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Ethical issue with a restaurant
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 1:15:08 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "dsi1" <dsiom> wrote in message
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>> > On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 10:03:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >> On 2016-07-03 3:47 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Gary is not concerned about how others will be affected by what
>> >> > happens
>> >> > with the continued punishment of the offender. Why be concerned
>> >> > about
>> >> > how anyone earns a living?
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, the offender should be punished but some here seem to want him
>> >> > purged from society forever no matter who gets dragged with him.
>> >> > Perhaps
>> >> > he should be executed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Knee jerk reaction is to not patronize the restaurant. OK, now what
>> >> > should happen to the guy? Never be employed again? Never own a
>> >> > business? Now that you put him out of business you should have a
>> >> > next
>> >> > step or you are as guilty of ruining a life as he is. What's next?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> It's not as if I am out there with the torches and pitchforks driving
>> >> him out of town. I simply cannot patronize a restaurant when I know
>> >> that
>> >> something like that has happened. From what I have learned, he was
>> >> not
>> >> the only one who made the mistake of driving while intoxicated,
>> >> driving
>> >> off the road and hitting someone hard enough to send them flying more
>> >> than 60 feet through the air, inflicting life threatening injuries and
>> >> then driving off and leaving her to die, going home and having a bunch
>> >> of drinks so that when the cops showed up he could say he had been
>> >> drinking at home, and then shifting the ownership of an asset that
>> >> could
>> >> be lost in a law suit.
>> >>
>> >> I believe I stated quite clearly that my personal boycott is not going
>> >> to hurt the guy's business because the place is always busy. I just
>> >> cannot bring myself to patronize it.
>> >>
>> >> FWIW, I did go there a a few times after the incident. I was prepared
>> >> to
>> >> accept that there might have been another side to the story. The idea
>> >> of a bunch of teens out on the road at 2:30 am left all sorts of
>> >> possibilities. Then the facts came out and he has been to court and
>> >> was
>> >> convicted.
>> >>
>> >> That is not the end of his legal trouble. I heard from a friend of the
>> >> family that there have been suits launched against the driver,
>> >> against
>> >> the bar where he had been drinking, and against the owners of the
>> >> house
>> >> were the party was held and the teens were drinking under age.
>> >> However,
>> >> I have to wonder how much liability the parents are willing to assume
>> >> for allowing their kids to stay out that late, for raising kids who
>> >> drink under age and who abuse alcohol.
>> >
>> > We used to go to a store where several of the young employees who were
>> > working at night were taken to a back room and executed. I never could
>> > set
>> > foot in the store again. That had nothing to do with morals or ethics -
>> > just very bad karma.
>>
>> Agree.
>
> This happened in Lynnwood WA but I cannot remember the name of the store.
> It's just as well.
MrD behave yourself!
;-)
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