Posted on 08/10/2022 3:25:08 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A Missouri water park has apologized to a Black family that booked the venue for a big party, but was left high and dry.
Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation said in a statement published Tuesday that it had conducted an internal review of an Aug. 6 event it booked, then canceled on a day when hundreds of teens were hoping to beat the summer heat and have some fun. That investigation “identified missed processes and miscommunication that led to the cancellation,” administrator Joe Snook wrote in his lengthy explanation.
“A sincere apology is owed to the Evans family and our Lee’s Summit community,” he wrote.
Lee’s Summit is the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, and sits near Missouri’s border with Kansas.
According to LSPR, the Evans family booked the park on July 8 for a birthday party that was to have lasted from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Park officials said that on Aug. 4, they became aware of a social media post advertising an event called “Splash Blast 2″ that was being hosted at its water park during that time. Promoting events at the park is in violation of the venue’s rental terms.
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“What’s to apologize for?”
Race card Trumps contract. The park owners will be lucky to get out of this without going bankrupt.
The more I read, the more I asked, “Why do they need an apology?”
Caved like a bunch of wooses. They need to get a gonad transplant from the bakery that stood up to the aggrieved nonsense.
Yup—contracts are racist—only white people are expected to honor them.
Nowhere in the story does it state the family contracted for around 200 guests at $2,000 and showed up with 500. Looks to me like a clear breach of contract.
Can someone enlighten me on what race has to do with this? Another card drawn to sell newspapers.
wy69
Maybe a sincere apology is owed BY the Evans family for misrepresenting the number of people who would show up.
There's no way that kid knows that many people. They just heard about a party and went to get free goodies.
Five hundred unsupervised teens let loose in a water park? What could go wrong?
500 teens = wilding
At least Lee’s Summit is not named for Robert E. Lee (but for an early settler whose name was actually spelled Lea). It’s not that close to the Kansas state line—maybe 15 miles to the east (almost due south of Independence).
Never apologize. Especially never apologize to “minorities”, queers, and woketards.
Follow the money Cha-ching.
So, you like vacationing in LA?
Because this waterpark is going to get sued and lose or be forced to settle. Not because they did anything wrong either.
Was the reason for the screw up because the family was black? If not, their skin color is irrelevant.
The family advertised the party on social media which was in violation of the rental agreement
Once the dollar crashes, things will go back to as they were 100+ years ago. Same for Europe, but probably much sooner.
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
Thomas Sowell
Sorry that happened to you, your Panama City Beach vacation. It takes a lot of $ and effort to plan a vacation. I’ve never been there but I hope you can reschedule.
Sorry that happened to you, your Panama City Beach vacation. It takes a lot of $ and effort to plan a vacation. I’ve never been there but I hope you can reschedule.
"Chris Evans said he signed a $2,000 contract with Summit Waves Aquatic Facility in Lee's Summit to host 250 people for his 17-year-old son's birthday party on Saturday, but officials said a crowd twice the size appeared."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11099431/Missouri-man-accuses-water-park-racism-abruptly-canceled-large-birthday-party-son.html
Can you imagine the rabble that was raised by social media posting. Odds are that at least half didn't even know the family or the birthday boy.
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