I work hard to make eating at the game fun
I am writing in response to the article that was in the Aug. 14 edition of the Southern Standard titled “Eating at the game takes guts.”
I know it is easy to sit back and criticize the work of another, however, you need to take a moment to evaluate your own work. Obviously you cannot find a story that is worthy of being printed, so you figure you might as well rake someone else’s work over the coals.
I happen to take your, what I consider to be harsh criticism, personally. This summer, I supervised the concession stands at the Civic Center. Everyone who worked in those stands busted their butts to serve good food. Many people complimented the staff on the quality of the food they had purchased.
I also noticed you did not have one complaint when you were purchasing two or three hot dogs in an hour, or two for your supper. It seems to me if they were as horrible as you portrayed them to be, you would not have continued to eat as many as you did.
Another problem I had with your article was the comment you made about the workers not eating the food they were selling. If you had directed your attention to the workers, you would have seen them eating some of the very same things you were eating every night and paying the very same prices.
In conclusion, I hope you would take a moment to place yourself in the other person’s shoes before writing another article like this one. As for having guts, obviously you do not have enough to complain to our faces.
You claim you want to “help support the programs,” but I feel that by writing this article, you are doing nothing but degrading the programs. If you really cared, you would have complained immediately to our faces so we could have made improvements that would have made our food closer to your “steak.”
By the way, one of our best sellers was chicken, so read the menu.
Sincerely,
Christy Carpenter
125 Jefferson St.