MIAMI (AFP) - Rose Rock called a press conference in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina to say that servers at a Cracker Barrel restaurant forgot about her and her daughter for "half an hour." "What happened is that we were so caught up in each other we let the time go," she said. "All of a sudden we looked around and we said, wait a minute, we never got water or our beverage order, and people -- they came in after us and they were sipping tea," she said.
Diana Wynne, of Cracker Barrel, calls it an honest mistake. "Ms. Rock is a valued guest who has visited our store regularly for years," she said.
"This was not a case of discrimination. Our preliminary investigation shows that this was simply an honest mistake in operations as we were getting ready for the dinner hour and shifting personnel. "Her table was simply not re-assigned.
When the store manager realized there was a problem, he apologized and offered to personally expedite her order. "She refused. Store management followed up within the week by sending a formal letter of apology, a gift basket and passes for complimentary meals," she said.
In 2004, Cracker Barrel, headquartered in Tennessee, reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice, which had accused the restaurant chain of racial discrimination. Chris Rock, who rose to fame in the television comedy show "Saturday Night Live," has appeared in several films, including remake of the "The Longest Yard," "Nurse Betty" and "Lethal Weapon 4.
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