In May 2009, an Australian restaurant refused to allow a blind patron to enter with his working dog because a worker thought he overheard that the dog was 'Gay' -- Hello, what was that? Now that is dumb!
The Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, Australia, has now been ordered to give a written apology and $1400 compensation to Ian Jolly, 57, for its misconduct. "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.
That is one of the most unusual reasons I've ever read to prevent a disabled person access to a restaurant.
Thanks to The Huffington Post for this news item.
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