Starbucks will open a cafe in the United States that speaks only with its own language

Washington.- The Starbucks multinational will open in Washington in October, its first establishment in which employees, totally or partially deaf, will communicate with customers through American Sign Language (ASL, for its acronym Spanish). The company will transform a café in Washington into a deafened facility, with a store format that "promotes access and provides employment and career advancement opportunities". For the deaf and hard of hearing, "he said in a statement

Thus, the Seattle-based company (Washington, USA) will have between 20 and 25 people, totally or partially deaf, who will serve consumers in the language signs in the establishment located in the US capital.

Although it will be the first in the United States, Starbucks has already been inaugurated two years ago a cafe with these features in Malaysia

Servers will wear special aprons, with symbols that spell out the word "Starbucks" embroidered by a deaf supplier.

In addition, the establishment will have exclusive artwork and a custom cut designed by a deaf artist , and "a variety of improvements to support deaf clients", according to the press release.