Good point Gwiz. If the Waffle Maker Machine Company were giving away free Waffles, would that be ok?
I think we have to look to our old friend common sense, to see what would happen here. First, Is this the kind of place where Companies Sell Waffle Makers? Let's just say yes, for the sake of debate. (But when is the last time you saw people walking around the Blues Festival with a Microwave?)
I would offer as conjecture that the Waffle Maker Vendor would most likely offer a small sample of Waffles, not the entire Waffle. That might even HELP the waffle Vendor. Either way, the Waffle Vendor should still have been given prior notice that someone would be competing with their exact same food product for free.
The point I was hoping to make, and will try harder to do here is, The Vendors are doing business with the Festival Organizer. They are the customers to the Festival, they have a right to complain, and they had an expectation of fair competition. They entered an agreement with the Festival Godfather to sell Waffles there. Should the Festival Don have allowed the Pirate Party to give away food? Probably not. At the very least, the Waffle Nostra should have asked "what kind of free food, and in what quantity?" tot he Pirates before agreeing.
Furthermore, as a Waffle Vendor, they are not demanding that free waffles never be given away, or that all the waffle making equipment should be destroyed or only be licensed to approved Waffle Vendors. They just wanted what they expected when they purchased their right to be at the festival in the first place.
It seems to me that a lot of people want to see a big bad company trampling the rights of young Pirates to give away free Waffles, when in reality, you have a few small businesses and a Political Party BOTH that got put in a bad situation due to a lack of communication and planning at the fault of a third party (the organizer).
You be the champion for the politicians, I will be the champion for the Tasty Delicious Waffle Vendors.
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I think we have to look to our old friend common sense, to see what would happen here. First, Is this the kind of place where Companies Sell Waffle Makers? Let's just say yes, for the sake of debate. (But when is the last time you saw people walking around the Blues Festival with a Microwave?)
I would offer as conjecture that the Waffle Maker Vendor would most likely offer a small sample of Waffles, not the entire Waffle. That might even HELP the waffle Vendor. Either way, the Waffle Vendor should still have been given prior notice that someone would be competing with their exact same food product for free.
The point I was hoping to make, and will try harder to do here is, The Vendors are doing business with the Festival Organizer. They are the customers to the Festival, they have a right to complain, and they had an expectation of fair competition. They entered an agreement with the Festival Godfather to sell Waffles there. Should the Festival Don have allowed the Pirate Party to give away food? Probably not. At the very least, the Waffle Nostra should have asked "what kind of free food, and in what quantity?" tot he Pirates before agreeing.
Furthermore, as a Waffle Vendor, they are not demanding that free waffles never be given away, or that all the waffle making equipment should be destroyed or only be licensed to approved Waffle Vendors. They just wanted what they expected when they purchased their right to be at the festival in the first place.
It seems to me that a lot of people want to see a big bad company trampling the rights of young Pirates to give away free Waffles, when in reality, you have a few small businesses and a Political Party BOTH that got put in a bad situation due to a lack of communication and planning at the fault of a third party (the organizer).
You be the champion for the politicians, I will be the champion for the Tasty Delicious Waffle Vendors.
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