"Gay" dog refused entry to restaurant

flywallyfly

Just when I thought the world had reached the limit of ignorance.....

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/2 ... 52543.html

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry after staff misheard his female companion, and thought his "guide dog" was a "gay dog."

"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.

Jolly is now set to receive a written apology and $1,400 compensation.

However, Jolly said that the situation had made him embarrassed about going to restaurants.

"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," he told Australian press.

norm

flywallyfly wrote:

"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.

what the bloody fuck is a gay dog?

what kind of asshole even thinks this way?

and what if the dog was gay and a guide dog?


i'm moving to greenland

Cosmo

flywallyfly wrote:

Just when I thought the world had reached the limit of ignorance.....

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/2 ... 52543.html

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry after staff misheard his female companion, and thought his "guide dog" was a "gay dog."

"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.

Jolly is now set to receive a written apology and $1,400 compensation.

However, Jolly said that the situation had made him embarrassed about going to restaurants.

"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," he told Australian press.

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$1,400.00 sounds about right for the penalty of stupidity in public.

mikepegg44

flywallyfly wrote:

Just when I thought the world had reached the limit of ignorance.....

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/2 ... 52543.html

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry after staff misheard his female companion, and thought his "guide dog" was a "gay dog."

"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.

Jolly is now set to receive a written apology and $1,400 compensation.

However, Jolly said that the situation had made him embarrassed about going to restaurants.

"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," he told Australian press.

I would love to know how the $1400 was reached. How can anyone involved have that conversation and not laugh uncontrollably.

Cosmo

mikepegg44 wrote:

I would love to know how the $1400 was reached. How can anyone involved have that conversation and not laugh uncontrollably.

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Seriously... how fucking stupid were the Thai Spice staff? A guy wearing dark sunglasses (indoors) with a dog, a white cane walks into a Thai restaurant...

Lizard

norm wrote:

what the bloody fuck is a gay dog?

Well, it's like this. One dog gets up on...............ummm.
Nevermind.

flywallyfly

mikepegg44 wrote:

flywallyfly wrote:

Just when I thought the world had reached the limit of ignorance.....

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/2 ... 52543.html

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry after staff misheard his female companion, and thought his "guide dog" was a "gay dog."

"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.

Jolly is now set to receive a written apology and $1,400 compensation.

However, Jolly said that the situation had made him embarrassed about going to restaurants.

"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," he told Australian press.

I would love to know how the $1400 was reached. How can anyone involved have that conversation and not laugh uncontrollably.

LOL. The $1400 was probably the first figure thrown out there and they screamed " OK ! Where do we sign ??!!" just to get it over with.

Wobbie

Lizard wrote:

norm wrote:

what the bloody fuck is a gay dog?

Well, it's like this. One dog gets up on...............ummm.
Nevermind.

a cocker mix....a cocka......nevermind.

blackredyellow

This seems closer to being something on a south park episode than in real life...

I read the article about 5 times, and I'm not sure that I can fully comprehend that something like that actually happened lol.

norm

blackredyellow wrote:

This seems closer to being something on a south park episode than in real life...

i imagined big gay al walking into the restaurant and everyone breaks out in song!

flywallyfly

Found him:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/20486 ... aad2_o.jpg

He was listening to this album :

http://unclee.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/gay-dogs.jpg

norm

flywallyfly wrote:

Found him:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/20486 ... aad2_o.jpg

He was listening to this album :

http://unclee.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/gay-dogs.jpg

and he's gonna watch this movie

Jason P

I was really hoping that the blind guy's name was Stan.

dimitrispearljam

Lizard wrote:

norm wrote:

what the bloody fuck is a gay dog?

Well, it's like this. One dog gets up on...............ummm.
Nevermind.

danm,u left this in the middle!!! :geek:

Franny

blackredyellow wrote:

This seems closer to being something on a south park episode than in real life...

I read the article about 5 times, and I'm not sure that I can fully comprehend that something like that actually happened lol.

Don't worry the rest of the population of Australia doesn't comprehend what most South Australian residents do most of the time either. Seriously every person I've met from thier has been a tad bit ....well fucked up! (apologies to those who aren't ) I mean perfect example is the snowtown murderers! Say no more.

South of Seattle

flywallyfly wrote:

mikepegg44 wrote:

flywallyfly wrote:

Just when I thought the world had reached the limit of ignorance.....

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/2 ... 52543.html

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry after staff misheard his female companion, and thought his "guide dog" was a "gay dog."

"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.

Jolly is now set to receive a written apology and $1,400 compensation.

However, Jolly said that the situation had made him embarrassed about going to restaurants.

"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," he told Australian press.

I would love to know how the $1400 was reached. How can anyone involved have that conversation and not laugh uncontrollably.

LOL. The $1400 was probably the first figure thrown out there and they screamed " OK ! Where do we sign ??!!" just to get it over with.

If this happened in the U.S. he could have easily gotten 250k

We are the country of frivilous lawsuits

decides2dream

norm wrote:

flywallyfly wrote:

"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.

what the bloody fuck is a gay dog?

what kind of asshole even thinks this way?

and what if the dog was gay and a guide dog?


i'm moving to greenland

bizarre!


i do get it, as in...the restaurant won't allow all dogs inside - only service dogs, but cmon....could they not TELL that the dog was indeed a GUIDE dog? i mean, it's fairly clear when someone is blind. apparently the staff in the restaurant is as well. :roll: ridiculous.