Disabled Vet Kicked Out of Department Store Due to Service Dog

Breitbart via WOAI ^ | Dec 15, 2007 | not specified

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Dillards ? we won’t be satisfied with just a apology, fire the manager who is responsible for this hate crime, and make it known publicly that you DO NOT hold his liberal political views.

[Hot Tabasco]

video at link

Where?

[AliVeritas]

I wished I lived near a Dillard’s, I would protest until they took me away... people should know how they treated this vet.

[AliVeritas]

ping

[Hot Tabasco]

I still can’t figure out who militant employees think they are.

IMHO, I don't think its "Militant Employees" so much as it is just plain ignorance and lack of common sense on the part of stupid employees. To blame Dillard's or whomever is a stretch and at least the manager did call to apologize........

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Class Action law suite in the making

[9422WMR]

I do live near a dillards.
Here is what I plan to do:
Go there on a busy holiday shopping day,load a cart with everything it will hold. Lots of small expensive items, from numerous areas of the store. Pick the busiest register.
Delay the heck out of the cashier, asking/arguing about prices on each item. If when they finally get to the total price, I will inform them that I have changed my mind. Then I will walk out the door. Repeat as necessary or until I’m banned from the store...

[maine-iac7]

at least the manager did call to apologize........

LOL

? to cover his/her and Dillard's a*s after he/she was ordered to call by the higher up who know this will pinch their pocketbooks...

To me, that's a 'no apology apology" aka, an apology of convenience

[eyedigress]

This is a case of either a naive idiot or someone with an agenda. Maliciously disrupting business in a different store and causing inconvenience to other shoppers will make you the villain.

[maine-iac7]

LoL

That is exactly what I did 2 years ago after going to a WalMart and realizing there was no Christmas music or any other recognition of Christmas - and after talking with the manager who said they didn’t want to “offend” anyone - I did what you proposed = leaving them with “I am offended that I should be expected to spend my Christmas money in a store that feels “Christmas” is offensive...

I guess I wasn't the only one who let the mighty WalMart know this was unacceptable - they now 'allow' Christmas and even the Salvation Army red kettles out front

All that is needed to reverse most offensive trends is for us to speak up loudly, often and clearly - or we have not right to complain

[Hot Tabasco]

To me, that's a 'no apology apology" aka, an apology of convenience

And you, being THE manager of the store after hearing about the incident from secondhand sources, aka the media, would have done what? And since all you have to rely on is what you have read in the posted article, what other action may have been taken by that manager that wasn't reported?

Or do you have all inclusive information that you would like to provide the rest of us FReepers that proves that Dillard's is nothing more than a military hating, Chinese goods importing, societal leech?

[Maelstorm]

I used the word ‘militant’ to describe their action not their beliefs. I would agree it is ‘stupid’ or ‘immature’ employees with little experience handling the authority they have. The worst thing is you have some who are adults who don’t understand that administration does not mean blind enforcement of rules. If that was all that was required then why pay anyone to do it. Hook up a computer, program the rules and let it make the decisions. It would be cheaper.

[CARTOUCHE]

RDTF,
I had planned on making a Christmas gift purchase this week at our northside KC Dillards. I wont. I wrote them a polite but nastygram this afternoon thru their website Dillards.com (contact us). Let’s see if they give an adequate response. One can only hope they’ve learned a hard lesson.

[maine-iac7]

OH - and BTW - we should all send this brave soldier - and his dog! - a Christmas card...

Send them to

Alex Gonzalez, Vet & His Dog

in care of:

DILLARDS

Northeast Mall

1101 Melbourne Road

Hurst, TX 76053

(Phone: 817-284-4566

Fax: 817-590-3909)

..

That would send a BIG message.

[Jane Austen]

Cruel.

[CARTOUCHE]

Rush is all seeing.

[Verloona Ti]

My SIL was refused service at a hotel in MO in 2004 when vacationing...She’s blind, and used a golden retriever guide dog. It amazes me the ignorance of the law that’s still out there.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Rush is the all seeing and all knowing Maha Rushie

[Eagle Eye]

Why don’t you take your ire out on the store manager that did this instead of wasting time and effort of people that had nothing to do with it?

Do you think that if one freeper screwed up it should be open season on all freepers?

[maine-iac7]

you would like to provide the rest of us FReepers that proves that Dillard's is nothing more than a military hating, Chinese goods importing, societal leech?

Golly gee, I just was thinking they were dumb - and I wasn't speaking for all Freepers, as you apparently have license to do.

talk about exptapolating out of thin air

_{someone needs a chill pill}