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In reply to the discussion: Black man blocked from entering NJ gym where hes a paid member and even the cops are confused [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I can't help it.
For one thing...I never said, as you say, "I think it was a setup." Read my post again.
Your experience at other locations is irrelevant. THIS one is the only location that matters.
I have been asked to leave a business before. I left, so wasn't arrested. Was I being discriminated against? What say you?
My brother has been told to leave several businesses, and told to never come back. Was he being discriminated against?
All this happened because two guys refused to buy a cup of coffee for hte privilege of sitting there. I would have paid for the privilege of sitting there (and have). Then when the mgr told me to leave, if I wasn't going to buy something, I would have left, or bought something.
I'm just saying...none of this would have happened, if they had bought one cup of coffee. So in my mind, that means this wasn't discrimination, but seems more like an overzealous manager. Maybe she was exasperated because there have been a lot of people lately hanging out there for hours taking up seats and not buying anything. You don't know. I don't know.
But once it go to the point of hte mgr telling them they have to buy something to sit there and/or use their facilities, they should have, IMO. That would have been the right thing to do. Just buy a coffee, and respect that the business has bills to pay. It's not the library. It's a business.