[QUOTE=Carol Stream]
Not in restaurants that want to stay in business, they don’t.
When did waitresses become service professionals, and when can we have waitresses back?
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I take it you’ve never worked as a “service professional” as you are much to much of a cast iron bitch to have lasted more than a week. Another data point in the campaign to make everyone work at least one week a year as a waitron/some other service professional.
[QUOTE=Frank]
Are you the lastest in the long, long, long string of those who attempt to infuse niceness into the Pit?
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Nice has nothing to do with it, and I didnt realize that unwarranted personal attacks were acceptable when out of line*, which made me wonder if there was some forum history between the two. I felt like someone in the audience at a WWF soap opera - is this real, or is this “entertainment”?
*“inflammatory comments for the sole purpose of getting a rise out of people”
Q’s sarcastic response was not specifically directed at anyone in particular, where as CS’s was.
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler]
Carol Stream however, seems to believe that it is her right, nay even duty, to threadshit in every thread she finds. If that means making cracks at posters for no reason then she will do that.
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Am I misremembering when I recall that Carol Stream is male?
And credit where credit is due: the “employment” crack was fucking funny.
[QUOTE=Pixilated]
Yes. Carol has a history of trollish threadshitting, and I have a history of pointing that out.
[QUOTE=lissener]
Wow. I no longer use the “ignore” option, let alone mention who I’d use it on, but Carol Stream, you are a cunt. I will continue to try to skip over your posts. (And this is from a person who knows all the history and connotations of your lame-ass username, cunt.)
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I don’t get this joke either. Does Q.E.D. work in a McDonalds or something?
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia]
I don’t get this joke either. Does Q.E.D. work in a McDonalds or something?
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I assume not. I took that to be the “joke” part.
On a related note, a recent study concluded that many women referenced in “your momma” jokes are not actually as large, promiscuous, or mentally deficient as a literal reading of the joke might suggest.
(N.B. If I am mistaken and Q.E.D. actually does work at McDonalds, I really cannot tell you how sorry I am.)
[QUOTE=fluiddruid]
Please note that reported posts only go to the moderators of that forum. 
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Thank you, I forgot **Frank ** wasn’t a Pit Mod. I already abased myself to him in a PM. 
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]
I assume not. I took that to be the “joke” part.
On a related note, a recent study concluded that many women referenced in “your momma” jokes are not actually as large, promiscuous, or mentally deficient as a literal reading of the joke might suggest.
(N.B. If I am mistaken and Q.E.D. actually does work at McDonalds, I really cannot tell you how sorry I am.)
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I thought with all the references to the “other place” there might be more to this story. If that’s all there is to it, that’s pretty lame.
“Hey, George, the ocean called. They’re running out of shrimp.”
“Oh yeah? Well, the jerk store called and they’re running out of you!”
“So? You’re their biggest seller!”
“Well…You…You work at McDonalds!”
What’s wrong with working at McDonalds anyway? It’s honest labor.
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia]
What’s wrong with working at McDonalds anyway? It’s honest labor.
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Dunno. If it’s anything like the BK where I worked my first honest job, it’s one of the best-run businesses anywhere.
I thought Carol’s shot was funny because it was a quip. Besides, everybody knows Q.E.D. works for Mythbusters.
To Jim: you really need to chill out. That was severely uncool.
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso]
To Jim: you really need to chill out. That was severely uncool.
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Why? Haven’t you read any of Carol’s numerous complaints about the pit? Have you missed her various lies and thread shitting? Her jerkiness and trolling?
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia]
I don’t get this joke either. Does Q.E.D. work in a McDonalds or something?
[/QUOTE]
No, he works at Mythbusters. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Yes, any restaurant which has ever had shitty service is now out of business. I expect McDonald’s to fold any day now. :rolleyes:
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I don’t know I generally get pretty reasonable service at McDonald’s. Certainly within the commonly understood level of service from fast food restaurants.
Salads coming after the main course sides late that is fucked up service for an $80 meal. This is very far outside the bounds of commonly understood level of service for a nice restaurant.
And abusing the staff did help they got their meal comped.
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
Why? Haven’t you read any of Carol’s numerous complaints about the pit? Have you missed her various lies and thread shitting? Her jerkiness and trolling?
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I can read just fine. I don’t need our own little Daily Kos keeping tally for me.
Only when I’m really lonely.
[QUOTE=gazpacho]
Salads coming after the main course sides late that is fucked up service for an $80 meal. This is very far outside the bounds of commonly understood level of service for a nice restaurant.
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Yes, it is. But these were remarkable circumstances, and they were dealt with by management. Sometimes shit happens, which results in unsatisfactory results (in this case, service). Were there no attempt to make things right, I might agree with you. But they got their meal for free. At that point they should quit their bitchin’.
Everyone got their meal comped. Even those of us who were nice.
Continuing to abuse the staff after the meal was comped is really my issue here. At that point it’s just assholishness for the sake of assholishness. (Sounds strangely familiar*.)
*Not directed at you.
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]
Am I misremembering when I recall that Carol Stream is male?
And credit where credit is due: the “employment” crack was fucking funny.
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Oh. Well, why’d he hafta pick a feminine looking name? Bah. And I guess I’ll be one of the few who didn’t find the quip all that funny. It’s par for Carol’s course and IMO unimaginative. But hey, what do I know?
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]
(N.B. If I am mistaken and Q.E.D. actually does work at McDonalds, I really cannot tell you how sorry I am.)
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I couldn’t tell you how sorry I’d be, either. 
Used to, Dave. Used to. If I show you a copy of the original contract, will that shut you up?
I currently work as a test/troubleshooting tech at a power-quality equipment manufacturer. I make considerably more than either a McDonald’s employee or Mythbusters researcher. 
[QUOTE=gazpacho]
I don’t know I generally get pretty reasonable service at McDonald’s. Certainly within the commonly understood level of service from fast food restaurants.
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Oh, sure, most of the time. But I’ve had enough fuck-ups getting food there that they’d be outta business if things were as black and white as CS likes to pretend they are.
[QUOTE=gazpacho]
I don’t know I generally get pretty reasonable service at McDonald’s. Certainly within the commonly understood level of service from fast food restaurants.
Salads coming after the main course sides late that is fucked up service for an $80 meal. This is very far outside the bounds of commonly understood level of service for a nice restaurant.
And abusing the staff did help they got their meal comped.
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The restaurant they were at was Krieger’s, a chain sports bar. I’ve been there a few times. The average price for a meal is more like $10-15. I think the OP meant the table’s total bill including beer was maybe $80. Kriegers isn’t bad, but it’s on par with places like Applebees.*
*if the OP was in fact actually at some other upscale place also called Kriegers, ignore this post
[QUOTE=gazpacho]
I don’t know I generally get pretty reasonable service at McDonald’s. Certainly within the commonly understood level of service from fast food restaurants.
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It’s probably worth pointing out that Krieger’s is a bar and grill type place, and probably wouldn’t go on anybody’s list of “nice” restaurants. It’s perfectly servicable, but nowhere near high end.
I say $80 (which is entirely a guess) because there were four of them eating steak (one pasta) and salads, and drinking beer. I figure a steak and a couple of beers comes out to about $20.
I didn’t mean to imply that they each had an $80 meal.
ETA: myskepticsight beat me to it.