Posted on 11/29/2019 9:42:03 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
KIEFER, Oklahoma - A police chief in Oklahoma said one of his officers picked up a coffee order from a local Starbucks on Thanksgiving with the word "PIG" printed on the label.
The Kiefer police officer went to the Starbucks to get coffee for dispatchers who were working on Thanksgiving with him when he encountered the label, Chief Johnny O'Mara said Thursday in a Facebook post. Starbucks has apologized to the officer and suspended a barista pending an investigation, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
O'Mara posted a picture of a cup with the "PIG" label on Facebook.
"What irks me is the absolute and total disrespect for a police officer who, instead of being home with family and enjoying a meal and a football game, is patrolling his little town," O'Mara wrote in his Facebook post.
Kiefer has a population of fewer than 1,700 people, according to Census figures. It is located southwest of Tulsa.
O'Mara wrote: "This cup of coffee for a 'pig' is just another little flag."
"It's another tiny symptom and a nearly indiscernible shout from a contemptuous, roaring and riotous segment of a misanthropic society that vilifies those who stand for what's right and glorifies the very people who would usher in the destruction of the social fabric," O'Mara wrote.
O'Mara couldn't be reached on Thursday.
The officer went to the Starbucks in Glenpool to pick up five drinks, CNN affiliate KTUL reported. O'Mara told KTUL a customer pointed out the label on the cups to the officer.
The station said the word was printed on all the cups.
O'Mara wrote he called the store and "was told they'd be happy to 'replace the coffee with a correct label,'" the Facebook post said.
"That's really gut wrenching, especially knowing that these cups were going to dispatchers," O'Mara told the station. "These people are there waiting for 911 calls to come in."
Jory Mendes, a Starbucks spokesman, said the incident "is absolutely unacceptable."
"We are deeply sorry to the law enforcement officer who experienced this. We have also apologized directly to him and we are working to connect with the police chief as well as to express our remorse," Mendes said, reading a statement over the phone.
"This language is offensive to all law enforcement and is not representative of the deep appreciation we have for police officers who work tirelessly to keep our communities safe," the statement said.
what, no McDonald's or Dunkin Donuts shops there??? better coffee
Keifer is a little faggot enclave South of Tulsa a ways. Not really but it sounds funny.
Thank you! I did a search. Sorry! Either way, this needs to be shared.
“It’s another tiny symptom and a nearly indiscernible shout from a contemptuous, roaring and riotous segment of a misanthropic society that vilifies those who stand for what’s right and glorifies the very people who would usher in the destruction of the social fabric,” O’Mara wrote.
That there is some pretty nice word smithing. Author-worthy. He should write columns.
PIG
Pride, Integrity, Guts.
I was impressed by that, too.
Pride integrity and guts. It makes you mad, but there are times that you can make headway in a small town with a little humor.
It’s hard to do, but you know the more creep was looking out from behind the counter waiting to see the reaction. It would be so fun to have zero negative reaction whatsoever and act like it’s completely normal. Smile and laugh. Have fun showing the cup around the room like you think it’s a good joke.
Don’t forget to lightheartedly show it to the manager and show them how funny the clerk is.
And just wait for the sweet day that clerk drivs through your speed trap
I wouldn’t drink it
I swam in a pond West of Glenpool towards Keifer when I was a kid. It was a little salty. It was actually an old blowout crater of a well from early in the century. There were two stores in Glenpool then, one was the post office. Earlier it was gunfire across the street between the stores but when I was growing up that had civilized to just bottle rockets.
Our pasture and pecan grove are now a subdivision, the house is gone.
Meh. Sounds “snowflakey” to me.
Agree completely!
Yep. It would be great if the police could find a way to get more than an apology and a firing out of this. Like have Starbucks put some of their largess behind the “Shop with a Cop” programs that help build bridges with cops instead of this garbage.
Yes. Take it and redefine it in a more appropriate direction.
PIG
Pride, Integrity, Guts.
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Police In Gear
If anyone has a front-row seat to the collapse of our civilization, it’s local law enforcement. I think his writing is intelligent. He’s obviously thought this through.
We sure do give words a lot of power these days. Trying to build and sustain an offense-free culture is the bigger danger to me.
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