Marylou’s hit with discrimination inquiry

South Shore coffee chain Marylou’s is singing the blues over a federal employment-discrimination investigation, crying foul that the feds are going after its long-standing practice of hiring bubbly young bombshells to peddle the shop’s trademark joe.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been quietly probing Marylou’s’ hiring practices for nearly a year, the Herald has learned, with investigators pulling reams of job applications, interviewing company brass and grilling the 29-store chain’s pink-clad clerks about their co-workers’ gender, age, race and body type, according to the company.

Marylou’s execs deny any discrimination.

So, what's the issue?

My sister applied there, but was passed over and became the school lunch lady.

What is next, lawsuit against playboy?




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has everyone forgotten about Hooters?

I'm guessing some 400 lb. looker put in an application hoping to squeeze into one of those pink outfits and her application went to the circular file?

Hooters has had past success defending these types of suits. I would certainly argue that part of the business image/design had an element of sex appeal or entertainment, just like hooters. Simply play their ads going back years.


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I want to file a lawsuit because there are no Marylous in Central Mass. DAMM IT.

Don't you silly boogers get it yet?
Martha Coakley, Elizabeth Warren and Ron Glidden all have a financial stake in Dunkin Donuts!
Duh!!!!!!

The FIRST MaryLou's was in BRAINTREE! OH YEAH! It's small, it's lacking parking but it does some of the finest business around. A good friend and former colleague lives accross the street and has a great nickname for it, but I'm damned if I can recall what she calls it. Her husband is a regular customer!

nah, he's too happilly married to a great girl.

There is no law that says you have to hire everyone who applies. All they have to be able to do is articulate that there was at least one reason other than looks for not hiring her/him. Maybe there were no openings at the time, maybe one of the other applicants had better references or a friend/relative who worked there, or maybe they hired the person with the more bubbly personality. It's no that hard to find a reason not to hire someone.

On a side note, that place is known for having a certain ambiance and scenery. Why anyone who obviously would not fit in (no pun intended) would seriously want a job there when there are other minimum wage/low wage jobs out there is beyond me. Besides don't their uniforms only come in sizes 2x-small to small?

Wasn't there an episode of Seinfeld about this? Something about the waitresses at the coffee shop all having large breasts and Elaine complained about it. Turned out all the girls were sisters.

It's actually quite nice out here. Our cows have all their teeth.

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As a taxpayer, i'm enraged that the gov't is harassing this company for unintentionally giving customers what they want in their effort to live the American dream. The problem lies not with the business owner but with the ugly Government employee who has a stray hair across her ass. There's nothing new here, fuglies trying to take down the pretties. I mean really, do you want to see the unsightly hippie at Starbucks arguing with you about what you're supposed to call your large coffee first thing in the morning or one of those pretty little things?

Everyone knows that sex sells and that's why major corporations use models and movie stars to sell their products. It's not a crime, it's smart business.

I think i'll put in my Sarah Palin teeth, hitch up my wagon and ride on out East for a coffee, YEEEHAW I recon you folks should do the same.

Have you been to hooters lately? Not an ounce of talent, at least in Saugus....

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Marylou’s patrons stand by java chain

By John Zaremba and Christine McConville
Friday, May 25, 2012 - Updated 33 minutes ago

Marylou’s faithful java junkies lined up to show support for their favorite pink-themed joe stands yesterday, sneering at the notion that the coffee chain discriminates by hiring hotties — while one critic of the federal agency behind the probe said it is on a fishing expedition to justify PC bureaucrats’ jobs.
The South Shore cafes had a banner day after the Herald broke the news on its front page yesterday that the chain was crying foul over the year-long discrimination investigation, a top Marylou’s executive said.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120525marylous_patrons_stand_by_java_chain/

I have been to many and all the girls are nice and friendly- that's what you do. BIG waste of gov. money, like the Roger Clemens thing. I have seen some big chicks at MLs. But you should be able to hire who you want in this case. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but fat is fact.

Coming soon to Marylou's, fat hairy transgenders with bad breath. I'm thinking the complaint was file by a gay male who wasn't hired.