Letter to the Editor

Westin should have handled beach situation differently

Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Dear Sir,

I have not written to your paper in a long time. However, after reading about the incident at the Westin Hotel, I feel compelled to write this letter.

This incident should not have gone as far as it did. If professional people had treated the incident in a professional manner instead of the management sending security guards to take care of the matter, it would have ended up in a different way.

Nevertheless, bars and restaurants that serve food and drink to the general public, who in turn conduct themselves properly, automatically make those people guests of that property. They may not have spent $300 - $500 for a room, but they are still guests of that establishment.

As I was reading the newspaper front page ‘Westin responds’, I had to smile and say to myself: Why didn’t the management of the hotel state what happened, instead of hiding behind lawyers who try to justify the actions of their client by quoting the law instead of giving an honest explanation?

Too often we find persons not taking full responsibility for their own actions and in doing so compound the problems.

In my opinion the management of the Westin Hotel should have the courtesy to come forward and give an honest explanation of what happened that day.

Things of this nature always in the long run come back to kick you in your face. I sign my name without fear or favour.

Dexter L Ebanks

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