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Walmart fired Dani Davis, a 6'4" cisgender woman, after a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom at a Florida store.

Davis, visibly shaken, reported the March 14 incident to her immediate supervisor but was fired for not informing salaried management, allegedly creating a “security risk.”

Davis called the firing discriminatory. After viral backlash, Walmart offered to reinstate her with back pay.

Davis, a longtime employee, is uncertain about returning, citing fears of a hostile work environment.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Walmart appeared to acknowledge the error in a statement released to the media.

“We want our associates to feel safe and supported in their workplace, and we won’t tolerate bullying or threats of violence against our associates or customers,” Walmart spokesperson Joe Pennington said in a statement. “We’ve reviewed the situation and will be addressing it internally. We’ve also made multiple attempts to invite Ms. Davis to return to work, with back pay.”

For once in my life I'd like to see one of companies respond in the same way that got them in the situation in the first place. Like if Walmart just responded, "lol fuck you idc" it would actually make me less angry than this bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Let me just state the obvious: They fired her due to the current US administration. She got harassed in the first place because of the current US administration.

Trump is effecting corporate decisions without even making in specific executive orders as well bolstering the common rightwing individual's boldness in harassing people.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 month ago (5 children)

So, she was fired because… some dude was wrong?

Our society really likes to shit on women all the time, doesn't it?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She was fired because a man (without affiliation with walmart) entered the women's restroom and verbally assaulted her. He wasn't just factually wrong assuming that a woman can't be tall, he entered a space that he knew he wasnt supposed to enter.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

And low wage employees. It's cheaper and easier to fire an employee than to confront a customer about their mistake. Remember kids, your job is only one crazy person's ranting away from being taken away.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As people predicted, transphobia has affected cis people.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

It always has. See: Olympics women’s boxing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This is so wrong man. Jfc

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What ever happened to people just minding their own business?

Seriously, just help when you can and but out otherwise. EASY peasy recipe for a better life.

It’s almost like “Ignorance is bliss” got mixed into “intolerance is better” somewhere along the way.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Donald loves it. He wants more of it! Make America Alone Again!

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago

These are the men threatening your daughters and wives on women's restrooms

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I hope she retires after suing Walmart for millions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Tort reform put a stop to all of that in the nineties

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

lol, she'll get a few grand after years of effort, pain, and outright harassment.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Sorry to bust your bubble but that won't happen. Walmart is infamous for drowning people that sue them in litigation until they are bankrupt.

She's free to sue them for sue but that at best will get her a small payout that her legal bills will immediately consume. That's only if Walmart offered her a payout, I'd say in this political climate and in Florida they would just grind her down.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago

Transphobia rots the brain. The fact the store still fired her is insane. I hope she just takes them to court instead of taking her old job back.

[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This story is so depressing on so many levels.

First and most obviously, we have a biological male entering a women's bathroom to harass and threaten a biological woman because he doesn't want biological males entering the women's bathroom to harass and threaten biological women. Dumb redneck stared into the abyss and it stared back, as it always does. Congrats, dickhead. You are the thing you claim to hate.

But then we have this shit:

Dani Davis, who is queer, took to social media on March 24 and wrote a post about what she said happened while she was at work. The incident occurred on March 14 at the Walmart in Lake City, Florida. She noted she was a nearly seven-year employee of Walmart and holds several other part-time jobs, including the “joy and privilege" of tutoring "special-needs children as requested,” describing herself as a hard worker who has never been in trouble.

How many more reminders do we need that Capitalism hates us and our employers don't even see us as human? A person should not have to work "several part-time jobs", one of which is with the biggest private employer on earth, just to get by.

Does anyone else remember the 'Hey Mon' sketch from 'In Living Color' about an immigrant family that all had like 10 jobs each? It was supposed to be a joke to have to work that much to make ends meet. We weren't supposed to make it a reality for everyone.

I hate this world.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (2 children)

once again: transphobia is just misogyny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (22 children)

Not only, since TERFs exist.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

bring back all access grumpiness towards all

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