In case you missed it, a business owner named Kaili Lamb took to social media after Charlie Kirk was murdered to share her thoughts in the moment. “Sorry, not sorry what a (expletive) douche.” Before she could take it back, “…Lamb’s post quickly went viral — sparking outrage and prompting a flood of negative reviews of Lamb & Co. Fishmongers in Melbourne on Yelp and Google.”
One moment of unfiltered observation was about to doom her business, complete with, according to reports, threatening messages and phone calls. So, she removed the post and replaced it with an apology.
Lamb posted a lengthy apology on social media on September 14 and wrote, “A comment I made last night was deeply inappropriate and hurtful… I take full responsibility for my poor judgement and hurtful words.”
FAFO
She’s not the only one. I want to remind everyone, as we often do, that threatening people who say things we don’t like is irresponsible. “Be like the left is about tactics,” not intimidation, fear, and violence. They will fear your effectiveness more than anything, so no threats. Cut that crap out. And that wasn’t the FAFO alluded to in the headline.
Kaili Lamb’s business is on a section of street that the mayor would like to rename in honor of Charlie Kirk.
Mayor Paul Alfrey said he plans to bring an item before city council on Sept. 24 to rename a section of Cypress Avenue, from Eau Gallie Boulevard to Orange Street, to Charlie Kirk Lane.
Alfrey said the move is not about retaliation against Lamb.
“It’s not because of the business owner. It’s the idea that the city of Melbourne represents all people. I fought and changed the airport road to Martin Luther King Boulevard and I got a lot of backlash,” Alfrey said.
I’m not convinced. Melbourne, Florida, has a population of over 88,000. A bit smaller than Nashua, New Hampshire. There are plenty of streets to choose from. Why that section of that street?
I’m not doubting his sincerity when he says she has nothing to do with it, but think about it. Lamb & Co. Fishmongers would have to change its address, business cards, stationery, and everything on which its address appears to read “Charlie Kirk Lane,” Melbourne, Florida. Talk about FAFO!
The city council has to approve the change, and there is always pushback when you want to make everyone on a section of road update everything about their home or business to match the new address, but it happens often enough that it’s not a hardship. Unless you’re Kaili Lamb, who would have to look at Charlie Kirk’s name every day, she would have to say his name when telling people where to find her business.
If approved, I can’t imagine she wouldn’t start looking for a new place to do business, assuming she can move and hates his ass that much, which it seems she does. Who writes that unless the feeling is visceral?
And, I’m not saying her apology is genuine. I’d expect Kaili to have spent some time watching MSNBC and CNN, as well as reading the online equivalent. In other words, she knows nothing about Charlie or what he actually did, may never know, but needs to keep her operation in the black.
I’ll close with this. Very early on in my hourly wage career (circa 1976), it was instilled in me that if I went anywhere dressed for work where I could be identified as an employee of a business, I was to conduct myself as if I were at work, representing my employer. Best behavior.
That applies to business owners, too, and I commend Kaili for stepping up and apologizing for her poor behavior, but I feel sure it was a desperate attempt, prompted by other stakeholders, to try and plug the massive hole she’d punched in their operation with her heartless remark. A rare exception these days. Most of the ignorant haters on the left keep on hatin’.
