It is infuriating how, in recent years, so many wonderful restaurants and bars have been put out of business by conniving and unscrupulous jerks who use their disabilities for ill gain.
Seems like the solution is pretty easy...don’t offer anything “all you can eat.”
Technically, sushi is just the rice (it means vinegar rice). So if he paid for all you can eat rice and eats something else, he is in the wrong, period.
The restaurant was set up by a jerk. He walked in with $$ in his eyes.
Sue, sue, sue.
Anything, everything,
SUE!
What in God’s name is this reasonable article doing in the leftist-victimology-as-an-art-form LA Times?
Sleezeburger in Sacramento had a very small bar and a walkup order counter but but covered tables 'outside'. They accomodated the handicapped by going outside for there orders. Good enough? NOPE. This wheelchair dude that makes a living finding violations sued because he couldn't come inside to order and shut them down since there was NO way they could modify and still keep the required parking spots. Fortunately, they reopened elsewhere but it doesn't have the same 'ambience'.
I am on the side of the diabetic since I react the same way to rice. You have to be strong and not eat it.
Shakedown. Nothing more, nothing less.
Unfortunately, the world is full of bunco artists. Some of them are diabetic.
“Oh” is obviously a Korean surname. The Koreans are good people. But a word to the wise: Sushi should be eaten only when prepared by a Japanese chef.
(I’ve learned that lesson via a couple of very “uncomfortable” reactions after dining at places without Japanese chefs. But U’ve never had a hint of trouble in the umpteen times I’ve had sushi at genuine Japanese establishments.)
Yeah, but when I go to an all you can eat restaurant, I choose the food I want to eat. It’s akin to an all you can eat buffet demanding you eat bread with your meal.
If allMartin wants is for Jay Oh to change his policy,then Jay Oh should say no more all you can eat , and Martin should drop the suit.
I think Martin wants the 4 Grand.
Perhaps you would rather that people like me don't eat out at all, or perhaps we should wear a 'D" on an armband so that we can be identified and restaurants can decide if they want to serve my kind.
Are you willing to do the same for Epileptics or people with Tourettes syndrome?
I have type 2 diabetes and know what I can and can’t eat. Picking the fish off of sushi is certainly something I have done in the past, but one would also have to recognize the business owner’s right to choose who an who not to serve.
The situation was probably poorly handled on both sides, but is a payout warranted? I think not.
My prior experience with sushi buffets is that the fish is poor quality with a extra portion of rice to make the restaurant money. Sushi buffets are usually pretty crappy and the fish of the day is worse than catfish.
Diabetes is something you deal with yourself - not the responsibility of someone else - unless you live in California apparently
About 45 years ago I was a poor student at Appalachian State (NC). Once a week a local restaurant had “all you can” fish for $1 for anyone with a student ID. I really was poor and hardly ever had any money for anything except a bare minimum of food, and made my whole week on that one night. I was 6’2”, 150# and ate the fries, hush puppies, slaw and everything else and was still threatened with a body search because they didn’t believe I could eat that much food. Sometimes those special promotions don’t work the way they’re designed.
Mr. Oh should post a “We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone” sign.
What if I like blueberries and think they are good for me? Am I allowed to go to a buffet and take 100 blueberry muffins and pick out the blueberries and eat only those and throw out the majority of 100 muffins? No — that’s essentially vandalism. The deal was to take only the prepared foods you reasonably will eat, and eat what you take.
Sushi is a prepared dish that includes rice. It is not fish, it is sushi. If you are not going to eat sushi then do not take and vandalize multiple portions by picking and then eat a little bit and throw out all the rest. You are not allowed to vandalize food before you eat small select portions of it.
Anyone who defends this total creep or criticizes the restaurant is simply WRONG and your illogical thinking is contributing to America’s troubles.
I hope the jury, representing the fourth branch of government, uses its common sense and resists any pathetic instructions it might receive from the vested legal ruling class about how to rule on this (eg, based on anything like the pathetic ADA); and that it throws this right out of court.
Shakedown. No doubt.
I have gone to Chinese buffets that have a little sushi section. I get the sushi but ditch 2/3 of the rice because I don’t want to fill up on it. But I am not making an entire meal out of sushi the way this diabetic guy was. This diabetic is looking to win via lawsuit plus I am certain he has pulled this scam before