jobs right then and there?

oh my, this is a new level of mental gymnastics.

[Machismo]

I just wonder, you boys hate him for being so offensive or for demanding usage of national language in restaurant by its employees?

English isn't the national language...

I love it when people try and defend racist nationalists... it's adorable.

[Elbob]

I just wonder, you boys hate him for being so offensive or for demanding usage of national language in restaurant by its employees?

the US doesnt have an official language. If I remember my history correctly we were 1 vote from it being German

[Trassk]

Apparently he's a Jewish Zionist, which could explain a level of religious dogma being thrown around here.

[Jonnusthegreat]

If English was good enough for Jesus then it's good enough for immigrants.

So bold, yet so brave.

[Sunseeker]

reputation destroyed?

i don't see the problem? shouldn't affect his career at all.

people don't hire lawyers because they're looking for a nice person with a good moral compass, they want a piece of shit that will do anything shit on anyone they can to lower their fine/jail time/get them off the hook that's a laywers job.

Lawyers with shitty ethics don't stay lawyers for very long.

Good lawyers win by using the law to their advantage. Bad lawyers win using unethical tactics that end up fucking everyone over.

Anything you do in public should reflect on anything else you do in public. I wouldn't want to hire someone who was known for going on racist rants in fast-food lines. Imagine how that will look for you next case: You hire this guy, you're preparing to go to court, he goes off while getting a burger at McDonalds, and gets slapped with 30 days jail time for a public disturbance, then he can't make the court appearance, you have to hire a new attorney last-minute.

No, you're just a racist shitbag like this guy.

[Enthusiastic Steward]

If English was good enough for Jesus then it's good enough for immigrants.

I have heard this stated sincerely.

[Trassk]

I just wonder, you boys hate him for being so offensive or for demanding usage of national language in restaurant by its employees?

If he was a sane, rational person with a bone in his ass about it, he'd have left the place and written to the management (which would hopefully have been dismissed), but he isn't a sane, rational person, he's a fucking idiot and clearly has some racist agenda going.
As someone whos worked in this line of retail and customer service, I've seen my share of idiocy, and my hat goes off to the people working at that place.

[Mirishka]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.3993056






I highly approve of this douchebag getting his comeuppance.

I completely agree. Fuck him for treating those people like that.

[Jonnusthegreat]

Lawyers with shitty ethics don't stay lawyers for very long.

Good lawyers win by using the law to their advantage. Bad lawyers win using unethical tactics that end up fucking everyone over.

Anything you do in public should reflect on anything else you do in public. I wouldn't want to hire someone who was known for going on racist rants in fast-food lines. Imagine how that will look for you next case: You hire this guy, you're preparing to go to court, he goes off while getting a burger at McDonalds, and gets slapped with 30 days jail time for a public disturbance, then he can't make the court appearance, you have to hire a new attorney last-minute.

No, you're just a racist shitbag like this guy.

Ethics have almost 0 bearing in the court of law. Your first two sentences contradict each other (unless you're talking about lawyers that break the law to win cases?)

[ohwell]

The language they are using? It sounds like they are suing the lawyer. Kind of ironic if true.

There's no way they can sue him much less I should have stopped reading at the first sentence since it claims his rant was racist which it was not.

[Endus]

I just wonder, you boys hate him for being so offensive or for demanding usage of national language in restaurant by its employees?

1> There is no "national language" in the USA.
2> Spanish speakers are a major secondary language group in the USA, so even if there were official languages, Spanish should be on that list at #2.
3> Even if there were official languages in the USA, the only thing that controls is the language that the government is obliged to offer services in. That's it. Everyone else is still free to do whatever. In Toronto, in a country where we DO have official languages, the Chinatown area in Toronto is filled with signs like this;



And nobody cares. It isn't a big deal. People can speak whatever they want to, and you can suck it up and deal with it.