My 3 daughters (13, 19, 21) and I planned a suprise mother's day brunch at what we heard was a really nice resteraunt called The Fort in Morrison Colorado. Our reservation was at 1:30 but we arrived early at about 1:00 and let them know that we had arrived. About 40 minutes later we aksed about a table and they said it would be 5 more minutes. We were finally seated, and proceeded to the buffet line. Once we sat down we decided to take some pictures of the family at the table. In one of the pictures we noticed a noose right above my wifes head. When we aksed the waiter why the noose was there, he replied that "This is the table where we sit our customers who dont tip very well." Feeling offended immediately, my wife replied "Unfortunately, we always tip well". The waiter proceeded to walk away. We also noticed sinckers and giggles coming from the other wait staff near our table.

My wife and I are African American. Contrary to the popular stereotype, my wife and I always tip very well.
This made us feel very uncomfortable and utterly humiliated in front of the other customers and staff. Although our day was completely runined we tried not to let these circumstances steal our joy and remained calm.