"I just visited Fire Spice on Fort Meade Rd in Laurel. I experienced what felt like racial discrimination. I was dining with a friend. We both ordered Curry Chicken.When I tasted it, it tasted like chicken Masala, which I don 't care for; it 's too spicy. I 've been a regular customer for over 10 years.I asked the cashier, she stated that they 've renovated, but insisted that management had not changed.I told her that the food was too spicy, she offered to prepare something else for me; I politely declined and asked her to remove my $16.00 dish from.the bill. I told her that she could remove my food from our table, as I have integrity, and wanted to insure her that I was NOT going to eat my meal, she left my food on the table and walked away.At the end of my friend 's meal, we asked for the check, I stood at the register, she asked for $46.99.I responded, that can 't be right, we only consumed one (1) plate of food.I looked at our bill, she was insisting that I pay for food that I DID NOT consume.She sarcastically asked, you ordered it didn 't you? I stared at her for a minute because her tone was condescending.I replied, I told you that I couldn 't eat it I 'm not paying for a meal that I didn 't eat.I was trying to understand how a successful restaurant, can now, in this particular moment, become so desperate over $16.00.She further felt the need to embarrass and humiliate me by calling a Manager on the phone and coming to MY table, phone in hand and handle it inthis manner, in FRONT of customers. Completely unpleasant, unprofessional and crass. I felt both humiliated and embarrassed over$16.00!!!! Not $100+ but $16.00.Bottom line, she treated me as if I could NOT afford $16.00She embarrassed and humiliated me in front of all of her customers.Absolutely uncalled for.Well, they 've lost a dedicated customer; all because she wanted to abuse her power and become condescending."
