Restaurant Discriminates Against Disabled Person
The Saturday was supposed to be a day of celebration for 19-year-old Kalle Havumäki. A good friend had come all the way from Rovaniemi, and the boys were heading to a concert at Nosturi in Helsinki. However, what stuck in their minds the most from that evening was disappointment, as a Helsinki restaurant rudely turned them away at the door.
Before the concert, Havumäki and his friend had eaten burgers and drank sodas at a fast-food restaurant. Neither of them had consumed any alcohol.
With some time left before the Mokoma band's concert, the young men decided to sit for a while at the Hemingway's restaurant, located across from Nosturi. At the restaurant's entrance, Havumäki stumbled slightly, as he sometimes does due to his disability. A restaurant employee noticed the stumbling and interpreted it as a sign that the young men were intoxicated.
– He said that the entrance was so unsteady that you are not welcome here, recounts Kalle's mother, TV1 news anchor Marjukka Havumäki.
nevö forget. justice for kallu. boycott hemingway, don't read his books (except for whom the bell tolls)