Victory!

Edmund Burke once said, "Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all."

If you recall a few posts ago I gave an account of the events at a bar, along with my subsequent e-mail to its owners. Everyone was doubting me being like, "What a waste of time Patrick they aren't going to answer you" or "Just give it up, your e-mail won't do anything" or "You can't skate by on your good looks this time, Patrick." Well, I had more faith in society than all of these doubting Thomases. Even in French society. Just today i received a reply e-mail. Here's what it said:
Hi Patrick

Sorry to hear that you have had an issue with one of our staff. Believe me, when I tell you that we take all negative feedback very seriously.

After speaking to the team that worked on Monday night for the quiz, I was informed that they had announced that the winners of the cocktail round to collect there drinks on a number of occasions. After waiting for a length of time, it was decided to give the cocktails to the team that had got closest to the answer, having thought that your team had left which can happen from time to time.

Re: the issue with Erik, I have had a lengthy talk with him, and he is not totally in agreement with your version of the story. At the same time, his handling of the situation could have been, and should have been better, and for this my apologies on behalf of Ma Nolan’s management and team.

Come in this Monday night, ask for me, and I’ve organise your round of cocktails for you (better late than never!!). By the way, this week’s big prize is €120!!!

All the best

Barry Gallagher

That's what Erik gets for tangling with the Diesel as well as for spelling his name with a "K." I would also like to hear how his version of the story differed from my amazingly accurate one. Well at least I have a new friendship out of all of this. I must tell you that this story is eerily similar to another redemption tale you may know. Just replace "30 years in prison" with "a bartender was mean to me," and "regained his freedom to be triumphantly reunited with his best friend" to "got some free drinks." Just think of it that way in the video below.