'People come for the selfies but won't pay $2 for pizza'

[Guno]

What kind of "people" make fun of the disabled ?



The pizzeria, which opened in the Cherry Creek district last December, became famous in July after she revealed that people were insulting the staff because of stigmas over disability.


Fixter told the BBC: "Since the day we opened we have had people stop and stare at us and we've heard them saying awful things like 'this is where the retards work'.

"It was made clear we're not wanted. It's been hard, though, as the staff want to know why people are so mean."

Fixter, a former special needs teacher, says the whole experience has been an education.

She deliberately set out to hire disabled people because she felt it was important to create a more inclusive society.



'People come for the selfies but won't pay $2 for pizza'

 

[Higgins86]

What kind of "people" make fun of the disabled ?



The pizzeria, which opened in the Cherry Creek district last December, became famous in July after she revealed that people were insulting the staff because of stigmas over disability.


Fixter told the BBC: "Since the day we opened we have had people stop and stare at us and we've heard them saying awful things like 'this is where the retards work'.

"It was made clear we're not wanted. It's been hard, though, as the staff want to know why people are so mean."

Fixter, a former special needs teacher, says the whole experience has been an education.

She deliberately set out to hire disabled people because she felt it was important to create a more inclusive society.



'People come for the selfies but won't pay $2 for pizza'

What kind of "people" make fun of the disabled ?


The President of the US for one.

 

[Court Jester]

Fixter, a former special needs teacher, says the whole experience has been an education.

She deliberately set out to hire disabled people because she felt it was important to create a more inclusive society.

That was very noble of her but what was her reason to open a business? To make money---hopefully enough to pay her expenses including a living for herself and her workers. Or was it to make a statement on inclusiveness? Not that both can't be achieved. I see inclusiveness as being a virtue, but if the business isn't providing a value and good service in the process then it won't succeed. Otherwise start a charity and try to educate people that way.

That being said, there is no place for making fun of people who are doing their best even despite their challenges.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

What kind of "people" make fun of the disabled ?



The pizzeria, which opened in the Cherry Creek district last December, became famous in July after she revealed that people were insulting the staff because of stigmas over disability.


Fixter told the BBC: "Since the day we opened we have had people stop and stare at us and we've heard them saying awful things like 'this is where the retards work'.

"It was made clear we're not wanted. It's been hard, though, as the staff want to know why people are so mean."

Fixter, a former special needs teacher, says the whole experience has been an education.

She deliberately set out to hire disabled people because she felt it was important to create a more inclusive society.



'People come for the selfies but won't pay $2 for pizza'

Idiots...that kind of people.
We are all "temporarily able bodied" and about 85% of us WILL experience disability at some point in our lives.

Shawn Casey O'Brien and "THE CRIPPLES" (1984)