‘GAY DOG’ REFUSED ENTRY TO AUSTRALIAN RESTAURANT

[Woodee]

“An Australian restaurant that refused a blind man entry because a waiter thought his seeing-eye dog was ‘gay’ has been ordered to apologise and pay compensation.
Ian Jolly was told he could not take guide dog Nudge into Adelaide’s Thai Spice last May because a member of staff objected, The Sunday Mail reported.
The restaurant’s owners said a misunderstanding had arisen between Jolly’s female companion and a waiter who understood the woman ‘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 owners said in a statement to South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Tribunal.
The tribunal on Friday ordered the restaurant to pay Jolly 1,500 dollars (1,400 US) and offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability.
The restaurant, which displays a ‘guide dogs welcome’ sign, refused to comment to the newspaper and was unavailable to respond on Sunday.”
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[NeilPearson]

what the fuck :|

[DarrenM]

Does that mean in Thailand gay men get their balls cut off?

[doug99]

"offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability."


Ummm.....what is the point of a written apology to a BLIND PERSON?

[plastik8]

"offer him a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of disability."


Ummm.....what is the point of a written apology to a BLIND PERSON?

Hahaha I was thinking the same thing.

How stupid are the staff though!? Most/many pet dogs (and I'm guessing guide dogs) are desexed!

[Bauer]

well the blind person needs to speak english. She prolly had some toffee nosed accent and guide may well have sounded like gay to anyone. Next would be to educate staff so they know what the fuck a 'guide' dog is, Step 3 would be to make sure the underpaid counter staff can speak engrish too. Otherwise they kick her and her gay dog out the door and proceed to ROR