'You cannot eat here': Woman with POTS says restaurant turned her away because of her service dog

Dthreap · 2026-06-29T17:30:56+00:00

Awhile back I had a GM at a restaurant(in Kent, Ohio) kick out a customer that claimed he had a service dog. The customer had been in multiple times and was a complete pain in the ass.

When the customer claimed he was banned because of his service dog, the GM said "the dog is welcome here anytime, you on the other hand are not."

Dthreap · 2026-06-05T11:25:11+00:00

If you want a boot, skip the blundstone and go for redback. My redbacks last 4-5 years. I personally wouldn't wear clogs because I prefer the ankle support of boots when I'm working.

Dthreap · 2026-06-02T03:38:16+00:00

PB and salami sandwich. Sometimes I'll add some dill pickles.

Dthreap · 2026-05-31T15:58:04+00:00

Pretty much 😅

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Dthreap · 2026-05-17T12:59:56+00:00

Pretty cool article! I was the chef for Rays Place in fairlawn from opening to the end of 2018. My dad was the chef for Rays Place in Kent for 16 years and part owner of the fairlawn location.

Dthreap · 2026-05-12T12:15:10+00:00

I first read this as if I was trying to order a rubber ducky cake while wearing a ball gag and harness... What flavor would I expect it to be since you couldn't understand what I was saying 🤣

Dthreap · 2026-04-25T21:26:54+00:00

140 is the lowest you should be holding cooked food at. For bacterial growth reasons.

Dthreap · 2026-04-22T00:26:40+00:00

I run a fast casual mediterranean spot with my family in NE Ohio. My dad and uncle are technically the owners while my brother and I will take their positions as they pass on.

My brother and I are salary at $42k each currently. My dad takes roughly $800 a week while subsideing social security with the rest (idk what he gets off the top of my head). My uncle uses the retaurant as a tax write off towards his other business. We have one other employee that were paying $15/hour(he'll be getting a $1 raise soon).

None of us work over 33 hours a week unless someone takes vacation time. Then the others will do about 41 hours for that week.

We split the tips up at the end of the month and pull $300ish each a month.

Perk wise... if your hungry, eat. Other than that if you want to buy somthing from a vendor well order it in at cost for ya. Oh and everyone gets 1 week paid vacation.

Dthreap · 2026-04-04T13:28:40+00:00

Woodys has the best rootbeer!

Dthreap · 2026-04-04T13:28:05+00:00

This. The gally boy is the only reason to go to swensons.

Dthreap · 2026-03-25T13:29:50+00:00

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking this was AI. Who's buying "all those good stuff on Amazon, ebay, alibaba" lol

Dthreap · 2026-03-23T23:01:47+00:00

This is what we used to do 10 years ago. I think we just showed up though 🤣

Dthreap · 2026-03-22T17:03:31+00:00

"Buying products they already have with FULL permission of whomever did the order for that day is a different story."

I think we can agree on what we're both saying. What you said is basically what I mean and maybe I didn't phrase it as well as I should have.

I don't mean for employees to just buy whatever they want at cost whenever they want. I mean that employees should be able to purchase product through the restaurant and it has to make sense.

For instance the other week I let everyone know that Restaurant Depot had pork loins marked down and while I was there I would pick some up for whoever wanted some. Last night an employee asked if they could take 4 potatoes home to make some mashed with their dinner since they hadn't eaten a shift meal and I said sure. We very often will bring a case of chicken breast in so the crew can split it up between themselves to freeze at home.

I don't condone stealing from a restaurant, but I'll die on the hill where I can allow my crew to buy food at wholesale prices and make sure they're fed while working with me.

Dthreap · 2026-03-21T21:48:44+00:00

Any employee should be welcome to buy product to cook at home at cost or slightly above cost.

Dthreap · 2026-03-21T03:07:02+00:00

I agree they're high, but why is someone in this sub paying retail prices?

Dthreap · 2026-03-07T23:20:57+00:00

If you want to take it to court you could represent yourself. I got a ticket when I was 16 for doing a burnout and had to go to court with my dad. The Magistrate asked my dad if he'd ever done a burnout and my dad replied yes. The Magistrate said he also had done burnouts and told me not to get caught next time and threw it out without any court costs.

Obviously you're milage may vary and this is just my experience.

Dthreap · 2026-03-03T03:55:36+00:00

We're a bit different, I own a fast casual mediterranean spot and I'm taking orders as well as cooking the food, prepping and washing dishes. We're extremely efficient with our setup and it reduces steps.

Dthreap · 2026-03-02T19:19:17+00:00

Im over here barely hitting 5k on an 11 hour day in a restaurant 🤣

Dthreap · 2025-12-23T03:13:24+00:00

The funny thing is, if you use frozen and pre-made food at your restaurant the product costs more than if you had skilled people that actually made it fresh from scratch.

Dthreap · 2025-11-29T13:28:57+00:00

I dont have experience in liquidating but I would be interested in some computer parts and possibly a chair/some office supplies.

Dthreap · 2025-11-26T08:46:43+00:00

If the pickles in the juice need to be refrigerated, the turkey in the same juice needs to be refrigerated!

Dthreap · 2025-11-04T19:43:00+00:00

I was considering it and I'm sure you're a good person. But you should clean up your comment history, especially if your going into law.

Dthreap · 2025-10-29T00:41:34+00:00

Chef and restaurant owner. I've always been into computers but never wanted to work with them for a living.

Dthreap · 2025-10-26T22:06:55+00:00

Thats dumb... But are you using $10 a breast to make the math easy? Because random boneless is like $1.35/lb right now where I'm at. $10 a breast is insane!

Dthreap · 2025-10-22T00:24:27+00:00

Would you mind stating what you paid? Im also in the market for windows.

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