[ale] Melton's Is Closed (for now)

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 19:58:33 EST 2011 

I'm wondering if they were rat rats or escaped pet rodents from the pet
store.
On Nov 16, 2011 5:52 PM, "arxaaron" <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a few weeks back the Pet Supermarket next door to Melton's
> was doing a major "remodelling" job.  They may have been trying
> to clean up their act and clear out an infestation.  May be that this
> just had the rats moving to the closest available shelter and food
> source.
>
> Anyway, I'll be happy to frequent Melton's again when they
> reopen.
>
> peace
> aaron
>
>
> On 2011/11/16, at 17:11 , Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 11:30 -0500, David Tomaschik wrote:
> >> Am I the only one disappointed to see that the problem started in
> >> July
> >> and it took until October to get serious about it?
> >
> > Ah, let's get realistic here...
> >
> > The problem started in July and they probably didn't even think it was
> > something serious at first.  They had the incident, cleaned it up, and
> > dealt with it and figured they were done.  Few weeks later, something
> > happens again.  Heilein once wrote, once is chance, twice is
> > coincidence, three times is enemy action.
> >
> > They most likely called and exterminator early who also would not have
> > recognized the significance of a growing incident from a few minor
> > incidents.  Now they know it was a growing problem but hindsight is
> > always 20-20.  There's at least a month shot before anyone realizes
> > this
> > is more than just a mouse or two that snuck in.
> >
> > Then they had to get the landlord involved and a more involved
> > investigation.  Once that's involved, the guys next door go through a
> > good faith effort (or what was made to look like a good faith
> > effort) to
> > fix the problem.
> >
> > Ok...  When that doesn't work, THEN you get the lawyers involved.
> > That
> > doesn't happen fast and you don't get an entire business shut down
> > overnight.  3 months.  I'm surprised they got in front of a judge who
> > was in the mood to shut these clowns down that fast.  You don't just
> > shut another business down without a lot of proof and a lot of
> > history.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >> I know nothing
> >> about running restaurants, and understand that you can't close down
> >> at
> >> the first sign of a rodent, but they admitted to an infestation
> >> starting in July... it should have been resolved somehow by now, IMO.
> >> I applaud their handling now, but I'm rather glad I never go to the
> >> after-meetings...
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Michael B. Trausch
> >> <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> >>> Yeah, that's the same place that they were working on last month.
> >>> Sad that Meltons has had to shut down as a result. I would be
> >>> livid if I were the owner. Heck, I am and I only go to spend money
> >>> there!
> >>>
> >>> So, will there be an after meeting this month? And if so, where
> >>> will it be at? I seem to recall a place that Aaron played at in
> >>> Decatur, but I don't remember what it was, only that the beer was
> >>> good...
> >>>
> >>> "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at WittsEnd.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 10:43 -0500, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
> >>>>> What does the AJC article say about its closing?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-restaurateur-tells-how-1227581.html
> >>>>
> >>>>> A Decatur-area restaurant is closed and is looking at more than
> >>>>> $100,000 in out-of-pocket costs due to rats its owner contends
> >>>> invaded
> >>>>> his space from a business next door.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I seem to recall last month that they were doing a whole lot of
> >>>> work
> >>>> just next door to Melton's and the workers were dressed like they
> >>>> were
> >>>> dealing with some rather unpleasant cleanup inside.  Looks like
> >>>> some
> >>>> small grocery store or some such.  I wonder if it's related.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kinda looks like it is:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Eventually, the shopping center owner brought in a pest specialist
> >>>> who
> >>>>> traced the problem to openings where rodents were entering the
> >>>>> building, and to the Pet Supermarket next door, where rats had
> >>>>> gotten
> >>>>> into pet food, Melton said.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Things got so bad, Melton said he hired a lawyer, went to court
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> got a judge’s injunction shutting Pet Supermarket down on Oct. 20.
> >>>> The
> >>>>> court ordered the store to remain closed until it eradicated the
> >>>>> rat
> >>>>> problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>>> --Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stephen R. Blevins <
> >>>>> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Per AJC this morning, Melton's App and Tap, the site of most of
> >>>>>> our
> >>>>>> meetings-after-the-meeting, is voluntarily closed.
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Stephen R. Blevins
> >>>>>> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _
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