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| quote: | Gay dogs not welcome, diner told
A RESTAURANT that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" has been ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.
Woodville North man Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at Grange restaurant Thai Spice in May last year after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a "gay dog", the tribunal heard this week.
A statement given by restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Anh Hoang Le said one of the waiters had understood Mr Jolly's partner Chris Lawrence "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".
"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the statement said.
Mr Jolly and Ms Lawrence were refused entry to the restaurant - which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign - even after providing staff with a guide dogs fact card.
At an Equal Opportunity Tribunal conciliation hearing on Friday, the restaurant agreed to provide Mr Jolly with a written apology and attend an Equal Opportunity education course, in addition to paying him $1500.
Mr Jolly said while he was happy with the result, the embarrassing incident had dampened his enthusiasm for eating out at restaurants. "It gives you some comfort that Equal Opportunity is there," he said.
"But I always have that fear now, when I go out.
"I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal."
Thai Spice refused to speak to the Sunday Mail when contacted for comment during the week.
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/gay-d...u-1225857841237
ok, besides from the fat the restauranteurs mistook "guide" for "gay", and had a problem about a gay dog, there is this piece of gold
| quote: | | ....the restaurant agreed to provide Mr Jolly with a written apology and attend an Equal Opportunity education course, in addition to paying him $1500. |
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| Lews |
| Oh my ing god :stongue: |
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| Theresa |
Ok wait a minute.
If someone was telling me that they wanted to bring their pet into my restaurant, and the reason they should be allowed (the way I understood it), was because the dog was gay, I would tell them no too.
You can't just bring any mangey mutt into a place where people eat food. If they honestly didn't realize that it was a guide dog and that the guy was blind (how you can't tell... I dunno), then they have every right to deny animals.
It wouldn't have anything to do with whether the dog was "gay" or "straight", but that it's a dog not welcome in a public place unless it is a professionally trained animal.
Perhaps they they thought the guy was messing with them?
I would presume if he actually got into trouble for it however, that he was basing his decision solely off of the assumed orientation of the dog, and not the simple fact that it was a dog.
Either way, this story is silly. |
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| idoru |
| It was a guide dog. The staff, whose native language isn't English, thought that he said "gay". He provided them a pamphlet on guide dogs, which would clearly specify that it was a guide dog in it. He was still denied, even though the establishment had a placard welcoming guide dogs. |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
It was a guide dog. The staff, whose native language isn't English, thought that he said "gay". He provided them a pamphlet on guide dogs, which would clearly specify that it was a guide dog in it. He was still denied, even though the establishment had a placard welcoming guide dogs. |
I read it too quickly and apparently misinterpreted who gave the staff the guide dogs fact card. I presumed that the owner had given it to staff after posting up the sign saying that they were welcome. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Ok wait a minute.
If someone was telling me that they wanted to bring their pet into my restaurant, and the reason they should be allowed (the way I understood it), was because the dog was gay, I would tell them no too.
You can't just bring any mangey mutt into a place where people eat food. If they honestly didn't realize that it was a guide dog and that the guy was blind (how you can't tell... I dunno), then they have every right to deny animals.
It wouldn't have anything to do with whether the dog was "gay" or "straight", but that it's a dog not welcome in a public place unless it is a professionally trained animal.
Perhaps they they thought the guy was messing with them?
I would presume if he actually got into trouble for it however, that he was basing his decision solely off of the assumed orientation of the dog, and not the simple fact that it was a dog.
Either way, this story is silly. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| one can only imagine what they thought the harness was for. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
one can only imagine what they thought the harness was for. |
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| aquila |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
one can only imagine what they thought the harness was for. |
:stongue: brilliant! |
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