Cafe boss tells Italian woman ‘Sorry, only English people’ as she rejects her barista job application
- Italian emigrant Beatrice claims she was rejected because she is not ‘English’
- She applied for job at Caffe Oro in Bristol through the job website Indeed
- But she allegedly received an email back saying: ‘No sorry just English person’
- Do you know Beatrice? Please contact [email protected]
An Italian woman who applied for a job in a cafe was stunned to be rejected because she was not ‘English’ it has been claimed.
Italian emigrant Beatrice – who did not want to give her second name – applied for a barista role at Caffe Oro in Redcliffe, Bristol.
She applied for the job using website Indeed, but allegedly received an email which read: ‘No sorry just English person.’
Beatrice, who is fluent in English, wrote back: ‘Do you know you cannot answer ‘no sorry just English person’ to somebody who is applying for a job?
Italian emigrant Beatrice – who did not want to give her second name – applied for a barista role at Caffe Oro in Redcliffe, Bristol.
‘This is DISCRIMINATION.
‘My English is perfect and I accept if you don’t want to have me in your team because of the experience, but I do not tolerate an answer like that.
‘Good luck finding someone who wants to work for you.’
In a fragmented response, the café owner – who is reportedly Italian herself – wrote: ‘I’m looking for staff with good levels in English. Anyway I am looking for experienced barista.
‘I am looking for good English talking not the person.’
Beatrice applied for the job using website Indeed, but allegedly received an email which read: ‘No sorry just English person’ (pictured)
Beatrice’s response to the email she received, left, and the fragmented response from the cafe owner, right
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Beatrice replied: ‘You just told me ‘I am looking for somebody with good English’.
‘My question is: how do you know how is my level of English if you did not even speak with me?
‘Maybe it would be better [if] you improve your English first, before you ask for an ‘English person’.
‘I feel sorry for who you are going to hire.’
Beatrice said: ‘Even if my level is not good enough then fair enough, but she didn’t speak to me or call me or anything.
‘If she wants a person who speaks perfect English then fine, but at least call me.
‘It’s not really fair.
‘I wrote her a long reply saying she couldn’t respond like that. I would have preferred that she didn’t respond at all.’
Beatrice has since found work for a building management company in the city.
She added: ‘It’s not because I didn’t get the job, I have a better one now, it’s discrimination.
‘You can see that she doesn’t speak English well herself.’
Caffe Oro manager Sarah, who would not give her full name, said: ‘This is just malicious. We were not even recruiting in March.
‘We have very good staff working here. We were full then.
‘Why has this been reported on now? We have all types of different nationalities that work here. It has never mattered where they are from.
‘This is not something we would do. It has never been a problem for us. I think someone has done this for the money.’
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