Social Relation Ethics Question. Answer the question after reading this short st
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Social Relation Ethics Question.
Answer the question after reading this short story.
Someone at one of her meetings earlier recommended Café Nervosa in Yorkville for dinner, so she decides to go there. At the front door there is a hostess. The place is nicely busy.
“Hi,” says Melanie to the hostess. “I’d like a table for one.”
The hostess looks Melanie up and down, as if this is a strange request.
“I’m not sure if anything’s available right now, could you give me a sec?” she says.
“Sure,” Melanie replies.
A few minutes later, the hostess comes back.
“I don’t think there’s anything available for at least an hour,” the hostess says. This doesn’t make sense to Melanie, who can see two empty seats at the bar and at least one empty table.
“What if I just wait here; maybe a spot at the bar, or that table for two over there that looks empty?” Melanie asks, suspiciously.
“That table’s not available, sorry,” the hostess says.
“I see,” Melanie replies. “Is it reserved?”
“Um, no it’s just…” the hostess looks a bit flustered.
“That’s okay, I’m going to try my luck across the street,” says Melanie, hungry and a bit pissed off at this point.
Luckily, Melanie enjoys her greasy diner dinner across the street at Flo’s. Leaving the diner, she realizes it’s only 8:30 pm and she can still make the late show of the new Woody Allen comedy that’s playing nearby at the Varsity theatre. Walking along Bellair Ave. and then Bloor St., she looks approvingly at the various high-end boutique windows in this part of the city.
At the top of the escalator in front of the theatre, she notices it’s not that busy. She walks up to the counter where a couple of young women have their backs turned to her. She waits for what seems like at least 30 seconds. They don’t turn to face her.
“Excuse me,” Melanie says, her patience coming to an end. One of the young women turns around, but she’s not smiling – in fact she looks like she’d rather do anything but sell a movie ticket.
“I’d like a ticket for the Woody Allen movie at 9:00”.
“Machines are over there,” says the young woman.
“Excuse me?” Melanie replies.
“My cash is closed,” the young woman says, turning back around to talk to her friend.
A bit demoralized by the reaction she’s received from various people in Yorkville this evening, Melanie simply says, “I’d like to speak to your manager.”
Question: How can concepts from ethics be applied to think through the problems in this case, and perhaps to offer solutions?
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The ethical problems in this case are:
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