you're discriminating!

[Librarian]

BG: local library, we sell coffee. People pour their own cup, then pay at the desk 2 meters away from the coffeestand where we also help people with other things. Milk and sugar is kept in the personnel kitchen (avoiding theft, but also to keep the milk cool) - sometimes there are sugar cubes next to the coffee can, but mostly not. My coworker suffers from diabetes but wasn't at work when this happens.

OBC: Out of the blue customer
me:
RC: regular customer: cool lady who often comes for a coffee while she reads our magazines

OBC: you're being discriminatory!
ME: (no idea yet what this is about, she's at the desk just telling me this...) Excuse me?
OBC: i can't have sugar!
ME: *still clueless she's talking about our coffee*: What seems to be the problem?
OBC: You should offer sweeteners with the coffee! there's only sugar there, not even milk! you're discriminating against diabetic people!
ME:*brain burp over!* Oh! i can get some for you, just hold on :-)
RC: (standing at coffee stand 2m away): could you bring the milk too please, you don't have to go two trips. *turning to OBC* they're always so sweet here, you can always askthem to bring something.
OBC: it's still discriminating! they should be there along the sugar!
RC: the sugar was there since it's a leftover from me yesterday (there were maybe 2 packaged lumps there)
ME: normally the sugar is kept in the back too, i'll just go get you that sweetener. *off i go, apparently she ranted against another CW too about it while paying her coffee*

OBC and RC drank their coffees as far away as possible :P
I hadn't even seen OBC before today in the library, not even sure she's in our client database. i'm suspecting she only came since it's starting to get known you can drink coffee here for half of the price of any cafe while you read a paper/magazine. i'm actually surprised she didn't demand a cookie with it like you get while in a cafe...

[Sapphire Silk]

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[MoonCat]

I weep at the stupidity, honestly. Just because you don't see something that you want, it's "discriminatory." Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Cheese... if that person really is "diabetic" then they should know that milk has sugar in it too. Freak. Although, the other person was nice.

[Mr Hero]

Silly me. And here I thought that if you don't see an item you need, you politely ask for it.

[bainsidhe]

Heaven forbid you tell her it's a theft-prevention measure. She'll then claim you're accusing her of being a thief.

[Brojekk]

Heaven forbid you tell her it's a theft-prevention measure. She'll then claim you're accusing her of being a thief.

Oh but you can't say the T word (thief) or the S word (stealing) Those words are big no-nos in retail.

[telecom_goddess]

Now I"m diabetic and if I don't see an obvious non sugar solution to what I want then I ask for it. Like the coffee place in the lobby of the building where I work. I asked them one day if it was possible to get a vanilla latte but in a sugar free and fat free version....they said yes, I ordered it and was happy to be able to have a coffee I wanted, and it even tasted the same as the regular version. I didn't go screaming they were discriminating against anyone.

It's not that hard. Most places can accomodate diabetics these days.

[Sapphire Silk]

Make too big of a stink, and maybe the library stops selling to everyone.

Not having something, like an artificial sweetner, is not by itself discrimination.

People need to learn what discrimination really is.

[hinakiba777]

It's nice that your RC was there to explain to the lady how awesome you guys are.

Though this reminds me of a time where I got brunch with a friend. We went to this awesome Breakfast Chain to get pancakes. (It's not an addiction, I can get the flapjacks off my back any time I want to. Don't hassle me. :P ) Anyway, on the menu they don't have milk listed, which I thought was kind of odd. So decide to wait until the waitress comes to take my order.

Me= Can I get the macademia nut pancakes with maple syrup, and... do you serve milk here?
Waitress= Yup.
Me= Do you serve chocolate milk here, please?
Waitress= Sure thing, hun.
Me= Great, a large chocolate milk with that. Thank you!
Friend= You don't say you have milk on your menu.
Waitress= yeah we...
Friend= You should have everything listed on your menu that you have. We can't all just guess what you are {cue very long rant, and very embarrased Hina} Anyway, I'll have the fruit place, thank you.

For the rest of the meal, my friend was totally sweet and gave the waitress a great tip, but still...

[dalesys]

(It's not an addiction, I can get the flapjacks off my back any time I want to. Don't hassle me. :P )

Don't waffle, Hina, your habit is already crepe'ing us out.

[Jester]

Ya know, lots of hotels offer free coffee in their lobby. Usually decaf, too. Sometimes even tea. And a lot of restaurants offer early bird breakfast specials that include a cup of coffee.

I don't drink coffee. I don't drink tea.

Does that mean these places are discriminating against me and other non-coffee drinkers? Well, technically yes, but seriously? Get over it.

You know what I do when I see this shit? I don't drink the coffee, I don't bitch and moan, I don't cry "discrimination." I order my shit, I order what I want to drink, and I move the fuck on.

You want discrimination lady? Talk to the blacks that were kept as slaves in this country, and after they were freed still had to deal with institutionalized discrimination against them simply because they were black. Or talk to Jews, like, say, the six million of them that were tortured and executed in the Nazi concentration camps, simply because they were Jewish. Or talk to Asians in non-Asian countries, Muslims in America and the U.K., any minority in any country, or perhaps even American women who have the audacity to want equal work for equal pay.

That's discrimination. Not having artificial sweeteners out where you can see them...is NOT. So take your ridiculous accusations of discrimination and shove them up your ass, you fucking toad. People like you have no fucking clue what discrimination is. Next time try thinking before you open that fucking pie hole you call a mouth, you lowly piece of shit.

Discrimination. My fucking ass.

[NateTheChops]

A lot of libraries are doing that coffee thing it seems. There's one in Vermont that sells candy and stuff too. I guess they figure if people are going to bring the stuff in anyhow they may as well sell it.

Welcome to the boards.

[Librarian]

Heaven forbid you tell her it's a theft-prevention measure. She'll then claim you're accusing her of being a thief.

aye, good thing i kept that one silent :P if someone asks we usually say we like to keep milk and sugar together and the milk's in the fridge

[Sapphire Silk]

A lot of libraries are doing that coffee thing it seems. There's one in Vermont that sells candy and stuff too. I guess they figure if people are going to bring the stuff in anyhow they may as well sell it.

Also, it's helping libraries compete with bookstores. They get more patrons now that the quiet rules have been relaxed, and there are places where people can enjoy a drink and their daily newspaper or book.