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Daimler has removed an executive from its ranks in China after that person was involved in a local scandal that started over a parking spot.
The German corporation did not specify the name or function of the white-collar employee that was discharged from the organization. Moreover, the automaker did not specify what led to the dismissal, preferring to explain it was a “regrettable matter.”
Since we are in the 21st Century and the Internet is vast enough for everyone, the story has surfaced earlier this week without any official confirmation. It is claimed that the Daimler executive or manager (the person’s function has not been officially revealed) had gotten into a feud with a Chinese person over a parking spot.
Chinese media outlets pointed their mouse cursors at Mr. Rainer Gartner, who is the President and Chief Executive of Daimler Trucks and Buses division, NY Times reports. It is unclear whether Mr. Gartner was the one that was ousted from the company, or if someone else was mistaken for their boss in the entire scandal.
The same sources in China say that the executive had been living in the country for about a year, and that the scandal involved some xenophobic slurs against Chinese people. Other reports claim that the Daimler employee even deployed pepper spray against their ad-hoc debate partner or some bystanders, but that is also something that has not been determined.
The reported feud took place in the Shunyi District of Beijing, and the Daimler employee’s Mercedes-Benz had apparently seized the parking space of someone that was reversing into the same spot. It is unclear who was right in this entire situation, because witness reports from these cases tend to be biased, and we have no video proof of the turn of events.
However, if the story is entirely accurate, it is crude to steal someone else’s parking spot when they are reversing into it. Regardless, that happens every day, but it usually ends with a nasty look towards the individual.
Using xenophobic slurs, or any other insult related to someone’s gender, ethnicity, education, or whatever characteristic is among the miserable things you could do, except for the use of violence (pepper spray, guns, or melee attacks included).
Next time you get angry because of another driver’s actions, just remember Daimler’s employee and think you might get fired because of a parking spot.
Since we are in the 21st Century and the Internet is vast enough for everyone, the story has surfaced earlier this week without any official confirmation. It is claimed that the Daimler executive or manager (the person’s function has not been officially revealed) had gotten into a feud with a Chinese person over a parking spot.
Chinese media outlets pointed their mouse cursors at Mr. Rainer Gartner, who is the President and Chief Executive of Daimler Trucks and Buses division, NY Times reports. It is unclear whether Mr. Gartner was the one that was ousted from the company, or if someone else was mistaken for their boss in the entire scandal.
The same sources in China say that the executive had been living in the country for about a year, and that the scandal involved some xenophobic slurs against Chinese people. Other reports claim that the Daimler employee even deployed pepper spray against their ad-hoc debate partner or some bystanders, but that is also something that has not been determined.
The reported feud took place in the Shunyi District of Beijing, and the Daimler employee’s Mercedes-Benz had apparently seized the parking space of someone that was reversing into the same spot. It is unclear who was right in this entire situation, because witness reports from these cases tend to be biased, and we have no video proof of the turn of events.
However, if the story is entirely accurate, it is crude to steal someone else’s parking spot when they are reversing into it. Regardless, that happens every day, but it usually ends with a nasty look towards the individual.
Using xenophobic slurs, or any other insult related to someone’s gender, ethnicity, education, or whatever characteristic is among the miserable things you could do, except for the use of violence (pepper spray, guns, or melee attacks included).
Next time you get angry because of another driver’s actions, just remember Daimler’s employee and think you might get fired because of a parking spot.
'@Daimler China Sacks German Executive over Racist Remarks on Chinese Peoplehttps://t.co/hpHJVu014o pic.twitter.com/eyG7UoLLsP
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) November 21, 2016
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