Posted on 11/30/2019 3:15:48 PM PST by simpson96
The Starbucks employee who gave an Oklahoma police officer cups of coffee with the word "PIG" printed on the label has been fired, the company said in a statement Friday.
The Kiefer police officer went to the Starbucks in Glenpool on Thanksgiving day to pick up five drinks, CNN affiliate KTUL reported. Kiefer Chief Johnny O'Mara told the news station a customer pointed out the label on the cups to the officer.
"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 a Facebook post, where he shared a picture of a cup with the "PIG" label on it.
The coffee company called the incident "absolutely unacceptable" and said it is "deeply sorry to the law enforcement officer who experienced this."
"The Starbucks partner who wrote this offensive word on a cup used poor judgement and is no longer a partner after this violation of company policy," the statement read. "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."
In a joint statement, Starbucks and Kiefer police said they're using the incident "as an opportunity to leverage our shared platforms to promote greater civility."
The company will meet with Kiefer police to discuss ways to work together, including by jointly hosting a Coffee with a Cop event at Starbucks for local law enforcement to meet with baristas and community members to discuss "the critical role dispatchers and police offers play in keeping our communities safe," the joint statement said.
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it was a shippy stupid thing to do but she’s working for minimum wage on Thanksgiving day.....the young will be young....
Bull-schiff! First, Star-lotsa-bucks usually pays more than minimum wage to their coffee pourers. Secondly, if she's working on a holiday, she's making at least time and a half, maybe double time for working.
And don't give me your "the young will be young" crap either. You sound like someone who has an out of control teenager or two at home.
Stupid is stupid, I don't give a schiff if you are making $10/hr or $500K per year.
I think a police chief has every right to post on their website:”We will no longer respond to crimes at Starbucks located at xxx Main street. Feel free to commit crimes there since they hate cops and we will not longer respond to calls for help.”
Except that this isn’t “news“ and the employee was not a public figure.
Yeah, well, he actually does not have that right, so…
Stories at that link give confusing results. When you get to that page it says the person was fired but the video just above it states it was suspended. Clicking on this other link from that site,
gives us;
“Starbucks suspends employee who sold coffee labeled ‘PIG’ to police officer”
Fired or suspended? Which one is it?
“what the hell is wrong with these parents that let these kids grow up with this kind of behavior!!!”
The kids learn the behavior from their parents 95% of the time.
“Yeah, well, he actually does not have that right, so…”
So, what’s your point? I think they should have the right.
No, they shouldn’t. They are public sector employees who need to do their job regardless of whether their feelings are hurt or not.
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