https://sf.eater.com/2021/6/9/22525277/ritual-coffee-owner-fires-husband-racial-slur-at-work
The owner of San Francisco’s Ritual Coffee Roasters says she’s fired her husband from the company after he used a racial slur against a Black man outside of their roasting facility last month, as first reported by the SF Chronicle. Eileen Rinaldi said in an Instagram post on June 8 that she terminated husband John Rinaldi from a freelance construction project he was overseeing at the facility, and that he will otherwise no longer work for Ritual in any capacity after he admitted to using the slur during an argument over a parking spot in late May. The firing comes a year after workers at Ritual Coffee shops spoke out about alleged workplace issues at the company, including concerns over the behavior of Rinaldi’s husband, an outspoken SF figure nicknamed “Chicken John,” toward customers of color. [SF Chronicle]