Bill Starks
State Researcher
from Rick Dobbins RDobbins@appleamerican.com
to m1gunr@gmail.com
cc Bonney Lake <bonneylake@appleamerican.com>,
Dave Mitzel <dmitzel@appleamerican.com>
date Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:11 PM
subject Incident at Bonney Lake Applebee's
Dear Mr. Stark,
My name is Rick Dobbins and I am an Area Director for Applebee’s restaurants. Until recently, I was in charge of the Applebee’s in Bonney Lake. I wanted to get back to you regarding your question about bringing your weapon into our Applebee’s. I think that there has been some errors in our communication with you. After reading your emails, it appears that you were told that you cannot bring your weapon in AT ALL into our restaurant. While it is illegal to bring it into our bar area, it is not illegal to bring a concealed weapon into the dining room. All that we ask is that it remains concealed, and is not visible to the other patrons. This could result in a situation where others might feel uncomfortable and decide to leave, which would hurt our business.
I am not sure if this is what we communicated to you, but this is the position we would like to take on this. We would like to have you back as a customer, and I hope this is an acceptable mutual agreement. If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at 253-381-6883.
Rick Dobbins
rdobbins@appleamerican.com
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to m1gunr@gmail.com
cc Bonney Lake <bonneylake@appleamerican.com>,
Dave Mitzel <dmitzel@appleamerican.com>
date Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:11 PM
subject Incident at Bonney Lake Applebee's
Dear Mr. Stark,
My name is Rick Dobbins and I am an Area Director for Applebee’s restaurants. Until recently, I was in charge of the Applebee’s in Bonney Lake. I wanted to get back to you regarding your question about bringing your weapon into our Applebee’s. I think that there has been some errors in our communication with you. After reading your emails, it appears that you were told that you cannot bring your weapon in AT ALL into our restaurant. While it is illegal to bring it into our bar area, it is not illegal to bring a concealed weapon into the dining room. All that we ask is that it remains concealed, and is not visible to the other patrons. This could result in a situation where others might feel uncomfortable and decide to leave, which would hurt our business.
I am not sure if this is what we communicated to you, but this is the position we would like to take on this. We would like to have you back as a customer, and I hope this is an acceptable mutual agreement. If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at 253-381-6883.
Rick Dobbins
rdobbins@appleamerican.com
<emphasis mine>