Post #708460 by christiki295 on Mon, Feb 17, 2014 4:55 PM

On 2014-02-17 16:53, tikilongbeach wrote:
Hidden Los Angeles (Lynne) just posted on Facebook that the new restaurant has decided to keep Ruffus. I'm on my phone and can't copy and paste the sad and maddening news. Maybe someone else can?

Hidden Los Angeles at Damon's
Hey guys. So, I'm sitting here at Damon's, drinking a sad mai tai. It's sad because we had a meeting with the people leasing Bahooka today, and although a week ago they wanted Rufus The Fish out in a week, the press attention changed their minds. Rufus is safe and will stay in the same place, and we're trying to focus on that.

Basically, the people leasing Bahooka are now planning to keep Rufus because due to the press attention they saw he has value. At first they asked for us to move him to Damon's temporarily and move him back, but we said no. One move alone could kill him, let alone two. The whole point was keeping him alive and not having to move him more than necessary.

I will be honest, it was disappointing to me when they accused me of not caring about Rufus for telling them we couldn't give them the donated money and the donated services we've spent the last two weeks collecting. We recognize that we are accountable for everything you guys gave, and that you donated with sole intention to accomplish an emergency rehoming of a beloved fish that was declared unwanted by its owners... you weren't donating to fix up a Chinese restaurant. We're happy to give them contacts to talk to to move Rufus, but we can't cover costs for their remodeling.

If they change their mind again when the dust settles, we will still be very happy to buy Rufus. We will still be happy to pick up the phone and arrange his move. Also, we ADORE Damon's in Glendale and hope you will support their business for going through all of this brouhaha over a carrot-eating fish. If the opportunity arises, Rufus has a home there.

For people who donated, I will be contacting you to figure out how to proceed. I haven't been paid for a minute of my time on this so I need to focus on making rent again soon too.

For right now, I'm just going to focus on the delicious, but sad Mai tai in front of me.