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Topic subjectRE: Harvard Professor goes to war w/ Chinese restaurant over $4 (link)
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12672046, RE: Harvard Professor goes to war w/ Chinese restaurant over $4 (link)
Posted by Ted Gee Seal, Thu Dec-11-14 02:58 AM
>http://www.boston.com/food-dining/restaurants/2014/12/09/harvard-business-school-professor-goes-war-over-worth-chinese-food/KfMaEhab6uUY1COCnTbrXP/story.html
>
>No swipe because it's mostly email screencaps. But here's the
>tl;dr version. It's basically a case study of let it slide (c)
>Chris Rock. Dude tarnished his reputation and publicly
>embarrassed himself all over 4 bucks
>
>This Harvard business professor got overcharged $4 due to an
>outdated website. The mom and pop Chinese restaurant
>apologizes and offers to refund him the $4.
>Professor goes from 0-100 real quick. Demands $12 and reports
>them to the authorities.
>Restaurant basically says fuck you, do what you gotta do
>bitch. They post the emails, and the internet gets busy trying
>to dig up dirt. Come to find out, dude has a pattern of doing
>this type of stuff.
>
>http://www.boston.com/food-dining/restaurants/2014/12/10/there-more-edelman-did-this-before-and-worse/00mTW39jcyXb3VNHZoXEYN/story.html#comments
>
>Feeling that the heat was about to be on, he apologized and
>acknowledged his dumbness:
>
>"Many people have seen my emails with Ran Duan of Sichuan
>Garden restaurant in Brookline.
>
>Having reflected on my interaction with Ran, including what I
>said and how I said it, it’s clear that I was very much out
>of line. I aspire to act with great respect and humility in
>dealing with others, no matter what the situation. Clearly I
>failed to do so. I am sorry, and I intend to do better in the
>future.
>
>I have reached out to Ran and will apologize to him personally
>as well. "
>
>

Hopefully he has learned his lesson from this. Awful behaviour.