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Krispy Wafer posted:We had a Golden Corral that literally killed someone (Salmonella outbreak). They found bacteria in the fryer, in the carpets, everywhere. And people were loving jonsing to get back into that place. Chipotle makes a few people sick and they see double digit declines in revenue. Golden Corral kills someone and their parking lot is full the moment the health inspector reopens the restaurant. Living in the Midwest, I've been a couple of times and it's seriously not worth it on any level. No you won't see a bunch of funny poo poo you'll just find some fat or old (or both) people grabbing platefuls of mediocre food. Garrand has a new favorite as of 17:55 on Nov 30, 2017 |
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Haifisch posted:Breakfast is delicious. All-day breakfast outside of sit-down restaurants is basically unheard of. You do the math. Breakfast is literally the only thing about McD's that I have no complaints about really, and gently caress you guys, now I want a bacon egg and cheese biscuit. Garrand posted:Living in the Midwest, I've been a couple of times and it's seriously not worth it on any level. No you won't see a bunch of funny poo poo you'll just find some fat or old (or both) people grabbing plateful of mediocre food mediocre food. Yeah, this is really it when it comes to any buffet. It's just piles of mediocre food that olds and fats go apeshit for because it's all you can eat. See also: Cici's Pizza, Ryan's Steakhouse, and Old Country Buffet. I've had experiences at all of them, and it's all mediocre and never my idea
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I ate once at a golden corral and beheld a person on a mobility scooter dunking an entire plate of chicken wings into the chocolate fountain. Never again.
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Krispy Wafer posted:We had a Golden Corral that literally killed someone (Salmonella outbreak). They found bacteria in the fryer, in the carpets, everywhere. And people were loving jonsing to get back into that place. Chipotle makes a few people sick and they see double digit declines in revenue. Golden Corral kills someone and their parking lot is full the moment the health inspector reopens the restaurant. Same here. I wonder if it's stadium seating and if the snack bar is any good. Don't drink the water.
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SpannerX posted:Same here. I wonder if it's stadium seating and if the snack bar is any good. Don't drink the water. Nope, they're all just big rooms full of tables with an area for you to go grab your food
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Iron Crowned posted:Breakfast is literally the only thing about McD's that I have no complaints about really, and gently caress you guys, now I want a bacon egg and cheese biscuit. We have a Stevie B's here, which is essentially an analogue to Cici's and the employees there are unnaturally happy. I only go because of kid's sports' team end-of-the-season parties, but it was creepy how friendly and anxious they were to serve you. I've heard Europeans be surprised at how friendly our wage slaves are and this felt like that. Like suddenly I was in a totally different culture where people had a compulsive desire to make sure I knew about their lovely BBQ chicken pizza that they slices of to my table so I don't have to walk the 20 feet.
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Krispy Wafer posted:We have a Stevie B's here, which is essentially an analogue to Cici's and the employees there are unnaturally happy. I only go because of kid's sports' team end-of-the-season parties, but it was creepy how friendly and anxious they were to serve you. I've heard Europeans be surprised at how friendly our wage slaves are and this felt like that. Like suddenly I was in a totally different culture where people had a compulsive desire to make sure I knew about their lovely BBQ chicken pizza that they slices of to my table so I don't have to walk the 20 feet.  I've never seen a cheerful wage slave at a buffet. I admit it's been at least 7 years now since I've been to one, but they're definitely not a place you go to for atmosphere, and they know it. They're just there to reload the trough and/or take your money and hand you an empty plastic plate and a well used plastic glass.
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quote:That Hieronymus Bosch painting of hell, but it’s Golden Corral.
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Iron Crowned posted:Nope, they're all just big rooms full of tables with an area for you to go grab your food Well, I don't want to be part of the entertainment, I'd actually probably was bullet proof glass between me and the participants, honestly.
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Iron Crowned posted:
Maybe not at a buffet, but I have heard Europeans marvel at how friendly our retail people are. And of course our waiters are far more helpful because of tipping and meth. I remember being a snot nosed 19 year old and thinking everyone was joking when they said the buser was so fast because he was on crack.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:I ate once at a golden corral and beheld a person on a mobility scooter dunking an entire plate of chicken wings into the chocolate fountain. Never again. like, one at a time, or the whole plate at once?
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ladron posted:like, one at a time, or the whole plate at once? I imagine it included the plate itself
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Iron Crowned posted:I imagine it included the plate itself same here, just like holding it under the chocolate cascade, getting their hand all drenched for later licking
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Sears had a 27% revenue decline in Q3 apparently. I’m wondering if they will survive past next year. I feel like I keep saying this every year.
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Chinese buffets are just as bad expect for AYCE sushi places. In Ontario we have King's Buffet which is middle of the road Chinese food but depending on what city you are in, you will see a show. People will grab a plate and cover the entire surface with rice and then load up on egg rolls, crag rangoon, sweet and sour chicken/pork, etc. and then pour sweet and sour sauce all over it. I even saw one guy fishing wantons out of the soup container and adding them to his pile. There was one buffet where I used to live that changed its name every 6-18 months because their Google/Yelp ratings were so bad. As soon as they'd change the name (but it was always the same owners) people would flock there again and acted all surprised that it was the same lovely food as before. One year they had a Christmas day all you can eat Lobster and people were lined up out the door. Lobster season ends in October in Canada so I'm sure most of those people were making GBS threads their pants later in the day.
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Yawgmoth posted:This was an epic tale and I am better for having read it. 
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Bonzo posted:Chinese buffets are just as bad expect for AYCE sushi places. I will fight anyone over Chinese buffets, they're great for when you've been drinking since noon, or it's noon after you've been drinking all night.
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Iron Crowned posted:I will fight anyone over Chinese buffets, they're great for when you've been drinking since noon, or it's noon after you've been drinking all night. Back in my younger, dumber years, me and my friends would get stoned and go to the shadiest Chinese place you could imagine, owned/operated by a Chinese woman who would have been kicked out of the SS for being too mean.
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We were pretty poor growing up and we'd go to the Old Country Buffet for Easter or special occasions like birthdays. Golden Corral was the fancy buffet place, and so we rarely went there. My parents were adamant that we didn't fill up on cheap stuff like fries and soda and instead had my sister and I eat ham and milk because it was a better value for the money. Going to a buffet was such a special and fancy thing that even today when faced with a self-serve setup, while not poor anymore, I still get a bit overwhelmed and think it's fancy.
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Our local Chinese buffet is owned by the nicest family and they keep their restaurant clean and the food is usually kept fresh/hot. Some of their items are also handmade (I know for sure they make the wontons by hand because we have seen them wrapping wontons in the restaurant) Place owns and is a real treat when friends/family are really jonesing for good Chinese
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I went to a Mexican buffet once and my god, talk about a food coma
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Ralph Crammed In posted:We were pretty poor growing up and we'd go to the Old Country Buffet for Easter or special occasions like birthdays. Golden Corral was the fancy buffet place, and so we rarely went there. My parents were adamant that we didn't fill up on cheap stuff like fries and soda and instead had my sister and I eat ham and milk because it was a better value for the money. Same 
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Red Lobster was the fancy place for us. I remember telling my friend we had my high school graduation dinner there, but he has his there and he didn't see me. We went straight home after my high school graduation.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Red Lobster was the fancy place for us. Yeah, the fanciest place we went to growing up was a local Mexican chain. When I was 14 we got an Old Country Buffet, and went there about once a month. It was in the local mall so the walk inside was filled with dread for me that someone I knew would see me with my parents. It was especially worse since they almost always wanted to go to Target immediately after, prolonging my terror.
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gently caress, fancy for kids' parties was Peter Piper Pizza. gently caress that Chuck E Cheese place, I'd never eat pizza cooked by a rat! I still don't get why McDonald's can't do all-day lunch too. I want loving fries at 8am! Amazon. So a year or so back I applied and ended up on a list for a temp spot at Amazon warehouse, through a temp agency. They keep calling me now, and sending out mass emails trying to recruit people, so either they really need more help, or people aren't loving responding to crazy work for $12.25 an hour.
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Randaconda posted:Same Yep  What was worse was going back as an adult and being like "wow this is kinda awful"
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Cowslips Warren posted:Amazon. So a year or so back I applied and ended up on a list for a temp spot at Amazon warehouse, through a temp agency. They keep calling me now, and sending out mass emails trying to recruit people, so either they really need more help, or people aren't loving responding to crazy work for $12.25 an hour. Could you maybe think of a reason why an online retailer might need a lot of extra staff working in their warehouses this time of year?
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Bonzo posted:Arby's is buying Buffalo Wild Wings People don't want to admit to themselves how much prices have risen over that timeframe. Correspondingly, places compromise on quality instead of raising prices. At a place like 5 Guys, prices have risen drastically because quality has stayed the same. At a place like McDonald's, the Fish Filet has gotten ever so slightly smaller to accommodate the relative lack of price increase.
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I've gotten at least 5 pieces of junk mail trying to recruit people for the local amazon warehouse. They want every man, woman, and child available to handle holiday workloads. I'm not surprised they're being extra-persistent with someone who's actually shown interest in the job at one point. e: AvesPKS posted:People don't want to admit to themselves how much prices have risen over that timeframe. Correspondingly, places compromise on quality instead of raising prices. At a place like 5 Guys, prices have risen drastically because quality has stayed the same. At a place like McDonald's, the Fish Filet has gotten ever so slightly smaller to accommodate the relative lack of price increase.  Consumerist). As long as people are paying roughly the same price for a thing, most don't seem to notice or care if the quanitity of the thing has gone down.
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Haifisch posted:I've gotten at least 5 pieces of junk mail trying to recruit people for the local amazon warehouse. They want every man, woman, and child available to handle holiday workloads. I'm not surprised they're being extra-persistent with someone who's actually shown interest in the job at one point. Oh yeah, like the little indentation on the bottom of containers getting larger, or deodorant sticks containing less. Or quality. I know people who stick to the same price point from 15 years ago regardless of what that actually buys them now. AvesPKS has a new favorite as of 04:46 on Dec 1, 2017 |
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Randaconda posted:Back in my younger, dumber years, me and my friends would get stoned and go to the shadiest Chinese place you could imagine, owned/operated by a Chinese woman who would have been kicked out of the SS for being too mean. I may have mentioned it in this thread before but I'm pretty sure those shady Chinese places are money laundering fronts. There was a buffet near where I work that never had anyone eating in the dining room. I only ever saw one extremely young Asian girl working the counter no matter what time I went in. They had two of those long steam buffet things but only one was ever had food in it and it was only 10 different dishes, tops. I only went there for lunch cause the teriyaki chicken sticks and general tsos was top notch. Take out was by the pound so it was cheap as hell too. That place was open for years and I think I may have been the only customer. I only stopped eating there when I started finding nasty meat in my food. Stuff with veins or weird glands. They eventually closed and there's a Fuddruckers in that spot now.
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AvesPKS posted:Or quality. I know people who stick to the same price point from 15 years ago regardless of what that actually buys them now. "Shoes these days don't last, we used to wear them long enough that the shoelaces would wear out", coupled with balking at the idea of paying $50+ for a pair of halfway decent shoes. Wanting a real leather belt but not wanting to pay more than $15-20 for it. That sort of thing.
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Stuff with veins or weird glands. 
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Cowslips Warren posted:Amazon. So a year or so back I applied and ended up on a list for a temp spot at Amazon warehouse, through a temp agency. They keep calling me now, and sending out mass emails trying to recruit people, so either they really need more help, or people aren't loving responding to crazy work for $12.25 an hour. A friend of mine got hired, was told "Oh by the way we hired you for City A but you actually are working in City B (harder and longer to get to) and we'll call you when you have a shift" which turned out to be never. Why bother lying about where you're going to send someone? They applied for the other place most likely because they can GET to the other place.
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Bonzo posted:One year they had a Christmas day all you can eat Lobster and people were lined up out the door. Lobster season ends in October in Canada so I'm sure most of those people were making GBS threads their pants later in the day. Wrong, South shore Nova Scotia had it's first day of the lobster season yesterday. It's a mad house out there, check marinetrafic.
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Yeah, crabs on the west coast are much better in the winter, so I imagine it's the same for lobsters. Regardless, lovely buffet places aren't getting fresh coldwater lobster, they're getting frozen C-grade mutated crawfish scraped out of the South China Sea at bayonet-point by North Korean political prisoners. Source: been two two lobster buffets in my life, waited in line for hours both times, left disappointed both times.
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Chicken Doodle posted:A friend of mine got hired, was told "Oh by the way we hired you for City A but you actually are working in City B (harder and longer to get to) and we'll call you when you have a shift" which turned out to be never. In Louisville, Amazon uses an incredibly small temp agency that really only has Amazon as a client. They also placed their fulfillment center across the river in Indiana in a clever attempt to dodge Louisville's taxes. This fulfillment center is probably their busiest and only pays 12 an hour. It costs $4 in tolls to commute there from Kentucky where most of the population lives. They are losing their damned minds.
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Haifisch posted:This is also behind the grocery shrink ray( Duke's mayonnaise proudly tells you it's still 32 ounces. Mayo's nice and all and I do buy Duke's, but I'm trying to not imagine the person for whom a few ounces of oil and eggs is a deal killer. Too late:  Although she's a Hellmann's girl so hypothesis is wrong.
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