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In reply to the discussion: Family Kicked Out Of Golden Corral Restaurant Over Children's Skin Disorder [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)81. But the article doesn't say when Robinson made that assertion.
I bet Robinson doesn't exert such concern over his kitchen staff. Have you ever seen a patron refused service because they were ill?
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The Straight Story
Feb 2013
OP
Yes. I read that and understand that this is what the plaintiff alleges. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2013
#15
here's a link where you justify that women should pay more for health insurance than men
CreekDog
Feb 2013
#186
Does that include cutting out ovaries of moms who don't pay child support????
Manifestor_of_Light
Feb 2013
#289
I work with kids with all kinds of disabilities. I see your point and like you, I would ask the
Squinch
Feb 2013
#131
the report doesn't indicate whether or not that option or the option of the parents getting the food
grantcart
Feb 2013
#102
so now people who look like they may have a contagious disease need to carry papers?
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#82
I'd be much more inclined to listen to a doctor about a disorder that looks like a contagious diseas
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#50
you can't expect that poster to know anything about laws protecting the disabled can you?
CreekDog
Feb 2013
#164
My sister and niece have this genetic disease. They are in pain every day from it. No, it is not
Scruffy Rumbler
Feb 2013
#138
Yup, so much angels-on-heads-of-pins (for the hypothetical we were discussing).
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#245
If I handed you a gun and said, "It isn't loaded." and you point it at a bystander..
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#162
Even if I was comfortable comparing kids with disabilities to loaded weapons,
thucythucy
Feb 2013
#226
No, because it's not reasonable to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger, regardless..
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#273
I Googled what this looks like and have to say, for a manager of a buffet-style restaurant . . .
Journeyman
Feb 2013
#4
Exactly. people coughing, sneezing openly and doing whatever else are for more contagious than a
Javaman
Feb 2013
#278
If there were any chance of this sort of thing being a public health threat in a
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#95
Except for all the people who walk through the droplets in the air, get influenza and then
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#247
people often feel justified in their prejudices. does not mean they are justifiable.
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#92
I'm sure SOMEBODY must have been able to use Wikipedia on their smartphone. n/t
Ian David
Feb 2013
#51
And when other customers quietly walked out after seeing them -- just to be on the
pnwmom
Feb 2013
#56
I think so too, but I think a doctor's letter that the mother could take with her could solve that
Yo_Mama
Feb 2013
#65
fear of the unknown plain and simple. The problem with that is that it leads to prejudice and
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#88
There is no right and wrong here. Unfortunately the many over the few wins in this situation. The
Pisces
Feb 2013
#90
The manager is just suppose to take her word for it and not believe his lying eyes? You are faced
Pisces
Feb 2013
#139
I don't think that business considerations are the issue for anyone discussing the point here.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2013
#104
my husband is legally blind. You would not believe how many employees are not educated on ADA.
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#224
I don't think it is okay to make excuses for this Restaurant. The children suffering this condition
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#98
I think it's unreasonable for the family to expect every business manager to have knowledge...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#112
"the restaurant management does have the right to refuse to seat or serve anyone for any reason. "
KatyMan
Feb 2013
#111
See reply #112. Racial minorities are specifically protected groups under federal law.
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#114
Only to the extent that the restaurant manager could be reasonably expected to know that.
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#119
I'm open to the possibility that the manager may have feared that the child had Hansen's Disease...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#124
yes those of us who know someone with a disability get tired of seeing them discriminated against
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#229
yes, the manager was informed of the condition and kicked the kids out for other customers' comfort
CreekDog
Feb 2013
#270
I am with the manager - people lie - I had to touch someone and asked about their scabs
2Design
Feb 2013
#179
What the fuck is wrong with people? What do you want? Leper colonies to return?
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2013
#184
well that's a little stronger I would put it..but yes some of the attitudes here are fucking sick
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#211
maybe society itself has become so utterly depraved that siding with power and privilege
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#231
just knowing someone who is disabled doesn't mean you know what they are going through
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#243
how about just minding our own business and not worrying about what other people look like
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#261
I just can't take the disgusting posts on this thread anymore. this is going in the trash.
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#265