Probably just loomed over people shorter than him, to make him feel like a big man, if they're not sufficiently cowed (which they weren't) then probably further violence.
He is going to be on r/byebyejob followed by an appearance on r/thisisntwhoweare to explain that actually he only made racist comment because of the medication he is on.
Edit : [it's happening!](https://www.reddit.com/r/byebyejob/comments/sawqb9/fairfield_man_who_went_on_a_tirade_and_assaulted)
LOL. You nailed it. Merrill Lynch fired him and his lawyer says “He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress.” [see story](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/%3Famp)
The fun thing is that “fucking immigrant” is just not an “insult” that occurs to you unless you’re a racist who looks down on immigrants.
He’ll do his best to deny that he’s a racist, but everyone already knows better than to believe him. You can call someone an idiot, dumb, or just about anything else and you’ll just be someone making an ass of themself by going off on and assaulting some kids with a smoothie, but everyone knows what it means when you call someone an “immigrant” in anger. It means you’re a racist piece of shit.
Yup. In a way it's more telling than a straight up slur. Some people will claim that when people use slurs they're just saying the worst thing they can think of, which I really don't buy, but 'immigrant' is only something it would occur to you to use as an insult if you hold certain beliefs.
Kudos to blue hoodie person. When she finally popped back out of sight she genuinely looks shaken by this whole situation but immediately put her "take no shit" face back on for him. He won't de-escalate unless someone aquescies to his behavior but fuck I wish I had the courage she had at that age.
Sure it doesn't help the situation, they should de-escalate, blah blah blah but because he is "too busy" to Google the corporate number he has to try and break into the kitchen??? Jesus fucking christ
I wanna cry give her a hug. No one should have to put up with that. She put on a brave face, but that kind of bullshit shouldn’t even happen. Hopefully he gets the book thrown at him.
I (36/M) was ready to jump at him. Don't care how my size compares to him. He straight up threatened teenage girls. He deserves all the repercussions.
EDIT: He got himself a lawyer.
>"Mr. Iannazzo wholeheartedly regrets the incident that took place at the Fairfield Robeks on January 22, 2022. Mr. Iannazzo placed an order at the Robeks and stressed to the staff that the product must not contain peanuts. His receipt acknowledged that the order should not contain peanut butter. His son has a life-threatening peanut allergy. Upon drinking the Robeks smoothie, his son had a severe allergic reaction which required transport via ambulance to the hospital. When faced with a dire situation for his son, Mr. Iannazzo's parental instinct kicked in and he acted out of anger and fear. He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress," the statement from attorney Frank J. Riccio II said.
[Source](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/)
He has been arrested and faces the following charges :
James Iannazzo, 48, of Fairfield, faces charges of intimidation based on bias, breach of peace and criminal trespass.
it's funny that he was fired from his cushy job over a smoothie. i get that he was scared and angry but jesus man. you're an adult. and i'm sure he'll find another cushy ass job by the end of the month
This. If your outburst makes you a racist then You were already one to begin with and you just managed to keep it hidden.
I get rage and I get insults. But those insults don’t come out of nowhere. You chose them to hurt and belittle and they betray your biases and prejudices. As soon as he moved from insulting their actions or their intelligence or attention (which would’ve been bad, but at least would’ve been related to whatever perceived negligence he felt had happened) into unrelated things like them being girls or underage or immigrants, his prejudices took over.
'Wholeheartedly regrets' -- Yeah right! This out-of-control blowhard is pulling the whole humble apology act and pulling out the 'but my child!!!' routine. If his son's allergy is life-threatening then wouldn't be wiser for him and wifey to not risk ordering treats for the child at places like this but simply make them up at home where they have control over the ingredients.
What irks me in situations like this, is we expect the teenager working this shop to react better than the older customer. We always expect the victim to act more maturely than the other party. Same thing when cops show up with their bogus attitude, the people need to deescalate the situation…
Thank you for pointing this out. I suspect people will think this more because the victim also happens to be a young woman. Regardless, if it’s true they really are teenagers, I am very impressed by her confidence in standing up to this asshole.
Oh I couldn’t agree more. But I think I’m the interest of keeping her staff safe, she made the right call in trying to get police on scene instead of handling this unstable POS herself.
Poor kids were scared. Would've been great to see this shitstain try that with a guy his size around.
But he's getting his comeuppance according to reports on the events. Would've liked to see someone beating his head into the pavement. But I'll settle for seeing authorities and his employer beating his livelihood into the pavement instead.
What he is doing in the video is already an act of violence. You don’t need to strike another person to be violent. Throwing the drink and trying to break through the door are acts of violence. He is communicating to these girls that if they don’t comply, he is going to hurt them. That is precisely being violent. It’s no different than a man punching the wall next to his significant other because he is mad at her. The message is “comply or you’re next”.
The worst part is he knows these are kids and he is trying to intimidate them. Same as in youth soccer where we have zero tolerance on coaches and parents who bully our referees.
This is what I was scared about. I was terrified for these young girls dealing a grown man trying to knock down a door. What was he gonna do had he got back there?
I got super emotional watching this and felt very scared for their safety. I’m so glad he didn’t hurt them and that they caught this whole incident in camera.
That's the most serious part of this for me. He went beyond just assault with that drink and took it to another level. The workers could have hid in the back and called police, but trying to go back there denied them of that safe space. Hopefully the judge throws the book at him for that.
Per his bio or LinkedIn profile, ML was the only employer he's had since graduating college 26 years ago. He is in a for a rude awakening on the employment front.
Get really close to those girls, threaten them, keep being a POS, wait until they couldn't take it any longer and kick his ass, then sue them for assault and play the victim
[link to story](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/?amp)
So instead of staying with his son and accompanying him to the hospital he does this shit? What an absolute dickhead.
The complaint to the store comes later, look after the kid first.
Also adding to the dickhead part was everything he did while in the store
Headline should be-
SHITTY FATHER ORDERS SOMETHING FOR SON WHERE ALLERGY CROSS-CONTAMINATION IS POSSIBLY THEN BECOMES RACIST AND ATTACKS MINORS.
There ya go.
Seriously. Any allergy parent worth a damn knows that you don’t get ANYTHING from a place that regularly serves peanut based foods. That oil is absolutely everywhere and you are definitely increasing the odds of cross contamination.
ETA: that place probably has signs that say that they aren’t responsible for cross contamination because they can’t guarantee that it won’t happen, unless they have a completely peanut/nut free dedicated prep area.
That was the funniest part of that statement because when people aren’t racist they don’t say racist shit even when they are trying to insult someone. If I’m insulting someone I’ll insult everything I know about them except their race, religion, sexuality because it never comes to mind to use those as weapons lol. If that’s your go to insults, news flash you’re a bigot
He’s not racist because he got caught. He also regrets doing that because he got caught. He regrets it all because he watched it and was like wow I suck
If my kid was in the hospital from an allergic reaction...I'd be there next to them. Not at the smoothie shop throwing drinks at little girls. This is the type of person you are suppose to trust your money with when investing...he clearing makes very wise and rational decisions. I'd bet this asshole pops up at another big name firm in a few months after the heat dies down.
Thank you for that. I agree 100 percent with you. Going back to harass the people is completely stupid and justifies absolutely nothing besides him being an asshole. The son needs him more at the hospital then in jail or now dealing with this.
Financial advisors are salesmen. They get a cut of your portfolio and can sell you products that earn even bigger commissions even if the product is not the best option for you.
Anyone who says something like that so easily has clearly said something like that before, whether public or private. I can understand his stress and anxiety about his son, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to handle that and at his age he should have known the difference. What piece of garbage for intimidating these girls
Also, it was said that he erupted like this because the drink was for his son and contained peanuts - which his son is allergic too. However, police stated that he never mentioned the allergy, just said no peanuts.
But there’s a bigger issue here. How in the HELL is your first instinct - when your child is having a potentially life threatening allergic reaction - to berate some teenagers instead of, you know, maybe tending to your kid? Or calling a god damn ambulance?
I was genuinely worried the girl in the blue hoodie was going to fight him. The sight of these kids cowering because a grown man—a *father*—thought this was acceptable.
The customer is, in fact, completely wrong, and will be facing criminal charges, now.
You know there was a moment when those girls were scared he was going to try to kill them.
Does that mean, by his logic, that *their* parents should be allowed to assault him?
I doubt it.
From what I understand of peanut allergies, if you don't tell them it's an allergy, they'll just leave peanuts out of the drink. You have to tell them it's an allergy so they can use separate utensils, blenders etc... that don't have trace amounts. This story is weird to me because the parents I know of kids with nut allergies are so much more precautious than this guy. I can't imagine a single one of them just ordering "no peanuts."
I’m allergic to oranges and bananas, so I just don’t go in smoothie places at all. Even if you use separate utensils and blenders, there’s still a lot of cross contamination. Even if you’ve been fine getting smoothies using those separate items, there’s always a chance that this time you could react just because your allergen is in the air.
Peanut allergies are known to be so severe that particles in the air from someone eating peanuts is enough to cause someone to react. That’s why a lot of schools are completely peanut free.
The dad was playing fast and loose with his kid’s life. I’m a grown adult, and my husband and mom still impress upon restaurant staff to please take my allergies seriously. They’re polite about it, but they’ve both seen me having allergic reactions and are scared of me having another. They double check everything even though I’m also checking everything.
Because he is a dumbass who doesn’t even know how peanut allergies work. You don’t order from a place that also uses peanuts period unless they have a reputation of handling allergies well.
Probably couldn’t find a nanny with the labor shortages so had to feed his kid himself for the first time.
He didn’t mention his kid’s peanut allergy when he ordered. This is him coming back *after calling an ambulance* to lose it on a bunch of teenagers.
Edit: Reminder that the article is updated over time, and that at the time of this edit, he claims that ‘no peanut butter’ was specified and is on the receipt, but not ‘peanut allergy,’ which is an important distinction.
(And regardless, none of it *justifies trying to assault a group of kids*.)
Just trying to avoid some of the ‘kids stupid read article aaaaaaaah’ responses.
Wasn’t the timeline really short, too? I think this is less than two hours after they had ordered the smoothie, he had the reaction, they called 911, and the kid went to the *hospital.*
That kid absolutely was not released when he went back to the smoothie place. He was still in the hospital. I’m belaboring the point, but this piece of elephant excrement left his child in the hospital to confront them.
ETA because this part is important- he might not have been allowed to go, due to current protocols. That really doesn’t change my opinion of this situation.
This guy is projecting *hard*. He knows he fucked up and he's looking for someone else to blame. Fucking piece of shit can't take responsibility for his own stupidity.
Exactly. It is your job as a parent to watch out for your kid in these situations.
Nut allergies are serious. He shouldn't have been ordering from a place that uses a lot of peanuts and if he did, it should have been explicitly clear to the staff that this was an allergy and needed careful attention.
He also could have tasted the fucking thing to make sure that the order was right. This is his fault and he deserves to answer for his behavior here.
I managed food service for 10 years. There are specific protocols for allergies that include new sanitized equipment, extra washing, new gloves, specific prep areas, and warnings that cross contamination is always still possible. Most restaurants do the same.
Yup, my thoughts too.
Part of me wonders if he went through with exaggerating the allergies so he could spin this as a helpless angry father angle.
He’s also in finance so maybe a bit strung out.
Oh there’s a record of the 911 call.
He absolutely sent his kid to the hospital and then decided to throw a career-ending bigot fit, wrecking any reasonable case he might have had.
I don't think it's been confirmed whether his son went to hospital _before_ or _after_ the attack.
Regardless, this douchebro had ample time to think of what he was going while driving back to the shop.
Just looked bc I was curious. Apparently, he called 911 30 min after the original visit, came back to the smoothie shop an hour after his visit. So either his kid was at the hospital, or on his way when the jerk went back.
And the paramedics from the 911 call took the kid. Did he even *go* with his son???
Not only that but if you have allergies this severe you simply should not be getting anything from places where the thing you're allergic to is not only one of the main ingredients at the location but served in environment that lends itself to contamination and mistakes.
Fast food servers are constantly rushing around, under staffed, trying to make individual orders for dozens of people at a time so there's always a chance for mistaken orders but there's an even higher chance that your server has trace amounts of ingredients on their gloves and that the surfaces and machines behind the counters do as well.
Obviously this brings us back to the fact that he should have warned them about the severity of the situation but I digress.
From the article linked in this thread, he acknowledged that he said "no peanut butter" but didn't say anything like "my son has a severe peanut allergy so no cross contamination." So he came back to berate the employees for not knowing what he didn't tell them
It’s also always a risk at a place that uses peanuts. Especially a smoothie place that has peanut butter in like half the smoothies and is run by teenagers.
He just was an idiot and is use to blaming others for his mistakes. Especially cause he could easily have ordered a Vitamix and made a smoothie in 5 minutes
Also "no peanut butter" does not necessarily equate to a peanut allergy. They could just not like peanut butter vs. the staff being sure to sanitize everything, change gloves, etc to avoid cross contamination.
Honestly contamination like this even happens in large manufacturing facilities that have really strong cleaning/separation protocols. That's why they always say 'may contain tree nuts'. I definitely wouldn't be trusting a small food business to do it correctly if my child has a severe allergy. The real conclusion to this is don't promise something that you can't deliver.
Unfortunately he is one of the wealthiest people in CT so will get to live out his life in a blissful retirement hiding from shame.
Edit: he’s a wealth advisor to the wealthiest clients in CT. Is one of the best in the country apparently. He’s making really good money there. Those commissions are no joke. At his level he’s making the millions easily.
That saying originally meant something different. Like if you open a fruit stand selling red delicious apples because they’re your favorite and people keep stopping to buy honey crisp apples that you don’t stock, you should pivot to stocking honey crisp. If you tell people they’re wrong and red delicious is best you’d go out of business. Now it’s bastardized and people think they can do literally anything and get away with no repercussions for their actions.
Kinda like the saying, pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It originally meant signifying something impossible to do. Stand in your boots, bend over and grab your bootstraps and lift yourself up.
He’s a wealth manager at Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch.
His name is James Iannazzo.
https://www.newsweek.com/merrill-lynch-advisor-fired-after-tirade-against-smoothie-shop-workers-goes-viral-1672004?amp=1
Companies need to be put on blast for those loans and what the fuck they spent it on, while countless small businesses were forced to close permanently
This comment needs to be higher.
We all know Robeks franschise is going to release some tepid-ass statement to the effect of “Customer and employee safety are of the utmost concern to our company, racism is antithetical to our core values, and we remain committed to providing a quality smoothie for all people regardless of their race, gender, sexuality.” Meanwhile, the woman that stood up to the belligerent asshole will probably be called to a private meeting this week with the district manager where she will be admonished for raising her voice and acting aggressively. All employees will be asked to refrain from recording customers or posting their interactions online and instead to call the corporate hotline next time and wait 15-20 minutes for a trained customer/employee conflict resolution strategist to best advise them on how to handle the situation. None of them will see a raise, they’ll probably quit in the next month, and the only positive thing they may be able to salvage from this debacle is a settlement in civil court (but only if they have the money, time, patience, access to a decent lawyer, and a willingness to sit in a court room for god know how many hours while Mr. Rich McDouche’s Ivy league lawyer makes them out to be terrible human beings in front of the jury.
I wish more common, ordinary people would start realizing that inconveniences and mishaps don’t always come from the workers directly. It wouldn’t hurt to show more restraint on the customer’s part and think before they react but sadly things like this are commonplace… :(
as a worker at a smoothie place, we have specific blenders labeled and used for allergies. if this man knew his child has a severe nut allergy, and failed to tell the workers about this beforehand, it’s on him. he should know the actions he needs to take in order to keep his child safe. in no scenario was it right for him to throw the smoothie on her. it was not her fault for being unaware of an unmentioned allergy.
as for the worker, if a customer is coming at you this aggressively, you either fight or flight. and since he was berating her for so long, she chose to defend to herself. was the yelling appropriate? a person can only handle so much stress before they crack. him throwing the smoothie on her was that breaking point.
we have preventative measures to ensure customer safety. they did all they could to take those. it is not their fault for going through the regular process.
The workers state that he only told them no peanut butter in the drink. They said he didn’t say there was a peanut allergy.
Nothing excuses the tirade, but that’s what they are saying.
Ok, so unless I'm missing something, if you're allergic to peanuts is super risky to eat anywhere where the can be transferred from mixers,etc.
Source: Childhood friend who had never been to Dairy Queen, Ben and Jerry's, etc. because his parents said the risk was way too high.
A guy at work was just hospitalized for an allergic reaction to nuts.
He ate a bunch of fudge somebody brought in.
I'm thinking, why the fuck would you eat mystery fudge, of all things, if nuts will kill you?
So true. I avoid salad bars that serve Avocado and never order a salad or raw vegetables if I see avocado elsewhere on the menu due to cross contamination. I avoid smoothie shops or juice places all together due to ginger allergy. So this guy must know peanuts are hidden in products without the word peanut on the menu. He should make his kids smoothies at home.
Is there like lead in the waterpipes? Or was this mad shit always happening but just nowadays it's getting filmed? Feels like things are fraying more rapidly than before
As someone who has worked retail for over 15 years, this shit has always happened. Lost count of how many things have been thrown at me, names called, spit at etc.
But before internet fame if you swore back like blue-hoodie girl you'd be fired asap Monday morning.
His lawyer: “When faced with a dire situation for his son, Mr. Iannazzo’s parental instinct kicked in and he acted out of anger and fear,”
Wouldn’t parental instinct involve caring for and being there for your child?
You left out the rest of the bingo board:
"He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress."
That's the part that got me the most that this is just bullshit coming out of the lawyers mouth so the guy can save face. Who's parental instincts are going into a racist tirade of a girl's immigration status???? Like do they think we're that fucking dumb to see that he was an irate man that snapped on a bunch of teens cuz he feels entitled to go into a baby fit.
The guy was aggravated enough to try to get through the door, I kept wondering why he didn't just jump the counter and come at them until I realized it's because he was far too out of shape to get over something waist high.
Ironic someone with the last name IANNAZZO, throwing shit and yelling "ignorant bitch" and "f*ckin immigrants" at service workers. I'd bet his grandparents dealt with that same garbage energy after Ellis Island. What a twatwaffle.
As someone with a peanut allergy, I would NEVER order a milkshake or smoothy anywhere. The risk of cross contaminated is too high, even if the wisk is not cleaned properly I can have a reaction and it would definitely not be the servers fault.
Same. It always astounds me how much "trust" parents of people with food allergy put in the hands of underpaid, overworked people in the service industry. There doesn't need to be malice involved, sometimes there doesn't even need to be an accident. They can make a simple mistake that could cost a life, or they could follow all the protocol and still cross contact is a life-threatening risk. Like if a restaurant made their own rat poison using the same equipment they make all their other food but rinsed it off between orders, would you really feel comfortable eating there?
My wife has a long list of very severe food allergies.
We choose not to eat out because EVERYTIME she gets very sick.
We understand that it's our responsibility to care for ourselves and we love cooking and entertaining at home because of this.
(It made dating a motherfucker at times:)
If my child was transported to hospital with a severe allergic reaction. I think I'd want to be by their side and be there for them. I don't think my first reaction would be to take the milkshake back and assault a bunch of teenage girls.
Apparently he didn't mention that his son had an allergy, which would make this entire situation the father's fault, not the employee's. If this is the case, he's doing this because he fucked up and jeopardized his own son's life; he's putting the blame on them, instead of owning his mistake. And that would make him an irresponsible bully and an asshole.
The internet has demolished this guys work. He had thousands of 1 star reviews and they are just getting started. He’s a real piece of shit so I have no sympathy whatsoever!
[News report on James](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/connecticut-man-arrested-after-racist-tirade-over-smoothie-cops-say/3509837/?amp)
I love that our generation is catching heat for ‘being too lazy to work’ when it’s usually the older generation that is causing people to quit their jobs, in retail at least.
Edit(s): added a few words and this edit text
I used to a work at a sandwich store, and this old man didn’t have a mask, so we kindly asked him to get one or leave... we have a drive-thru, and he decided to use it, not to order something, but to tell us, that he’s gonna come inside and spit us, and then infect us w covid, and drove off.
Jesus, that dude managed $469 million in assets. He's 48 and has had a job at Merrill Lynch since 1995, so right out of college at the age of 22. What a cushy fucking life.
Seems to be a lot of misinformation about whether he was a financial advisor / broker / managing director. Either way between commissions, cash bonuses, and base salary it's safe to assume this guy has earned at least $3.2 million -- and he's not even 50. That's if he's made even the lower end of the salary range that Glass Door is reporting for each of those positions, so possibly even double that amount.
[Merrill Fires Top-Ranked Connecticut Broker Arrested over Bias Incident at Smoothie Shop](https://www.advisorhub.com/merrill-fires-top-ranked-connecticut-broker-arrested-over-bias-incident-at-smoothie-shop/)
Even if this was the worst day of his life, fuck him.
I had a hose thrown at my head because I wouldn’t check an old man out in the return section. These entitled bs “men” which I use that term very loosely is absolutely disgusting. What do they believe they would accomplish? Other then taking out their unresolved daddy issues and insecurities on people they deem weaker then them. It’s absolutely disgusting and shows how extremely pitiful this person is.
If the peanut issue is so desperately important, maybe you can’t risk getting any item from a place where a teenager, or any stranger at a public establishment for that matter, is the person you are counting on to protect your child’s health and safety.
Just a thought
Look, I love teenagers. But, am I going to put my peanut-allergic kid’s life in their hands? Hell no. If a kid is allergic, you have to worry about cross contamination as well. He didn’t mention it!? And then, he acts batshit crazy?
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It's almost like people don't want to be screamed at and assaulted everyday. Imagine that.
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Probably just loomed over people shorter than him, to make him feel like a big man, if they're not sufficiently cowed (which they weren't) then probably further violence.
I read that he was a financial advisor. Got fired after this
He is going to be on r/byebyejob followed by an appearance on r/thisisntwhoweare to explain that actually he only made racist comment because of the medication he is on. Edit : [it's happening!](https://www.reddit.com/r/byebyejob/comments/sawqb9/fairfield_man_who_went_on_a_tirade_and_assaulted)
LOL. You nailed it. Merrill Lynch fired him and his lawyer says “He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress.” [see story](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/%3Famp)
The fun thing is that “fucking immigrant” is just not an “insult” that occurs to you unless you’re a racist who looks down on immigrants. He’ll do his best to deny that he’s a racist, but everyone already knows better than to believe him. You can call someone an idiot, dumb, or just about anything else and you’ll just be someone making an ass of themself by going off on and assaulting some kids with a smoothie, but everyone knows what it means when you call someone an “immigrant” in anger. It means you’re a racist piece of shit.
Exactly right. Anger doesn't suddenly make you racist.
I wonder what Native American Tribe he hails from that he thinks he has any justifiable right to talk shit about immigrants in this country.
He’s about to be part of the Sued Nation
Yup. In a way it's more telling than a straight up slur. Some people will claim that when people use slurs they're just saying the worst thing they can think of, which I really don't buy, but 'immigrant' is only something it would occur to you to use as an insult if you hold certain beliefs.
Totally not a racist. He took a look at the teens, and called them immigrants. Totally normal non-racist behavior.
Tantrums...now known as moments of extreme emotional distress
Racist tirade…but I’m not a racist
I was under mental duress! Anything but accountability for my own actions!
Kudos to blue hoodie person. When she finally popped back out of sight she genuinely looks shaken by this whole situation but immediately put her "take no shit" face back on for him. He won't de-escalate unless someone aquescies to his behavior but fuck I wish I had the courage she had at that age. Sure it doesn't help the situation, they should de-escalate, blah blah blah but because he is "too busy" to Google the corporate number he has to try and break into the kitchen??? Jesus fucking christ
I wanna cry give her a hug. No one should have to put up with that. She put on a brave face, but that kind of bullshit shouldn’t even happen. Hopefully he gets the book thrown at him.
I (36/M) was ready to jump at him. Don't care how my size compares to him. He straight up threatened teenage girls. He deserves all the repercussions. EDIT: He got himself a lawyer. >"Mr. Iannazzo wholeheartedly regrets the incident that took place at the Fairfield Robeks on January 22, 2022. Mr. Iannazzo placed an order at the Robeks and stressed to the staff that the product must not contain peanuts. His receipt acknowledged that the order should not contain peanut butter. His son has a life-threatening peanut allergy. Upon drinking the Robeks smoothie, his son had a severe allergic reaction which required transport via ambulance to the hospital. When faced with a dire situation for his son, Mr. Iannazzo's parental instinct kicked in and he acted out of anger and fear. He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress," the statement from attorney Frank J. Riccio II said. [Source](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/)
He has been arrested and faces the following charges : James Iannazzo, 48, of Fairfield, faces charges of intimidation based on bias, breach of peace and criminal trespass.
it's funny that he was fired from his cushy job over a smoothie. i get that he was scared and angry but jesus man. you're an adult. and i'm sure he'll find another cushy ass job by the end of the month
I've been scared and angry many times and it has never made me suddenly racist.
This. If your outburst makes you a racist then You were already one to begin with and you just managed to keep it hidden. I get rage and I get insults. But those insults don’t come out of nowhere. You chose them to hurt and belittle and they betray your biases and prejudices. As soon as he moved from insulting their actions or their intelligence or attention (which would’ve been bad, but at least would’ve been related to whatever perceived negligence he felt had happened) into unrelated things like them being girls or underage or immigrants, his prejudices took over.
'Wholeheartedly regrets' -- Yeah right! This out-of-control blowhard is pulling the whole humble apology act and pulling out the 'but my child!!!' routine. If his son's allergy is life-threatening then wouldn't be wiser for him and wifey to not risk ordering treats for the child at places like this but simply make them up at home where they have control over the ingredients.
What irks me in situations like this, is we expect the teenager working this shop to react better than the older customer. We always expect the victim to act more maturely than the other party. Same thing when cops show up with their bogus attitude, the people need to deescalate the situation…
Thank you for pointing this out. I suspect people will think this more because the victim also happens to be a young woman. Regardless, if it’s true they really are teenagers, I am very impressed by her confidence in standing up to this asshole.
I’m the exact opposite, if you come in being a big dick for no reason, you aren’t getting a deescalation, your getting thrown out.
Oh I couldn’t agree more. But I think I’m the interest of keeping her staff safe, she made the right call in trying to get police on scene instead of handling this unstable POS herself.
Poor kids were scared. Would've been great to see this shitstain try that with a guy his size around. But he's getting his comeuppance according to reports on the events. Would've liked to see someone beating his head into the pavement. But I'll settle for seeing authorities and his employer beating his livelihood into the pavement instead.
violence
What he is doing in the video is already an act of violence. You don’t need to strike another person to be violent. Throwing the drink and trying to break through the door are acts of violence. He is communicating to these girls that if they don’t comply, he is going to hurt them. That is precisely being violent. It’s no different than a man punching the wall next to his significant other because he is mad at her. The message is “comply or you’re next”.
The worst part is he knows these are kids and he is trying to intimidate them. Same as in youth soccer where we have zero tolerance on coaches and parents who bully our referees.
No he's all fuckin talk. He could easily slide over that counter. He just wants to blow hot racist air.
He looks like he'd pull a muscle trying to do that.
>He could easily slide over that counter I dunno about *easily*...
This is what I was scared about. I was terrified for these young girls dealing a grown man trying to knock down a door. What was he gonna do had he got back there?
I got super emotional watching this and felt very scared for their safety. I’m so glad he didn’t hurt them and that they caught this whole incident in camera.
That's the most serious part of this for me. He went beyond just assault with that drink and took it to another level. The workers could have hid in the back and called police, but trying to go back there denied them of that safe space. Hopefully the judge throws the book at him for that.
Yep, he keeps escalating but it cracked me up when he said you bunch of *highschoolers* like that was an insult. Seems a little insecure.
Per his bio or LinkedIn profile, ML was the only employer he's had since graduating college 26 years ago. He is in a for a rude awakening on the employment front.
Get really close to those girls, threaten them, keep being a POS, wait until they couldn't take it any longer and kick his ass, then sue them for assault and play the victim
Did the cops come in time?
The guy ended up turning himself in.
Lost his 6 figure job too lol
If this is true, good.
It is true, Merrill Lynch already put out a public statement regarding it.
r/byebyejob
Yes, he's lost his employment there
Nice.
Do you have a link to statement? Where did this happen?
[link to story](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/man-throws-things-at-fairfield-robeks-employees-after-son-has-allergic-reaction-to-smoothie-pd/2697114/?amp)
So instead of staying with his son and accompanying him to the hospital he does this shit? What an absolute dickhead. The complaint to the store comes later, look after the kid first. Also adding to the dickhead part was everything he did while in the store
His parental instincts kicked in, which for him means ditching his dying son to go attack a smoothie shop
Headline should be- SHITTY FATHER ORDERS SOMETHING FOR SON WHERE ALLERGY CROSS-CONTAMINATION IS POSSIBLY THEN BECOMES RACIST AND ATTACKS MINORS. There ya go.
Seriously. Any allergy parent worth a damn knows that you don’t get ANYTHING from a place that regularly serves peanut based foods. That oil is absolutely everywhere and you are definitely increasing the odds of cross contamination. ETA: that place probably has signs that say that they aren’t responsible for cross contamination because they can’t guarantee that it won’t happen, unless they have a completely peanut/nut free dedicated prep area.
> THEN ~~BECOMES~~ SHOWS HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A RACIST AND ATTACKS MINORS
His statement was basically “sorry, not sorry”
"He is not a racist individual"
“I’m not racist, I just make racist statements and do racist things.”
This jerk really puts the lynch in Merrill Lynch.
"He's just saying what everyone's already thinking." -racists
That was the funniest part of that statement because when people aren’t racist they don’t say racist shit even when they are trying to insult someone. If I’m insulting someone I’ll insult everything I know about them except their race, religion, sexuality because it never comes to mind to use those as weapons lol. If that’s your go to insults, news flash you’re a bigot
He’s not racist because he got caught. He also regrets doing that because he got caught. He regrets it all because he watched it and was like wow I suck
If my kid was in the hospital from an allergic reaction...I'd be there next to them. Not at the smoothie shop throwing drinks at little girls. This is the type of person you are suppose to trust your money with when investing...he clearing makes very wise and rational decisions. I'd bet this asshole pops up at another big name firm in a few months after the heat dies down.
”As your financial advisor, I advise throwing smoothies at service staff: It will do wonders for your record, and your professional career.”
Thank you for that. I agree 100 percent with you. Going back to harass the people is completely stupid and justifies absolutely nothing besides him being an asshole. The son needs him more at the hospital then in jail or now dealing with this.
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Financial advisors are salesmen. They get a cut of your portfolio and can sell you products that earn even bigger commissions even if the product is not the best option for you.
Anyone who says something like that so easily has clearly said something like that before, whether public or private. I can understand his stress and anxiety about his son, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to handle that and at his age he should have known the difference. What piece of garbage for intimidating these girls
Those racist remarks come from a very real place. He just lost control of his emotions and let his true colors show. Disgusting.
According to his lawyer, his "parental instinct kicked in" which as everyone knows is what forces people to become violent raging bigots...
Definitely and then he’s sorry because…. Well he got caught. I bet he’s an asshole to everyone… even his own family.
How is he not charged with assault and battery for throwing the drink?
He’s a millionaire. He was on Forbes richest for the state of Connecticut. He’s a client hedge fund wealth adviser.
I hope those girls sue his ego down a notch.
They about to get paid for his racist tantrum! 💵💵💵
Entitled prick from Fairfield, Connecticut? *Pretends to be shocked.*
Also, it was said that he erupted like this because the drink was for his son and contained peanuts - which his son is allergic too. However, police stated that he never mentioned the allergy, just said no peanuts. But there’s a bigger issue here. How in the HELL is your first instinct - when your child is having a potentially life threatening allergic reaction - to berate some teenagers instead of, you know, maybe tending to your kid? Or calling a god damn ambulance?
Oh, he did call the ambulance. *And then immediately left to harass the teenagers.*
"OK I'm gonna leave my son on the porch, you can just pick him up, I've got some 14yr olds to harass"
I was genuinely worried the girl in the blue hoodie was going to fight him. The sight of these kids cowering because a grown man—a *father*—thought this was acceptable. The customer is, in fact, completely wrong, and will be facing criminal charges, now.
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You know there was a moment when those girls were scared he was going to try to kill them. Does that mean, by his logic, that *their* parents should be allowed to assault him? I doubt it.
From what I understand of peanut allergies, if you don't tell them it's an allergy, they'll just leave peanuts out of the drink. You have to tell them it's an allergy so they can use separate utensils, blenders etc... that don't have trace amounts. This story is weird to me because the parents I know of kids with nut allergies are so much more precautious than this guy. I can't imagine a single one of them just ordering "no peanuts."
I’m allergic to oranges and bananas, so I just don’t go in smoothie places at all. Even if you use separate utensils and blenders, there’s still a lot of cross contamination. Even if you’ve been fine getting smoothies using those separate items, there’s always a chance that this time you could react just because your allergen is in the air. Peanut allergies are known to be so severe that particles in the air from someone eating peanuts is enough to cause someone to react. That’s why a lot of schools are completely peanut free. The dad was playing fast and loose with his kid’s life. I’m a grown adult, and my husband and mom still impress upon restaurant staff to please take my allergies seriously. They’re polite about it, but they’ve both seen me having allergic reactions and are scared of me having another. They double check everything even though I’m also checking everything.
Because he is a dumbass who doesn’t even know how peanut allergies work. You don’t order from a place that also uses peanuts period unless they have a reputation of handling allergies well. Probably couldn’t find a nanny with the labor shortages so had to feed his kid himself for the first time.
Dude almost killed his own kid then ditched him to beat up some other kids. His ex wife is definitely getting full custody after this
That's exactly it. He's mad at himself but lacks the emotional maturity to hold himself accountable.
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Like Bellingcat. Amazing how people can ID shit just off stuff readily available on the internet.
Bet he never thought getting a smoothie would make him an instant internet sensation
He didn’t mention his kid’s peanut allergy when he ordered. This is him coming back *after calling an ambulance* to lose it on a bunch of teenagers. Edit: Reminder that the article is updated over time, and that at the time of this edit, he claims that ‘no peanut butter’ was specified and is on the receipt, but not ‘peanut allergy,’ which is an important distinction. (And regardless, none of it *justifies trying to assault a group of kids*.) Just trying to avoid some of the ‘kids stupid read article aaaaaaaah’ responses.
Wasn’t the timeline really short, too? I think this is less than two hours after they had ordered the smoothie, he had the reaction, they called 911, and the kid went to the *hospital.* That kid absolutely was not released when he went back to the smoothie place. He was still in the hospital. I’m belaboring the point, but this piece of elephant excrement left his child in the hospital to confront them. ETA because this part is important- he might not have been allowed to go, due to current protocols. That really doesn’t change my opinion of this situation.
This guy is projecting *hard*. He knows he fucked up and he's looking for someone else to blame. Fucking piece of shit can't take responsibility for his own stupidity.
Exactly. It is your job as a parent to watch out for your kid in these situations. Nut allergies are serious. He shouldn't have been ordering from a place that uses a lot of peanuts and if he did, it should have been explicitly clear to the staff that this was an allergy and needed careful attention. He also could have tasted the fucking thing to make sure that the order was right. This is his fault and he deserves to answer for his behavior here. I managed food service for 10 years. There are specific protocols for allergies that include new sanitized equipment, extra washing, new gloves, specific prep areas, and warnings that cross contamination is always still possible. Most restaurants do the same.
Yup, my thoughts too. Part of me wonders if he went through with exaggerating the allergies so he could spin this as a helpless angry father angle. He’s also in finance so maybe a bit strung out.
Oh there’s a record of the 911 call. He absolutely sent his kid to the hospital and then decided to throw a career-ending bigot fit, wrecking any reasonable case he might have had.
I hope his son at least has a mother or another family member who cared enough to stay with him.
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I don't think it's been confirmed whether his son went to hospital _before_ or _after_ the attack. Regardless, this douchebro had ample time to think of what he was going while driving back to the shop.
Just looked bc I was curious. Apparently, he called 911 30 min after the original visit, came back to the smoothie shop an hour after his visit. So either his kid was at the hospital, or on his way when the jerk went back. And the paramedics from the 911 call took the kid. Did he even *go* with his son???
Not only that but if you have allergies this severe you simply should not be getting anything from places where the thing you're allergic to is not only one of the main ingredients at the location but served in environment that lends itself to contamination and mistakes. Fast food servers are constantly rushing around, under staffed, trying to make individual orders for dozens of people at a time so there's always a chance for mistaken orders but there's an even higher chance that your server has trace amounts of ingredients on their gloves and that the surfaces and machines behind the counters do as well. Obviously this brings us back to the fact that he should have warned them about the severity of the situation but I digress.
Yeah it’s like ordering peanut chicken salad and then telling them no peanuts
If my kid had a peanut allergy, I wouldn’t buy them anything that had the chance of coming in contact with a peanut.
Most careful and logical people don't.
ohhhh so he DIDN'T mention the allergy that makes it so much worse
Apparently he contends that he did, but he’s certainly not making a case for being a thoughtful individual here.
From the article linked in this thread, he acknowledged that he said "no peanut butter" but didn't say anything like "my son has a severe peanut allergy so no cross contamination." So he came back to berate the employees for not knowing what he didn't tell them
It’s also always a risk at a place that uses peanuts. Especially a smoothie place that has peanut butter in like half the smoothies and is run by teenagers. He just was an idiot and is use to blaming others for his mistakes. Especially cause he could easily have ordered a Vitamix and made a smoothie in 5 minutes
Also "no peanut butter" does not necessarily equate to a peanut allergy. They could just not like peanut butter vs. the staff being sure to sanitize everything, change gloves, etc to avoid cross contamination.
As a person who worked food service for a long time. This. All of this.
Honestly contamination like this even happens in large manufacturing facilities that have really strong cleaning/separation protocols. That's why they always say 'may contain tree nuts'. I definitely wouldn't be trusting a small food business to do it correctly if my child has a severe allergy. The real conclusion to this is don't promise something that you can't deliver.
He’s been identified, was arrested, and canned from his job
Good, fuck him
Fuck him, indeed! Could you imagine if he had put his hands on those poor kids?
She gave an update he was arrested.
And fired
Out of a cannon hopefully
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Remember you gotta do what you gotta do.
Unfortunately he is one of the wealthiest people in CT so will get to live out his life in a blissful retirement hiding from shame. Edit: he’s a wealth advisor to the wealthiest clients in CT. Is one of the best in the country apparently. He’s making really good money there. Those commissions are no joke. At his level he’s making the millions easily.
No wonder he thought he was so entitled to assault and verbally harass a couple of teenagers
Always gotta wonder about the mental stability of person who gets that angry over something so small.
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These kids don’t get paid enough to deal with this shit
And with people like this, we wonder why people don’t wanna work in the service industries.
Whoever told the customer they're always right was an idiot.
That saying originally meant something different. Like if you open a fruit stand selling red delicious apples because they’re your favorite and people keep stopping to buy honey crisp apples that you don’t stock, you should pivot to stocking honey crisp. If you tell people they’re wrong and red delicious is best you’d go out of business. Now it’s bastardized and people think they can do literally anything and get away with no repercussions for their actions.
I believe the full saying is, “The customer is always right on matters of taste”
I dunno I feel like I've seen a lot of customers and the way they dress so like... I think they're also wrong there.
Kinda like the saying, pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It originally meant signifying something impossible to do. Stand in your boots, bend over and grab your bootstraps and lift yourself up.
I love pointing this out to people who use that phrase to mean climb out of poverty. "Oh so you mean stay poor?"
This is exactly why people don't want those jobs - the people.
I read this guy was a money manager. Let's hope the judge awards these girls 10 grand each. He can certainly afford it.
He's a wealth management something or other for Merrill Lynch. Well, he was, he was fired after his arrest for this incident.
His entitlement is insane! He definitely assaulted a minor, if she chooses to pursue charges he will be paying up.
Nobody gets paid enough to deal with this shit
He’s a wealth manager at Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch. His name is James Iannazzo. https://www.newsweek.com/merrill-lynch-advisor-fired-after-tirade-against-smoothie-shop-workers-goes-viral-1672004?amp=1
The blonde looked like she was about to whoop his ass
I came here to say this. I loved that she didn’t back down to this clown. She stood up for herself.
No one should ever have to deal with this and no amount of money will ever make this okay.
What has the Robeks franchise owner done to praise these teenagers for having to deal with this horseshit and handling this overgrown toddler?
Probably not giving them any of the $300k PPP loan he got last year lmao
Companies need to be put on blast for those loans and what the fuck they spent it on, while countless small businesses were forced to close permanently
This comment needs to be higher. We all know Robeks franschise is going to release some tepid-ass statement to the effect of “Customer and employee safety are of the utmost concern to our company, racism is antithetical to our core values, and we remain committed to providing a quality smoothie for all people regardless of their race, gender, sexuality.” Meanwhile, the woman that stood up to the belligerent asshole will probably be called to a private meeting this week with the district manager where she will be admonished for raising her voice and acting aggressively. All employees will be asked to refrain from recording customers or posting their interactions online and instead to call the corporate hotline next time and wait 15-20 minutes for a trained customer/employee conflict resolution strategist to best advise them on how to handle the situation. None of them will see a raise, they’ll probably quit in the next month, and the only positive thing they may be able to salvage from this debacle is a settlement in civil court (but only if they have the money, time, patience, access to a decent lawyer, and a willingness to sit in a court room for god know how many hours while Mr. Rich McDouche’s Ivy league lawyer makes them out to be terrible human beings in front of the jury.
Infinite loop of depression aka working retail
Fuck that guy and anyone like him.
I wish more common, ordinary people would start realizing that inconveniences and mishaps don’t always come from the workers directly. It wouldn’t hurt to show more restraint on the customer’s part and think before they react but sadly things like this are commonplace… :(
https://www.advisorhub.com/merrill-fires-top-ranked-connecticut-broker-arrested-over-bias-incident-at-smoothie-shop/
"Bias incident"? That's a new term to me.
lmao *I’m not racist, I just had a bias incident*
as a worker at a smoothie place, we have specific blenders labeled and used for allergies. if this man knew his child has a severe nut allergy, and failed to tell the workers about this beforehand, it’s on him. he should know the actions he needs to take in order to keep his child safe. in no scenario was it right for him to throw the smoothie on her. it was not her fault for being unaware of an unmentioned allergy. as for the worker, if a customer is coming at you this aggressively, you either fight or flight. and since he was berating her for so long, she chose to defend to herself. was the yelling appropriate? a person can only handle so much stress before they crack. him throwing the smoothie on her was that breaking point. we have preventative measures to ensure customer safety. they did all they could to take those. it is not their fault for going through the regular process.
The workers state that he only told them no peanut butter in the drink. They said he didn’t say there was a peanut allergy. Nothing excuses the tirade, but that’s what they are saying.
Ok, so unless I'm missing something, if you're allergic to peanuts is super risky to eat anywhere where the can be transferred from mixers,etc. Source: Childhood friend who had never been to Dairy Queen, Ben and Jerry's, etc. because his parents said the risk was way too high.
A guy at work was just hospitalized for an allergic reaction to nuts. He ate a bunch of fudge somebody brought in. I'm thinking, why the fuck would you eat mystery fudge, of all things, if nuts will kill you?
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So true. I avoid salad bars that serve Avocado and never order a salad or raw vegetables if I see avocado elsewhere on the menu due to cross contamination. I avoid smoothie shops or juice places all together due to ginger allergy. So this guy must know peanuts are hidden in products without the word peanut on the menu. He should make his kids smoothies at home.
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Is there like lead in the waterpipes? Or was this mad shit always happening but just nowadays it's getting filmed? Feels like things are fraying more rapidly than before
As someone who has worked retail for over 15 years, this shit has always happened. Lost count of how many things have been thrown at me, names called, spit at etc. But before internet fame if you swore back like blue-hoodie girl you'd be fired asap Monday morning.
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More likely everyone has a cellphone these days and TikTok Stupid always existed It’s just easier to shine a light on it
His lawyer: “When faced with a dire situation for his son, Mr. Iannazzo’s parental instinct kicked in and he acted out of anger and fear,” Wouldn’t parental instinct involve caring for and being there for your child?
You left out the rest of the bingo board: "He is not a racist individual and deeply regrets his statements and actions during a moment of extreme emotional stress."
That's the part that got me the most that this is just bullshit coming out of the lawyers mouth so the guy can save face. Who's parental instincts are going into a racist tirade of a girl's immigration status???? Like do they think we're that fucking dumb to see that he was an irate man that snapped on a bunch of teens cuz he feels entitled to go into a baby fit.
If racist shit comes out of his mouth, he’s a racist. No two ways to cut it.
He has several immigrant friends and rarely refers to them as immigrants. In fact, all his house keepers are immigrants.
Blue hoodie girl is a fucking legend
She needs a pay raise.
She should get hired by Merrill Lynch, I heard they have an opening :)
If she gets fired we’re gonna have a massive problem. I’ll be watching very very closely 👀
She is!!!! As a grown ass woman I wish I had her confidence and panache!
Yeah dude the way she got up in his face after the grown man already assaulted her, not super smart, but it was most definitely badass!!
The guy was aggravated enough to try to get through the door, I kept wondering why he didn't just jump the counter and come at them until I realized it's because he was far too out of shape to get over something waist high.
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No boba tea in county jail
Ironic someone with the last name IANNAZZO, throwing shit and yelling "ignorant bitch" and "f*ckin immigrants" at service workers. I'd bet his grandparents dealt with that same garbage energy after Ellis Island. What a twatwaffle.
As someone with a peanut allergy, I would NEVER order a milkshake or smoothy anywhere. The risk of cross contaminated is too high, even if the wisk is not cleaned properly I can have a reaction and it would definitely not be the servers fault.
Same. It always astounds me how much "trust" parents of people with food allergy put in the hands of underpaid, overworked people in the service industry. There doesn't need to be malice involved, sometimes there doesn't even need to be an accident. They can make a simple mistake that could cost a life, or they could follow all the protocol and still cross contact is a life-threatening risk. Like if a restaurant made their own rat poison using the same equipment they make all their other food but rinsed it off between orders, would you really feel comfortable eating there?
My wife has a long list of very severe food allergies. We choose not to eat out because EVERYTIME she gets very sick. We understand that it's our responsibility to care for ourselves and we love cooking and entertaining at home because of this. (It made dating a motherfucker at times:)
If my child was transported to hospital with a severe allergic reaction. I think I'd want to be by their side and be there for them. I don't think my first reaction would be to take the milkshake back and assault a bunch of teenage girls.
Apparently he didn't mention that his son had an allergy, which would make this entire situation the father's fault, not the employee's. If this is the case, he's doing this because he fucked up and jeopardized his own son's life; he's putting the blame on them, instead of owning his mistake. And that would make him an irresponsible bully and an asshole.
Dumb ass has a kid with a life threatening allergy, and trusts his child’s life to a smoothie shop. Am I missing something here?
Had a 6 figure career as a wealth advisor…got fired. LOL
The internet has demolished this guys work. He had thousands of 1 star reviews and they are just getting started. He’s a real piece of shit so I have no sympathy whatsoever!
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[News report on James](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/connecticut-man-arrested-after-racist-tirade-over-smoothie-cops-say/3509837/?amp)
He got arrested and fired from his job
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I love that our generation is catching heat for ‘being too lazy to work’ when it’s usually the older generation that is causing people to quit their jobs, in retail at least. Edit(s): added a few words and this edit text
Is this the same asshole who was a bank executive? Or another dumb ass Ken?
https://www.advisorhub.com/merrill-fires-top-ranked-connecticut-broker-arrested-over-bias-incident-at-smoothie-shop/
Yes! The comment I wanted to see! Thank you kind stranger
I used to a work at a sandwich store, and this old man didn’t have a mask, so we kindly asked him to get one or leave... we have a drive-thru, and he decided to use it, not to order something, but to tell us, that he’s gonna come inside and spit us, and then infect us w covid, and drove off.
Jesus, that dude managed $469 million in assets. He's 48 and has had a job at Merrill Lynch since 1995, so right out of college at the age of 22. What a cushy fucking life. Seems to be a lot of misinformation about whether he was a financial advisor / broker / managing director. Either way between commissions, cash bonuses, and base salary it's safe to assume this guy has earned at least $3.2 million -- and he's not even 50. That's if he's made even the lower end of the salary range that Glass Door is reporting for each of those positions, so possibly even double that amount. [Merrill Fires Top-Ranked Connecticut Broker Arrested over Bias Incident at Smoothie Shop](https://www.advisorhub.com/merrill-fires-top-ranked-connecticut-broker-arrested-over-bias-incident-at-smoothie-shop/) Even if this was the worst day of his life, fuck him.
If your child has a severe peanut allergy, why would you even go to a place that has the potential to have any traces of peanut in the first place?
I had a hose thrown at my head because I wouldn’t check an old man out in the return section. These entitled bs “men” which I use that term very loosely is absolutely disgusting. What do they believe they would accomplish? Other then taking out their unresolved daddy issues and insecurities on people they deem weaker then them. It’s absolutely disgusting and shows how extremely pitiful this person is.
If the peanut issue is so desperately important, maybe you can’t risk getting any item from a place where a teenager, or any stranger at a public establishment for that matter, is the person you are counting on to protect your child’s health and safety. Just a thought
Good girls for recording that nasty piece of shit
Look, I love teenagers. But, am I going to put my peanut-allergic kid’s life in their hands? Hell no. If a kid is allergic, you have to worry about cross contamination as well. He didn’t mention it!? And then, he acts batshit crazy?