[ale] Melton's Is Closed (for now)

Wed Nov 16 17:11:26 EST 2011

On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 11:30 -0500, David Tomaschik wrote: 
> Am I the only one disappointed to see that the problem started in July
> and it took until October to get serious about it?

Ah, let's get realistic here...

The problem started in July and they probably didn't even think it was
something serious at first.  They had the incident, cleaned it up, and
dealt with it and figured they were done.  Few weeks later, something
happens again.  Heilein once wrote, once is chance, twice is
coincidence, three times is enemy action.

They most likely called and exterminator early who also would not have
recognized the significance of a growing incident from a few minor
incidents.  Now they know it was a growing problem but hindsight is
always 20-20.  There's at least a month shot before anyone realizes this
is more than just a mouse or two that snuck in.

Then they had to get the landlord involved and a more involved
investigation.  Once that's involved, the guys next door go through a
good faith effort (or what was made to look like a good faith effort) to
fix the problem.

Ok...  When that doesn't work, THEN you get the lawyers involved.  That
doesn't happen fast and you don't get an entire business shut down
overnight.  3 months.  I'm surprised they got in front of a judge who
was in the mood to shut these clowns down that fast.  You don't just
shut another business down without a lot of proof and a lot of history.

Mike

> I know nothing
> about running restaurants, and understand that you can't close down at
> the first sign of a rodent, but they admitted to an infestation
> starting in July... it should have been resolved somehow by now, IMO.
> I applaud their handling now, but I'm rather glad I never go to the
> after-meetings...
> 
> David
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> > Yeah, that's the same place that they were working on last month. Sad that Meltons has had to shut down as a result. I would be livid if I were the owner. Heck, I am and I only go to spend money there!
> >
> > So, will there be an after meeting this month? And if so, where will it be at? I seem to recall a place that Aaron played at in Decatur, but I don't remember what it was, only that the beer was good...
> >
> > "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at WittsEnd.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 10:43 -0500, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
> >>> What does the AJC article say about its closing?
> >>
> >>http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-restaurateur-tells-how-1227581.html
> >>
> >>> A Decatur-area restaurant is closed and is looking at more than
> >>> $100,000 in out-of-pocket costs due to rats its owner contends
> >>invaded
> >>> his space from a business next door.
> >>>
> >>I seem to recall last month that they were doing a whole lot of work
> >>just next door to Melton's and the workers were dressed like they were
> >>dealing with some rather unpleasant cleanup inside.  Looks like some
> >>small grocery store or some such.  I wonder if it's related.
> >>
> >>Kinda looks like it is:
> >>
> >>> Eventually, the shopping center owner brought in a pest specialist
> >>who
> >>> traced the problem to openings where rodents were entering the
> >>> building, and to the Pet Supermarket next door, where rats had gotten
> >>> into pet food, Melton said.
> >>>
> >>> Things got so bad, Melton said he hired a lawyer, went to court and
> >>> got a judge’s injunction shutting Pet Supermarket down on Oct. 20.
> >>The
> >>> court ordered the store to remain closed until it eradicated the rat
> >>> problem.
> >>
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>> --Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stephen R. Blevins <
> >>> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Per AJC this morning, Melton's App and Tap, the site of most of our
> >>> > meetings-after-the-meeting, is voluntarily closed.
> >>> > --
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