Back in 2013, Amy’s Baking
Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro in Scottsdale, Arizona gained a
massive amount of notoriety after being featured on an episode of Gordon
Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares.
The episode revealed the owners’ delusion, arrogance,
and lack of understanding about how to operate a client-based enterprise,
resulting in a social media thrashing on the bakery’s Facebook page. The owners of Amy’s Bakery responded
in the best way they knew how: PROFANITY IN ALL CAPS.
Well, there seems to be another company
making a name for themselves through social media meltdowns.
Frenchy’s Thrift Boutique in St. John’s,
Newfoundland has recently acquired a new owner and with it, a new attitude.
Current owner Israt Jahan Khan has
developed habits of publicly accusing employees of theft, posting legal
documents on the shop’s social media page, and making public death threats
against people she just plain doesn’t like.
Along with secondhand clothing, Khan’s
thrift shop offers services in henna art, gel nails, and smartphone repairs. Her portfolio of henna art features photos
that appear to be taken from various
henna sites around the Internet.
Through her Facebook posts, Khan displays
that she is uneducated about Canadian Labour Laws and seems to think that
filing a complaint with the police constitutes laying criminal charges.
The Frenchy’s Thrift Boutique Facebook page
consists of outlandish accusations against individuals she suspects to be
shoplifters, copied and pasted versions of legal documentation, screenshots of
private messages sent to her by unhappy customers, and threats to “spray
nuclear gas” on certain members of a Facebook group boycotting her business.
Khan was also the last owner of Taste of
Mediterranean before the restaurant was closed down due to evidence
of rodent droppings and rent issues.
Khan’s LinkedIn profile lists the following
under her accomplishments: Award winner Canadian Economist, Acridated [sic] and
Award winner Canadian Statistician and Mathematician.
I like to give people the benefit of the
doubt, so I understand that it may seem cruel to pick on a woman who doesn’t appear
to be native of Canada; regardless, Labour Laws and
business ethics apply to everybody. I’d
like to point out, as well, that Khan has been employed in Newfoundland since
at least 2005 (according to her LinkedIn profile, anyway) and has been studying
at Memorial University since 2007. In my
opinion, she is capable and deserving of being held responsible for her
actions.
In early February, a page allegedly
created by Khan called “Messages from the members of Boycott Frency’s group”
has been posting profile screenshots of some of the members from the Boycott
Frenchy’s Facebook group, referring to them as “rats” and calling their
children “mice”. One screenshot of a
member’s profile that was posted on the “Messages from the members of Boycott
Frency’s group” page was accompanied by the caption “Dnt go to Max before I
kill this rat.”
The page has since been shut down, most
likely due to the numerous reports made to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
by those who have been publicly threatened by the owner of the page.
I attempted to reach out to Khan to allow
her to try and set the record straight on the constant drama that seems to be
surrounding her shop, but she refused and subsequently threatened to sue.
In the meantime, Khan is hiring, so if you
know anybody looking for a job…
