Waiter told to change name

name badge with ‘Edgar’ on it to stop guests being scared.
Mohamed Kotbi is suing the New York hotel for racism after he was asked to wear badges with different names on to prevent customers being frightened of being served by someone named Mohamed. The Moroccan-born banquet waiter said he was first asked to change his name badge to one that said ‘John’ on September 11 2001, after the attacks on the World Trade Center.
“I put it on. I was in shock,’ the Muslim man told the New York Post.
When Mr Kotbi, who has worked for the hotel since December 1984, complained to the hotel management, he was told, “We don’t want to scare our guests.”
He filed discrimination suits with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2005 and 2009, and was given a name tag with his surname on it.
But in November, he was given a name badge that said ‘Edgar’. When he spoke to his manager, he was told, “It’s better to be Edgar than Mohamed today.”
Mr Kotbi is suing the hotel for religious and racial discrimination.
In court documents, he accuses the hotel of creating a ‘hostile work environment’ and failing to stop bullying from colleagues.
He alleges that he has been repeatedly called ‘terrorist’ and ‘al Qaeda boy’.
Mr Kotbi said: “It’s like I’m guilty, like I did the attacks on September 11.”
Lawyer Jonathan Bell said his client is a ‘family man’ and ‘can’t afford to just up and leave’.
The hotel declined to comment. – Daily Mail.