I have to turn overr the computer to my daughter, so haven't read past the ifrst page, but I've got to say I sincerely doubt the voracity of that letter. Either some one is pulling Dave's leg or has a serious axe to grind.
AS Mel Gibson said in signs, "there are no coincidences" and there were too many bad incidents to really believe that it all really happened. A worn out waiter? Maybe. A missed call from the Oceaneers Club? Okay, I've heard of some problems there. Moldy strawberries? Maybe if it was on the bottom of the berry, but that's a stretch. But all these things happening at once? Call me a skeptic, say I'm from Missouri, but I ain't biting.
And I think Dave's too smart to take it any more seriously than I did and perhaps his subject line was a bit tongue-in-cheek?