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Server refuses to serve customer who insulted Down syndrome child
A Houston, Texas waiter is being hailed as a hero after he refused to serve a customer who made a rude comment about a child in the restaurant.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/358...ts-no-service-
Michael Garcia is a waiter at Laurenzo's Restaurant.
He said his regular customers are like family, especially 5-year-old Milo Castillo and his parents.
"Normally when they arrive, I pick him up at the door and carry him to the table," Garcia said.
Milo was born with Down syndrome.
On Wednesday, Garcia said another diner moved him family away from Milo's table and made a comment about the boy.
"I heard the man say, 'Special needs children need to be special somewhere else," Garcia said.
Garcia said he then confronted the customer.
"My personal feelings took over and I told him, 'I'm not going to be able to serve you, sir,'" Garcia said. "He said, 'If you're not going to be able to serve us, then we'll leave.' Then I told him, 'How could you say that? How could you say that about a beautiful 5-year-old angel?'"
The man and his family left. Milo's parents said they didn't know about what happened until another waiter told them about it.
"I was really impressed that Michael would stand up for Milo," said Kim Castillo. "He really doesn't know us ... he stood up for Milo just because it was the right thing to do."
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Cliffs: Waiter refuses to serve family who says "Special needs children need to be special somewhere else" when Downs boy is sitting close to them.
Your thoughts?
I say good on the server
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/358...ts-no-service-
Michael Garcia is a waiter at Laurenzo's Restaurant.
He said his regular customers are like family, especially 5-year-old Milo Castillo and his parents.
"Normally when they arrive, I pick him up at the door and carry him to the table," Garcia said.
Milo was born with Down syndrome.
On Wednesday, Garcia said another diner moved him family away from Milo's table and made a comment about the boy.
"I heard the man say, 'Special needs children need to be special somewhere else," Garcia said.
Garcia said he then confronted the customer.
"My personal feelings took over and I told him, 'I'm not going to be able to serve you, sir,'" Garcia said. "He said, 'If you're not going to be able to serve us, then we'll leave.' Then I told him, 'How could you say that? How could you say that about a beautiful 5-year-old angel?'"
The man and his family left. Milo's parents said they didn't know about what happened until another waiter told them about it.
"I was really impressed that Michael would stand up for Milo," said Kim Castillo. "He really doesn't know us ... he stood up for Milo just because it was the right thing to do."
Read more at KPRC.com.
KPRC
Cliffs: Waiter refuses to serve family who says "Special needs children need to be special somewhere else" when Downs boy is sitting close to them.
Your thoughts?
I say good on the server
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How offensive was the child? If you don't want to be confronted with somebody else's mongoloid facial features, that's too bad for you and feel free to keep your comments to yourself. But. If the kid is derping so loud you can't hear yourself think, that might be another matter.
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Nobody has the right to not be offended, even though everyone seems to forget that. The waiter usually has the right to refuse service if he chooses though. Personally I don't think saying special needs children need to be special somewhere else is that bad. Now if he had said "I'm not eating next to an effing retard." that would be offensive.
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From the little info provided, it seems the family are regulars and don't cause any problems on their visits. I'm going to say the new guy has a problem with anything "different". Sounds to me like the waiter did the right thing and in a reasonable manor (again, from the info that's provided).