IHOP Lexington Park
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HotPinkChicken
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You know, even people who are homeless deserve jobs. And drug addicts too. Whether it is McDonald's, IHOP, or a grocery store, at least they are WORKING. It sounds like you personally know these people and have a vendetta against them. Just saying.
Clem72
Well-Known Member
I would say they deserve the right to compete for a job. No one deserves any specific job simply because they exist.
HotPinkChicken
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PJumper
New Member
Why didn't you report it to the cops if you're such a "concerned citizen"?
idiganthro
Member
Don't eat at the IHOP at Lexington park, 2 druggies working there and living in their van in the parking lot. I'm sure they don't get many showers. One is cooking the other one is waiting tables....she is better known as "Olive Oil" as somebody commented on the news story that showed her mugshot where she was arrested for drugs and prostitution. I guess nobody has standards these days....do yourself a favor, go to Cracker Barrell!
The roach I saw on the table a few years back did it for me!!
GWguy
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That was my clue too. It's been 25 years since I've been in there.
The legal system around here has a habit of not giving a chit about our drug issue and cleaning up the streets. Thanks for doing your part and reporting it. Turning a blind eye to the epidemic that is killing people left and right in our town is absolutely unacceptable. I will be sure to stay away from IFLOP.
The comments on this article are fascinating. Especially the ones from "Lisa Bates" who claims to be the woman's aunt.
What fascinates me is that we scream about the need for MORE PROGRAMS, LESS JAIL/PRISON as the answer to the addiction problems. Meanwhile, our local law enforcement spends its time hunting down dangerous skateboarding middle schoolers and letting drug dealers off the hook (presumably b/c catching them is too hard?). This woman's "aunt" says she has been in and out of 14 rehab programs. SOMETHING ISN"T WORKING. I wonder if the cops ever responded to sinwagon's call and if so, what did they do? And if they actually did something, will our shoddy legal system support it? The problem seems to be more along the lines of a lack of consequence and accountability.
God help Shannon's poor children. I hope they survive her mess.
Booboo3604
Active Member
Agreed. And if the OP really thinks that this particular restaurant is the only one employing drug addicts, she is sadly mistaken. I dare someone to name a restaurant in the area that does not have a single person who does drugs working for it....
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It is sad and scary to think that local businesses are so willingly supporting something that kills its own potential patrons at such an alarming rate.
I know it is also scary for these addicts families to know that they are actually being given money to spend on the habits that are sucking the life out of their loved ones.
mitzi
Well-Known Member
Seriously, now being condemned for having a job.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Then call the police. You're making a few unfounded assumptions here - that the establishment KNOWS it is happening, that the establishment can DO anything even if they know it is happening, and that there is anything illegal happening in the first place. How do you KNOW they are doing drugs? If you do, call the police and let THEM deal with it. Or tell the manager and see what happens.
As it is, you're defaming or libeling the restaurant, which itself is against the law.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
For my part, I'm happy to see a current or former addict getting a job. I'm tired of seeing stories of them breaking into homes to feed their habit. I'm sick of my not-trivial tax dollars paying for everything they do in life, either totally depending on welfare or rotting in jail. Maybe, just maybe, they are trying climb out of their self-created hole and get back to a normal life. More power to them. I can deal with a sourpuss waiter under those circumstances.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Has it occurred to you that (as I said) you might, just might, be making some unfounded assumptions? You have no idea what happened as a result of your call. You have no idea what the establishment knows, or what the police know. You did your part. Don't make things worse by libeling a business.
Don't be an ass and split hairs, you know what she means. They deserve to not be discriminated against because of their past (hopefully their past).
This is exactly why we have a drug problem in this county. Everybody is into each others business, you make a mistake you are stuck in that cast for life, your family is stuck in that cast. It's like merry old England, once a peasant, always a peasant. Once trash, always trash.
Isn't that right?
mitzi
Well-Known Member
Just how do you know they were smoking crack? I'm not defending these people but just wondering how you know what they were smoking?
we have problems because there are very few opportunities. It's not just accountability. One infraction, for anything, and you have a big mark against.
Go find good mental health care in the county.
Try looking for a job after a conviction.
I'm not making an excuse, there is a way out, but the system is rigged, once you are in the system it's designed to keep you there.