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.
I prefer Panera Bread where they give you your cup and you can write anything on it you wish.
This is no accident! Over 30 years ago when NJ went to a 3 letter prefix on their license plates the programming was set up to exclude specific letter combos, like kkk, ass, plo, etc. It doesn’t take a PhD in comp science to exclude “pig” from Starschmucks’ payment system.
Fake or Real?
Black race hate crimes are notoriously fake.
That said, Cops are Cool!
That take the sh*t from society’s lowest.
Fake or Real?
That was real because it was printed, not written
What a truly dumb employee, there must be a way to screen dumba$$ employees.
My solution is order online, pick up in person.
Anonymity.
Like the hippies before them, this crop of idiots do not use the term pug in that context, ASSuming they have any idea that’s what it meant at one time.
Damnit, PIG!! #$%&=÷@@ auto correct!
The coffee should be chemically tested for saliva and DNA tested for a specific person.
Starbucks should pubically warn hirees, that drinks will be DNA tested and prison could result.
You may support them but they don’t support you.
Integrity. Lol. Right? Double lol!!
Guts, sure. Or if no gut then juicing.
I would have taken out a pen and wrote on the back of the cup, “show me your ID for a warrant check”, and silently held it up for the cashier to read... lol
So 2 and 14 Colon is picking up some extra money working at Starbucks.
Wow, if you can’t stand being called a “pig”... find another line of work, maybe a job that provides you a fricking “safe spacce”...jesh.
Example of why I can’t be a cop. I would have tazed the loser that wrote it... then cuffed em..... then tazed em again.
S’bag, I wouldn’t allow someone like you to call me a pig whether I was a cop or not.
If a business has an employee that expresses contempt for ANY paying customer, that business needs to act. Police are in the business of people doing bad behavior. Illegally bad. If you cannot trust the person that makes your food or drink...the owner needs to know. And cops need to know that you cannot trust that Starbucks.
Personal responsibility, sure. Do stupid things, get stupid prizes.
DK
Are you a cop?
Redefine...a good word. We were visiting son and family yesterday and like sometimes happens...he “farted”. I light heartedly said to him “ if you’re going to cut a swalwell, do it outside”.
That word is forever branded in the vernacular for this household. Next one might be taking a “biden”
“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”
Small town police chief has an excellent way with words.
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