On 7/2/2016 10:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> The thing is... Stuff like this is happening all around us but we don't
> necessarily know who these people are. Yeah, we might hear about some
> accident on the news or on Facebook or whatever. But we might not
> connect the person to the business.

Sadly there is a lot of it. often starts even before drinking age.
Some never learn and repeat often. Others do.

We have an employee that killed a girl driving drunk. He spent a couple
of years in jail and probation for more. He no longer drives. He works
for us full time and a couple of years ago took a second job so he could
put two daughters through college. His past mistake aside, he has been
a model citizen. If he was denied a living, other people would have
suffered more than they did.

>
> My parents were friends with restaurant owners. They divorced. Although
> my parents loved the restaurant, they felt they could not go there
> because it would be like showing favoritism to the person who wound up
> with the place in the divorce settlement. And as it turned out, they
> ended up sort of not being friends with either person any more for that
> reason as well.

Divorce can make awkward situations. It is also common to like one
spouse more than the other. Real friends can still remain friends.
Evidently these were more in the acquaintance category.