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Definitely legitimate to request an official policy, but it's not like he was being ejected on religious or race though. Maybe the policy is so new they've yet
by DigitalSea 13y ago
Definitely legitimate to request an official policy, but it's not like he was being ejected on religious or race though. Maybe the policy is so new they've yet to print it out for patrons to read, especially more difficult if it requires printing out new menus on particular stock material.
It's like going over a friends house and they ask you to leave without an explanation. It's private property at the end of the day and as long as you're not literally picking someone up and throwing them out, there are no civil rights being violated here. The owner and management staff at the time reserve the right to eject patrons for whatever reason they seem fitting, obviously ejecting a patron means lost revenue, so they wouldn't just go ejecting people for no good reason.
I get it sucks for the patron kicked out, but lets be honest here, the situation is being blown way out of proportion. You're kicked out of a restaurant because you refuse to comply with the requests of the restaurant to remove your device from your head? How hard is it to remove your glasses? Would the person in question have responded the same if he was wearing a hat and was asked to remove it as well?
Calling for the employee who felt as though they were doing the right thing to be fired is just horrible and waters down the argument of the patron in question if you ask me.
It reminds me of the time I was at a restaurant and someone started an argument with 3 of the restaurant staff because they were charged for two bottles of sparkling water at $10 a pop. They claimed they weren't told of the cost even though the menu had the cost, they were yelling to the point the manager just said they would remove the water from the bill and leave it at that. Restaurant staff have to put up with a lot of crap for a minimum wage. The patron involved needs to have some compassion, especially if the employee was only just briefed on the new policy themselves.
I swear some people deliberately try and test the boundaries in these situations. The patron in question acted very decently, but should have just removed the glasses and there wouldn't have been a problem.
- jfim 13y agoTrue, if there was an unambiguous sign on the window "No Google Glass," I doubt any of this would've happened. However, with regards to the religion or race part, it's very likely that someone ejecting on this basis will pick some other arbitrary reason rather than saying "we don't serve x people here." I agree with you that it's likely that neither party was completely clean, especially considering the guy knew the policy at a different but related establishment.