Texas Starbucks -Clant was furious about 'illegal' label written on liquor cover | Today news
A Spanish customer in Irving, Texas, demands action after a Starbucks barista wrote the word ‘illegal’ on her drink lid. Blanca Lopez ordered a horchata slats at a Starbucks in a target store on June 23. Her daughter noticed the unusual message on the clear lid. Lopez was shocked and insulted and interpreted it as a slurp suggesting that she is a sick, undocumented person who does not belong in the country. She questions why the barista wrote it, and says that CBS Texas hit the term near the house because of friends and family members who were deported because they were undocumented. “What do you call a sick eagle?” According to a photo of it, as reported by CBS Texas, the cup asked. “Illegally,” replied the mystery. The Spanish woman mentions a word scratched on cup offensive, demanding that Barista fired that Lopez reported the incident to the store manager, who promised a team meeting to prevent repetition. However, Lopez insisted that the unidentified barista be fired immediately, saying that she would take the action if he runs the team. The story received traction, which Dallas activist Carlos Quintanilla asked to organize a June 28 protest in the store to confront the barista. “It’s not just inappropriate, it’s disturbing,” Carlos quoted as CBS Texas. “Especially now, if the narrative thrown in mass media is if you are illegal, you are a criminal, and if you are a criminal, you are illegal.” Planned protest marches as an activist is looking for a ‘disturbing’ incident, but Quintanilla canceled the event an hour after the planned start when no other protesters arrived. He later entered the target alone, with livestock, but was asked to leave an employee to record the store. Quintanilla defended the undocumented community and not only the lid message “inappropriate, it is disturbing”, especially amid media stories connecting “illegal” status with delinquency. He announced the suspension of the protest “in forgiveness,” and a “protest in silence!” Instead. Quintanilla noted that both Starbucks and Target responded to claims for illustration on the offensive letter. Lopez expressed a deep personal offense and linked the word to painful experiences with deportations.