June 15, 2006
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Boycott.
From the MRF Friends Mailing List:
Tonight at the
Dubliner there was an incident, which caused us to decide not to
return. Our good friend Howard Harrison was not allowed to order
a drink because he is blind. For those of you who don’t know,
Howard is well over the drinking age and lost his sight a couple years
back. When people found out that the owner refused to serve him,
friends of Howard went up to talk to the owner on Howard’s
behalf. The explanation was that Howard was refused “for his own
safety”. Keep in mind that this was the first drink he ordered
that night.We found this to be utterly innapropriate and discriminatory. We
decided we could no longer continue at The Dubliner. We announced
from the stage that this was to be our final show. Our next song
was cut off by management and we were refused our pay.We will inform the ListServe of when and where our next gigs will be as
soon as we have them scheduled.No one discriminates
against Howie and sees another dime from me. Unless there are
further developments, I will no longer be going to the Dubliner.
Comments (5)
Well, that’s totally stupid that he was refused a drink because he’s blind, he’s the last person in the place who would drink and drive at least! I would boycott, but since I’ve never been there in my life I don’t think it would have much of an impact.
But I will pass this on to others.
Melissa
Way to stand up. Good for you.
And to think, I just passed by that place a day or so ago and thought about asking ye guys if ye wanted to go there. Fook that idear.
Got it, just as an FYI I have been boycotting Bakers’ Square due to a simular issue. They discriminated against someone who used a wheelchair to get around because of being an amputee. They treated us poorly and then proceeded to compound the problem with bad food to get rid of us. We complained but it went no where and so now I let everyone know to boycott the place.
Jo
Oh Man. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll be sure to let Joy know.