Not A Single Member Should Give River Side Marina Their Business
05-25-2014, 11:39 PM
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I don't believe a single member of OSO should give River Side Marina of Houston, TX a single dime of their money. After the way the owner just treated my wife and I today we decided to to see what others have experienced and this is what we learned about what this business did in February of this year.....
http://www.ktrh.com/articles/houston...vice-12084228/
This is our experience from today, but after learning about how he treated one of our War Veterans our experience isn't all the important, nor does it surprise us. The guy in the video pushing around the camera man is the person we had our experience with! Maybe it was my shaved head that trigger him?!
The owner of this place is an absolute A-hole! My wife and just moved to Houston and we were checking out different places to launch our boat, something we wanted to do before just dragging it to unfamiliar ramps and marinas. We walked down the dock only a few minutes while we checked everything out only to have to owner walk up to us asking, "are you guys meeting a boat!!?" We said "no, we are just checking the place out." He said, "you need to do that from up there!" Pointing to a deck just a couple of steps up. We started to walk back to our truck because of this guys attitude, but I decided to turn around to explain to him what we were doing, told him "we just moved here and was simply looking for places we could bring our boat" and that "we were not acting like A-holes on his dock." He then replied, "how would you like it if just anyone was climbing around on your boat!!" We both replied, "what boats were we climbing around on! We are looking to give you business!!" His reply, "I don't want you F'ing business!!"
Job well done A-hole!!
http://www.ktrh.com/articles/houston...vice-12084228/
This is our experience from today, but after learning about how he treated one of our War Veterans our experience isn't all the important, nor does it surprise us. The guy in the video pushing around the camera man is the person we had our experience with! Maybe it was my shaved head that trigger him?!
The owner of this place is an absolute A-hole! My wife and just moved to Houston and we were checking out different places to launch our boat, something we wanted to do before just dragging it to unfamiliar ramps and marinas. We walked down the dock only a few minutes while we checked everything out only to have to owner walk up to us asking, "are you guys meeting a boat!!?" We said "no, we are just checking the place out." He said, "you need to do that from up there!" Pointing to a deck just a couple of steps up. We started to walk back to our truck because of this guys attitude, but I decided to turn around to explain to him what we were doing, told him "we just moved here and was simply looking for places we could bring our boat" and that "we were not acting like A-holes on his dock." He then replied, "how would you like it if just anyone was climbing around on your boat!!" We both replied, "what boats were we climbing around on! We are looking to give you business!!" His reply, "I don't want you F'ing business!!"
Job well done A-hole!!
05-26-2014, 06:27 AM
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Link didn't work, here is the article:
Posted Thursday, February 20th 2014 @ 6am *by*KTRH's Eric Sharp
A former Marine and Gulf War Veteran said he was told to leave a Houston area bar and restaurant because he had his service dog with him.* Don Brown of Spring Texas was given a medical discharge from the Marines after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.* About eight months ago he got a service dog named Truman to, as Brown said; help him cope with everyday life.*
According to Brown he met a friend at the River Side Inn Marina in Channelview Wednesday for a burger and he brought Truman with him.* The waitress told Brown the dog could not be there and Brown explained it was a service dog.* The waitress went to check with her manager and that’s when Brown said a man came out from across the room and asked Brown if he was blind.* The Manager didn’t think Truman was a certified service dog and told Brown to leave because of an “attitude problem”.
It is against state and federal law for a business to ask about a person’s disability or to deny service to someone with a service animal.* Brown originally told his story to our t-v partner Local 2 because he said he wanted the whole world to know how he was treated.* The restaurant refused to comment on the incident.***
Posted Thursday, February 20th 2014 @ 6am *by*KTRH's Eric Sharp
A former Marine and Gulf War Veteran said he was told to leave a Houston area bar and restaurant because he had his service dog with him.* Don Brown of Spring Texas was given a medical discharge from the Marines after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.* About eight months ago he got a service dog named Truman to, as Brown said; help him cope with everyday life.*
According to Brown he met a friend at the River Side Inn Marina in Channelview Wednesday for a burger and he brought Truman with him.* The waitress told Brown the dog could not be there and Brown explained it was a service dog.* The waitress went to check with her manager and that’s when Brown said a man came out from across the room and asked Brown if he was blind.* The Manager didn’t think Truman was a certified service dog and told Brown to leave because of an “attitude problem”.
It is against state and federal law for a business to ask about a person’s disability or to deny service to someone with a service animal.* Brown originally told his story to our t-v partner Local 2 because he said he wanted the whole world to know how he was treated.* The restaurant refused to comment on the incident.***
05-26-2014, 06:32 AM
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I'm a peace time US Navy veteran (1979-1986) and all I can say about this D----head is wow. If he doesn't support our veterans, I won't support his business. Why do you think it is the restaurant refused to comment on the incident?
You local folks should put together a protest outside his business so every passerby or prospective customer knows about his attitude. I say that one good turn deserves another.
You local folks should put together a protest outside his business so every passerby or prospective customer knows about his attitude. I say that one good turn deserves another.
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05-26-2014, 08:42 AM
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The funny thing, we have a Belgian Malinois and we usually bring her with us when we're out visiting, but this time we didn't. It would have been funny as hell to imagine what his reaction would have been had she been with us.
For those that aren't familiar with the breed, they are a fan favorite of the U.S. Military.
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For those that aren't familiar with the breed, they are a fan favorite of the U.S. Military.
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05-26-2014, 09:07 AM
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They are one of a kind dogs and not for the average dog owner, before we got her, a friend said they are just like German Shepherds on speed!
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05-26-2014, 09:39 AM
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There is one on the cover of this month's National Geographic Magazine, along with an article about war dogs. This video is awesome and worth waiting through the ad. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...gs/layka-video
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05-26-2014, 11:21 AM
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There is one on the cover of this month's National Geographic Magazine, along with an article about war dogs. This video is awesome and worth waiting through the ad. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...gs/layka-video
05-27-2014, 09:14 AM
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Good to know TooTall, after we left this place we headed up towards Houston Lake and happened to stumble upon Good Times Marina. There was a good looking big Formula during our visit, but I think he was having engine problems. We will most likely be giving this ramp a try in the future.
Some have asked if there were signs saying "Members and Guests Only" or "Boat Owners and Passengers Only". The answer to that question is NO, the docks were simply courtesy docks around a bar. Here is a picture from Yahoo Maps, there's been a little more added to the docks since this picture, but this is basically it.
Some have asked if there were signs saying "Members and Guests Only" or "Boat Owners and Passengers Only". The answer to that question is NO, the docks were simply courtesy docks around a bar. Here is a picture from Yahoo Maps, there's been a little more added to the docks since this picture, but this is basically it.
