{"id":111110,"date":"2020-11-12T00:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cracker-barrel-apologizes-for-decoration-at-connecticut-restaurant-that-resembled-noose\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T00:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:07:31","slug":"cracker-barrel-apologizes-for-decoration-at-connecticut-restaurant-that-resembled-noose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cracker-barrel-apologizes-for-decoration-at-connecticut-restaurant-that-resembled-noose\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cracker Barrel apologizes for decoration at Connecticut restaurant that resembled noose"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cracker Barrel apologizes for decoration at Connecticut restaurant that resembled noose<\/strong>”
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\n Cracker Barrel has issued an apology after a customer at a Connecticut location spotted what app<\/a>eared to be \u201cnooses on the ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant chain later clarified that the \u201cnoose\u201d was just the wrapped cord that was attached to one of the location\u2019s d\u00e9cor items, but said it was still \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d that employees failed to notice the resemblance before it was put on display.<\/p>\n

Photos of the offending decoration, which was first noticed by a customer over the weekend, were later shared to Twitter<\/a> by user Alfonso Robinson, accompanied by a caption reading, \u201cSomeone at Cracker Barrel in East Windsor need to explain why there are nooses on the ceiling\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

By that evening, Cracker Barrel responded, claiming the noose-like decoration was actually \u201can original wrapped cord\u201d belonging to an \u201cantique soldering iron\u201d on display at the East Windsor restaurant.<\/p>\n

The restaurant added that the item had since been removed.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, activists arrived at the restaurant to discuss the matter with manager Mark Smith, Connecticut\u2019s Journal Inquirer reported.<\/a> A \u201cpositive\u201d and \u201cconstructive\u201d conversation followed, said PowerUp-Manchester founder Keren Prescott, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Smith said the noose-like cord had been on display for 22 years, but no one had ever noticed until last week. He also invited Prescott inside to look around the restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point the manager said, \u2018You might notice things that I don\u2019t,\u2019 which I really appreciated because as White man, he might not view certain things the same as a Black person would,\u201d Prescott told the Journal Inquirer.<\/p>\n

To that end, some users on Twitter have called for Cracker Barrel to review the decorations at all of its locations, or announce a timeline for such a review.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared with Fox News<\/a> on Wednesday morning, the restaurant chain reiterated that the item should have never been displayed in such a way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work hard to create a culture of hospitality that\u2019s welcoming, respectful and inclusive to everyone who walks through our doors. Some of the historic d\u00e9cor in our stores may be reminiscent of earlier times, but our inclusive culture is firmly grounded in today,\u201d the company wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAs we previously said, the d\u00e9cor item in our East Windsor store \u2013 an antique soldering iron with an original wrapped cord \u2013 should have been noticed and corrected before ever being displayed, and it has since been removed. We are grateful to our guest who pointed it out to us so we could correct this mistake.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n