Old Mother Ashby wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> > This actually happened to me last month but I've not remembered to post it
> > until now. Some time earlier in the summer a menu for a Chinese restaurant
> > was stuck in my mailbox (Hunan Palace on Germantown Parkway in Cordova, TN,
> > in case anyone here can reference that). On the menu was the notation: We
> > Deliver! and a sticker with a phone number.
> >
> > Around here, pretty much the only thing you can get delivered is crappy
> > pizza, or if you live in a specific geographic area, sandwiches from Jason's
> > Deli. Occasionally, not often, I get a craving for Chinese food. I usually
> > drive down the road and get take-out from a restaurant which is a
> > hole-in-the-wall but appears to be spic-n-span clean (and has an A rating on
> > the posted - not expired! - certificate from the Dept. of Health).
> >
> > One night last month I got the craving and didn't feel like driving so I
> > decided okay, I'll try this place. I picked out the items on the menu I
> > wanted and then placed the order.
> > Apparently they had hired a delivery service; they weren't doing the actual
> > delivery themselves. I got a recorded message which said (paraphrased), "We
> > no longer deliver for Hunan Palace. We found their lack of sanitation and
> > pest control to be completely unacceptable. Please go somewhere else for
> > your Chinese food."

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I had exactly the same reaction, Christine !! Somebody getting even for
something. Jill, I hope you find some good Chinese soon ;-)

Cheers, Nancree
> >
> > You could have knocked me over with a feather! An independent delivery
> > service, obviously being paid for their services, checked out the sanitation
> > in the restaurant and chose to quality over getting a check! How
> > refreshing!
> >
> > Jill
> >
> >
> >
> What a trusting soul you are! Has it not occurred to you that this might
> be sabotage arising out of a commercial dispute? I would hazard a guess
> that it independent delivery service were obviously not being paid for
> their services...
>
> Christine
> I can't help it, I'm a lawyer