The Right to Ban Students
This world is unfair. Nobody promised that life would be fair to everybody. In fact, discrimination still runs rampant throughout today’s society. Even though Congress has passed several laws banning discrimination, those laws do not put an end to all types of discrimination. For example, if the owner of a restaurant kicked a patron out because he or she was Middle Eastern, the owner would probably get sued because this is illegal. However, if that same owner kicked out a customer on the basis of age, that would be perfectly legal. Under those circumstances, businesses have the right to ban teenagers.
It just so happens that restaurants have the right to refuse service to anyone. According to the state of Minnesota Human Rights Department, “A public accommodation cannot refuse service for a reason that would constitute illegal discrimination” (Your Rights). It just so happens that banning teens would not be illegal because of the definition of discrimination used. “Under …show more content…
A recent business analysis done by Hector Ramirez on the sales and attendance of Munchy’s restaurant shows that in the month of July, 80% of their patrons were adults and 20% were minors. In this month, Munchy’s sold about $30,000 worth of products to adults and about $2,000 worth of products to minors. Unfortunately for Munchy’s, in the month of October, 27% of patrons were adults and 73% were students. Based off of this statistic, it would appear that students would have made up most of the sales at Munchy’s. This was exactly the opposite. In the month of October, adults bought about $8,000 worth of products, compared to $5,000 in sales by students. Even with a greater percentage of teenage patrons, the adults still managed to spend more. This shows that most of the more wealthy adult customers prefer to eat a quiet lunch with other adults instead of noisy
This world is unfair. Nobody promised that life would be fair to everybody. In fact, discrimination still runs rampant throughout today’s society. Even though Congress has passed several laws banning discrimination, those laws do not put an end to all types of discrimination. For example, if the owner of a restaurant kicked a patron out because he or she was Middle Eastern, the owner would probably get sued because this is illegal. However, if that same owner kicked out a customer on the basis of age, that would be perfectly legal. Under those circumstances, businesses have the right to ban teenagers.
It just so happens that restaurants have the right to refuse service to anyone. According to the state of Minnesota Human Rights Department, “A public accommodation cannot refuse service for a reason that would constitute illegal discrimination” (Your Rights). It just so happens that banning teens would not be illegal because of the definition of discrimination used. “Under …show more content…
A recent business analysis done by Hector Ramirez on the sales and attendance of Munchy’s restaurant shows that in the month of July, 80% of their patrons were adults and 20% were minors. In this month, Munchy’s sold about $30,000 worth of products to adults and about $2,000 worth of products to minors. Unfortunately for Munchy’s, in the month of October, 27% of patrons were adults and 73% were students. Based off of this statistic, it would appear that students would have made up most of the sales at Munchy’s. This was exactly the opposite. In the month of October, adults bought about $8,000 worth of products, compared to $5,000 in sales by students. Even with a greater percentage of teenage patrons, the adults still managed to spend more. This shows that most of the more wealthy adult customers prefer to eat a quiet lunch with other adults instead of noisy