Starbucks FIRES Disabled Veteran For 50 Cent Discount
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Just because someone is great with the customers doesn't mean they won't steal from you.elaine said:
It's hard enough to find decent employees in the service industry. He was great and had you in and out fast. I liked him.
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mAlice
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vraiblonde said:
Giving a customer a discount isn't stealing, and based on RR's post it appears it would be given at the employees discretion. When I was in hospitality, discounts are were always given, whether they were to give a friend or family member a little break, or to appease a crappy customer, or just to say "sorry you had to wait".
I was there about an hour ago. The register chickie gave a guy a free cup of coffee because she was "sorry he had to wait so long".
I wonder if she will get fired.
nah....dont think so....if she's approached to be fired....she probably make an oral offer to the manager he cant or wont refuse.....
I wonder if she will get fired.
nah....dont think so....if she's approached to be fired....she probably make an oral offer to the manager he cant or wont refuse.....
I'd be curious if that's the real reason he got fired, then. Does anyone know him? Ask what happened, then let us know.
mAlice
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vraiblonde said:
I don't know him personally, but if I bump into him I'll ask him. I'd be willing to wager it was something personal. Either his "orientation", or a threat to the current management, could have even been jealousy or the fact that he's cuban. This guy runs circles around everyone else I've ever seen there, and does it with a great attitude. He seemed to like working there.
elaine said:
George, or "Jorge" as I call him when I am messing with him, is just the coolest. He does run circles around the others and does add character and flair to yet another corporate cattle prod. I think he's a fantastic dude with a good head and gets what being human means. He also can have an attitude and act like a b!tch in heat, which is also a part of his charm. Dog lover extraordinairre (sp?) even if they are cocker spaniels (JOKE)...
I have also seen others that don't get the flair for the dramatic, the "Birdcage" banter, the restaurant business mentality and therefore feel as though he rubs them the wrong way.
Chances are, the $.50 discount was just a bullsh!t way for corporate to cover being a pussy. I feel that Jorge would be the kind of assest most companies, even corporate, would look for, to set them apart.
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crabcake
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If he's only giving discounts to his "partner" because he is his "partner", it is ... I don't care if he's a legless, two-headed, gay former president.Charles said:
I also find it interesting that the thread starter knows about his "disabled vet" status. That's not the kind of thing that is struck up in normal conversation with a stranger/customer while you're making a cup of coffee for them (the 'vet' status, perhaps ... but not the disabled status ...) He didn't have visual disabilities that I noticed when I'd seen him in there, so the thread starter must've known him on a personal level ... perhaps he's the "partner"? :shrug:
We all seem to know a little about him as he is personable. No need to argue for the sake of arguing.crabcake said:
Lenny said:
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I also find it interesting that the thread starter knows about his "disabled vet" status. That's not the kind of thing that is struck up in normal conversation with a stranger/customer while you're making a cup of coffee for them (the 'vet' status, perhaps ... but not the disabled status ...) He didn't have visual disabilities that I noticed when I'd seen him in there, so the thread starter must've known him on a personal level ... perhaps he's the "partner"? :shrug:[/QUOTE]
Get a life! George will discuss his Military Retirement service with you and tell you he's disability retired. For what reasons? I don't know. I do know he retired shortly after the first Gulf War. For as far as I know he's missing a toe. Starbucks is VERY progressive when it comes to human rights and domestic partnership. Maybe you ought to scrutinize the two Good-Ol-Boys from Saint Mary's that fired him.
Get a life! George will discuss his Military Retirement service with you and tell you he's disability retired. For what reasons? I don't know. I do know he retired shortly after the first Gulf War. For as far as I know he's missing a toe. Starbucks is VERY progressive when it comes to human rights and domestic partnership. Maybe you ought to scrutinize the two Good-Ol-Boys from Saint Mary's that fired him.
