Yet another barista has been called out for writing a racist name on the order of a customer.
This time an employee at a Starbucks inside a Target store in Midway near Minneapolis scribbled “Isis” on the cup of a Muslim customer, the Sahan Journal reported.
The woman reported the incident to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“The employee claimed that she had not heard her name correctly,” CAIR-MN stated in the press release. “Later, a supervisor told the Muslim customer that ‘mistakes’ sometimes happen with customers’ names, suggesting that this is not the first incident in which a customer felt targeted or harassed by a Target employee’s conduct when receiving their coffee order.”
A news conference has been scheduled today to more fully discuss the incident.
Last year, a Starbucks employee at a store in Philadelphia did the same thing, according to USA Today.
“The customer approached and provided the name ‘Aziz,'” a Starbucks spokesman said. “The barista mistakenly spelled it incorrectly.” He called the incident a “regrettable mistake.”
AsAmNews has Asian America in its heart. We’re an all-volunteer effort of dedicated staff and interns. Check out our new Instagram account. Go to our Twitter feed and Facebook page for more content. Please consider interning, joining our staff, or submitting a story.
