Owners of Cafe Cannoli Apologize After Backlash
A video from Cafe Cannoli went viral recently, where the two women can be seen degrading their manager, Awais, for his 'broken English.'
In recent events, owners of the famous restaurant, Cafe Cannoli, were seen making fun of their manager for his lack of proficiency in English. The video went viral and left the public outraged due to their sense of superiority simply because they had a better English accent.
On Thursday, 21st January, the owners of Cafe Cannoli issued an official statement and apology, “We are saddened and appalled by the reaction of the people, how they have misconstrued our banter with a team member. This video depicts the gup shup between us as a team, and is never meant or taken in a hurtful or negative way,” the statement read.
“If anyone was hurt or offended we apologize, however that was never our intention. We are not required to prove or defend ourselves as kind employers. Our team has been with us for a decade, that should speak for itself. We are proud Pakistanis who love our language and our culture.” Cafe Cannoli’s statement further said.
Throughout the video, the women can be seen making classist and derogatory remarks to their manager, Awais, who has been working for them for the past 9 years. Moreover, #BoycottCannoli was trending on Twitter after the video was shared multiple times. The video was taken down after outrage from Cafe Cannoli’s page.
Soon after the video went viral, many took to Twitter and shamed the elitist comments the owners of Cafe Cannoli passed about Awais. “No damage control can undo the embarrassment here. Even if he’s your best buddy, how is such leg-pulling acceptable in 2021? How?” the host, Anoushey Ashraf tweeted.
No damage control can undo the embarrassment here. Even if he’s your best buddy, how is such leg pulling acceptable in 2021? How? https://t.co/TT178bBFUe
— Anoushey Ashraf (@Anoushey_a) January 21, 2021
“We were bored so we decided to ridicule our employees who can’t speak English as we do with our fake accents,” comedian Ali Gul Pir penned, adding, “Someone in Islamabad please give Awais bhai a respectable job in the service industry where he’s not ridiculed for entertainment. You can find him at Cafe Cannoli.”
We were bored so we decided to ridicule our employee who can’t speak english like we do with our fake accents #GoraComplex #NewSlaves https://t.co/dNwl1YqiYe
— Ali Gul Pir (@Aligulpir) January 20, 2021
“You know what is embarrassing? Living and working in Pakistan and being short on words when conveying oneself in Urdu. Our beautiful national language,” actor Ushna Shah wrote about Cafe Cannoli. “When spoken correctly, every sentence is poetry. I know this embarrassment first hand and am constantly learning. We all should!”
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