Letters to the Editor

Supports Ask Aviva

To the Editor:

I enjoy your articles every week, happily agreeing with your advice and your cheerful writing style.
Having spent years in a Bais Yaakov system (not in the 5 Towns) which, I believed, unnecessarily emphasized their translation of tznius over other more important aspects of tznius Jewish behavior, I thought your response to the lady of “Fashionable and Frum” to be on par. After all, she never said that she dressed… well, let us say “skimpily” merely she has “interesting” fashion tastes which are not typical (I visualized animal print worn with florals). “Not typical” does not, in my view, automatically translate to “untzniusdik.”
I am saddened to hear that you received such violent responses to your advice, to the point of unkind misuse. I know you said the best feedback was the silent type, but I felt a personal need to pass on my appreciation of your work.
Lea Weiss
Lawrence

Customer isn’t always right

To the Editor:
[Re: Kosher Critic: Struggle for civility” Nov. 18] What would happen if the people to whom you would affix a “THIEF” sticker found out that all you have to do is make a respectful complaint at a restaurant and you’ll get a free dessert or French fries? It calls to mind the scene where a waiter goes over to a table of 75-year-old women who are halfway through their meal and inquires, “Is anything all right?”
I agree that from your account it’s clear that the management at Off the Grill was off base with their reaction, but if you’re going to critique the food industry please disregard the first commandment of retail, which states that the customer is always right. They aren’t and if you realize that those “thieves” at Kosherfest are customers somewhere else you’ll appreciate what storekeepers and restaurateurs go through.

Jay Todtman
Toddy’s Appetizers
Cedarhurst