No Witnesses

The owner of Restaurant Paradou ("a little bit of Provençal paradise in Manhattan's Meatpacking district") sent an email to his employees that I can't repeat here, as this blog, as I've said, is PG-rated. Anyway, he was upset that the waiters didn't collect enough email addresses from patrons to build their spam database. Classy restaurant, this seems to be. (A look at their not-quite-affordable menu reveals choices like "la bouillabaisse." Exotic!) Now the restaurant's Yelp page has a list of flaming do-not-recommends. (And also says they have "the greatest all-you-can-drink champagne brunch of all time." Good to know.) The lesson here, for the managerial class, seems to be that if you're going to treat your employees poorly, do not do so in an email or any other reproducible form.