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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outdated website.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.
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