A Chinese man who has been going to Carnegie for 20 years, says Carnegie Security boss Skip Everall told him, "You have a big mouth." The Chinese man who speaks broken English, responded, "A lot of people around here don't like you." Everall barred him.
The barred man's last name is Kwan, like the MLA, Jenny Kwan.
When Kwan was barred, he recalls, "I was really angry." He called Everall a "bully" and an "asshole" .....in Chinese. He said it in both Mandarin and Cantonese, which got the attention of the Chinese people who sit around in Carnegie.
After being barred for 4 months, it was time to have a Kwan to Kwan talk.
Kwan spoke to Jenny Kwan and told her about the unjust barring. He believes she had a staffer call Carnegie. He went back to Carnegie and was allowed in. He tried to talk to Everall who told him, "I don't want to talk to you."
Barring is going full tilt at Carnegie. Kwan says they have now barred a short, middle-aged, Jewish woman, from a middle-class background. The barred woman had been going to Carnegie for years for the arts programs. A woman who sometimes comes to our blogger meetings knows her, and says she's quite assertive which is probably what got her barred. Kwan says the barred woman doesn't want to go back to Carnegie now that she's been barred. It's common for people who are barred to never go back.
"They bar all the good people," says Kwan.
The names of the hundreds of people who are barred each year remain on the membership list though, as they have paid their $1 membership fee and been issued a membership card. They are included in the stats Carnegie gives to the government to justify funding.
7 comments:
Newsflash!
Nobody can go anywhere and cause a scene and not have some sort of repercussions.
I wouldn't be allowed to go to the Downtown Public Library and start any sort of scene and carry on because of my entitled sense of being able to do whatever I wanted.
Give the man his $1 back and let's all MOVE ON!
anonymous,
You're obviously staff. You've left previous comments in which you reveal signature tactics. You conveniently misread the article, and assume that the barred person is guilty of misconduct.
And you attempt to shame us into dropping the issue of staff abuses at Carnegie by acting as though we're making something out of nothing. A classic tactic used by abusers confronted with their abuse is to minimize the abuse, to act as though victims are making a big deal out of nothing. (It's a tactic Ethel Whitty has used in the past, on tape.)
The person writing these comments is obviously somebody who would like us to stop interfering with the ability of staff to operate Carnegie as a $3-4 million a year private club. Club Carnegie.
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bulletproofcourier
I believe we have one of those. Thanks for the tip though.
anonymous,
I told Kwan of your comment alleging that he had made a scene before being barred, an allegation you made apparently without any evidence. Kwan insisted that it wasn't true and he pointed to two Chinese witnesses who could confirm that. He didn't coach the witnesses, he just said, "Go talk to them." I didn't have time that day, but they sit in Carnegie a lot so I'll ask them another day.
Ummm...I NEVER said Kwan made a scene!
Where did I say that?
I said nobody can make a scene anywhere, or anytime and get away with it.
I don't actually KNOW if he DID, but if he DID then he should get his dollar back and go somewhere else.
jerk.
Anonymous,
"Ummm...I NEVER said Kwan made a scene!"
I can't see any other way to interpret your previous comment, which I've cut and pasted below:
"Newsflash!
Nobody can go anywhere and cause a scene and not have some sort of repercussions.
I wouldn't be allowed to go to the Downtown Public Library and start any sort of scene and carry on because of my entitled sense of being able to do whatever I wanted.
Give the man his $1 back and let's all MOVE ON!"
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