Either way...hats off inside.How nice are we talkin? Like $50 steaks nice or Applebee's nice?
the trivial complaints thread
- Thread starter Grouper
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- Stouffville, Ontario
I keep checking the X new posts every 10 minutes but nothing exciting is happening.
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Haha I feel like that all day
SXIPro
JM781 Big Bore
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- Here on the 'X' mostly
How nice are we talkin? Like $50 steaks nice or Applebee's nice?
Most entrees in the $40 range. $9 beers. So, $150 for dinner for 2. I haven't been in an Applebee's since my son took one bite of his meal many moons ago and proceeded to projectile vomit all over the place.
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- Stouffville, Ontario
Please, for me, explain that story. Its a dull day.
SXIPro
JM781 Big Bore
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Ok. This was for my son's 8th birthday (He's 24 now) so we took him and five of his friends to the movies and then went to Applebee's for a bite since it is in the same plaza as the Cinema. Anyhow, we sit down, order sodas and some nachos to start, everything is going fine. Then the meals come. My son ordered a burger with a side of mac n cheese. He puts one spoonful of the mac n cheese in his mouth and looked over at my wife and I with this look of horror and his eyes start to water. He then gets up, puts one hand over his mouth, and starts bolting towards the restroom. Unfortunately, the hand over the mouth trick had the same effect as putting your thumb over the end of a garden hose. Rooster tails of a delightful combination of rootbeer, mac n cheese, cheeseburger and whatever the hell he ate at the movies came spewing out all over the place including on other diner's tables, chairs, even across the windows. It was like that deal where people drop Mentos into 2 liter bottles of Coke, only far more disgusting. Good times....
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
But doubt that had anything to do with the food there. Imagine it was more of the junk he had eaten!.
Years ago we were suppose to go to my wife's parents for the weekend. There was suppose to be some bad storms so I stayed home since we had dogs and did not want them stuck outside. So I go a local Mexican restaurant and Ate a few Quesadillas and way to much beer, we moved over to the bar side (Was with a buddy and his GF), Drank some more............... Lets just say I went to the bathroom and blew Chicken and cheese Quesadilas all over the wall and toilet. Total projectile splatter patterns........... Needless to say the next time I went in I gave them $20.00 to give to who ever had to clean that up!
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JM781 Big Bore
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- Here on the 'X' mostly
You are probably right. But, it left a lasting impression, and my son still shudders every time he drives by an Applebee's.
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
I got sick at my inlaws once. I had eaten Burger King. Even had to leave my Truck there. Wife had come down before I did. I dont think I ate there until about 2 years ago. This was in 2005 or so!!!!!!!! Before my daughter was born.
I get same feeling when I look at a bottle of tequila.
Mark44
Katie's Boss
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- 100% one place
I would shudder at the thought too of eating at applebees well and or any chain................
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JM781 Big Bore
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- Here on the 'X' mostly
I agree 100%. Applebee's, Chili's. TGIFridays. Red Robin....all awful. Even Longhorn, Outback. Olive Garden etc. just suck.
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
You guys are too high class. how can you hate on red robin!?
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JM781 Big Bore
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- Here on the 'X' mostly
Honest to God, I've eaten there twice. Once when I was Xmas shopping with my daughter and that was ok. The last time was a week ago out of desperation and it was the worst meal I have ever been served. This plate of food never should have made it out of the kitchen. Burger (ordered medium rare) was burnt to a crisp, as were the onion rings. My wife ordered hers medium, and no lie, this thing still had a pulse. Iced tea and root beer float were warm. Yep a drink with ice cream in it warm. They can't cook a phucking burger correctly, but they can bend the laws of thermodynamics.
Mark44
Katie's Boss
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- 100% one place
10-4 on that. once you have good food you can't go back to junk.
I will say one area where the south is lacking, compared to elsewhere, is customer service in restaurants like those. The chains hire the lowest common denominator to staff their business and damn near dare the patron to have a complaint...and I'm for sure not sending my stuff back to be recooked after I complain. God knows what would happen to it then. The only place where I "semi-trust" the staff is Chick-Fila. I don't understand why the managers don't uphold the training and basic customer skills (like eye contact, decent communication language and body language) that I'm sure are outlined in orientation. I'd light a fire under a someone's arse if I was manager and had to deal with some of the deadbeats that wait on me time and again.
swapmeet
Brotastic
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- Arlington TX
Maybe its just regional. Red Robin, Cotten Patch Cafe, Jasons Deli are chains we frequent. My family just started mixing Chilis back into the rotation (I hadn't eaten there in 3-4 years) and they changed their menu up. Its not bad.
For mexican food we have a local mom & pop place that has killer tex-mex. I mean, On the Border is fine, but given my choice, i'd never eat a chain Mexican place again. I mean, this is Texas.
For mexican food we have a local mom & pop place that has killer tex-mex. I mean, On the Border is fine, but given my choice, i'd never eat a chain Mexican place again. I mean, this is Texas.
A buddy of mine that's health conscious guy would say "u can pay extra for good food now or u can pay extra for the health care u need after eating that crap."
Mark44
Katie's Boss
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- 100% one place
How true!