You’d think that after being fined $54.4 million for discrimination that Denny’s would make sure their store managers know they have to be uber diligent about making disparaging remarks over any group based on their age, race or socio-economic status.

Hell, no! This week a Denny’s manager sent out a MySpace message berating those who won’t take advantage of cheap drinks at the bar in their suburban Seattle restaurant, “You would have to be a backwoods inbreed *#$% to not come in and drink!!!!!”

Huh? It might well be that this manager thinks, “Well who would want to be a ‘backwoods inbreed’ anyway?” I wonder if the 20 million people who live in Appalachia would appreciate having the “inbreed” moniker thrust upon them by their local Denny’s?

Would it be a huge leap to give the nod for a local Denny’s manager to put out the word, “You’d have to be a broke-ass ni**er not to come in and drink!” or “You’d have to be a cheap-ass kike not to come in and drink!” Because who would want to be one of those either?

If this was an attempt at humor it was beyond insensitive. It was foolish and ignorant. No less from a manager who employs many different minorities as cooks and servers. (I’ve been to this Denny’s, but no more! My late night dining will now be at the Shari’s about a mile away.) I’ll be dropping a line to Elizabeth Geer, Senior Director of Advertising & Merchandising for Denny’s Corporation…and recommend you do too.