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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBundt cake tantrum could cost this guy his $204,000 job
No matter how good it tastes, Bundt cake isnt worth this much.
Sunrise City Manager Richard Salamon had a fit when a local baker refused to honor his coupon for a free cake, and now the $3.99 deal could cost him his $204,000-a-year job.
City commissioners are discussing Salamons future after he got nasty when told his coupon for the free mini Bundt at Nothing Bundt Cakes had expired, the co-owner said.
Dannie Augustin told commissioners Tuesday night that Salamon came into the Sunrise bakery a few weeks ago and asked her employee to break the rules and honor the coupon.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sunrise/fl-sb-bundt-cake-sunrise-city-manager-20180628-story.html
Renew Deal
(81,948 posts)There arent many good reasons to turn customers away.
canetoad
(17,263 posts)And I'd give it a go. If they said no, nothing ventured.... What kind of idiot would make an issue out of it.
JI7
(89,348 posts)email, etc or they print them out themselves.
so people can use them multiple and unlimited times.
MineralMan
(146,395 posts)It could well have been just during the promotional period that they actually baked the mini bundt cakes. If that's the case, there probably wasn't one available when the moron with the expired coupon came in. Otherwise, I'd agree with you about honoring old coupons, but it might well have been impossible to do so.
Renew Deal
(81,948 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)There aren't many good reason to act like a petulant child.
Renew Deal
(81,948 posts)So if people actually come into the store, it's better to keep customers happy and honor the coupon. Of course if they say no, it is what it is. I agree with you that he shouldn't flip out and everyone else that said that they might not have been able to honor it.
blogslut
(38,050 posts)</snip>
..."This is my eighth or ninth job with the city," Salamon said Tuesday after the meeting.
Salamon, 50, grew up in Cocoa Beach and now lives with his family in Sunrise.
His late father, Milt Salamon, was a longtime newspaper columnist for Florida Today.
But Salamon says, only partly in jest, that he hopes to stay out of the news...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sunrise/fl-new-sunrise-city-manager-contract-20150127-story.html
TlalocW
(15,406 posts)They're a scourge on society.
TlalocW
MineralMan
(146,395 posts)Just yesterday, I said to my wife, when she complained about an itchy mosquito bite, "Put some Windex..."
TlalocW
(15,406 posts)I can now say, "Nice boobs," and, "I have three testicles," in Greek.
TlalocW
PatSeg
(48,185 posts)and he wants a $3.99 cake for free? Can't get much cheaper that.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)If I made that much money there, the last thing I would be doing is having a fit over a $4 cake.
PatSeg
(48,185 posts)I've been really poor and even then, I'd never try to use an expired coupon to get something for free. I've known people like that though and it blows my mind how cheap they are.
Raine
(30,565 posts)they think they're better then people who follow rules, nothing but a conniving cheapskate!
madaboutharry
(40,265 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:42 AM - Edit history (1)
his job is in jeopardy. Getting fired over this seems extreme. Someone doesnt like him and is looking for a reason to get rid of him. Thats my opinion.
FSogol
(45,675 posts)media? Why should politicians get to abuse businesses? Send him packing.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)over them for sure. Had a coupon not great but my only complaint was thier store layout and service chaos
I'm in Chicago so I may be spoiled as far as bakery quality
dembotoz
(16,892 posts)getting new customers is hard work.
a coupon might have just done that.
smile, honor the coupon and hope he comes back
sometimes you can't on a special limited production no longer available item
and some folks will abuse the store.
but generally speaking...
honor the damn coupon