Few Bad People.

 

Our restaurant is in a small suburb where crime is not an uncommon thing. It also does not help that it is located in a quiet street where there is not a lot of business during the night. Six months ago I could safely say that we had been lucky despite all these things but lately its just common practice that there are more negative things in the community than positive.

Last night we were burgled again. It is now the fourth time in the space of twelve months. Each time it has happened it has become more frequent. The shutters are forced open, the large window plane is smashed and what for? For a few measly drops of alcohol. We never really stocked that much alcohol to begin with but it was enough for bad people to force themselves in just for it.

We have decided to stop selling alcohol for this reason. Which I think will end up hurting our business a little and be unfair to our customers. We encourage customers to BYO but some times I can understand that customers only want a glass of wine or a schooner of beer without having to bring it with them. Its hard to tell customers when you don't have certain things because the bad people ruin it for everyone.

I think the worse thing is not the missing alcohol, nor the hundreds of dollars that is continuously used to repair the damage but the feel of the whole place. You feel that you work in a wonderful place, with lovely people and have entertaining customers, but it can all be let down because a few bad people want to take it away from you. I can only hope that we all stay positive and not let those bad people pull us down to their idiotic level.