Man’s Facebook Post Got 500 People To Come To Struggling Restaurant In 1 Day
Kimberly Yam
[1] A Canadian restaurant that had trouble staying afloat
has become quite the catch, thanks to a simple Facebook
post.
After Colin Ross, 31, decided to eat at a struggling
[5] shop called Whitbie’s Fish & Chips following a long night
out, he fell in love with the food. But the patron was
discouraged to find that John McMillan, the shop’s
69-year-old owner, couldn’t even afford to pay himself.
So last weekend, Ross wrote a rave review, calling on
[10] people across Facebook to check out the shop. And days
later, McMillan watched as hundreds visited his restaurant
and revived his Lethbridge, Alberta business.
McMillan told Global News that he’s moved by
this outpouring of generosity from the community.
[15] “He did it out of the goodness of his heart and
Lethbridge came and did it out of the goodness of their
hearts,” the proud owner said of Ross and his other
patrons.
About 400 people showed up to the fish and chips
[20] shop shortly after Ross’ post went up. The day after, a
whopping 500 people showed up to support the
restaurant, BuzzFeed reported. McMillan has even had to
hire another chef to keep up with business, CTV noted.
“Our business has just gone right through the roof to
[25] the point where, you know, we’ve got people waiting an
hour and a half to an hour and three quarters for their
dinner,” he told the Calgary Eyeopener.
Whitbie’s has come a long way from where it was
just a few weeks ago. The owner, who’s originally from
[30] Scotland, explained to Global News that much of his
business’ struggles are due to a bad location.
“People don’t know where I am,” he told the outlet.
“The last three months here have been absolutely
horrible, just horrible.”
[35] When Ross made his first visit to the restaurant in
search of a hangover cure, he said he didn’t see anyone
else there besides McMillan. The customer, who
ordered a halibut special, was both pleased with the food
and touched by the owner’s personality. And though
[40] McMillan initially refused Ross’ offer to help, the patron
went ahead and shared his thoughts of the shop on Face-
book.
“The owner was a gem, real classy stand-up guy, so
I ask everyone in Lethbridge to share
[45] this and go support this hard working gentleman,” he wrote.
The post has received thousands of shares from peo-
ple across the social media site. With business now
booming, McMillan told the Calgary Eyeopener that
he’s bursting with community pride.
[50] “The people of Alberta just come together,” he said.
“This is the greatest province and the greatest country.”
(Fonte: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-one-facebook-post-hel-ped-revive-a-struggling-fish-and-chips-shopus57c450f8e4b0664f13c96bc9Agosto 2016).
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