June 26, 2006

• Recant

  Well, sometimes one makes mistakes. Then you have a choice – ignore it, or try and fix it.

  I recently made a post
  regarding the Dubliner’s mistreatment of a customer (refusing to serve
  a sober blind man). One of the people in the band playing that night
  said it happened and I believed them, especially as they gave up a
  paying gig over the issue.

  The major thing that has come to my
  attention since which changes my mind about the situation: The blind
  man in question was not sober. Depending on the account, not nearly
  sober.

  Some other factors to consider when making your mind up on the situation. Some is rumor, some is not:

  The
  Dubliner has been said to be quicker to cut off people who are
  handicapped than people who are not. This is apparently their way of
  trying to avoid lawsuits due to injuries. This doesn’t sit well with
  me, but isn’t the same as refusing to serve someone at all.

  The
  Dubliner has had a bad time in general with festies, especially
  evenings where there are a bunch of them. I guess it is a combination
  of people giving drinks to underage folks in the room, open drug use,
  poor tipping, bigger messes than usual, and haughty attitudes. This
  tends change their attitudes for the worse on heavy festie nights.

  There
  is still the situation of not paying the band for playing that night,
  but given the mis-communication of other aspects of the event, I’m
  inclined to guess that it isn’t completely a cut and dry thing.

  The
  general gist of the situation seems to be that they handled the
  situation less well than they probably should have, but it wasn’t
  completely out of line. In any case, I am no longer promoting a boycott
  of the place although I’m not feeling a driving need to go there right
  away.

  My apologies for misleading anyone.

  Sorry.

  - Jason

  • 1:22 am
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