Guy fired for being rude claims rudeness is part of his French heritage

Guy fired for being rude claims rudeness is part of his French heritageGuy fired for being rude claims rudeness is part of his French heritageHow civil do we need to be with coworkers? One French waiter in Canada experienced the limits of workplace incivility when he welches fired for allegedly acting aggressive, rude and combative to his coworkers. And now hes suing his former employer for violating his human rights, arguing that he was not rude - hes just French.Guillaume Rey, a waiter at Milestones Bar + Grill in Vancouver,filed a complaintagainst his parent company, after he was fired for being too harsh towards a server, who was borderline in tears after Rey aggressively checked up on whether or not a server was doing the assigned work, according to the restaurants emails about Reys behavior.French waiter claims accusationsare discriminationIn his version of what happened, Rey contends that the accusations lobbed against him are discrimination against my culture, which tends to be more direct and expressive. He said that his direct, honest and professional personality is a result of the high standards he learned in the French hospitality industry.TheBritish Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is willing to hear Rey out on his French rudeness discrimination theory. Tribunal member Devyn Cousineau did not outright dismiss his complaint, allowing Reys case to move forward.But in order for Rey to win, he will need to do his homework and explain the French stereotype that is being held against him unfairly.Mr. Rey will have to explain what it is about his French heritage that would result in behavior that people misinterpret as a violation of workplace standards of acceptable conduct, Cousineau wrote in her decision.