Mmm. Where Will This Den?

[Svejk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35521061

[murraymints]

lol...poor lady...

[Svejk]

Poor Starbucks. ;)

[murraymints]

nah..they deserve any strife that is thrown at them, very very far from poor !!..

[Svejk]

Expect their application forms will 'weed out' dyslexics in future.

[youngmafbog]

Hang on though, she took a job on she couldn't do, a job (measuring and recording temperature) that is very important to the public's health. Did she disclose her problem at the interview?

I wonder how many on here would be baying for Starbucks blood if food poisoning had occurred?

[murraymints]

discrimination on grounds of disability is illegal..

[agchristie]

Starbucks nede to wayk up and smlel teh cfoefe ;)

[Old_Geezer]

Legitimate discriminating regarding whether someone can or can not do a job should never be illegal, regardless of how the inability to do the job on offer is caused.

[mrblear]

@ murraymints

Would you be happy having your hair cut by a blind hairdresser? ;)

[Svejk]

^To be fair, I heard she did. ;-)

[mrblear]

Sorry, I didn't know that.

[murraymints]

mrblear sight would be a genuine occupational requirement...lol

[naomi24]

I don’t understand this judgement. The law demands that restaurant fridges and freezers be maintained at specific temperatures. Starbucks was accused of failing to make reasonable adjustments for this woman’s disability, but I’m at a loss to think of what adjustments they could have made when her disability renders her incapable of doing that specific job.

[bazwillrun]

an absolute nonsense...she obviously wasnt capable of doing the job as required....how did she complete the application form in the frist instance anyway...im guessing she got somebody else to do that for her, or at the least check it over...

So are Starbucks supposed to make allowances for her problem and get somebody else to check all the readings are correct....

[jno]

she was accused of falsifying documents, when she hadn't. Mistake by Starbucks.

[whiskeryron]

She was accused of falsifying documents. They were filled in incorrectly therefore they were not true. This lady should have made it clear to management that she suffered from dyslexia & maybe just maybe she would have been given other tasks that did not involve reading & writing. You really cannot blame Starbucks if they were not made aware of the situation.

[jno]

WR, she did and they were.

[Gladeian]

I want the job as a lifeguard at your swimming pool.
(PS I cant swim)

[mrblear]

And what about the one-armed piccolo player?

[TWR]

Why do some of you find it funny to co out with comments about the disabled?