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Olive Garden: American flag display would disrupt dining experience
CBS 12 News (Alabama) ^ | 10/12/2011 | CBS LOCAL

Posted on 10/12/2011 8:36:59 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear

ANNISTON, Ala. -- Officials with the parent company of Olive Garden restaurants say they're sorry if a decision regarding an Alabama Kiwanis club's desire to display the American flag caused any concern.

The comments come after 80-year-old Marti Warren of Anniston said she wasn't allowed to bring an American flag into an Olive Garden for a planned Kiwanis Club banquet in the east Alabama town of Oxford.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbs12.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: americanflag; antiamerican; corruption; darden; fraud; michelleobama; olivegarden; politicalcorrectness
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1 posted on 10/12/2011 8:37:09 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

A communist restaurant... they cannot ever get me to eat in their place... ever again.

LLS


2 posted on 10/12/2011 8:38:22 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Just unbelievable.


3 posted on 10/12/2011 8:39:55 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Olive Garden is a Darden Restaurants brand. Their other brands to avoid:

Red Lobster

Longhorn Steakhouse

The Captal Grille

Bahama Breeze

Seasons 52

4 posted on 10/12/2011 8:41:55 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Whatever their ideology, you would think that the restaurant manager would realize that poking the local Kiwanis Club in the eye is not a very smart business decision.

But these days, ideology trumps all.


5 posted on 10/12/2011 8:42:11 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

As a private corporation, Olive Garden is free to set whatever policies they want regarding displays in their restaurants. Apparently they don’t allow flags or banners of any kind in their restaurants.

As a private citizen I am free to eat wherever I want. I don’t think I’ll want to eat at Olive Garden anytime soon.


6 posted on 10/12/2011 8:43:02 AM PDT by RonF
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To: LibLieSlayer

I am so unsettled. What is it with all this strange behavior from so many people coming to light in these recent years. What kind of person would object to an American flag?


7 posted on 10/12/2011 8:43:07 AM PDT by battlecry
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To: Dr. Thorne; All

isn’t the CEO a big campaign contributor to zero?? and didn’t the restaurants receive a waiver for obamacare??


8 posted on 10/12/2011 8:43:32 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“Olive Garden:
When you’re here , you’re with (the Obama)
Family”.


9 posted on 10/12/2011 8:43:48 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Wonder how disruptive it would be just to take a crap in their big salad bowl? Screw Commie Garden!


10 posted on 10/12/2011 8:44:16 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

http://www.whitepages.com/business/olive-garden-italian-restaurant-oxford-al


11 posted on 10/12/2011 8:44:47 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

And their reason is: “to avoid disrupting the experience of other guests.”

Don’t the other guests know they’re in the USA? If their “experience” is disrupted by an American flag, they don’t belong in this country.


12 posted on 10/12/2011 8:45:22 AM PDT by kitkat (Obama, rope and chains)
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To: Dr. Thorne

https://www.olivegarden.com/About-Us/Contact-Us/


13 posted on 10/12/2011 8:45:35 AM PDT by petercooper (2012 - Purge more RINO's.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Yep. What was interesting were the comments below:

“Adam J. Boyer · Producer at NBCUniversal
Has nothing to do with what kind of flag; it’s a blanket policy. Your life will not change at all because of this news. It’s not the flag, it’s the disruption. Singing happy birthday is enough, many patrons don’t need a whole party going. IF they want to rent the entire restaurant out, then they can probably display what they want. It’s a business trying to make money.”

“Steve Ross · Michigan State University
Get a life people. It’s a blanket policy for all signs, banners, flags, etc.”

I will never patronize them myself.


14 posted on 10/12/2011 8:45:56 AM PDT by rlmorel (9/11: Aggression is attracted to weakness like sharks are to blood, and we were weak. We still are.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Good thing I never had dinner there. Who wants to eat at an un-American restaurant that serves fake Italian food.


15 posted on 10/12/2011 8:48:03 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Wow, Olive Garden is a real piece of stinking leftwing sh*t.


16 posted on 10/12/2011 8:48:12 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: kitkat

If this was to be a Kiwanis Club banquet, it was likely in a separate or banquet room, which would be completely removed from other guests.


17 posted on 10/12/2011 8:48:41 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: God luvs America

Yes and yes.


18 posted on 10/12/2011 8:49:30 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I’d bet that they would have no problem flying an Italian flag, though; would they?


19 posted on 10/12/2011 8:50:14 AM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: WKUHilltopper

I’ve decided before to boycott all Darden restaurants because they were in bed with The First Wookie on her ‘Let’s Move’ crap and making their french fries ‘PG’. This REALLY clinches it for me.


20 posted on 10/12/2011 8:51:25 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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