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Post by hop2 on Mar 5, 2024 13:13:17 GMT
In this day & age I’m not so sure I want to eat inside a restaurant that requires sick people to attend or loose a semi substantial amount of money. Did we not learn anything in the last 5 years?
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 5, 2024 13:57:48 GMT
This reminds me of BirdGate when the big scrapbook “artist” refused to refund a pea with cancer. Donna Downey, wasn’t it? It sure backfired on her. Seems this restaurant owner handled it in a similarly poor fashion. I really feel like small business “no refunds” policies implicitly carry an “except in truly catastrophic circumstances” exception, for this reason. When a person becomes precipitously injured or seriously, many of us will think worse of a business thar engages in sharp dealing because it is really unkind. The world is full of restaurants and stores and retreats, and if you think “ew, that owner is a jerk.” that is going to affect your emotional experience of the business, and even if you aren’t a boycotter, you’re going to be less likely to be excited to go. Agreed. It’s the kind response and reflects the ideal society that we would like to have. But even for the hard-hearted, it’s sound business policy. The backlash from taking a firm stance against someone suffering some unfortunate situation can be dire.
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Post by alsomsknit on Mar 5, 2024 20:07:39 GMT
This reminds me of BirdGate when the big scrapbook “artist” refused to refund a pea with cancer. Donna Downey, wasn’t it? It sure backfired on her. Seems this restaurant owner handled it in a similarly poor fashion. Yes!! Treat people appallingly, you will justifiably tarnish your reputation. The consequences may be more than one wishes to pay had they just had a little bit of humanity.
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