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FROM NEWS19: A gay couple looking to rent a hotel room say they were turned away because of their sexuality.
"She wasn't discreet about it," said Jason Pickel, referring to a hotel employee. "She was not apologetic. She just said, 'We do not rent to gay people.'"
I think that in addition to being mad that such discrimination constantly rears its head, I also have a problem with the economical side of things. It is so typical in any service industry, hire the insensitive barely educated person as your front line, making this kind of an impression on potential customers, because it is so much cheaper then hiring a hospitality industry professional. This is not about just about discrimination, at least from the side of the hotel itself, just from the bigoted receptionist, masking her prejudice under the: "It's corporate policy." banner. It's also about being smart in business and profiting from it. If that includes doing a bit of screening of your future personnel attitude-wise go for it, it is better to pay more to a better employee, then to pay lawsuit damages.
.All the nice greedy business was doing is trying to make sure that two people don't get charged only for one. So what is the official stance? They are trying to 'stop two single people from being in the same bed.' Because only bad people do that, oh and those darn cheapskates! The fact that if one want to rent a single room for two people? Charge them per person per room or for an extra bed in the room. If they are a couple, make it a corporate policy to charge couples for a double room, not a single one. Bank accounts do not care about your gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour or martial status, they just like to increase in size.
Personally, they should change just sue the hotel association, they'll be making a point where it counts: the shareholders' pockets.
I feel there should be a Dilbert cartoon about this, or at least a post in the Dilbert blog.
"She wasn't discreet about it," said Jason Pickel, referring to a hotel employee. "She was not apologetic. She just said, 'We do not rent to gay people.'"
I think that in addition to being mad that such discrimination constantly rears its head, I also have a problem with the economical side of things. It is so typical in any service industry, hire the insensitive barely educated person as your front line, making this kind of an impression on potential customers, because it is so much cheaper then hiring a hospitality industry professional. This is not about just about discrimination, at least from the side of the hotel itself, just from the bigoted receptionist, masking her prejudice under the: "It's corporate policy." banner. It's also about being smart in business and profiting from it. If that includes doing a bit of screening of your future personnel attitude-wise go for it, it is better to pay more to a better employee, then to pay lawsuit damages.
.All the nice greedy business was doing is trying to make sure that two people don't get charged only for one. So what is the official stance? They are trying to 'stop two single people from being in the same bed.' Because only bad people do that, oh and those darn cheapskates! The fact that if one want to rent a single room for two people? Charge them per person per room or for an extra bed in the room. If they are a couple, make it a corporate policy to charge couples for a double room, not a single one. Bank accounts do not care about your gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour or martial status, they just like to increase in size.
Personally, they should change just sue the hotel association, they'll be making a point where it counts: the shareholders' pockets.
I feel there should be a Dilbert cartoon about this, or at least a post in the Dilbert blog.
