Damn, what a mess this is!

Ricky Smith, a black comedian, was in Ohio this past week.

He was there with his charity Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere handing out toiletries to local residents and decided to stop by Olive Garden on Nov 29th.

Shockingly the hostess, a black lady, refused to serve him and his group. She told them she doesn’t like waiting on black customers.

Smith laid out the whole story in a series of tweets that went all the way to the top of Olive Garden and ended up him asking for the hostess to not lose her job!

Here is a run down of the tweets:

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
Just got asked to leave @olivegarden because we asked for a new server because our server said she doesn’t like serving blacks…
2:16 AM – 30 Nov 2016

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
And it was a black waitress who said she doesn’t like serving blacks.
2:55 AM – 30 Nov 2016

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
The Parma police was cool in handling the situation but told us it was in @olivegarden’s right to ask us to leave the restaurant
2:51 AM – 30 Nov 2016

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
Thanks RT @olivegarden: @Rickonia Thank you for responding to our DM. Our Executive Vice President of Operations is calling you now.
6:43 PM – 30 Nov 2016

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
@olivegarden is making a sizable donation @RAKENow #rake and in addition are giving #RAKE $1,000 in gift cards to host families in need.
12:10 AM – 1 Dec 2016

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
A solution to a messed up situation that can bring a bit of joy and hope to those in Cleveland and across the country.
12:12 AM – 1 Dec 2016

Someone accused the denial of service being because Ricky tried to give alcohol to minors, he responded:

Ricky Smith ✔ @Rickonia
A group of minors all over the age of 23 years old with valid and current IDs. https://twitter.com/ShakesMagoo/status/804099168105091084 …
12:33 AM – 1 Dec 2016

Ricky thinks all the staff should have sensitivity training.

Do you think he took this too far? Should the hostess have been fired?