DigitalDrifter
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No doubt some fucking lib will claim the shop owner is denying him his right to be served.
They'll make some bullshit argument that some people are smoking for medical reasons, and they have no choice but to smell like weed.
For this barber, stay out if you smell like pot
The Durango Herald 03/10/2014 | For this barber, stay out if you smell like pot
They'll make some bullshit argument that some people are smoking for medical reasons, and they have no choice but to smell like weed.
For this barber, stay out if you smell like pot
GREELEY (AP) A Greeley barber is refusing to serve customers who smell like smoke pot smoke even though marijuana is legal throughout Colorado.And hes legally within his right to discriminate, according to Denver lawyer Scott Robinson.Business owners absolutely have the right to refuse service to someone who has been smoking pot, is drunk or for any other reason as long as its not an unlawful or unconstitutional reason such as race, religion or gender, Robinson said.The sign posted on the door of Hugos Barber Shop about 50 miles northeast of Denver is guaranteed to lose some business: Please do not come in if you smell like marijuana, there are families with kids who dont want to smell it. This is a business not your house, thank you.Colorado is the first place in the world where marijuana is regulated from seed to sale. Pot is the third-most popular recreational drug in America, after alcohol and tobacco, according to the marijuana reform group NORML.The owner of the barber shop, Hugo Corral, said he has a simple reason for his new rule.Its plain and simple disrespect, he said. People not having respect to the children and families who are in here. Just because its legal does not mean you can come in here smelling like marijuana and not caring.About half of Corrals customers had been showing up smelling like pot, which is what prompted him to post the sign about three weeks ago, he said. Customers even have questioned whether people were smoking marijuana in his shop.The sign already has received a lot of feedback.Very controversial, Corral said. People have been bashing me on social media, making phone calls to my business.As long as customers are willing to try to mask the smell, he said he wont refuse to cut their hair. And the 5-year-old business is booming.
He is getting ready to move to a larger location.
The Durango Herald 03/10/2014 | For this barber, stay out if you smell like pot