Restaurant Apologizes For Printing The N Word On Customer’s Receipt

It may not be as clear cut as signs atop water fountains that read "whites only", but it still ranges from subversive acts of discrimination to full on murder.

Offensive words are words that are hurtful at a personal level—slurs carry with them a history and threat of violence.

A good rule of thumb is that if isn't even socially appropriate to say the word, it is worse than other less offensive terms.

Brandon Hart regularly orders food from Eddie’s Carry Out in Washington, D.C.

However, when he went to pick up his order of rice and noodles on May 24th, he was shocked at what he found included with his meal.

"Just flabbergasted that you can actually write that on a ticket or receipt or any piece of paper," Hart told Fox 5. "How can you write that word unintentionally and then print it?"

One man stated that he "doesn't think he'll be eating there any longer."

"For real?” said another man. “I think I’m going to leave."

"We don't have bad intentions," stated one employee, as the owner of the restaurant refused to be interviewed.

The employee says that they merely typed out the name that the customer spelled out for them, though Hart says that he did not say the slur, only his first name.

"Not just white people and black people," Hart said, "Just people in general.”

Since the incident, Eddie's has been receiving death threats from the public and a noticeable decrease in business.

Do you think it was a mistake, or something more sinister?

h/t: Yahoo Lifestyle