Oh, so you thought the Harlem Papa John's that rang up a customer as "Lady Chinky Eyes" was unique, a rare bird? How wrong you are, you sweet, naive thing. Take a moment to recall the cases of "Ching and Chong" and "Phone," then prepare to be awed by the receipt that Gawker dug up for none other than "Cassady Nippleson."
"Lady Chinky Eyes" Isn't The Only Fast Food Receipt Victim: Meet "Cassady Nippleson"
Papa John's Apologizes, Fires Cashier For Racist Receipt
Yesterday, Harlem resident Minhee Cho tweeted her Papa John's receipt from Friday night in which she was referred to by a racist term, writing, "Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't 'lady chinky eyes.'" Papa John's has since apologized profusely on Twitter and Facebook, and have fired the 16-year-old high school girl who wrote it. But some employees still think the whole incident was blown way out of proportion: “I think the lady put it out there just to get some attention—some people like that type of attention," a manager named Jerome told the Post. "I truly don’t think it’s fair. It’s been taking up all our time. It’s been very disruptive.”
Papa John's Rings Up Asian Customer As "Lady Chinky Eyes"
It seems that some fast food cashiers still haven't learned that it's always a bad idea to put potentially racist "jokes" in their receipts. Minhee Cho tweeted her receipt from a Harlem Papa John's last night, writing, "Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't 'lady chinky eyes.'" An assistant manager at the store told us that it was a joke-gone-wrong: "I didn't think [the cashier] was trying to offend the lady in any type of way, but she did. It wasn't meant to harm her in any way. But I apologize on behalf of my staff for that."
In Russia, American Fast Food Eats You
Apparently, Jersey Shore isn't the only American export Russians just can't enough of—they love our fast food, too. American chains are starting to do big business in Russia, with no signs of stopping. And man, those Russians are going to be pissed when they find out they're getting charged way more than us for crappy pizza and fried chicken.
Why Was A Sanitation Cop Making Busts In A "Papa John's" Car?
Last month we rushed to judgment when a group of NYPD officers who parked in a bike lane were photographed inside a Papa John's establishment on what appeared to be non-urgent police business; i.e. eating shitty pizza. We judged them not only for blocking a bike lane, but also for dining on Papa John's in the pizza capital of the world. Well, there is egg on our faces, because it now appears law enforcement officials have been using Papa John's as a cover to conduct sting operations! Well, one Sanitation Department enforcement officer has been allegedly doing this.
Five Transgressive Pizza Oddities And Where To Eat Them
The other day, the Wall Street Journal published an interesting little article titled "Plea To Sbarro: Save The Cheese-Steak Slice." In it, author Joseph Checkler bemoans the decline of the chain's (which filed for bankruptcy in April) 830-calorie Philly cheesesteak-stuffed slice, which he calls "a delicious reminder... that you can get something unique and good at a chain restaurant." Inspired by Checkler's devotion to this grotesque pizza oddity, and the recent brouhaha surrounding Donald Trump and Sarah Palin's trip to Sbarro-esque chain La Famiglia, we took a look at some other pie-related gutbombs around the city.
Four Shot Inside Bronx Papa John's
A teenager who walked into a Papa John's and opened fire was shot by police overnight in the Bronx. The 18-year-old suspect shot three people inside the Soundview restaurant, one of whom police said appeared to be his intended target. An investigation is underway, but there was no indication of the shooting being part of an attempted robbery. Police intervened when they heard the gunfire while patrolling nearby on Westchester Avenue, just off the 6 train. After the shooting, the cops cordoned off two blocks of the avenue. They report finding a semi-automatic weapon at the scene. All four who were shot, the gunman included, are in Jacobi Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The manager of the store told the Times, “It’s not a good neighborhood; it’s a rough neighborhood. But I didn’t think that anything like this would happen in the store.”
Papa John's Employee Delivers Vandalism with Pie
Uh oh, another graffiti-happy citizen has been busted! Following the kid on the N train who was caught on a camera phone scratching into the subway window, a pizza delivery man was busted above-ground in Brooklyn Heights. Allegedly the "saucy Papa John’s deliveryman" was seen doing the deed in a Livingston Street elevator, The Brooklyn Paper reports. "And now the owner of the building is biting back, suing the franchise for $3,200 — the cost, he says, of removing the 'Dizzy CFM' tag that the ditzy doughboy scratched into the car’s wood paneling." The tagger worked at the Downtown Brooklyn establishment and has since been fired. One lawyer told the paper that “It’s a tough case unless Papa John’s knew [the deliveryman] had a history of vandalism."

