Culture Woke Twitter mob gets Midwest college graduate, 24, fired from first job in NYC after he was branded 'racist' for complaining that it's hard to shop f - Live in the pod, eat the bugs, shop in the Bodega

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• Griffin Green, 24, was canceled and lost his job after posting videos on TikTok complaining about bodega culture in New York City
• The he recent Midwestern college grad had just moved from Michigan to the Bronx for his first New York City job in tech
• In his videos, Green lamented about the lack of big grocery stores near his apartment in the Bronx, like Kroger or Whole Foods
• The videos received backlash which led to social media sleuths digging up older videos, resulting in a Twitter mob calling for his cancellation and firing
• Tech company Outreach confirmed that Green was no longer their employee
• Green's TikTok has since been switched to private

A college graduate was fired from his first job in NYC after a Twitter mob descended on him for complaining it was hard to shop for dinner at his local bodegas.

Griffin Green, 24, moved to the Bronx from Michigan last week for a new opportunity as a sales development rep with the software company Outreach, Reason reported.

He took to TikTok to complain that bodegas - corner stores - in his Bronx neighborhood only stocked unhealthy instant foods, and that it was hard to shop properly there, compared to a larger supermarket like Kroger back home.

But busybody Twitter hall monitors soon seized on the clips, claiming they demonstrated white privilege, with Green's cowardly employer bowing to pressure from the niche accounts to terminate their staffer.

Outreach told Reason that Green was fired for sharing an offer of employment letter on social media, not because of the controversial bodega videos which earned him the moniker 'Bodega Bro.'

But the publication suggested Outreach was using that as a fig leaf to justify its decision to fire him over the innocuous bodega clips

The series of videos that sparked the online outrage shows Green walking around his Bronx neighborhood, where he had moved for his new job, while he blasts the local bodegas and asked his viewers how he was supposed to make dinner and where he could find a 'big grocery store.'

'OK, so I just moved to New York and I'm going to go grocery shopping, and so I type in like, 'grocery stores,' on my Apple Maps, and every f–king one I go to … they're like this s–t,' he told the camera in one video.

Midwest college grad, Griffin Green, 24, who recently moved to the Bronx for a job, posted TikTok videos complaining about shopping at bodegas, earning him the moniker 'Bodega Bro'


Outreach told Reason that Green was fired for sharing the offer letter on social media, not because of the controversial bodega videos which earned him the moniker 'Bodega Bro'

'Like bro, that's not a grocery store,' he said as he turned the camera to show one of the small stores. 'I'm trying to get, like eggs, yogurt, cheese, s–t like that. Like, look at this place.'

Green continues to walk through his Bronx neighborhood and states he's been to several and doesn't know what to do about dinner.

'Like I've literally been to like five of those now, and like, I don't know what the f–k I'm about to do for dinner. Like where are the Krogers and the Whole Foods at? Like I'm about to eat f–king like cereal and ramen for dinner, like what the f–k?'

The clip went viral after a Twitter user posted it with some saying Green was exuding white privilege for blasting bodegas, which are a staple in New York communities.

Blogger Perez Hilton - best-known for bullying female stars including Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan on his website - circled the wagons further, by tweeting that the video seemed 'racist.'

'I'm sure this 'bro' thought he was being funny, but… did anyone else view this as racist? Or just me?'


Blogger Perez Hilton tweeted that the video seemed 'racist'

TikTok star Dutch De Carvalho chimed in on the video: 'I mean, what, he's been here like two days? And he's found a way to make fun of the stores that many people in the community rely on.'

More videos surfaced which prompted further backlash on social media.

In one clip, which seemed to have surfaced during Pride, Green commented on how many gay people are in New York, and asked whether 'being gay is just a thing now.'

In another one, he pointed out that he was wearing an NAACP shirt to the gym in the Bronx so 'these people' vibe with him more.

'I'm in the Bronx for a few weeks so I'm like the only white dude in this whole gym, so I got this NAACP shirt so these people vibe with me more,' he purportedly said in one video, the New York Post reported.

The series of videos that sparked the online outrage shows Green walking around his Bronx neighborhood, where he had moved for his new job, while he blasts the local bodegas and asked his viewers how he was supposed to make dinner

'OK, so I just moved to New York and I'm going to go grocery shopping, and so I type in like, 'grocery stores,' on my Apple Maps, and every f–king one I go to … they're like this s–t,' he told the camera in one video

Video that Green posted of his offer letter and announcement of moving to New York resurfaced and a Twitter user alerted the company.

'I don't think it's very flattering to have this type of person representing your company,' the user wrote. 'I would revalue his employment if I were you.'

Outreach responded, 'Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Upon investigation, we took swift internal action in accordance with our company policies and in alignment with our core values. He is no longer an employee of Outreach.'

The firm said Green was fired for sharing the offer letter on social media, even though it was only visible for a few seconds.

'It is against company policy for employees to leak private and confidential information, and grounds for termination,' Outreach's vice president of communications told Reason. 'We remain committed to building our culture that finds strength in our diversity, equity and inclusion — and a company where all can succeed.'

Green, who had just signed a 1-year lease with an apartment in the Bronx, told Reason he was fired on his second day of work. He asked for a chance to explain, but said he was denied.

'People can be painted as these mean awful people when really they're just trying to explore new things,' Green told Reason. 'I was exploring New York for the first time … I didn't know that people do grocery shopping at these corner stores.'

'It was more of an intent to almost like make fun of myself for being a new person in the city,' he said.

Green set his TikTok account to private but on Saturday night posted a new video that addressed the backlash and included a compilation of the grad ordering food at a local bodega.

Green posted a new video to TikTok Saturday night of buying food at a local bodega and distributing it to various homeless men in the area

'If you came here from Twitter, you probably know me as "Bodega Bro,"' Green said. 'So I came off private to show you guys what Bodega Bro is really all about.'

Green then bags up the bacon, egg and cheese rolls and chopped cheese rolls that he bought, along with gatorade and fruit, and films himself distributing them to various homeless men in the area.

In the video, Green adds that 'if anyone is hiring in tech sales or needs a workout partner in New York,' to let him know.

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A bugman defends his hive

 

[FamicomGorby]

hang on isn't he just describing a "food desert?" I thought we were all supposed to be very concerned about those

Yes, but also he's an evil gentrifier and wanting to make the neighborhood nicer/more livable is racist.

Really this is just an example of why being on social media is completely pointless since at any moment some twitter mob can get you fired for dumb shit that no one really gives a fuck about.

 

[Secret Asshole]

The problem is wokeness has come full circle. Things in Bodegas are less healthy, more expensive and carry more processed foods than normal supermarkets. Bodegas are not 'cultural'. Corner stores were never meant to replace a modern supermarket. They're there so you can grab a quick bite or if you forgot some milk or OJ. They are NOT there to fufill your shopping needs and (rarely) if ever, have fresh produce, meat and other staples.

What the guy said is exactly right. The thing is, the guy is the wrong race, sex and appearance. He's a good looking white guy who is working in the Bronx (terrible area, but its basically all people like him can afford). The only reason they came after him is because he's white. They'll get this guy fired and then they'll start complaining about 'food deserts' in poor neighborhoods.

Wokeness is truly the tool of the elite. Making it impossible to build up poor neighborhoods and getting people who can change things to shut up because the very people you're trying to help turn you in to get you fired or force you to quit. Bodegas in impoverished areas are a very real problem and typically there are no grocery stores because there's no space.

When I lived in Philly, I had a twenty to thirty minute walk to the nearest grocer and that was fucking Trader Joes. This is just the problem with cities in general. There's no space for it. And in poorer areas you need a lot to maintain them. The Bronx is generally a fucking shithole.

Problem is, the guy was too white. He should have dressed like a troon first and then maybe he could have gotten away with it. But honestly there is very little point to do anything like this unless you can be insulated from any backlash you get. And typically the backlash is one to two people.

If you do do this, for fucks sake, don't use your name, face or where you fucking work. People really sacrifice their anonymity these days and its insane to me.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I'm not smart enough to parse the outrage.

Guy moves to Jew York for a job.
He complains that there are no healthy food options, only shitty bodegas selling tv dinners and unhealthy snacks.
TikTok freaks out because bodegas are 'relied upon' by city residents because [something something] racism keeps supermarkets out of the city.
Therefore, the guy is racist because he wants supermarkets and healthy food options even though that's what the people calling him racist also seemingly want.

I don't get it.

White man complaining is racist unto itself. I believe they specifically cited "white privilege."

 

[Secret Asshole]

He was never going to make it anyway. His offer letter said his starting salary was like 43k in fucking New York.

That's like homeless tier.

That's why he's living in the Bronx. Also, probably better off because this kid has NO fucking sense of street smarts whatsoever. In the fucking Bronx while white on your phone talking shit about Bodegas lol.

"Its my dream to make it in New York! The coldest, most ruthless city in the world! Where everybody fucking hates everyone else and it is prison rules 24/7, which I completely broke because I live in the fucking Bronx. I also probably look people in the eye on the bus."

People come to the city expecting to 'make it' and it chews them up and spits them out like a fucking meatgrinder. Either the ruthlessness of the job, the sheer coldness of the residents who will happily step over you while you're getting raped or beaten to death, the rampant insane homelessness, the skyrocketing cost of living and inability to build anything. I'd estimate $250k to $500k is needed, without significant debt and expenses, to live in Manhattan. If you're 100k+, you can live in the nice area sin the outer boroughs, but it'll cost. Anything less than that and it is a dice roll.

That's my best advice for anyone coming to the city. Treat it like a massive prison. Don't make eye contact. Don't buy from anything that looks like it is home made, illegal food vendors are everywhere. Take out your wallet as little as possible. Your headphones will no longer save you 100%, they've caught on. You have to fully ignore them and then you won't get yelled at by a crazy person because they don't know if you're real or faking it. Violence and insanity can come out of nowhere so be on guard. Also don't be a manly man or hot headed faggot because YOU WILL GET STABBED.

And don't count on the NYPD to help. If you were in the wrong area or doing something fucking retarded, they will have no sympathy for you and laugh and basically say it is your fault.

 

[kcbbq]

The problem is wokeness has come full circle. Things in Bodegas are less healthy, more expensive and carry more processed foods than normal supermarkets. Bodegas are not 'cultural'. Corner stores were never meant to replace a modern supermarket. They're there so you can grab a quick bite or if you forgot some milk or OJ. They are NOT there to fufill your shopping needs and (rarely) if ever, have fresh produce, meat and other staples.

What the guy said is exactly right. The thing is, the guy is the wrong race, sex and appearance. He's a good looking white guy who is working in the Bronx (terrible area, but its basically all people like him can afford). The only reason they came after him is because he's white. They'll get this guy fired and then they'll start complaining about 'food deserts' in poor neighborhoods.

Wokeness is truly the tool of the elite. Making it impossible to build up poor neighborhoods and getting people who can change things to shut up because the very people you're trying to help turn you in to get you fired or force you to quit. Bodegas in impoverished areas are a very real problem and typically there are no grocery stores because there's no space.

When I lived in Philly, I had a twenty to thirty minute walk to the nearest grocer and that was fucking Trader Joes. This is just the problem with cities in general. There's no space for it. And in poorer areas you need a lot to maintain them. The Bronx is generally a fucking shithole.

Problem is, the guy was too white. He should have dressed like a troon first and then maybe he could have gotten away with it. But honestly there is very little point to do anything like this unless you can be insulated from any backlash you get. And typically the backlash is one to two people.

If you do do this, for fucks sake, don't use your name, face or where you fucking work. People really sacrifice their anonymity these days and its insane to me.

I know of towns with populations of less than 450 with better grocery stores than almost anywhere in NYC and with prices in line with big cities. If they can do it NYC can do it, there's no excuse.

 

[I'm Retarded?]

I have lived in one of the biggest cities in the country, with a population in the millions, and it was extremely well supplied with high-quality grocery stores. fresh meat and produce, sourced locally as much as possible, and priced reasonably, not some Trader Joe's or Whole Foods bullshit. there, what you would call "bodegas" are more like... cultural special supply stores? like if the regular grocery store doesn't have it, you can go down to a special market to get shit actually imported from another country. it's really all about city culture, and in that respect, NYC is so soul-crushingly miserable that the people who live there have to stay on a 24/7 supply of copium to keep from blowing their fucking brains out. that's why so many idiots seem rabidly obsessed with the idea that NYC is the best city in the country

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

Imagine not being able to find a supermarket in a city. NY is a shit hole, but there has to be a supermarket someplace.

Right?

 

[Kermit Jizz]

I know of towns with populations of less than 450 with better grocery stores than almost anywhere in NYC and with prices in line with big cities. If they can do it NYC can do it, there's no excuse.

Let's compare the demographics of the small towns and nyc.

 

[Totallyunknown]

Bro, you don't TELL then you're signaling. Learn from the pronoun people. Just wear the NAACP so you aren't looked at as a complete outsider but don't say the end part out loud.

The amount of dudes I've heard claim they/them just to signal to others that they're liberal ... but they're not stupid enough to admit it out loud in public.

 

[Snekposter]

You have to visit several supermarke- sorry, bodegas just to get a complete grocery list?
Usually people will cream themselves over how the city is better over the suburbs because "Oh, I just walk 2 minutes to the store to do all my shopping! Lol you have to DRIVE to the store and buy everything at once!"
Well shit, my 6 minute drive to the store sounds a lot better than walking to the bodega for some eggs, and then walking to that other bodega down the block for some fruit, and then walking to the butcher for a steak.
Please note I'm not attacking you here, it's just that when bugmen in general try to extol the virtues of these corner stores, they don't mention that they mostly only sell junk food and you have to visit several of them if you want anything other than a shitty slice of preheated pizza.

They also don't actually sell fresh food in many of these places. You see, the sorts of people getting food stamps aren't the sort to eat carefully or wisely like say, a white man from Michigan might, and they stock appropriately. Especially because fresh stuff tends to spoil fast and needs care and refrigeration, etc.

Of course, the Feds took one look at that situation and decided they weren't buying fresh food because stores weren't stocking it, and so places that want to take food stamps have to have a certain amount of "healthy" choices around. Which of course tend to go bad and be thrown out or worse, just sit there, because nobody in these places eats those foods, and in fact are probably actively turned out by seeing some half-rotted items around.

I know of towns with populations of less than 450 with better grocery stores than almost anywhere in NYC and with prices in line with big cities. If they can do it NYC can do it, there's no excuse.

I live in the middle of Nowhere, Oregon, and somehow the big city has not just one but two fully-functioning supermarkets, with the smaller township I live in having a smaller one that's good for the basics. It is hard to overstate just how much of a shithole NYC is compared to literally anywhere fucking else on the planet. Yes, that includes African cities. NYC is worse than fucking Lagos right now.

You're probably less likely to get stabbed and robbed there than NYC.

Look at all of those trees and lack of trash in Africa's second-largest city.

 

[The Ugly One]

I actually like corner stores. Especially in other countries. It’d be nice if we could get rid of zoning and just let people set up stores in their garage.

Zoning laws are what prevent niggers coming in and turning your area into a toilet.

They also don't actually sell fresh food in many of these places. You see, the sorts of people getting food stamps aren't the sort to eat carefully or wisely like say, a white man from Michigan might, and they stock appropriately. Especially because fresh stuff tends to spoil fast and needs care and refrigeration, etc.

Of course, the Feds took one look at that situation and decided they weren't buying fresh food because stores weren't stocking it, and so places that want to take food stamps have to have a certain amount of "healthy" choices around. Which of course tend to go bad and be thrown out or worse, just sit there, because nobody in these places eats those foods, and in fact are probably actively turned out by seeing some half-rotted items around.

When I was poor, I bought lots of basic staples and fresh foods at the ghetto market. Prices were crazy cheap, and the food was fine. Any shitlib claiming poor people can't afford to eat healthy and are fat because chips & soda are somehow cheaper than water and rice needs to have their right to vote taken away.

 

[Xarpho]

Bug people have this misconception that the more urban you are, the better food options you have. And that is true to an extent…within a large city you have tons of places that collectively sell almost everything you could want…but unless you live in the upper echelon of society, it’s actually worse as you go urban.

Suburbs and medium sized towns generally have one or two full-line supermarkets besides Walmart, probably 50k-100k square feet in size.
Denser areas usually have maybe a 30k square foot store that may or may not have adequate parking but at least a recognizable name.
The densest areas have some sort of 7-Eleven sized shithole with terrible selection, terrible pricing, and often out of date food. And oftentimes these are old and rundown, like the ones Robert DeNiro visited in Taxi Driver.

 

[Megaton Punch]

That's why he's living in the Bronx. Also, probably better off because this kid has NO fucking sense of street smarts whatsoever. In the fucking Bronx while white on your phone talking shit about Bodegas lol.

"Its my dream to make it in New York! The coldest, most ruthless city in the world! Where everybody fucking hates everyone else and it is prison rules 24/7, which I completely broke because I live in the fucking Bronx. I also probably look people in the eye on the bus."

People come to the city expecting to 'make it' and it chews them up and spits them out like a fucking meatgrinder. Either the ruthlessness of the job, the sheer coldness of the residents who will happily step over you while you're getting raped or beaten to death, the rampant insane homelessness, the skyrocketing cost of living and inability to build anything. I'd estimate $250k to $500k is needed, without significant debt and expenses, to live in Manhattan. If you're 100k+, you can live in the nice area sin the outer boroughs, but it'll cost. Anything less than that and it is a dice roll.

That's my best advice for anyone coming to the city. Treat it like a massive prison. Don't make eye contact. Don't buy from anything that looks like it is home made, illegal food vendors are everywhere. Take out your wallet as little as possible. Your headphones will no longer save you 100%, they've caught on. You have to fully ignore them and then you won't get yelled at by a crazy person because they don't know if you're real or faking it. Violence and insanity can come out of nowhere so be on guard. Also don't be a manly man or hot headed faggot because YOU WILL GET STABBED.

And don't count on the NYPD to help. If you were in the wrong area or doing something fucking retarded, they will have no sympathy for you and laugh and basically say it is your fault.

A lot of people, especially midwesterners, have this idea that NYC is a boss fight along the hero's journey. It's something they need to conquer in order to "make it", just like in da moovies! You move there, an Italian guy waves a piece of pizza at you and says something hilarious about your mother, then over time you learn how to be a Real New Yorker during a montage set to Morning Train, and now the Italian guy is your best friend and you live in a 6000th floor suite because you've Made It. Everyone respects you and nothing bad ever happens, ever. That's New York, baby!

This guy basically got Paris Syndrome. His Hollywood vision of NYC was completely and instantly shattered the moment he set foot in that putrid hellhole and he basically went slightly crazy. He probably spent every last penny moving there and realized there was nothing he could do to escape, so the only way he could retain a bit of his sanity was asking the world at large if NYC being a complete shithole is normal or is it just him. And, being NYC, they responded by instantly ruining his life, just because they could.

My advice for anyone who wants to move to a big city? Don't. The $300k salary isn't worth it. You will spend $200k on basic necessities and then lose your job because you were the first person to stop clapping after your tranny boss said "black lives matter".

 

[Dyn]

Being so self-absorbed and insufferable that you wander around filming yourself complaining about shit and then put it on the internet deserves to get you fired tbh.

 

[Linako 2.0]

Bro, I know you work in tech and probably don't know this, but they have these apps where you can order groceries and they bring them to your apartment. Eggs, yogurt, cheese, that kind of shit.

Also, this took me all of one second to search.
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that's all in the super nice areas, nyc traffic is a layer of hell within itself and the guy lives in the hell dimension called the Bronx.
There's no way he could get any of that in a decent amount of time.

 

[mold]

When I lived in Philly, I had a twenty to thirty minute walk to the nearest grocer and that was fucking Trader Joes. This is just the problem with cities in general. There's no space for it.

it's a problem with American cities and it's mysterious. in asian megalopolises supermarkets are in high rises. sometimes you live in the same building as a supermarket so you can send your kids down to get stuff in the elevator.

as for the rest of it, I dunno, I am small and female and I have way more problems with methed out fuckers and local citizens ignoring it in small towns in the PNW than in big cities, even in the hellscapes that American cities are. I wouldn't want to live in a big American city now because they're all horrifically governed but I have a great time and meet tons of friendly nice people every time I go visit, except for Seattle and Portland, which is probably because they're full of the same PNW smalltown asshole hicks that are shitty in the rest of the region.

(and actually one of the reasons that other cities are nice is that they're full of transplanted southerners and midwesterners)

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

So what they live off ramen and frozen food?

Look at this racist eating racist healthy food. Ramen and Hungry Man meals are deeply ingrained parts of BIPOC culture!

 

[mold]

I have spent a lot of time in the opposite world version of this bullshit where hippies get control of the local government and zone out all fast food and all grocery stores that carry anything normal. it's super great when you're stuck downtown and there's nothing to feed your hungry 5yo but some kind of quinoa sludge.

 

[BelUwUga]

it's a problem with American cities and it's mysterious. in asian megalopolises supermarkets are in high rises. sometimes you live in the same building as a supermarket so you can send your kids down to get stuff in the elevator.

as for the rest of it, I dunno, I am small and female and I have way more problems with methed out fuckers and local citizens ignoring it in small towns in the PNW than in big cities, even in the hellscapes that American cities are. I wouldn't want to live in a big American city now because they're all horrifically governed but I have a great time and meet tons of friendly nice people every time I go visit, except for Seattle and Portland, which is probably because they're full of the same PNW smalltown asshole hicks that are shitty in the rest of the region.

(and actually one of the reasons that other cities are nice is that they're full of transplanted southerners and midwesterners)

Mysterious? Imagine for a moment you are going to build a grocery store. Your livelihood depends on its success. Are you going to pay extra to stack hundreds of these on top of your investment?

 

[AnnLurker]

The reality is that he gave up god's country to live in a shithole, he deserves to be fired.
Who the fuck leaves a place that literally never runs out of water for a place that will stab you for anything at all?