# Fuck you, Japanese Steakhouse!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676 "2011-08-30T21:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/21 "2011-08-30T23:47:22Z")
So what you’re saying is that every other Japanese restaurant in town is currently booked up from those high volume Tuesday dinner services? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/22 "2011-08-30T23:55:04Z")
“Fucka yeu TEU, lidicurous costuma!” –_Japanese Steakhouse_ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/23 "2011-08-31T00:13:47Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Fucka yeu TEU, lidicurous costuma!” > > –_Japanese Steakhouse_ You needed to throw a “roundeye” in there somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/24 "2011-08-31T01:28:27Z")
I used to work in a Japanese steakhouse. Mine didn’t have lunch service, so we wouldn’t have even discovered the leak until about 4 when the chefs came in to start their prep. But yeah, we always imagined what it would be like to fuck on the grills too. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/25 "2011-08-31T01:49:19Z")
Warm? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/26 "2011-08-31T02:19:38Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I used to work in a Japanese steakhouse. Mine didn’t have lunch service, so we wouldn’t have even discovered the leak until about 4 when the chefs came in to start their prep. But yeah, we always imagined what it would be like to fuck on the grills too. While they were on, with the oil and everything? That’s HOT!! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/27 "2011-08-31T02:23:51Z")
Were you able to book the player of the world’s tiniest violin to play for you? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/28 "2011-08-31T04:24:50Z")
Well fortunately, everything worked out OK in the end. Copious amounts of sake made it all better. Thanks to all who chimed in with their well wishes here. If a moderator reads this, I wouldn’t mind it if you closed the thread. I’m done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/29 "2011-08-31T04:29:45Z")
Wtf compensation do you want? You expect them to give you money or free food at a later date or something? What an entitled little bitch you are. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/30 "2011-08-31T04:38:46Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Wtf compensation do you want? You expect them to give you money or free food at a later date or something? What an entitled little bitch you are. Ok, seriously? I don’t get the name calling. I was mad that I had to re-plan a party of twelve on short notice, so I made a post in the rant pit thingy. I get called a bitch and a twat among other things. I read one of these pit threads maybe every other week; is this level of rage normal? 😕 Yeah, I think that a restaurant would offer some sort of a compensation–free appetizers, a few bucks off, something–as a token gesture, since I’m not inclined to go back there. It was an inconvenience. I’m not saying comp a table of twelve. Jeeze. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/31 "2011-08-31T04:43:28Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Yeah, I think that a restaurant would offer some sort of a compensation–free appetizers, a few bucks off, something–as a token gesture, since I’m not inclined to go back there. It was an inconvenience. I’m not saying comp a table of twelve. Jeeze. I understand why you’re irked - I mean, a birthday is a big deal to some people, and there was some last-minute chaos you had to deal with. But this attitude quoted above baffles me, and I’m certain others here. Consider the concept of “force majeure.” I’m sure the restaurant would much rather have made money off of you. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/32 "2011-08-31T04:56:26Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > I understand why you’re irked - I mean, a birthday is a big deal to some people, and there was some last-minute chaos you had to deal with. But this attitude quoted above baffles me, and I’m certain others here. > > Consider the concept of “force majeure.” I’m sure the restaurant would much rather have made money off of you. Yes, BUT now I have no desire whatsoever to go back. Suppose they said “we’re sorry about last night. Here’s twenty dollars off your next meal,” which judging by today’s meal, comes out to about forty dollars a head, not counting drinks. A pittance in the grand sum of the restaurant tab, and possibly a way for me to say, “Well, what happened on my birthday was shitty, but at least they made an effort.” One time we had a reservation somewhere, and the restaurant ended up being unable to seat us for another half an hour. They comped us a bottle of house red on an enormous dinner tab. One time I got a free beer at a local pub after I found a severely undercooked chicken wing in a basket I ordered and complained. Let me be clear, I’m not saying I NEED free stuff, or even that I’m entitled to it. I’m saying that given how annoying it was to reorganize something I’d been planning for weeks with a few hours to go, a pittance would have been appreciated, especially since (I assume) they would have wanted me to come back at a later date and spend more money there. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/33 "2011-08-31T05:18:21Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Yes, BUT now I have no desire whatsoever to go back. Why not? They called you rather than letting you show up to a closed restaurant. That sounds like pretty good service to me. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/34 "2011-08-31T05:25:07Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Ok, seriously? I don’t get the name calling. I was mad that I had to re-plan a party of twelve on short notice, so I made a post in the rant pit thingy. I get called a bitch and a twat among other things. I read one of these pit threads maybe every other week; is this level of rage normal? 😕 > > Yeah, I think that a restaurant would offer some sort of a compensation–free appetizers, a few bucks off, something–as a token gesture, since I’m not inclined to go back there. It was an inconvenience. I’m not saying comp a table of twelve. Jeeze. I’m here to defend you, as I don’t agree that you’re a bitch or twat. No sir, you come across as a self-centered, entitled, asshole! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/35 "2011-08-31T06:31:37Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Let me be clear, I’m not saying I NEED free stuff, or even that I’m entitled to it. I’m saying that given how annoying it was to reorganize something I’d been planning for weeks with a few hours to go, a pittance would have been appreciated, especially since (I assume) they would have wanted me to come back at a later date and spend more money there. I’m sure it would have, but seeing as they were busy with, you know, trying to not blow up their fucking restaurant or kill/suffocate their employees, you’re just adding insult to injury by expecting free shit. And yes, by saying “it would be nice” and implying that you would never go back unless they gave you free shit, you’re pretty much saying that you think you are entitled to it, however you want to phrase it. You still don’t see how, despite pressing matters they had to deal with that were a hell of a lot more important than your yuppie fucking birthday party, they nonetheless took the time to consider the inconvenience to your spoiled, whiny ass, and by calling to give you warning about the problem it was a gesture of consideration? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/36 "2011-08-31T07:23:11Z")
So after a bit of sobre reflection, I concede that my anger at the steakhouse was misplaced. Thank you to the posters who pointed that out for me. Seriously. Particularly the ones that did not curse at me or call me names. I suppose the problem stems from the fact that it was an angry, irrational, spur-of-the-moment beef, compounded by my attempts to justify it like a sinking ship. This first attempt at a pit thread was not nearly as cathartic as I hoped. It was actually kinda the opposite. I don’t think I’ll try it again soon, or at least not without sitting on it overnight. Perhaps tomorrow I will pit natural gas for being so damn lethal. But probably not. 🙂 Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/37 "2011-08-31T08:27:20Z")
Is the OP familiar with the web site [White Whine?](http://whitewhine.com/?7461abf8) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/38 "2011-08-31T09:19:15Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > There. I have doctored your quote to be more accurate with regards to my unprevoked fits of anger! 😃 > [@antonio107](#): > > Even when I openly announce it in my post, and it’s obviously in jest? ☹ Yes, altering anything inside the quote marks is absolutely forbidden, even if you announce it in your post. Since you seem to understand this now, I’m not issuing a Warning, I’m just making an official Note, so that you do understand (along with anyone else unclear on this) that this is not allowed. Lynn Bodoni Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/39 "2011-08-31T12:44:00Z")
NASA Announces Replacement for Retired Space Shuttle. In some small town in America, a Japanese restaurant has successfully reached low earth orbit in such an imaginative and inexpensive way that NASA is studying the feasibility of using a similar method for future space flights. Apparently a gas leak and an open flame are all it takes to launch a small restaurant, and a party of birthday revelers, into low earth orbit said NASA spokesperson Buzz Lightyear. Buzz admitted the system isn’t foolproof as apparently there are some reentry related problems. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676/40 "2011-08-31T13:01:05Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Count yourself lucky that they not only called you to let you know, but gave you plenty of advance warning (two and a half hours early is a whole lot better than thirty minutes before the reservation or no warning at all). Imagine if you had showed up with your whole party and only just found out then. This was my thought. With many restaurants, I expect you’d show up to a sign on the door saying CLOSED and no call whatsoever. Free stuff’s nice, sure, but I feel like they did their due diligence on this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676.md?page=3)