Posted on 01/03/2017 6:02:07 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A 37-year-old Washington man is accusing his local Spokane Starbucks of ageism after they reportedly banned him for hitting on a 16-year-old barista.
According to KREM, Lucas Werner was banned from Starbucks after he gave an underage barista a note asking her out for dinner. In a Facebook post on one of Werner’s two accounts on Dec. 20, Werner claims he left a note reading, “Blonde with the red lipstick who thinks I’m funny, Are you hitting on me? I can only presume.”
After leaving the note, Werner said he then went to the library to “work” (which he placed in quotation marks).
On Dec. 22, Werner posted that when he returned to Starbucks, “a Spokane Police Officer said the note was creepy, which it wasn't, and asked me to not return because I was being banned. We already know this is because the barista was young and legal aged and I'm 37.”
“I did not ask her to have sex with me. I asked if she would like to have dinner sometime. Perfectly normal adult behavior. I figure, if she was 16 and flirtatious it would still be legal to ask her to dinner,” Werner continued, before instructing people to complain to Starbucks on his behalf.
KREM reports Werner also referenced his website dedicated to “age gap love” when defending himself.
Werner does, in fact, have an entire website dedicated to why men should date young women (specifically those born in the 1990s).
Werner, who calls himself a “scientist without a degree in science,” defends his preference for younger women by saying having children with men over 35 will give the children “stronger DNA.”
Throughout his Facebook pages, Werner accuses people who don't accept his “age gap love” theory of being “hateful” and “ageist and against truth like Republicans.”
He has said he wants to date young women because they’re “very liberal and intelligent” and “not racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.”
A Starbucks spokesperson defended the Spokane location’s decision to ban Werner, stating, “We have no tolerance for any such inappropriate behavior or harassment, and we will continue to support our store partners and local authorities investigating the situation.”
Spokane police defended the decision to ban Werner, claiming businesses have a right to refuse service for any reason.
Uh-huh. Somehow, I'm sure she'll get over it. :-)
I had a man ask my (then) 16 year old daughter out at a bookstore. She said “No” and he continued to harass her. I was in the next aisle and came around. Even my wife and kids consider me “scary looking” ...so I ended it real fast. Unfortunately, she’s had this happen multiple times. There are some real creeps out there.
I dated a 16-year-old girl when I was 19. But of course, I wasn’t 22.
22 years on my wife of almost ten years. It happens, and so did our 8 year old boy. One of those things, she was 27, I was like 104 at the time.
I had a female co-worker who left in 2004, who, for some reason, would seem to attract the El Creepos in such places as the DC Metro. I don’t know what it was, I didn’t even find her that attractive, but some weirdos obviously did.
She wasn’t sixteen
Disclaimer, never patronize the places, only had the swill once at 0300 in the Atlanta airport waiting for a connection flight.
Geebus, he’s got that “Heeeeerrre’s Johnny!” look to him, hasn’t he?!?
Was congress in session?
“Spokane police defended the decision to ban Werner, claiming businesses have a right to refuse service for any reason.”
Unless the customers are lgbtq....
He identifies as a scientist.
It seems to me that this man is a porn addict.
starbucks success is predicated on customers getting to know baristas . my barista daughter had a fan base of many some who returned two and three times a day.
nothing inappropriate, just lonely people looking for kind words in pseudo relationships
If a 16 year old girl offered to “do anything at all for $50”, I’d tell her to paint my house.
“Age gap love enthusiast” LOL. Sounds so much nicer than child molester. I expect to be hearing more from the AGLE’s.
I am wayyyy older than this guy and 18-30 yo women always think I am funny, sometimes not the way I prefer.
BTW, what is the legal age of consent in WA?
I did read the article and that does not change my assertion. If fact, the article is why I made the assertion. It is these reactions that has made it impossible for anyone to flirt with anyone anymore.
And she wasn’t sixteen when you started dating
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.