Wednesday, April 25, 2007

When will this end ?

Offensive furniture label traced to China when a sofa bought in Toronto showed up with a label that offended the buyer . It seems that somewhere along the line from manufacturer to furniture store , the color tag was translated from Chinese to English in an unfortunate manner . The color - dark brown - came out as Ni....er brown . This deeply offended the buyer and has "taken a toll" on her family !
She wants more than an apology of course , because she had visitors who would not even sit on the sofa !

(The buyer) is consulting with a lawyer and wants compensation. Last week, she filed a report with the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Commission spokeswoman Afroze Edwards said the case is in the initial stages and could take six months to two years to resolve.

Moore, 30, has three young children, and said the issue has taken a toll on her family.


This kind of thing is all too often pursued in the courts because no one wants to take responsibility , and some don't recognize that "stuff" happens in this world . Is the sofa any worse than if the label had been correct ? NO !!!
I read the story
here from MSNBC.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to say hi. :-)