Dublin Starbucks ordered to compensate customer for 'slanty' eyes drawing on her cup

A Starbucks employee drew an image of a smile and ‘slanty’ eyes on a cup as a way of marking it as the customer’s cup. File photo

A Dublin Starbucks outlet has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation to an Irish customer with Thai heritage after an employee drew ‘slanty’ eyes on the woman’s matcha tea latte cup.

In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Kevin Baneham has ordered Atercin Liffey Unlimited, trading as Starbucks Tallaght, pay Suchavadee Foley €12,000 after finding that Ms Foley was racially harassed under the Equal Status Act when attending the outlet on January 12, 2020.