,
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What is clear is that the restaurant was graced with a phone call from its general manager, the rakishly named Forrest DeSpain. He wanted a chinwag with Hiromi.
The Houston Press was the first to digest what happened. It seems that Allison Hiromi was having drinks at a place called Down House--perhaps not the cheeriest name for a restaurant.
And yet,
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So it proved in a Houston restaurant the other night when the management took exception to a customer's socially networked opinion.
The restaurant business,
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HP EliteBook 2740p XT936UT, and a $13 glass of cabernet that was more hairnet.
She overheard a conversation in which a bartender said something none too flattering about another Houston bar-owner.
She also added the slightly off-color hashtag #jackoff. Whether she meant to refer to the great Croatian composer Jakov Gotovac is unclear.
To imagine, though,
Canon EOS 7D, that there aren't diners who will tweet from the table and offer their instant feelings is to imagine that there is no food so great as that in the Google cafeteria.
How much fun it would be if the general manager would rush over to table after table offering: "You thought our veal escalope tasted like poached raccoon paw?" Or: "You really believe the beouf en croute tasted like sauteed slipper?"
Naturally,
Panasonic HDC-HS900, she tweeted: "Left @DownHouseHTX in tears after GM called up & asked the bartender to hand me the phone. He proceeded to curse a me & ask me to leave. Wow."
You will be tempted to tip your chin into your consomme when I tell you that there now exist slightly different versions of this chinwag. Or at least different versions of its tone. The substance was clear. Hiromi was asked to leave.
In what some might see as a heinous reprisal,
Panasonic HDC-SD100, the restaurant reportedly unfollowed Hiromi on Twitter and even blocked her. You might imagine that there is a personal element here. Hiromi, indeed,
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Indeed,
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When large egos meets instant criticism,
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DeSpain has surely set a trend. Here was a general manager so dedicated that,
HP EliteBook 8440P XT918UT, late at night, he monitored his restaurant's Twitter feed. Perhaps the next time you're in Houston--let's hope it's on business--you might go to Down House and tweet about the food. I wonder how many courses you'll last.
The culinary world in Houston--with which I have some small familiarity--is at least as touchy as it is touchy-feely. Hiromi reportedly was not enamored of the words she'd heard. So,
HP EliteBook 8540W XT904UT, as many a a diner does these days, she tweeted that the derogatory speaker--a Down House barman--was a twerp.
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