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Minhee Cho

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The Resume

    Resides in New York
    Communcations manager at ProPublica
    Graduate of Syracuse University (2010)
    Target of a racial slur after a (New York) Papa John's employee identified her as 'Lady Chinky Eyes' on her receipt (January 6, 2012)
    Responded on her Twitter account with the tweet: 'Hey PapaJohn's, FYI: my name isn't Lady Chinky Eyes'

Why she might be annoying:

    Her Twitter username: Mintymin.
    She professes that she did not intend for the picture and the incident to receive the amount of press it did.
    She was accused by the store's manager for putting up the pic just to get attention and creating a huge inconvenience.
    Her Twitter photo created a huge public relations nightmare for the entire Papa John's franchise.
    Papa John's corporation had to apologize profusely through its Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She handled the slur with sassiness and never painted herself as a traumatized victim.
    At only 24 years old, she was already a communications manager for an investigative journalism corporation.
    Her Twitter pic received 200,000 views and almost 15,000 shares in three days.
    The Papa John's headquarters announced that the 16-year old employee had been fired and the corporation will implement sensitivity training for their employees.
    As of January 9, 2012, Papa John's reported that they made attempts to reach her personally to formally apologize.
    In the days following the incident, that Papa John's location received many prank calls from people ordering Chinese food.
    She is a Syracuse University graduate.

Credit: battyx3


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 125 Votes: 26.40% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 114 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 120 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 77 Votes: 49.35% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 63 Votes: 50.79% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 224 Votes: 66.96% Annoying