Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good?
Radisson Hotel ripoff Had me arrested as disorderly after serving me drinks and allowing another guest to harass me because they thought I was gay. Whittier California
Occassionally I like to go to a nice club for a drink and in this city, the Radisson, formerly Hyatt, is about the only nice, and I used to think, "respectable," place to do so.
I've live in Whittier since 1968, off/on due to military svc., and frequent the Hotels Lounge about once a month. They know me there and always have treated me with indifference and apprehension assuming I am gay; I am, but I have never attempted or intended to excerise a play on anyone there. I like to make jokes and laugh and share with whom ever is there, male or female that would like to talk and shoot the crap, so to speak. I get lonely- I've been single and inactive sexually for many years.
On the 30th of June 2005 I went to the Hotel to have a last cocktail before a taxi home. I was met at the bar with the always rude-to-me mgr, pointing and shaking his finger at me with a warning of some kind. He obviously, to me, is homophobic, and I gotta tell you, I am not really an obvious gay.
I always drink back-bar and frankly wonder why so much intolerance. After receiving a double Martini and giving my CC to hold, as usual, the mgr began harassing me again. I mentioned that I really didn't appreciate his attude toward me and he left the bar and called the police stating that I was drunk and disorderly.
I am 54 yrs old and have PTSD (Military) and spinal arthritis; I take care of my parents, one with Alzheimers and the other bent over with pain and suffers from osteroarthritis; they have some in home svc's but that takes care of little.
I spent 2 wks in jail away from home and devastated by LA County Jail and its occupants. I am on SSI/SDI and did not have the bail for bond.
I am truly saddened and at odds with the intolerance and pettiness of such great & straight heros protecting society from people like me. I am a mbr of The Wall Of Tolerance, NAACP, ACLU, and more. I could not think of anything else to do but report this to your much appreciated Website. Thank You.