Dani Davis told a superior at Walmart that a man screamed anti-trans epithets while she was alone in the bathroom. Walmart fired her after she reported what happened.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27587700

Summary

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.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    109·
    3 days ago

    a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom

    …
    I thought it was trans people that were a threat in women’s restrooms. Turns out its assholes that are the threat.

  • Geodad@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    3 days ago

    If they know they’re going to be fired when confronted by a transphobe, they’re likely to srart getting violent on first contact with one. I’m totally here for it.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 days ago

      The fucked up part of the story was the fucking man went into the women’s room to confront her. That motherfucker should see the inside of a cell for that alone.

      • jaemo@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        2 days ago

        I’d prefer he see (just ever so briefly, for the adrenaline and fear effect) the belt sander running at high speed that was about to remove his face.

    • jecxjo@midwest.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I never get those responses from companies.

      “After we treated you like shit, how would you like to continue to work here?”

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      214·
      3 days ago

      I’m guessing you’re only saying that because you agree with firing people to make bigoted shit happy.

    • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
      18·
      3 days ago

      Are you asserting that she is lying about being accosted by a man for entering the women’s bathroom?

      Because if you aren’t, then I would be very interested to hear what “more that happened” could possibly justify his actions.

        • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
          14·
          3 days ago

          The other side of the story is Walmart corporate offered to rehire her over the heads of the assholes running the store

                • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
                  01·
                  2 days ago

                  No. That was actually a trap.
                  Trying to get you to give out doxxifying information, like the year you married or how many kids you have and stuff like that.

                  You sidestepped well.

            • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
              8·
              3 days ago

              Go investigate and get back to us then. I personally am content with middle aged white Karen/Kalvin in HR fires woman for feeling shame rather than immediately reporting the assault.

              corporate finds out and says “now listen we want hr to be inhumane, but you can’t be so inhumane you make news no matter what legal memo you read” and rehires the woman who was assaulted.

              Nobody else was punished because the only reason corporate reversed the action was media attention, and the media doesn’t care if some random “I only have enough hands to cover my own ass, I don’t have a spare helping hand” hr person got fired because even if they did we all know that type of hr person is a dime a dozen.

                • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
                  41·
                  3 days ago

                  Says the guy insinuating context to justify this attack, and accusing the woman attacked of lying, despite the fact that she was fired for not reporting the attack to a manager quickly enough?

                  At this point, you’re just embarrassing yourself. Lemmy is still too small for everyone here not to see through this weak ass bait.