Harvard Business School professor threatens legal action against Chinese restaurant..

Yahoo News ^ | 12/10/14 | Dylan Stableford

[Impala64ssa]

..that overcharged him $4

Last week, Ben Edelman, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, ordered takeout from a local Chinese restaurant.

Upon his return, Edelman discovered the restaurant, Sichuan Garden in Brookline, Mass., had overcharged him a total of $4 on his $53.35 order of shredded chicken with spicy garlic sauce, sautéed prawns with roasted chili and peanut, stir-fried chicken with spicy capsicum and braised fish filets and Napa cabbage with roasted chili.

Now most people in this situation might call the restaurant to point out the error, get a refund or future credit for takeout, or just swallow the $4. But Edelman, who received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a law degree from Harvard Law School, fired off a series of emails to the restaurant, threatening legal action and vowing to report the incident to the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Division. Ran Duan, who helps his parents run the family-owned restaurant, explained the prices on their website were outdated.

"I apologize for the confusing [sic]," Duan wrote. "Our websites prices has been out of date for quite some time. I will male sure to update it, if you would like I can email you an updated menu."

Edelman continued:

In the interim, I suggest that Sichuan Garden refund me three times the amount of the overcharge. The tripling reflects the approach provided under the Massachusetts consumer protection statute, MGL 93a, wherein consumers broadly receive triple damages for certain intentional violations. Please refund the $12 to my credit card. Or you could mail a check for $12 to my home:

When Duan offered to refund Edelman the original overcharge, Edelman went into lawyerly overdrive:

[mylife]

What a douche bag.

I hate petty theft too, but I reward it with no further business.

Ben is begging for a “roogie” in his lo mien.

[Mercat]

Next time I’m in Boston where I go about twice a year I’ll eat here.

[mylife]

LOL!!!

[Mears]

“The ‘professor’ is being drawn and quartered several times per hour.”

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Good-—his arrogance is astonishing.

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[ladyjane]

If you go there check out the website.

Chances are good it will still be out of date with 2005 prices.

[Steely Tom]

It was a judge.

Exactly right, and what a memory!

Thanks CC.

Pearson v. Chung.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It claims to be updated and “may vary by location.” Someone who does not ask the price when phoning in an order is foolish.

http://sichuangardenrestaurant.com/cuisine

[HiTech RedNeck]

If he really felt a mission to avenge vague and misleading price lists... why didn’t he just sue in small claims court. And never order anything from them again. Getting all huffy and puffy about it is asinine.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The positive response the restaurant is receiving might induce some unscrupulous restauranteurs to hire know-it-alls who could threaten to sue them over some imaginary slight.

[Slings and Arrows]

If the professor wasn’t a blue-stater he might have known that you can’t unfire a gun.

[mylife]

LOL!

[grundle]

The restaurant owner admitted that he has been knowingly and deliberately defrauding his customers “for quite some time.” That is illegal.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

The outrageous stunt and the threats from this guy aren’t unique. It’s quite common. Ask anyone that’s ever been in a customer service job or has ever dealt with the public.

[spodefly]

Another Ivy League Gruberian elitist ... this country stinks with them ...

[jonascord]

Doesn't everyone have that kind of useless debris cluttering up their memories?

I can remember that the villain on the Diver Dan cartoons was a barracuda with a monocle, but I'll be dipped in lukewarm canal water if I can remember where I saw that shoe repair place, last week.

[jonascord]

The beauty of the Net is that this egotistical idiot's artillery bombardment is going to continue for months if not years, with another sneer arching over the hill, every few weeks, just when he expects it to be forgotten.

Think about it. Five years from now, he's going to be in DC on some senator's staff, and some Republican staffer is going to Google him and BOOM! Another blast from the past...

Just another example that Stupid is everywhere, and the more liberal the school, the higher the ratio between egomaniacal drooler and barely rational humanoid.

[Slambat]

“I apologize for the confusing [sic],” Duan wrote. “Our websites prices has been out of date for quite some time. I will male sure to update it, if you would like I can email you an updated menu.”

This apology is an admission to guilt. You charge what you
advertise. If the prices are different than what is advertised
and you don’t make an effort to inform the customer
of the difference then that’s false advertisement and
they deserve everything they get including a lawsuit
that puts them out of business.

The tard Edelman is right on this one and the restaurant owner
should be sued out of business. No telling how much
ill-gotten gain they have pocketed off of this scam.

[Slings and Arrows]

I wonder if he’s learned his lesson?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Brookline has to be experienced to be believed. It’s Disneyland for liberals, the Most Miserable Place on Earth. Think of a place full of Jonathan Grubers, where Mike Dukakis is king. Edelman is Citizen of the Year in Potterville on the Charles.

Brookline Mercedes come with C*O*E*X*I*S*T already engraved on the bumper. Carbon offsets optional. “Smart” cars are bracelet charms that decorate driveways, but are never driven. SUVs are haram. The Brookline Police deport anyone driving one to Waltham.

If you are ever stranded there by a cruel fate, take in a film festival at the Coolidge Corner Theater, and eat at Micheal’s Deli, then get the Hell out.

[lostboy61]

You sure do use a lot of words to say “He has a small mind and a tiny weenie”