Starbucks worker under fire for writing 'ISIS' on Muslim customer's coffee order
A Muslim advocacy group is demanding an employee of Starbuck’s he fired after they were caught writing “ISIS” on a customer’s coffee cup.
The incident took place at a store in St Paul, Minneapolis in early July.
According to a Muslim customer, she told the employee her name when first asked but the employee chose to label the cup “ISIS” before she was finished.
ISIS is a commonly-known acronym for terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The employee has claimed they misheard the woman’s name, which is Aishah.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, however, believe the incident is a result of Islamophobia and is demanding the worker be fired.
“After noticing the writing on the cup, she asked the employee why ‘ISIS’ was written on the cup,” it said in a statement.
“The employee claimed that she had not heard her name correctly.
“Later, a supervisor told the Muslim customer that ‘mistakes’ sometimes happen with customers’ names, suggesting that this is not the first incident.”
The Starbucks, which is operated by a Target store in Minneapolis, have since apologised for the incident.
According to local outlet Pioneer Press, it says the incident was “not a deliberate act but an unfortunate mistake”.
“We are very sorry for this guest’s experience at our store and immediately apologised to her when she made our store leaders aware of the situation,” a spokesperson told the publication.