MONTREAL – Suncor has confirmed the Petro-Canada clerk in Verdun who yelled at a customer for speaking English no longer works for the gas station.
On Monday, Global News reported that Verdun resident Christine Kovacs was shocked when she was told to leave by the clerk.
Kovacs said she entered the Petro-Canada, grabbed what she needed and called her husband to make sure she wasn’t forgetting anything.
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It was then, she explained, that the employee started to yell at her.
“I was still on the phone with my husband and I go, ‘what’s the problem, I’ll be done in a few minutes, I’m not gonna be here long,’” Kovacs said.
“He started cussing at me and [said], ‘oh, we don’t want you here, we don’t serve your kind here. This is Quebec. We speak French.’”
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Kovacs said she was shocked the verbal assault was prompted by the fact she was speaking English, not French.
“Most people in Quebec, in Montreal, we speak French,” said Kovacs.
“But some of us speak English also. I was just surprised living in Verdun my whole life that someone would say that to me.”
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