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SeahorseCpt89 posted...

Don't companies have a right to refuse service?

With some caveats. Refusing service on the basis of a disability that can reasonably be accommodated generally doesn't fly, so there might be a case against Starbucks for discrimination there. That's a big "might," though, since there's a very easy case to be made that not being able to wear a mask endangers staff and other customers too much to justify giving her such a non-essential service, plus it doesn't sound like she has a particularly legitimate disability (not to gatekeep disabilities, but generally speaking, a doctor's note should come from somebody with "doctor" in their professional title).

SeahorseCpt89 posted...

This case won't go anywhere.

This, however, is definitely true, because she's not suing Starbucks as a whole. She's suing one barista for following corporate policy. He doesn't have the authority to undermine said policy if he feels it's discriminatory (she could potentially have grounds to sue if he were fired for trying to do so) nor is it his responsibility to make such judgement calls. She's just butthurt that the world likes him better than her and is lashing out by suing the person she blames for all of it.

ChaosAzeroth posted...

They did not, however, give him the money expecting it to go to her. If they wanted her to have money, they would have given her money. Simple.

In the extremely unlikely case that she actually wins this suit for "half of his gofundme earnings," I really hope everyone who donated rescinds their donation so that "half of it" becomes $0, then donates via a new gofundme so he still gets the money and she gets none of it. That would just be hilarious.

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