Michael Gorey

I’ll think twice before I ever complain about slow service in a restaurant after reading this report in The Age:

“A restaurateur has been jailed for seven years for the manslaughter of a patron who complained about slow service. After a fight broke out at the Bon Mua restaurant and karaoke bar, co-owner and chef Khanh Vo went to the kitchen and grabbed a small-bladed paring knife, normally used to cut fruit.

“He then returned to the scene of the conflict and stabbed 56-year-old Anh Dung Nguyen three times to the left side of his body.

“Mr Nguyen was helped outside, but died the next day in hospital despite emergency surgery.”

I’m generally not one to complain. I once sent a steak back to the kitchen because it was rare and I had asked for medium; the chef didn’t come chasing me though.

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