Starbucks sued for refusing to Serve the Deaf

JClarke said:
How about Jiro's saying of the 'white gloves and whiz it on their faces?'


Viable is dead, who owns the copyright? :hmm:
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I guess it died with Viable
 
JClarke said:
How about Jiro's saying of the 'white gloves and whiz it on their faces?'


Viable is dead, who owns the copyright? :hmm:
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Viable was taken over by SnapVRS, then SnapVRS was replaced by Healrelay, Inc. Now, Purple takes over Healrelay, Inc.

So therefore, Viable is history. :roll:
 
Oddball said:
Viable was taken over by SnapVRS, then SnapVRS was replaced by Healrelay, Inc. Now, Purple takes over Healrelay, Inc.

So therefore, Viable is history. :roll:
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ah yes yes - I knew it was somebody bigger but I couldn't remember which one owned DPHH - Sorenson or Purple.
 
Deaf Starbucks Patrons Say They're Mocked

Some Starbucks workers in the city were so rude to deaf customers they mocked them and called the police to try to get them kicked out, a lawsuit says.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order from the court to stop discriminatory behavior for what's described as multiple occasions of abuse over the past year.

The suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan last week on behalf of 12 people, says one Starbucks Corp. employee laughed hysterically at a plaintiff's speech while others objected to a monthly meeting of a group of deaf people named Deaf Chat Coffee and called police.

Starbucks spokeswoman Jamie Riley said the Seattle-based company, which refers to its employees as partners, is investigating.

"Discrimination of any kind at Starbucks in unacceptable," she said. "We take these allegations very seriously and believe that they are neither in line with our values nor our track record of engaging the deaf community as partners and as customers."

The lawsuit said the police were summoned to a Starbucks store at Astor Place, in lower Manhattan, on March 7 after more than 10 people, some of whom bought coffee and pastries, gathered for the monthly meeting.

According to the lawsuit, those participating in the meeting were "shocked and frightened" when police responded to a report of a disturbance, a meeting being conducted without a permit and an allegation that most deaf people at the store weren't paying customers.

The police officers found no illegal conduct and apologized to the plaintiffs before reprimanding Starbucks employees for calling them, the lawsuit said. The plaintiffs had suffered humiliation, embarrassment and emotional pain and suffering as a result of the Starbucks employees' actions, it said.

Deaf NY Starbucks Patrons Sue, Say They're Mocked - ABC News
 
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Jiro said:
not anymore.

but in 1980's... yes.
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Then the Bronx. I went to the Bronx one year ago or so while I worked for ZVRS as an installer. I went there alone in the dark and made it in alive in one piece. The area was quiet.. I was very lucky.
 
Oddball said:
Then the Bronx. I went to the Bronx one year ago or so while I worked for ZVRS as an installer. I went there alone in the dark and made it in alive in one piece. The area was quiet.. I was very lucky.
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that was cuz I was in the area. Zimmerman style. :lol:
 
Lau2046 said:
Starbucks is over priced and their coffee always tastes burnt. Why anyone goes there amazes me...even McDonald sells better coffee.

Laura
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I have coffee at home. I drink Folgers coffee. Best coffee in the world.
Starbucks is over priced. Complaint sound horrible. No one should
treat deaf people like that. I'm so sorry that happened.

Kim
 
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