Man with One Arm Suing Starbucks for Discrimination

8:00 PM, Feb 22, 2012   |    comments
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Is making coffee a two-handed job? Eli Pierre doesn't think so. He's suing Starbucks for discrimination. Pierre was born with half a left arm.

He applied for a Starbucks job in San Diego. He contends the store manager told him a one-armed man wouldn't be able to do the job. Pierre is a former bartender and says he was never given the chance to explain his capabilities.

The company disputes his version. Starbucks counters that Pierre's application was given careful consideration.