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The catalyst was a customer — ­ a father of four who had put his hand up the shirt of a busser clearing his family’s table. The busser was so stunned she didn’t report it, but the event sparked a flood of reactions from staff members who’d had similar experiences. At our meeting, women shared stories about harassment from customers and said that when they tried to report it to male managers, they were often ignored because the incidents seemed unthreatening through a male lens.

We decided on a color-coded system in which different types of customer behavior are categorized as yellow, orange or red. Yellow refers to a creepy vibe or unsavory look. Orange means comments with sexual undertones, such as certain compliments on a worker’s appearance. Red signals overtly sexual comments or touching, or repeated incidents in the orange category after being told the comments were unwelcome.

When a staff member has a harassment problem, they report the color — “I have an orange at table five” — and the manager is required to take a specific action. If red is reported, the customer is ejected from the restaurant. Orange means the manager takes over the table. With a yellow, the manager must take over the table if the staff member chooses. In all cases, the manager’s response is automatic, no questions asked. (At the time of our meeting, all our shift managers were men, though their supervisors were women; something else we’ve achieved since then is diversifying each layer of management.)

In the years since implementation, customer harassment has ceased to be a problem. Reds are nearly nonexistent, as most sketchy customers seem to be derailed at yellow or orange. We found that most customers test the waters before escalating and that women have a canny sixth sense for unwanted attention. When reds do occur, our employees are empowered to act decisively.

The color system is elegant because it prevents women from having to relive damaging stories and relieves managers of having to make difficult judgment calls about situations that might not seem threatening based on their own experiences. The system acknowledges the differences in the ways men and women experience the world, while creating a safe workplace.

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Redpanda jump attack via /r/redpandas

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The women of 300 Fox Way ✨🔮✨

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Decided to do a compilation of  my “mighty five” fanart of “the Raven Cycle” (Maggie Stiefvater @maggie-stiefvater ). I really enjoyed doing these pieces and they are easily one of my favorites in this soon-to-be-gone year)

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“Fate,“ Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

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a psychic’s bathroom

[feat. Persephone Poldma]

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18 years, count the rings 🌱

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…Jean-Pierre Ugarte…Visions from Another World…

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once a lady told me that if my plants are dying even when I’m caring for them correctly, it means they’re absorbing the curses my enemies are casting upon me. so now when my plants randomly die, I wonder if they died protecting me.

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decided to Treat Myself and commissioned @rrroux to draw witchboy grantaire!! look how lovely he is i’ve been yelling for days

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I'm sorry. But this duck struck fear into my heart.

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The three-part season one finale of Spring Street is now live! You can steam the whole season free on our youtube channel for you next summer bing-watch!