dear owner of safari cup,
congratulations, you’ve officially snagged the tile of utter douchebag. when i called this morning to politely inquire as to why flyers with YOUR COMPANY’S NAME were left on my tenant’s vehicles in a private parking deck you proceeded to yell at me for no reason whatsoever. first of all, asshat, you’re not winning any popularity contests or customers by yelling at someone who oversees a building in downtown with over 1500 potential customers. secondly, i was simply asking who i would speak to about said offense when you began screaming “don’t accuse me!”. last time i checked, inquiring is not accusing.
also, i’m not sure if you are aware but you are a small business owner in a part of the city where small businesses are lucky to stay open for longer than a year. alienating anyone regardless of who they are or what type of clientelle they can bring you is truly unwise. in fact, the last time i actually patronized your establishment during peak hours there was maybe three people in the facility and two of them were employees. so go ahead and have your haughty movie nights and overpriced store bought coffee, you’re presence is not doing anyone any favors. though i am a consumate advocate of the “little guy” i absolutely refuse to visit your place of business again. i would rather eat $12 nails at starbucks than ensure you made one red cent off of me.
again, congratulations on becoming a boil on the butt of this city. i think zimbabwe is missing their village idiot.
sincerely,
pretty helmet
February 20th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Oh, it makes me sad when friends fall victim to Dave’s sharp tongue. It’s not hard to do…he’s got quite a reputation already and you are not the first to ban their establishment. I just wish he would think of his customers or possible customers first, before reacting. And if it was Sharon that did the yelling, I am doubly sad.
The coffee’s worth it, if you can get past the nasty owners.
February 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Nothing is worth dealing with abusive service. Any business owner that will yell at customers, potential customers, or employees deserves to not be in business very long.
My advice would be to politely inform all of the building’s tenants that Safari Cup has placed advertisements on their vehicles without permission. Then, I would write a professional letter stating that the behavior was unprofessional and that your tenants will be notified of the conversation and send it certified mail to Safari Cup. Basically, take the high road.
It is hard enough to do business in Birmingham and I don’t understand why anyone would act that way no matter what the situation.
February 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
dmoney-it was dave, not sharon.
shadowhelm-safari cup, although sponsoring the event at their location, did not place the flyers on the cars. in fact, i spoke to the lady who heads up the service that did and she was very nice. though safari cup was not responsible for the action his attitude was certainly offensive.
February 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
This reminds me of some tree service that leaves flyers in my driveway because my mailbox is on the front porch and they are too lazy to put it in the mailbox. So they litter on my driveway. Needless to say, I would never hire them.
February 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
megabeth- oh i hate that! the next papa john’s or steak out flyer i find in my yard i am driving to their local office and throwing through their window. attached to a brick.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:13 am
megabeth and pretty helmet:
Re: those blasted fliers.
In the past, I have called the company responsible and asked them to kindly cease and desist leaving their refuse on my property. If they refuse I simply point out that the repeat offense WILL result in a call to the local police and subsequent vandalism and misdemeanor mischief charges.
This usually works wonders.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I have a client upstairs from Safari Cup. I go in quite often for lunch and find the owners extremely pleasant, friendly and down right NICE. The “Lion’s Feast” sandwich is fantastic. I’ve had many interesting conversations with the owners as well…
*If you find flyers to be an “issue” in a fucking dump like downtown B’ham, I strongly advise against you ever moving anywhere near the entire NYC Metro area. Sheesh!
*How about bitching to TRIPLING the size of the Police force, for fuck sake.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I know Dave and Sharon. They’ve both got a lot of fiery Irish in them.