https://deadspin.com/papa-john-made-some-people-mad-after-allegedly-using-th-1827510327

since he said that dumb shit about the protesters and their sales being down, I wouldn't eat there for free. Sales are down because your pizza is trash.

"The col. said "nigger" a few times, but y'all coming at ME???"

"Niggers used to ger drug behind trucks where I'm from, bro... do you see me doing that shit??? THAT is real racism."

Errytime I usedta see da commercial where he paused, den said......"Papa Johns"...I always wanted ta punch dat muhfukka.

as some sort of rationalization for similar current behavior

like the Trumpsters pointing out that we had Japanese interment camps

yeah...okay...one of the worst moments in US modern history...

what's the point?

Colonel Sanders called blacks niggers

okay...WTF does that have to do with NFL players kneeling?

These folks are touched.

+1, the pizza sucks

frozen pizza >>> papa john's

for some reason these white folks think pointing out this type of shit nullifies their racism.

Was this like a "be glad I'm NOT out there killing people?"

I love that this happened on a conference call with a PR group trying to help him appear less racist. Having a fuck ton of money seems to make you incapable of learning things or changing your behavior in the slightest.

I don't think money is more likely to make you a trash person if you aren't already trash, but I do agree if you achieve success by/while being a shitty human, there's really not much incentive to evolve.

I guess that's not surprising? This story still cracks me up, because it's such a rich-guy style of "I absolutely refuse to learn any lessons" even though *he* is the one paying to be taught how not to be a racist. But god damn. I really don't want my pizza made by sociopaths.

awful

And why ain't their no black people on the wall?

She went out with him when he was first starting the business, I think they had like three locations then. I'd be the first to admit that my aunt is not exactly the portrait of saintly living but this guy was a real piece of trash. Super possessive, racist AS FUCK and very cheap. All stuff you already imagined but he was a real lunatic.

I'd go into detail in a PM, really wild shit. More than anything I wish him ill not because of his psychotic behavior or godawful politics but because of his woefully shitty product.

This is why I love this site

we are talking stalking, threats, visits to family members at grade school, demanding a payoff to go away, coming back years later crying and begging. it was as pathetic as it was frightening. there was also no shortage of vile racism in the story, which was a unique twist. she went out with some oddball prominent people, including brutus the barber beefcake (who was actually a really nice guy).

TellemWhyYouREALLYMadSun!!!

I'm tryna hear deez goodiez on a chill friday while sippin my cold PBR.


Keep goin'......






#WeFamily

#YoBeefIzMine

>we are talking stalking, threats, visits to family members at
>grade school, demanding a payoff to go away, coming back years
>later crying and begging. it was as pathetic as it was
>frightening. there was also no shortage of vile racism in the
>story, which was a unique twist. she went out with some
>oddball prominent people, including brutus the barber beefcake
>(who was actually a really nice guy)

This is a cliffhanger like shit man...wow

>she went out with some
>oddball prominent people, including brutus the barber beefcake
>(who was actually a really nice guy).

Sounds like a complete maniac.

He seems like he'd be anti-Semitic, how did he rationalize all of this? Or was he just open about that too?

Probably the most unnerving things he did had to do with my uncles, her younger brothers, who were still school-aged kids at the time. Several times he showed up at their school sometimes questioning them, sometimes intimidating them, etc. He made a lot of "jokes" about pushing them into the ovens. Holocaust humor, always a hit!

Holy shit

Man I need you to create a whole new post for this lol

>She went out with him when he was first starting the
>business, I think they had like three locations then. I'd be
>the first to admit that my aunt is not exactly the portrait of
>saintly living but this guy was a real piece of trash. Super
>possessive, racist AS FUCK and very cheap. All stuff you
>already imagined but he was a real lunatic.
>
>I'd go into detail in a PM, really wild shit. More than
>anything I wish him ill not because of his psychotic behavior
>or godawful politics but because of his woefully shitty
>product.

>

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resignation-mistake/story?id=56657270

Papa John's founder John Schnatter says resignation 'was a mistake'
By KARMA ALLEN Jul 18, 2018, 5:51 AM ET

The founder of Papa John's said he made “a mistake” when he agreed to step down as chairman of the company’s board last week amid “mischaracterized” reports about his use of a racial slur earlier this year.

In a letter addressed to members of the company's board, pizza chain founder John Schnatter said board members pressured him to resign without "any investigation" and based its decision on “rumor and innuendo.”

“The board asked me to step down as chairman without apparently doing any investigation. I agreed, though today I believe it was a mistake to do so,” Schnatter said, according to a copy of the letter obtained by ABC News on Tuesday. “I have checked with corporate governance experts who tell me that this was not a proper action by the board.”

Patty Glaser, an attorney representing Schlatter to the board, wrote in a separate letter on July 15 that the “board had no authority to remove Mr. Schnatter as a director” and called for “an independent investigation and fully inform itself as to what actually occurred.”

Glaser warns that “the failure to conduct a complete and independent investigation” would render “individual Board members liable for all resulting harm to the Company and to Mr. Schnatter.”

Schnatter faced fierce backlash last week after Forbes reported that he used the N-word during a May conference call while discussing the national anthem protests in the NFL.

“Colonel Sanders called blacks n------,” Schnatter said, referring to Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders, according to the Forbes report.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter resigned from his position as chairman of the pizza chain's board late Wednesday.
Schnatter apologized for the remarks last Wednesday and agreed to step down as Papa John's chairman just a few hours later.

He also resigned from his position on the University of Louisville’s board of trustees last week, according to the school. He had served on the board for two years.

The Kentucky-based pizza chain had been testing advertisements to see if Schnatter should be reintroduced "with significant success," according to his letter to the board, but the company seems to be reconsidering that relationship now.

“Racism and any insensitive language, no matter what the context simply cannot -– and will not -– be tolerated at any level of our company,” CEO Steve Ritchie said in a statement over the weekend. “It has also been decided he will no longer be in any of the advertising or marketing materials associated with the brand.”

Schnatter, currently the company's largest shareholder, didn’t disclose details on the current status of the relationship in the letter.

“The corporate governance experts with whom I consulted said this is not the proper action of either a director or the board,” the letter said. “I am confident that an examination of the facts will bear out what I have written in this letter and show that once again our company has demonstrated that it does not know how to handle a crisis based on misinformation.”

Schnatter, 56, stepped down from his role as CEO late last year after saying NFL players should stand for the national anthem and that their protests had hurt the company’s sales. Those comments had precipitated his initial removal from advertisements.

He is still a member of the company’s board.

Who gets the lead role in the direct to streaming biopic? (recently started watching Get Shorty...John Stamos?)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/papa-john-s-adopts-poison-pill-to-thwart-any-schnatter-takeover

Papa John’s International Inc.’s embattled founder John Schnatter plans to reach out to shareholders to rally support as he tries to avoid being banished from the company’s board, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Schnatter, who resigned as chairman recently after coming under fire for using a racial slur, wants to help map the pizza chain’s comeback from a sales slump and is determined to hold onto his board seat even as the company tries to distance itself from its controversial founder, according to the person who asked not to be identified because the plans are private.

Papa John’s didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.


The board announced a so-called poison-pill plan on Sunday to fend off any attempt by Schnatter to gain a controlling interest in the company. The former chief executive officer, who left that role in December, is concerned that the board is planning to call a special meeting of shareholders to vote him off the board, the person said. The board can’t just remove him, and the next regular shareholders’ meeting isn’t until next spring.


Schnatter, 56, is the company’s largest shareholder, controlling about 29 percent of the stock. He resigned as chairman earlier this month after reports surfaced that he used a racial slur and graphic depictions of violence against minorities during a conference call with a media agency in May.

He admitted to using the offensive term and apologized, while saying his comments were taken out of context. The board terminated its so-called founder’s agreement that designated Schnatter as the face of board and hired a law firm to oversee an investigation of its “policies and systems related to diversity and inclusion.”

Company Scapegoat?
“John is being used as a scapegoat,” said Patricia Glaser, an attorney for Schnatter. “It’s unfortunate -- if you look at what’s best for the company, he has some clear ideas that have been discussed for some time.”

Chris O’Cull, an analyst at Stifel, downgraded the stock to sell from hold, noting that the brand damage to the company from the recent controversy could deter a “strategic savior” from mounting a takeover. Investors reacted coolly to the news of the poison pill on Monday, with the shares slumping to their lowest intraday level since February 2016.

Shares of Papa John’s fell as much as 8.3 percent to $47.29 in New York, the biggest intraday decline in 2 1/2 months.

Adopting the takeover defense is the latest effort by Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John’s to loosen ties to the founder, who remains a director. Schnatter regrets resigning as chairman and believes directors mishandled the situation by pushing him out without investigating, people familiar with his thinking told Bloomberg News last week.

Poison Pill
The board adopted a limited-duration stockholder rights plan that would become exercisable if an investor acquired 15 percent or more of Papa John’s shares without the approval of directors, according to a company statement late Sunday. It also declared a dividend distribution of one right for each outstanding share.

The rights plan is intended to “protect the interests of the company and its stockholders by reducing the likelihood that any person or group gains control of Papa John’s through open market accumulation or other tactics without paying an appropriate control premium,” the company said.

Papa John’s shares have lost more than a third of their value over the past year amid the controversies involving Schnatter, while same-store sales have fallen in recent quarters in the face of more competition from Domino’s Pizza Inc. and Yum! Brands Inc.’s Pizza Hut.

NFL Controversy
A committee of directors recently terminated an agreement that designated Schnatter as the face and voice of the brand and ordered that he be evicted from the headquarters and removed from marketing materials.

Late last year, Schnatter stepped down as CEO of the pizza chain he started in his father’s Indiana tavern. He quit the post after criticizing the leadership of the National Football League for mishandling protests by players that he said hurt sales. In February, Papa John’s ended a longtime sponsorship of the NFL to instead focus on marketing with specific teams.

Forbes, citing 37 current and former Papa John’s employees, reported last week that Schnatter spied on workers and engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct resulting in at least two confidential settlements. A representative of Schnatter said the Forbes story contains “numerous inaccuracies and misrepresentations.”

https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/26/news/companies/papa-johns-lawsuit-john-schnatter/index.html

LOL, this post just keeps on giving

can't imagine the final scene