Did anyone else notice the major product placement for Krispy Kreme in the recent L.A. Law reunion movie?
I grew up on Krispy Kreme. Great when warm, average at best once cold, and now they’re overpriced, too. (Why should I pay 65¢ for a jelly-filled donut at KK when essentially the same donut is 3-for-$1 at Lion Food?) I can’t understand why anyone fawns over anything but the warm ones.
I like Dunkin Donuts, myself.
If all donuts are the same, as you state in the first part of this quote, then how you can justify saying you hate Krispy Kreme donuts? Hey, they’re all the same, right?
I admire the self-control of anyone who can willingly limit themselves to 8 or fewer.
Personally I am mezmerized whenever I drive by a KK and the “Hot Doughnuts” sign is lit. I go into a trance, turn my truck around and go in to buy doughnuts. Yes, they are nothing but lard, sugar and empty calories (waaaaaaaaaaaay many calories) but the damn things are good! If Satan had tempted Jesus with KK’s in the desert, well…God woulda had to figure out another whole Messiah. [sub]Yep! That’s me goin’ down the freeway straight to hell 120 mph with no brakes[/sub]
I’ve only had Krispy Kreme doughnuts a couple of time, and I don’t see what the big deal is about them. Dunkin’ Donuts, or the ones I get at the local bakery, or supermarket donuts are better. I don’t like the glaze they put on the KK doughnuts.
Yeah, fucking French. I hate them.
Haj
Nope. I’m with you all the way here.
Ok, I had my first KK the other day-- it’s just a goddamn donut. All donuts are brilliant and these aren’t on much of a higher plane. They seem lighter and less . . substantial, and I don’t understand the CULT surrounding them. It’s like self-proclaimed “chocoholics” that fashion an identity around their love of chocolate, or cat people for whom liking cats is not enough but they must festoon every milimeter of their cubicle/ kitchen window ledge with cat-schmaltz (same goes for Guinness people, Madonna people, Toyota/Chevy people, and other religious zealots).
AND! AND the damn groups on campus that are selling these insubstantial little morsels are charging a buck a piece for them. For that I could get 3 other (for all purposes equally scrumptious) donuts at Safeway or something, WITH MAPLE!
I recently caught a news item on my Yahoo® news page that people are making wedding cakes using Krispy Kreme donuts, but can’t find anything on KK’s website.
Does anyone know where I can go to find a desription of these cakes and how they’re constructed?
Thanks
Quasi
Elvis - it sounds like your cow-orker is one rude sumbitch…
So now, I’m with Tretiak on this… what the fuck is so wonderful about Krispy Kremes anyways? I hear that they will be opening up stores across Canada and people are going nuts. Would these be the same people who also have to go to Starbucks for their overpriced and pretentious double mocha lattes or whatever the hell it is people drink there??
If I’ve offended anyone you might try looking for me at the Tim Horton’s near my house. I’ll buy you a great cup of coffee and one of their tasty donuts.
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/dining/article/0,1406,KNS_309_1146646,00.html
There’s a picture with the article.
I’m with Elvis on this.
Someone would bring in doughnuts.
Two old people would come in to the coffee shop and shout to nobody in particular “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CAKE DONUTS?”
Well, I don’t know whatever happened to CAKE donuts.
I just know these are free.
If this is the biggest discontent in your life be grateful!
Okay, I admit it, not all donuts are the same. Compared to most, I find KK’s donuts too puffy and airy. If you sucked all the air out of them, they’d be half the density of any other donut you did the same to. Except cake donuts, which already have the poofyness sucked out of them. I love cake donuts the best.
As for LolaBaby’s question, this time around, I didn’t actually hear the person say anything. What I did hear was someone say “Thanks for the donuts, Geoff,” and his response “No problem. Too bad they weren’t the RIGHT kind of donuts.” The statement’s been said before, and I can name at least four people who said something. As for what we do when we rant, we rant because we can’t say these things to a person’s face. Something along the lines of my rant, yes, if I heard someone say that, I could very well say something like “Well, you don’t have to eat them if you don’t want, saves more for me.” But a lot of rants, you could get in some serious shit for saying what’s on your mind. It’s a catharsis thing. With mine, even being polite about it could make working with the person kinda wierd, and when you work with the same fifteen people everyday, it’s not a good thing to start alienating others. Or getting into “hate/hate” relationships with them. I’ve got one of those already at work, I don’t need any more.
As a side note, someone brought KKs to work this morning. I don’t know who, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t one of the people who bitched, but I bet it was one of the people who heard. I haven’t eaten one, and I don’t plan to. Even free, KKs still suck.
Yeah, that’s true, Elvis. It’s just that I read so many of these (rants), and inside, I’m thinking, “God, I hope you told that dolt off!” or whatever. I pick my times to point out others’ rudeness, and other times I stay quiet (please don’t think I am a loud, tactless person IRL 
).
I was just really curious, since I’m new here.
…and you know, I’m pretty sure we don’t have a KK in Hawaii. I guess I’m not missing much.
I like KK donuts OK – hell, I like just about any kind of donut. As for putting your incredibly rude coworker in his place, well… as you say, it isn’t workplace wise for you to respond with rudeness back. However, there is a perfectly polite way to make the boob aware of his boobitude. Next time someone brings in donuts and the boob spouts off, respond with a very cold, hard look directed squarely at the boob and speak up loudly, “Really, Geoff, this was very generous of you! I’m sure we’re all (another very pointed look boob-ward) very grateful.”
Jess