Ah, religious extortion at its finest!Clutchen Menuts wrote:“An appalling response which I have never, ever felt so degraded...”
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I made an inquiry for a group of 35 pax who will be travelling from Phnom Penh to Mondulkiri for a mission trip. Given the another 8hrs via road ~ I am thinking of ordering pizzas to eat along the way, hence I inquired :
- 12" pizza / 16" is for how many person?
- do you deliver to the airport?
- can we eat the pizza cold or keep it overnight?
More importantly, will you give me a special price for the pizza order so I know if this fits my group budget.
The initial response from Jay, explaining that XL can feed 3 people, so I need 12 XL Pizza. They could also deliver to the Airport for a larger order like this. and offered a VIP 10% discount.
I went on to ask how much will it costs me if I go with his suggestion? I also mentioned I have a budget of USD50 for this meal since its all self funded and our budget is very tight.
What took my by surprise was the response I received ....
"Your bill would be around $150-160 total. How in the world do you think we can make that $50? You want to feed 35 people for $50? I suggest street food at $1/plate...you will have money left over for some water bottles. Best of luck"
It's shocking to read the comments coming from a service industry and I am appalled with the response.
I would have given a second thought about their suggestion, but upon reading further, this is totally unacceptable, and I have never, ever felt so degraded.
Are you aware that you have offended not only me and my group, but also the people of Cambodia. Please before you write such degrading response, spare a thought for the locals who dine at your place.
Oh well, its just another pizza place and I am sure there are lots of better ones.
Visited December 2015
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Brooklyn_Pizza, Manager at Brooklyn Pizza & Bistro, responded to this review, December 5, 2016
We are truly sorry that you felt surprised and degraded when we declined your generous offer of $50 for a $195 order that was already discounted to $160. Instead, we offered the advice of ordering inexpensive, hot and tasty, Cambodian street food, as an alternative. We eat delicious street food everyday, as do millions of other "locals" here in Cambodia, and they are never offended by the suggestion or opportunity to indulge in their favorite dishes. Again, so sorry for your sensitivity in matters of budgeting finance and cuisine referral....still wishing you, Best of Luck, now, and in the future.
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Some epic ownage by the Brooklyn Bistro on TA
He was using the alternative definition of "never." If you are making sarcastic comments perhaps be certain if you are using the facts or alternative facts beforehand.ricecakes wrote:Good questionbadboybubby wrote: by scobienz » Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:48 pm
"A final comment. When I spoke to the gentleman in question today I told him that this decision means he would never be able to advertise on K440, despite a previously expressed desire to do so".
what happened?
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, teach English."
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Credit Jacked Camry & LTO
Pizza dude is no longer the pizza dude at this pizza place....
Shame, i like the fella.
Shame, i like the fella.
Massive stalker
Has he become the cheese cake dude at the cheese cake place next door?
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Why isn;t he the pizza dude? Is he only running Alchemy now? I hear both Brooklyn and Alchemy do well, I haven't been to Alchemy yet.
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Even if he has been forced out of Brooklyn I hope he keeps writing their TripAdvisor replies. those are great.
I heard a story that after being told his services were no longer required by Brooklyn, he immediately went to their Facebook page and made a post offering 2 for the price of 1 on everything for that night - Valentines Day, I believe. Nice one, if true.
Sounds like he did them a favour. Only miserable singles who don't go out eat pizza on Valentine's. Preferably alone. At home. I have no friends. Maybe I can call him and we can be best friends?
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Why would his services no longer be required, I thought the place was run really well. Is this a typical case of expat running a business well and the Khmer partners then thinking they can cut out the expat manager and run it just as well themselves, like what happened to Flamingo Frank? Or was there more to it than that? He does have a, um, colorful past but by all accounts he had gone straight.scobienz wrote:I heard a story that after being told his services were no longer required by Brooklyn, he immediately went to their Facebook page and made a post offering 2 for the price of 1 on everything for that night - Valentines Day, I believe. Nice one, if true.
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I thought he had a stake in the business, possibly even a majority stake?
I agree that without him at the helm it will inevitably go down the drain, the only question is, how fast.
I agree that without him at the helm it will inevitably go down the drain, the only question is, how fast.
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He doesn't have a stake in Brooklyn. I believe he has a stake in the new bar.
It will be interesting to see how Brooklyn fares without him. Whatever you think of Jay, he was passionate about the place and its position in the market, and very committed to the product and using the best ingredients.
It wouldn't surprise me to see a few corners cut now.
It will be interesting to see how Brooklyn fares without him. Whatever you think of Jay, he was passionate about the place and its position in the market, and very committed to the product and using the best ingredients.
It wouldn't surprise me to see a few corners cut now.
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