Jimithyashford t1_j3st9kv wrote
Seems like nobody acted with malice or ill intent. Restaurant owner did wrong, but not out of ill will, he did so unintentionally (if we take him at his word, which I see no reason not to). The parents were right to be mad, but nobody here is a villain. Mea Culpa has been issued and amends have been made.
Seems to me like that's as far as the story needs to go.
Cloud_Disconnected t1_j3t60aq wrote
I don't think he acted maliciously or that he deserves to be pilloried. But if what we have learned so far is true, there was negligence. Just because there was no malice doesn't mean no harm has been done.
Issuing a Mea Culpa is fine. In one of his statements he said that he takes responsibility. Taking responsibility isn't just saying you are responsible, it's also working to resolve the issue. Going again just on what we have learned so far, he hasn't made sufficient effort to resolve the situation.
There could well be more to the story, so I'm reserving judgement to some degree at this point.
He puts himself out in front of the public eye quite a bit, and he did this publicly. In light of that I think it's fair for the public to expect some accountability for what he himself admits was a mistake.
Jimithyashford t1_j3ta43n wrote
Didn't he issue a personal apology to the family and deliver the funds essentially immediately, like within a day, of the story breaking.
I said above "a mea culpa was issues and amends were made"
But you seem to disagree. You claim he needs to "make sufficient effort to resolve the situation", like what else?
I agree he caused hurt to the family. But what can you possible do other than apologize and deliver on what you neglected to do? Seems that's the proper course of action.
Cloud_Disconnected t1_j3tbfm1 wrote
Did he deliver the funds? If so, then that is what I meant by resolving the situation. But to my knowledge he has not done that yet. I hope that you're right and I'm wrong, so please correct me if I am.
Jimithyashford t1_j3tblp6 wrote
I think he said in his public statement earlier today that he did today.
Cloud_Disconnected t1_j3tgfxh wrote
The last statement I saw he said he had the donations and was willing to do whatever the family wants with them, so at that point he had not delivered them. That was 19 hours ago in the Facebook group. I haven't seen a statement newer than that one.
var23 t1_j3xnj85 wrote
There's a newer post.
Cloud_Disconnected t1_j3xv8cq wrote
Right, but the comment you're responding to was from last night. The post he made that he paid it is from this morning.
At any rate I'm glad it's resolved. He responded to one of my other comments, so I did get to tell him that I didn't think he was acting maliciously, and that I believed he would get it resolved, so that was nice.
EcoAffinity t1_j3t3fwg wrote
Wow, some reasonable perspective on this whole thing. Shocking!
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