Peter King from CNNSI and Downtown Coffee

[fieldafm]

Let's own up to our mistakes and start fixing them instead of just trying to pin the blame on someone who doesn't deserve it.  In both situations we should be thanking them for bringing this to our attention, but we are doing the exact opposite.

+1,000,000

If you owned a business and a large customer said 'gee I can't spend money with you b/c of XYZ', would you:
A) Take the valuable feedback and fix it?
B) Just tell him he's an idiot and just doesn't 'get it'' and continue to stick your head in the sand?
C) Go pee on someone's lawn?

 

[77danj7]

Let's own up to our mistakes and start fixing them instead of just trying to pin the blame on someone who doesn't deserve it.  In both situations we should be thanking them for bringing this to our attention, but we are doing the exact opposite.

+1,000,000

If you owned a business and a large customer said 'gee I can't spend money with you b/c of XYZ', would you:
A) Take the valuable feedback and fix it?
B) Just tell him he's an idiot and just doesn't 'get it'' and continue to stick your head in the sand?
C) Go pee on someone's lawn?

 

Well if I were downtown I'd choose C and slightly modify it - I'd just pee in any of our wonderful parks/plazas or in a plant holder by a trash can.

[urbanlibertarian]

I'll bet the Omni has a concierge but Peter King chose to ask the parking guy where to get coffee nearby?  Really? Also, wouldn't the Hyatt have been a better choice?  I really enjoy the guy's writing and read him weekly during football season.

[Captain Zissou]

I'll bet the Omni has a concierge but Peter King chose to ask the parking guy where to get coffee nearby?  Really? Also, wouldn't the Hyatt have been a better choice?  I really enjoy the guy's writing and read him weekly during football season.

You have now posted this twice but I still don't see the point?  So it's his fault because he asked the wrong employee of the hotel?  Shouldn't the parking guy have referred him to the concierge if they didn't know the answer.  The fault lies on the Omni for not training their employees and the marketing groups downtown for not making that info universally availible.

[BridgeTroll]

I'll bet the Omni has a concierge but Peter King chose to ask the parking guy where to get coffee nearby?  Really? Also, wouldn't the Hyatt have been a better choice?  I really enjoy the guy's writing and read him weekly during football season.

You have now posted this twice but I still don't see the point?  So it's his fault because he asked the wrong employee of the hotel?  Shouldn't the parking guy have referred him to the concierge if they didn't know the answer.  The fault lies on the Omni for not training their employees and the marketing groups downtown for not making that info universally availible.

I'll go one further... it is the Omni's fault for NOT having a decent coffee service available for its patrons...

[Debbie Thompson]

I'll bet the Omni has a concierge but Peter King chose to ask the parking guy where to get coffee nearby?  Really? Also, wouldn't the Hyatt have been a better choice?  I really enjoy the guy's writing and read him weekly during football season.

I'll bet the Omni has a coffee pot.  :-)

[fsquid]

I'll bet the Omni has a concierge but Peter King chose to ask the parking guy where to get coffee nearby?  Really? Also, wouldn't the Hyatt have been a better choice?  I really enjoy the guy's writing and read him weekly during football season.

I'll bet the Omni has a coffee pot.  :-)

and like most hotels, some shit coffee most likely.

[02roadking]

I'm may try wandering around Downtown Saturday morning prior to this  http://www.facebook.com/events/297651076998503/  to see if I can find this elusive cup of coffee. LOL

[vicupstate]

I'm may try wandering around Downtown Saturday morning prior to this  http://www.facebook.com/events/297651076998503/  to see if I can find this elusive cup of coffee. LOL

I bet there will be a lot of 'Jaguaring', perhaps a flash mob?

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I'm may try wandering around Downtown Saturday morning prior to this  http://www.facebook.com/events/297651076998503/  to see if I can find this elusive cup of coffee. LOL

I bet there will be a lot of 'Jaguaring', perhaps a flash mob?

Perhaps I'll position myself at the top of the WJCT antennae with a sniper rifle, fully automatic with my body weight in ammo and survey the situation for any 'Jaguaring'.


Too soon?


Relax.  I never said the gun would be loaded.

[Wacca Pilatka]

For some perspective on the King story - his columns frequently make it clear that he has a Starbucks-specific fixation and seeks out Starbucks, not local coffee shops.

He also has a habit of picking on Jacksonville (e.g., calling it "Hartford with palm trees" and openly rooting for the Jaguars to move to London so he can make Sports Illustrated-paid visits there), which is why I suspect I-10 East, understandably, angrily reacted to King's commentary.

Of course, that doesn't change the facts that it's highly unfortunate that downtown couldn't support its Starbucks stores and that the hotel employees couldn't point King to a coffee shop.

[fsquid]

I only read King's Monday columns as they certainly have a good bit of info in them after watching the games on Sunday.   I don't recall him mentioning Jacksonville much at all the last two seasons.

[Wacca Pilatka]

I only read King's Monday columns as they certainly have a good bit of info in them after watching the games on Sunday.   I don't recall him mentioning Jacksonville much at all the last two seasons.

Last fall I sent him a long and not especially pleasant e-mail after he lied on TV and said Jacksonville covers 1/3 of its seats with tarps.

He has a legitimate grievance with the coffee issue, but he has a long history of going out of his way to snipe at Jacksonville, so I understand why someone would see the name Peter King and get irritated.  He was kinder this time with the positive comments about the beer and other positive remarks on Twitter about how accessible the Jaguars are to fans.  He also gets a lot of access and insider information so I certainly did not mean to be critical of anyone who follows his column.

[I-10east]

^^^+1,000,000

[fsquid]

never heard the tarp comment.  I'm guessing that was on NBC one Sunday.  That is blatantly wrong and horseshit for him to say.