Talk about being an asshat. From the Dallas Morning News:
No soup for you: Arlington lawyer says he’ll sue Mansfield diner for failed Saturday lunch special
“No soup for you” might be a familiar catch phrase, but in Mansfield, it seems, it’s also an invitation for a lawsuit.
Arlington attorney Dwain Downing says he is suing Our Place in Mansfield after the down-home diner ran out of soup during last week’s $7.95 Saturday lunch special, maintaining that owner Benji Arslanovski refused to discount the price or offer a substitute side.
Some people might confront an owner directly after such an ordeal, or simply never return. Some might post a negative review online. Why threaten suit?
“I’m a lawyer,” Downing said Friday by phone. “And lawyers write letters.”
In his letter to owner “Benji Arslanskobi,” Downing demands $2.25 – the cost of an additional side at Our Place – plus $250 in legal fees.
The article goes on to say that Downing came in at 2:00PM and the restaurant closed for the day at 3:00PM - perfectly reasonable for them to run out and it is not like this was the only option on the menu. The Breakfast and Lunch menus look really good with a lot of options. The history of the place is amazing. The owner, Benji, is actually the grandson of the founder Otto who escaped the communists in Yugoslavia and emigrated to the United States. Great story.
Let us hope that the Streisand Effect shines brightly on Mr. Downing.
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