The Volstead
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 583-0411
01/12/2008 Posted by sabethgross
Dear Mr. Hsimon-or Mr. Doorman, Since this probably is you -there was nobody smoking next to us when we were talking- it was inside, you remember? Plus nobody was there throughout the whole conversation which lasted for 20 minutes and cigarettes last for 5. This is actually my first post ever on Citysearch and I am posting here because a few of the people told me what you wrote about our little incident. I am sorry if I was rude but I was just never treated that way in my life and I didn't expected to get treated that way in a supposedly classy place. And I even grew up in Europe and people tend to be ruder there. The young man you did not let in didn't do the smartest thing but that wasn't why you didn't let him in. You didn't let him in because you thought he gave you attitude- remember, you strongly told me that in my face. My husband was there and he actually knows very well the young man you didn't let in and he said he wasn't giving attitude to anyone. So maybe it was just you and your ego that got in the way. There was no bribe involved either--we are after all poor grad students. I came up and I begged you. After that I try to reason with you by saying a group of us would have to leave because we don't want to leave our friend (who was still waiting outside) and from a business perspective it would not make sense to lose a whole group of people just for a one little innocuous incident -to which you responded with yelling and being extremely rude! Well this pushed my buttons and I yelled back. You also got a number of people wrong.It was ten of us who left immediately and more of our friends left 15 minutes later to go to another bar. We were also planning to celebrate another birthday party in Volstead at the end of January but I think we will not do that.You didn't say goodbye in a nice tone, you yelled at us and told us not to come back. We aren't planning to. Finally, you called me names but I am not even going to go into that.
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