To think this is shameful behaviour of wedding venue after couple lose twins?

[BrightonNim]

Sussex wedding venue accuses couple of playing the sympathy card when they cancel/postpone wedding after losing twins:
www.theargus.co.uk/news/9588772.Sussex_wedding_venue_accuses_grieving_couple_of__playing_the_sympathy_card_/

Insensitive, and PR suicide?:

'Colin Munday, owner of the English Wine Centre, told The Argus that he believes he did use the expression ?playing the sympathy card? to Mr Matthews.

He added: ?They have been trying to get money back by using their tragedy and I don?t think that?s morally correct.

?I think that?s disrespectful to their babies.

?It?s very sad but they are not seeing the business point of view.? '

errr...i suspect the business view was far from their minds, but a press statement like that - what was the guy thinking?

It does seem a bit unfair on the business owner.

Presumably the couple went to the newspaper and told them the story and probably the first the owner of the business knew was when he got a phone call from the writer of the article asking him to give his side of the story.

His words may not have been chosen that well, but the man may have misinterpreted the situation. I know of another case where someone said something unwise because they were told it was 'off the record', because they didnt know there is no such thing.

I agree with those who say there are two sides to this - 1 we don't seem to be getting.

I too am very sorry for the couples loss, but the man has tried to offer them an alternative and they did get married in Decemeber - so 7 months earlier than planned not the year later they claimed to need.

I actually think both parties are in the wrong here.

Sorry to all those who've had babies/children who have died.

" I know of another case where someone said something unwise because they were told it was 'off the record', because they didnt know there is no such thing."

There is such a thing as off the record.

Journalists respect it all the time.

toofattorun what business is it of yours? Sending an abusive message (if that's what it was) to a man who as far as I can see has done his best to accommodate this couple is wholly unnecessary.

What ZillionChocolate said.

'There is such a thing as off the record.
Journalists respect it all the time.'

really? you think Rebekah brooks would?

his side: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114667/Wedding-venue-accuses-grieving-couple-playing-sympathy-card-cancel-ceremony-losing-twin-sons-birth.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

A friend is a jounalist for a national newspaper & she will respect 'off record' until it becomes better to 'burn the contact'. i.e. disrespect their wishes, destory the relationship but if the story is good enough a jounalist will make that descision. (i dont tell her anything i learn at work that would be press worthy. i had a client meeting one day, went to the shop to buy a paper with her, & my client was in the front page with some dreadful headline. i locked my facial expression & started a banal conversion about something completely different....)