"It's a snow day. Come on in! Kids eat free!"

[StandingOvulation]

Marketing email from Jamie's Italian.
AIBU to question the wisdom of encouraging people out in Red Weather alerts?

I understand there's a failing empire to prop up, but ffs show a smidge of intelligence.

Yeah its daft.

Yanbu, schools etc are closed because people cant/shouldnt travel unnecessarily. Going out to eat is unnecessary.

The whole country's not on red.
People can, will and have gone out in snow with children and lived to tell the tale

A bit of desperation surely?
Did i read somewhere thay Jamie's Italian are having financial difficulties.

Guess it depends where you live and how easy it is to get there. You might live a long way from school or the school is shut, but you live near to a Jamie's. Would probably be nicer for the staff to just go home.

It's self-serving bollix. I'm really long respect for him.

Has peak Jamie been reached?

*losing

Only small pockets of the country are on red alert though.

It’s a marketing ploy to get people through the doors of a failing business. It isn’t an order!

Shock horror, failing business uses anything it can to increase foot fall.

Most of the jamie's italians aren't even in red warning zones, it's really not an issue.

It's just using the snow as an excuse to advertise the restaurants. I would hope people are sensible enough to decide if it is worth the journey or not.

Don't really see the problem

For some children - who are missing their FSM - this may be a way of eating today.

Not everyone is in a Red Alert.

How long does the offer run? We are anticipating school closure tomorrow and planning a day out at our local cinema. Cheap Italian food sounds right up our street

I lost respect for him the day he interfered with turkey twizzlers. Bastard!

And I think quite big areas are on red warnings now, the whole of Wales and SW England are. And huge amounts on amber.

Well the invite is there. It doesn’t mean you need to accept it. I dare say the company rely on people using common sense. If it puts people in danger to venture out, they’re unlike to think “well, Jamie says it’s ok”.

Peak Jamie happened a long time ago. About when he became a professional dinner lady botherer? So he's resorted to giving away his crap food now? Wonder if there'll be any takers?

I don't think FSM kids are really their target.

Adults who have the money for those 'restaurants' aren't struggling to feed their children.

Really NewYear? If they're on FSM I doubt their parents will have the inclination to spend their money at Jamie's somehow.

Some families might have the kids stuck at home and can have a cheap(er) meal out together if they're not stuck in a RED ALERT YOU WILL FROSTBITE AND DIE zone. They might get extra sales and good publicity, cos they're yknow a business. Lighten up.

Op get a grip. We have just been out and walked down to our local high street. No Jamie's there but if there was, it would have been perfectly safe to visit.

I'm fairly sure grown adults in charge of children can make their own risk assessments about where is and isn't safe to travel to 🙄

What's with the utter misery on MN today?

Sounds like a lovely idea and plenty of people will either live within walking distance or won't have much snow

X post Phosphorus!

Let hope all the businesses everyone else work for don't have to resort to 'desperate' marketing tactics to get customers during difficult times?! Everyone needs to earn a living. If they don't get customers, their staff will end up without jobs. It's a perfectly reasonable suggestion and I'm fairly sure people who can't make it out if their driveway are also unlikely to risk life and limb to get to a Jamie's.

like all optional things in life
if you don't like, it don't do it