I felt very uncomfortable and judged at the Meigas restaurant.
I have a condition where I cannot control my public reactions and I had heard that the Meigas restaurant was amenable to people with disabilities. It was the main reason that I booked this restaurant for my professional meeting,
I was enjoying my food with my professional colleagues and was highly embarrassed when I was asked to prematurely leave the restaurant because they believed that I was intoxicated.
I have a medical condition that affects my speech and communication skills . While I was at Meigas I had 5 medium strength beers which was far from being intoxicated. After these drinks I was told by your waitress that "I was too drunk to have another beer". At this stage all my other "able bodied" colleagues had have significantly more standard drinks. I was very embarrassed and at this stage I went to the toilet to avoid the humiliation / attention.
After I came back from the toilet I was advised by my colleagues at my table that a "Manager" had come to the table to say that "I" should take it up with the manager if I had any issues with the establishment's response. I feel that this was very aggressive against a disabled person.
I feel that disabled people should have the same rights in all restaurants as the general "able" population.
I would ask that Meigas consider the disabled community as equal to their able bodied counterparts.
Firstly the waitstaff should not consider people intoxicated on their appearance. They should first discuss disability with the individual.
Secondly, I believe that Managers should not threaten people with disabilities. That is not fair, but also embarrasses and threatens the disabled person.
As a disabled person, I would avoid dining at Meigas. read more