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sassassin posted:It's a shame every episode of Bob's Burgers has the exact same saccharine sweet structure. You don't need to watch more than one and probably won't want to. John Murdoch posted:Uhhhh... ToS was no slouch with Chekov and Uhura, either. FilthyImp has a new favorite as of 19:14 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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sassassin posted:It's a shame every episode of Bob's Burgers has the exact same saccharine sweet structure. You don't need to watch more than one and probably won't want to. Wow I never read something so wrong.
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Oct 27, 2019 19:18
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They mention how the resturant underperforms so much in Bob's Burgers that I get a little stressed watching some episodes. It's irrational but I can't help it.
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Oct 27, 2019 19:18
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Gaunab posted:They mention how the resturant underperforms so much in Bob's Burgers that I get a little stressed watching some episodes. It's irrational but I can't help it. Kind of the opposite of his dad's who just had a bunch of regulars and decent foot traffic. It's also kind of weird how you get episodes saying they're floating checks left and right but spend $400 on a knife that's ruined in 2 days of $300 on a couch they just burn like no biggie.
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Oct 27, 2019 20:25
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Yeah, weird. It's almost like many unsuccessful people don't make good financial decisions! Cause that never happens in real life.
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Oct 27, 2019 21:22
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FilthyImp posted:It's definitely dated but TNG proposed a radically harmonious future at the time. For every 1 thing TNG did that was progressive it did at least 2 things that were godawful and shameful. Three words: Code of Honor.
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Oct 27, 2019 21:33
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John Murdoch posted:For every 1 thing TNG did that was progressive it did at least 2 things that were godawful and shameful. If it managed to keep it down to just 2, that puts it some distance ahead of most other mainstream sci-fi.
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Oct 27, 2019 22:03
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MrUnderbridge posted:Yeah, weird. It's almost like many unsuccessful people don't make good financial decisions! get a load of this believer in the meritocracy of capitalism
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Oct 27, 2019 22:20
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Especially for restaurants which are effectively a dice roll if the dice are stacked heavily against you
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Oct 27, 2019 22:21
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Ok, scratch out unsuccessful.
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Oct 27, 2019 22:56
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Debatably it has the most accurate depiction of the cycle of getting a short influx of cash from a boom, blowing it and winding up back where you started.
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Oct 27, 2019 23:02
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:Debatably it has the most accurate depiction of the cycle of getting a short influx of cash from a boom, blowing it and winding up back where you started. A lot of Bobs Burgers comes off as a parody of the kind of boom to bust you see with tons of young dynamic restaurateurs who think they are the next James Beard or Heston Blumenthal. https://torontolife.com/food/restaurant-ruined-life/ Literally everything about how to fail at a restaurant is summed up in that article.
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Oct 27, 2019 23:25
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FilthyImp posted:Did you miss the first 2-3 seasons that constantly poo poo on Bob? I watched a new one the other day and the kids laid into their dad just like always. It was about how he can't clean his ears because he's a useless slob and general baby.
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Oct 28, 2019 00:53
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pentyne posted:A lot of Bobs Burgers comes off as a parody of the kind of boom to bust you see with tons of young dynamic restaurateurs who think they are the next James Beard or Heston Blumenthal. I made it about halfway through before that was too painful to read. It’s true what they say, though, the best way to make a small fortune in the restaurant business is to start with a large one.
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Oct 28, 2019 00:57
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Restaurants are a really good way to launder money.
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Oct 28, 2019 03:21
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I liked the bit where his restaurant was losing money because he didn't understand that he needed to sell his product at more than it cost to produce.
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Oct 28, 2019 03:32
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To be fair, breaking down the unit cost is a tough part that takes a little commercial cooking knowledge, which he didn't have. It's easy to think that your prices are fair and in line with others until you sit down and figure out exactly what half a fish and an eighth of a vegetable cost. People screwing up the basics like that come up a lot on business rescue TV, at least. I remember one episode of Hotel Impossible that had a whole bunch of the usual drama, but the actual rescue was just pointing out that their rooms were crazily underpriced for the area and quality. They priced themselves like they were a motel, but it was nice apartment style suites. All the owner had to do was fix their prices and buy a real sales system to track things like. The real craziness was taking a week's vacation right as things were turning around.
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Oct 28, 2019 05:59
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Installing new flooring and giving staff raises, before the restaurant was profitable, from money made from selling their house was insane.
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:The real craziness was taking a week's vacation right as things were turning around. Absolutely this. It’s hospitality, you don’t get holidays for years and years until everything else is running absolutely perfectly. You don’t loving close for a week when you’re in your earning season.
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Oct 28, 2019 12:18
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All perfectly in line with the empirically verified fact that most small business owners are loving insane also don't open a restaurant. like period. just don't do it.
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Oct 28, 2019 13:02
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:
That was the part where I had to stop reading. Especially when I realized that him taking a vacation meant closing the goddamn restaurant.
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Oct 28, 2019 15:26
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That article is physically painful to read. What an absolute moron. I can't imagine dragging your family through all that because you think you're some amazing loving restaurateur-in-the-making because you cook nice dinners.
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Oct 28, 2019 16:58
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Anyone who starts off by bitching about how their life is so terrible because they work in an office earning a steady paycheck with a $130k pension can safely be ignored.
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Oct 28, 2019 17:13
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food court bailiff posted:That article is physically painful to read. What an absolute moron. I can't imagine dragging your family through all that because you think you're some amazing loving restaurateur-in-the-making because you cook nice dinners. It's genuinely incredible how many people fail to realize that cooking a nice dinner for your family is vastly different from making a profit off of cooking many dinners for many families on a daily basis. Cooking for you and yours is an entirely different loving planet from running a restaurant.
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Oct 28, 2019 17:19
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food court bailiff posted:That article is physically painful to read. What an absolute moron. Uh, are you sure he's a moron? Look at this flawless business acumen quote:I also placed an ad for line cooks. Dozens of resumés came in, so I set up 11 interviews; only two showed up. I soon learned that this no-show tendency is the norm in the restaurant industry. One was a Chinese exchange student who spoke almost no English, the other a tattoo-covered trans woman who dressed like a vampire. Neither had much restaurant experience, but they seemed nice, so I hired them, too. Jokerpilled Drudge has a new favorite as of 17:32 on Oct 28, 2019 |
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Oct 28, 2019 17:29
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food court bailiff posted:That article is physically painful to read. What an absolute moron. I can't imagine dragging your family through all that because you think you're some amazing loving restaurateur-in-the-making because you cook nice dinners. I never enjoy reading stuff like this because usually the people doing it are morons, but nice. The absolute bastards never end up in situations like that - quite the opposite, usually.
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Oct 28, 2019 17:44
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sassassin posted:Exactly, it's the same stock "joke" as in the other shows people are talking about. Characters bully x for reasons we don't understand, and keep doing it even after we find out why and sympathise with the victim over the assholes they have to put up with. Right, but because all of the people are fictional, and there's no apparent explanation for why every character inexplicably behaves that way, it's funny.
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Oct 28, 2019 19:08
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Articles about restaurateurs like that are why Bar Rescue is so entertaining. You will find some people who are good souls but lovely at business. However, the best episodes involve shitheads who also happen to be lovely at business.    
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Oct 28, 2019 19:21
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Bogus Adventure posted:Articles about restaurateurs like that are why Bar Rescue is so entertaining. You will find some people who are good souls but lovely at business. However, the best episodes involve shitheads who also happen to be lovely at business. The way the meat on those nachos just erupts like a geyser is hypnotic.
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Oct 28, 2019 19:28
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exquisite tea posted:The way the meat on those nachos just erupts like a geyser is hypnotic. I think that's just chips and salsa, nachos would hold together better.
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Oct 28, 2019 19:46
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Cultivating your own mushrooms isn't a health code violation it's just a good way to save money.
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Oct 28, 2019 19:46
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The Pirates episode of Bar Rescue is possibly the best example of someone ruining their lives to run a bar/restaurant
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Bogus Adventure posted:Articles about restaurateurs like that are why Bar Rescue is so entertaining. You will find some people who are good souls but lovely at business. However, the best episodes involve shitheads who also happen to be lovely at business. Please give episode examples from Bar Rescue/Restaurant Rescue/ the Profit/ any similar show of terrible people with terrible personailties goong bankrupt. In the current political climate I desperatley need to watch some awful people getting whats coming into them.
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Is that a mushroom growing on a door? E: This isn’t asking about that gif, I’m talking to myself as I pose nude in the mirror
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Please give episode examples from Bar Rescue/Restaurant Rescue/ the Profit/ any similar show of terrible people with terrible personailties goong bankrupt. In the current political climate I desperatley need to watch some awful people getting whats coming into them. There's the legendary Amy's Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares, which I think is still the only restaurant Gordon Ramsay walked out on. It closed down in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5O7TRTpesM
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Oct 28, 2019 20:45
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I remember reading that something like 80% of restaurants fail and Ramsay's average was like 70% of the restaurants on his show have failed.
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Oct 28, 2019 20:50
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I read somewhere that even if you know what you're doing, being successful at a restaurant is still a long shot.
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Oct 28, 2019 20:52
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This is all very true, but I'm in it to watch Gordon Ramsay scream at idiots.
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Push El Burrito posted:I remember reading that something like 80% of restaurants fail and Ramsay's average was like 70% of the restaurants on his show have failed. I forget the exact numbers but people did try criticizing him for the failure rate of restaurants but yeah it's significantly better than the typical because the_steve posted:I read somewhere that even if you know what you're doing, being successful at a restaurant is still a long shot. the failure rate of restaurants normally is over 90%. Again, I forget the exact numbers but restaurants actually succeeding and managing to last in the long term is the exception. Part of that is because a hell of a lot of people are like "well I hate working for somebody else I know I'll start a restaurant, how hard can it be?" Pretty drat hard, it turns out. I think he might have walked out on a second restaurant but Amy's Baking Company was definitely the first he walked out on. He even said on the episode something to the effect of "I have never done this before but I'm walking out. You can't be helped. You don't want my help so there's nothing I can do for you." Apparently the Amy in question was in fact absurdly good at making desserts but terrible at everything else, bug gently caress insane, and married to a con artist.
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