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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Welch-Fired Applebee's Waitress- Heroic "Statement On Behalf Of Wait Staff Everywhere' [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)I think the ideal scenario for them would have been not having to deal with this in the first place. I think there are probably plenty of people like you who will applaud this server for what she did and boycott Applebee's for firing her. Had they stood by her, I think there are plenty of people like me who would have made a mental note to not eat at Applebee's. I won't speculate on which stance would have worked better for them in the short term because I don't care. I do think that in the long term they would have lost customers if they continued to show themselves as willing to violate their customer's privacy.
And I would bet anything that all of you celebrating what this server did will someday be responding to a different story about the violation of a customer's privacy with outrage. And how will you justify this inconsistency then? Oh yeah. It's ok if someone thinks the customer is a jerk. What noble, Democratic principles.
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