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A man who was reportedly responsible for unleashing a racist tirade against a cab driver after leaving a company party in Calgary is out of a job and at the centre of public shaming online.

Video footage from the taxi shows a front-seat passenger shouting racial slurs against driver Sardar Qayyum, implying the man behind the wheel is a terrorist who would retaliate by strapping a bomb to his chest.

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The abusive rant and the consequences now facing the passenger follow other cases of otherwise low-profile people who became notorious for using offensive language that ultimately cost them their jobs.

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The taxi passenger has been identified as an employee of Calgary-based Alcro Electric who had taken the cab after leaving a company party, paying for the ride with a company chit.

The passenger became agitated after he asked to stop for food on the way to his Airdrie home, but was told by his Checker Yellow Cabs driver that his chit was about to expire.