Bundt cake tantrum could cost this guy his $204,000 job

[yortsed snacilbuper]

No matter how good it tastes, Bundt cake isn’t worth this much.

Sunrise City Manager Richard Salamon had a fit when a local baker refused to honor his coupon for a free cake, and now the $3.99 deal could cost him his $204,000-a-year job.

City commissioners are discussing Salamon’s future after he got nasty when told his coupon for the free mini Bundt at Nothing Bundt Cakes had expired, the co-owner said.

Dannie Augustin told commissioners Tuesday night that Salamon came into the Sunrise bakery a few weeks ago and asked her employee to “break the rules” and honor the coupon.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sunrise/fl-sb-bundt-cake-sunrise-city-manager-20180628-story.html

[Renew Deal]

1. Stores are better served by honoring old coupons

There aren’t many good reasons to turn customers away.

[canetoad]

2. Probably right

And I'd give it a go. If they said no, nothing ventured.... What kind of idiot would make an issue out of it.

[JI7]

6. that probably wouldn't work as much these days because people get coupons on their phones

email, etc or they print them out themselves.

so people can use them multiple and unlimited times.

[MineralMan]

11. Maybe, but the store may not normally make those cakes.

It could well have been just during the promotional period that they actually baked the mini bundt cakes. If that's the case, there probably wasn't one available when the moron with the expired coupon came in. Otherwise, I'd agree with you about honoring old coupons, but it might well have been impossible to do so.

[Renew Deal]

14. I agree

[LanternWaste]

15. People are better served by not asking for unearned privilege.

There aren't many good reason to act like a petulant child.

[Renew Deal]

16. It's a coupon that's used to bring people into the store

So if people actually come into the store, it's better to keep customers happy and honor the coupon. Of course if they say no, it is what it is. I agree with you that he shouldn't flip out and everyone else that said that they might not have been able to honor it.

[blogslut]

3. This did not age well

New Sunrise city manager gets job contract, aims to stay out of news

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..."This is my eighth or ninth job with the city," Salamon said Tuesday after the meeting.

Salamon, 50, grew up in Cocoa Beach and now lives with his family in Sunrise.

His late father, Milt Salamon, was a longtime newspaper columnist for Florida Today.

But Salamon says, only partly in jest, that he hopes to stay out of the news...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/sunrise/fl-new-sunrise-city-manager-contract-20150127-story.html

[TlalocW]

4. Bundt Cakes have been the cause of so much misunderstandings over the years

They're a scourge on society.

TlalocW

[MineralMan]

12. So many great scenes in that movie.

Just yesterday, I said to my wife, when she complained about an itchy mosquito bite, "Put some Windex..."

[TlalocW]

20. Plus it's educational

I can now say, "Nice boobs," and, "I have three testicles," in Greek.

TlalocW

[MineralMan]

21. LOL!

[PatSeg]

5. He makes $204,000 a year

and he wants a $3.99 cake for free? Can't get much cheaper that.

[stevenleser]

13. And Florida is among the lower cost of living states. $204K is a small fortune there. You are right.

If I made that much money there, the last thing I would be doing is having a fit over a $4 cake.

[PatSeg]

17. And with an expired coupon?

I've been really poor and even then, I'd never try to use an expired coupon to get something for free. I've known people like that though and it blows my mind how cheap they are.

[Raine]

7. Some people think rules don't apply to them

they think they're better then people who follow rules, nothing but a conniving cheapskate!

[madaboutharry]

8. I think there may be other reasons

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his job is in jeopardy. Getting fired over this seems extreme. Someone doesn’t like him and is looking for a reason to get rid of him. That’s my opinion.

[FSogol]

10. The guy is Trumpian-lite. He can't bully a local business, so his wife blasted the company on social

media? Why should politicians get to abuse businesses? Send him packing.

[lunasun]

9. I think the chain store little cakes are blah. Not good bundtbakery quality . Wouldn't lose a job

over them for sure. Had a coupon not great but my only complaint was thier store layout and service chaos
I'm in Chicago so I may be spoiled as far as bakery quality

[dembotoz]

18. used to work for val pak...generally would advise the store to honor the coupon

getting new customers is hard work.
a coupon might have just done that.

smile, honor the coupon and hope he comes back

sometimes you can't on a special limited production no longer available item
and some folks will abuse the store.
but generally speaking...
honor the damn coupon

[yortsed snacilbuper]

19. penny wise pound foolish