Posted on 02/10/2014 10:18:04 AM PST by servo1969
Still adjusting to his life as an amputee, doctors discovered Mr Baer had bone cancer after a non-combat related injury in Iraq in 2009.
His left leg had to be amputated from the knee down and was given a physical service dog, Beanz, through a national organization called Canine Companions for Independence.
However, as soon as he walked through the door of the coffee chain, the trouble started.
A Starbucks employee approached him as he entered with Beanz, his service dog. 'You can't have dogs in here,' the worker yelled at him.
It was in your face, loud and bold. I got really nervous. I was shaking because I was being confronted,' he said in a posting on Facebook.
Mr Baer explained that Beanz was a service dog. The employee countered, 'you're not blind!' to which he replied 'I know and she isn't a seeing eye dog, she's a physical service dog.'
Beanz had her bright blue service vest and working collar on at the time of the encounter.
'Well what does the dog do?' the staffer demanded to know.
Upon explaining the ways in which his dog performed tasks for him, the war veteran was not prepared for the employees response: 'Why can't you do that yourself?' he was asked.
Mr Baer says he was humiliated and embarrassed in front of a crowd of spectators.
Eventually, he spoke with another employee and got his point across. The employee who stopped him at the door later apologized for what happened.
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Not to mention at a more reasonable price. Can't wait until it hits the Bay Area, so I can save shipping costs on getting my supply.
If the Left hadn’t long ago perfected the art of phony outrage, I’d agree entirely with you.
If the veteran can take Starbucks and the employee to the cleaners, I say go for it.
Agree. Any confirmation that the Starbuck’s ‘greeter’ was in fact Muslim?
Please do. I do the same thing.
Don’t know who the “greeter” was.
It’s so easy to boycott a coffee chain with lousy overpriced coffee that expects you to speak coffee-language when you place an order.
What you said, in Spades, except I learned how to speak "coffee-language" from Juan Valdez, and the difference between "rat coffee" and conscientiously-brewed coffee from my mother. What a difference a clean coffee apparatus makes.
Same here. Starbucks is way overpriced and great to skip, even at an airport where alternatives can be scarce.
The reward for having an opposable thumb.
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