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September 14, 2005
South African Businessman Stands Up for Property Rights
A Durban businessman who put up job advertisements described as offensive and derogatory says he is [not] racist -- just "frustrated and desperate" because of bad employees.
Tony Patel, who owns two clothing stores known as Apples, said he was tired of "undesirables" asking him for jobs and said the "laws of this country suck" because he was not allowed to specify what sort of workers he wanted.
Amen to that, brother!
Patel has made headlines with the posters on the windows of his shops which read: "WANTED PRETTY 'BLACK' FLOOR SUPERVISOR. NO FATTIES" and "WANTED SMART 'WHITE' SALESLADIES SUPERVISORS * NO CHANCERS" and "ATTRACTIVE INDIAN CASHIERS WANTED". . . .
Patel said he had been in the clothing business for 49 years and was only successful because of the way he ran his enterprise. . . .
"My business is run like the military. I'm a hard aggressive man. I'm a no nonsense man.
"I don't care what the Human Rights Commission or anyone else says about my business because they are not going to pay my rent.
"Why don't they worry about the people who are raped, murdered and robbed? They mustn't worry about someone who doesn't want to employ fatties."
He said he had no idea what the outcry was all about because many other business owners complained about the laws but did nothing about it.
"I don't moan I take action. I wear underpants, other businessmen wear panties."
The world needs more guys like this.
Posted by Mike Tennant at September 14, 2005 11:34 AM
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