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Lately we have been enjoying a nice increase in business, as I have mentioned. As a result, we are starting to experience the phenomenon I like to call FGS, otherwise known as “flapping gums syndrome.”This is not my first encounter with FGS. There are those people in the world who just can’t deal with the success of others, and as a result, they have to create drama. Just this week we’ve heard that 1) an equipment repair person cut their finger in the restaurant and that we had to close down our kitchen, 2) that the town council wants to look into our redecorating of the restaurant (apparently they want us to have a permit to paint the walls or something…), 3) and that someone — in a fit of pique over being fired — called the health department and made up some fabulously creative stories about us. And those are just the tip of the iceberg!I’m not much for drama, and I have nothing but disdain for people who repeat stupid, obviously outlandish and untrue dreck. I pity them, because they have such sad, pathetic lives that they have to spread gossip about my restaurant to make themselves feel important. We all know these kinds of people… they are most unfortunately plentiful. They have no idea the damage their flapping gums can cause, and no idea how silly it makes them look. They feel powerful spreading their venom, trying to make themselves feel important, trying to make other people like them by offering up little tidbits of gossip trash in exchange for the minute in the spotlight. I just have to keep reminding myself of the real reasons why people do this, realize that it isn’t personal (usually!), and remember that there’s no such thing as bad press!! CM
