Jeffry, Like all stories there are two sides.
The owner of the restaurant does not deny that he asked the lady to leave because she repeatedly showed up and drank only ONE pepsi the whole night. She does not deny that she often drank only one pepsi the whole night. She says he should serve something less than a 20 oz pepsi, and give lots more ice so people buy more pepsis. I happen to like the size of his 20 oz pepsi, and the fact that he does not load it down with ice. The owner (in another article) explains that he has a small establishment, seating 50 people in the karoke area, and that she was taking up a place that could have seated someone else who spent more. He wanted her to buy some food, or another pepsi, or something, not necessarily a drink. In light of what happened, he is now considering charging a cover fee (as a lot of places do) to pay for the karoke music. I am sure that this will upset a lot of his patrons who are used to hearing "free" karoke music. Things get dicey when you offer something "free" at a place that expects you to purchase food or drink to pay for the entertainment. I recently went to a dinner theatre. The play was "free", but they expected you to buy dinner and drinks to pay for it. Imagine if I had brought a "designated driver" to that theatre, they had ordered a pepsi, and insisted on paying for only that. I think they would have found themselves removed from the theatre also, designated driver or not. I have been to the Grand Buffet many times and never had a single alcoholic drink (gasps from the audience). But I pay my $14.00 and have a great meal. The owner has never approached me and threatened to throw me out even when I went back for thirds (additional gasps from the audience). One more thing. I have read in more than one account of this that "the owner spoke in broken english"..."the owner, speaking in broken english"...etc. Somehow I wonder if the owner's native language was english and he had expressed himself more fluently and forcefully, he might have presented his side a little more clearly, and gained a bit more understanding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I can say (as someone who does not drink, and often has been the > "Designated Driver," and as an EMT/Emergency Responder) that I have > lost all interest in either a) going to the Grand Buffet (since I'm > apparently not welcome there) I disagree. You ARE welcome there, assuming you buy your dinner. You are just not welcome to go there and camp out week after week in the karoke bar drinking one pepsi the whole night (unless the owner instigates a cover charge). Since you are not going to make the meeting anyway, we can talk to the owner and get you a full report before the next meeting. md -- ============================================================================= Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(SM) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (SM)Linux International is a service mark of Linux International, Inc. ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
