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店員の人種差別的な態度が問題になったスターバックス *1、今度は「吃音者」*2への差別ということで炎上。

David Moye “Starbucks Barista In Philadelphia Accused Of Mocking Stuttering Customer” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/starbucks-stutter-philly_us_5b3aafbae4b05127cceb73af

ペンシルヴェニア州フィラデルフィアでの出来事；

The customer, who is only giving his name as “Sam,” is a 28-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate student who said he recently ordered an iced coffee, according to Philly.com.
When he gave his name to the barista, he said, she made fun of him by saying, “OK, S-S-Sam.”
To make matters worse, when he got back to his office, he noticed the name on his cup read “SSSam.”
“It’s rare, as an adult, that that kind of disrespect happens,” Sam told the paper. “It happens, but it’s really rare to see it in print.”
Sam’s situation bothered his friend Tan Lekwijit, who posted a photo of the plastic cup on Facebook, first on Starbucks’ page and later on his own page after the company repeatedly deleted the complaint.

Michelle Lou “Starbucks Fires Employee Who Mocked Customer With Stutter” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/starbucks-fires-employee-who-mocked-customer-with-stutter_us_5b3e656fe4b05127ccf022c6

そのバリスタは解雇された；

On Tuesday, Starbucks commented on Lekwijit’s post again to say that the employee no longer works at Starbucks. A spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost that the employee was terminated.

俺も「吃音」なのだけど、もし自分がこういう目に遭ったら、自分でも笑ってしまうだろう。そして、調子に乗って、自分を模倣したバリスタを模倣するかも知れない。或いは、吃音文体で抗議文を書いているかも知れない。
それよりも頭に来るのは、吃音する者が言い淀んでいるのにつけ込んで、話に割り込む奴だけど、そういうのはその都度その都度その場でぶん殴るしかないだろう。
See also

南麻理江「スタバ、吃音の男性を差別した店員を解雇。「本当にバカにした態度です」友人が投稿していた」https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2018/07/06/starbucks-fired_a_23475903/

*1:See http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20180416/1523841827 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20180418/1524062685 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20180518/1526639105