Thursday, December 11, 2014

Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food

Via Nancy

Ben Edelman (left) and Ran Duan (right)

Ben Edelman is an associate professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit.

Ran Duan manages The Baldwin Bar, located inside the Woburn location of Sichuan Garden, a Chinese restaurant founded by his parents. 

 Last week, Edelman ordered what he thought was $53.35 worth of Chinese food from Sichuan Garden’s Brookline Village location.

Edelman soon came to the horrifying realization that he had been overcharged. By a total of $4.
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a Harvard Business School professor thinks a family-run Chinese restaurant screwed him out of $4, you’re about to find out. 

(Hint: It involves invocation of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute and multiple threats of legal action.) 

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4 comments:

  1. Sorry.

    It's when karmic justice is applied to reprehensible shitbags that use the law as a weapon for petty grievances and personal vendettas.

    mr.associate professer lives in Boston, so it might be called "boating accident" or "choking on corned beef & cabbage" there.

    This is the unintended consequences of not being able to take those out back and beat the shit out of them when they deserve it.

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    1. This is the unintended consequences of not being able to take those out back and beat the shit out of them when they deserve it.

      Well said.

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