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One-armed man sues Starbucks for not hiring him
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| Feb. 21, 2012
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Posted on 02/22/2012 2:15:30 PM PST by matt1234
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First a
dwarf, then a
one-legged woman, and now this. It seems the lawyers know who has the deep pockets.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:15:42 PM PST
by
matt1234
To: matt1234
This guy read the Americans With Disabilities Act. You have to show clearly that the man could not do the job, after you make “reasonable accommodations”.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:18:35 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: matt1234
I’ve heard it’s very hard for lawyers to find work nowadays.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:18:45 PM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: matt1234
At Papa John's Pizza at the PX, standing in line to order pizza behind a couple of smelly, sweaty GIs that had just finished a run, each with a missing lower leg.... I no longer consider loss of a lower limb a disability. A challange, sure, but not a disability.
I quit whining about ANYTHING after that experience.
/johnny
To: matt1234
Maybe he could be kept busy hanging wallpaper?
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:24:34 PM PST
by
myrabach
To: matt1234
Couldn’t this guy get a job at a casino?
To: matt1234
Next thing you know, they’ll want to pitch in MLB!
Oh...wait.
Nevermind.
(Go Angels!)
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:24:59 PM PST
by
CainConservative
(Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
To: matt1234
This is the man at Starbucks that didn't hire the One Armed Man. He said he had personal reasons for doing so.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:25:07 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: matt1234
I could have sworn the one-armed man fell to his death while being pursued by Richard Kimble. Who knew he survived and later sought work at Starbucks?
To: DBrow
And what constitutes “reasonable” a court will decide.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:27:06 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: matt1234
And wasn’t there a hitter in the 40’s with NO arms who batted around .260?
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:28:21 PM PST
by
CainConservative
(Santorum/Huck 2012 w/ Newt, Cain, Palin, Bach, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Petraeus in the Cabinet)
To: count-your-change
Common sense usually works. In this case, the man really thought he could serve up coffee since he previously held a job serving drinks. A huge clue to the starbucks interviewer.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:29:17 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: Lazlo in PA
In an update to the story, Harrison Ford refused comment.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:29:48 PM PST
by
jimmango
To: jimmango
I guess I’m old school. Whenever I think of the Fugitive, David Janssen is the first to come to mind.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:32:17 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: matt1234
Probably the guy who was doing the hiring should have been more careful with his questions. “How much experience do you have as a barista?” or something like that.
Or maybe he should have said the same thing when the police start questioning you. “Sorry, I can’t answer any more questions until my lawyer is present.”
Good grief.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:32:21 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Lazlo in PA
"Butterhook"
To: Tijeras_Slim
Couldnt this guy get a job at a casino? Where to put the coins. Decision, decisions...
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:34:34 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Santorum says he isn't a visionary. Sorry Rick, without a vision the people perish.)
To: matt1234
I'm not a big fan of so-called “anti-discrimination” laws; because, instead of addressing their original good intent, they usually end as “cash cows” for trial lawyers who use them to assert special rights for special groups. That said, if this is an accurate account, this incident appears to be exactly what these types of laws were intended to help prevent.
The man wants to work; has demonstrated he has the skill to do this type of job in the past and, yet, he was denied the opportunity to even demonstrate he could do the job.
For those who do not see the merit in this man's complaint: Would it be beneficial to the taxpayers that he stay home on welfare/disability???
To: matt1234
I once worked for a boss who had only one arm.
My co-workers had nicknamed me “The Fugitive” because
the one-armed man was ruining my life.
To: Cicero
Probably he shouldn’t have assumed that just because he needs two hands to do the job doesn’t mean it can’t be done one handed. I used to work the grill at McDs and if you asked me could the job be done one handed I’d say not a chance. Then I started going to the Desert Museum, they had a burger grill there and frequently the guy running it was the same one armed guy, I know why he got all those shifts too, he killed it. Probably the fastest most efficient grill guy I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
02/22/2012 2:42:52 PM PST
by
discostu
(I did it 35 minutes ago)
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