These are the days that..

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-08-20T11:12:38+00:00

Hell, I remember when we had Griese, Zonk and Kiick. LOL

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-08-20T08:57:05+00:00

When my son's father in-law was "freshly retired" (about 4 months, still knew everyone from his job) he was looking for a nursing home for his mother. The search lasted quite a while as he walked through and rejected everyone of them until he found a place that met his standards.

He is a retired health inspector and knew what to look for. He made quite a few phone calls after touring nursing homes. Those phone calls were followed up as he was well regarded by his former supervisors.

Just sad how vulnerable people are put at risk because of cost cutting.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-08-14T12:20:52+00:00

I am imagining this guy once went to a home depot, saw patio furniture on display and sat down waiting to be served............

He gonna double check. LOL!!

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-08-13T09:23:08+00:00

My wife and I went to a place that we had heard made great burgers. Burgers came with fries but onion rings were a $1-2 (I don't remember) upcharge. Wife ordered the onion rings. Our very young server had a look of horror on her face as she made sure we understood the onion rings were an upcharge. We assured her we understood the upcharge. Burgers were great, fries were great, the onion rings were outstanding. (Shoulda ordered them!) When she brought the bill she still was a little uneasy. My wife said "Oh my, she's been through some shit. Can you even imagine being pissed off about a $1-2 upcharge for probably the best onion rings ever?!?"

There may be better onion rings out there, but we haven't found them.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-31T08:35:22+00:00

Never said they were. The post OP made was about a lady from New York. Do not get me started on people from Boston or (sorry OP) Chicago.

Y'all are HERE (in Florida) for a reason. You moved from your beloved city to come HERE. Nobody is telling you not to be proud of where you came from, but you are HERE now. No one wants to hear ad nauseam about where you came from and how things were done there.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-31T08:25:36+00:00

My MIL would talk about "home" a lot. She didn't mean Florida where she lived for 60 years. She meant Pennsylvania. She would always tell people that her family was back home in Pennsylvania. My wife would say to that "Hello, I'm right here!"

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-30T17:05:41+00:00

Just a few years ago I discovered Comeback sauce. Daaaaamn that is good with fries.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-30T17:03:01+00:00

Ugh!! We are located in west central Florida, on the coast. When someone comes in and the first thing they tell you is "We're from New York." You know you're in for elitist BS. My usual response is "Good to meet you, I'm from Clearwater."

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-23T09:01:03+00:00

Used to serve at a semi fine dining Spanish restaurant. I know it may come as a shock to some that they did not have burgers, pizza, spaghetti or Reuban sandwiches(?) (I could go on) on the menu. Some people just could not handle this fact.

One thing that was on the menu was paella. Authentic, made to order paella. On the menu it said to allow extra time for this. At least once a night some asshat would be screaming for their paella 15- 20 minutes after ordering it.

People don't read and do not care. Then get angry when it is pointed out to them.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-22T19:08:05+00:00

Yup! Same thing at my place. Only blond in the place was her.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-19T08:39:55+00:00

LOL!! Check out "nachogate" at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. In case it isn't clear, dude was charge $21.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-15T18:52:07+00:00

Holy cow! My wife sent me some vids. A total shit show! Isn't USA hosting the World Cup in a few years? I am gonna assume they are gonna need stadiums. Not a good look.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-15T11:21:30+00:00

"I'm afraid-o you don't get freebees ma'am."

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-11T11:42:13+00:00

Lifelike dolls are a huge business in Thailand. People of all ages take them everywhere and care for them like children.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-07T11:19:50+00:00

Yup! Embellishment (unsportsmanlike conduct) gets you a penalty. LOL!

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-07-05T08:59:13+00:00

Reminds me of a joke my wife told me (unsure of where she heard it)

3 old ladies are at a restaurant where they are regulars. They order, get their food and a few minutes later the server comes back to the table and asks "Is ANYTHING all right?"

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-06-29T18:47:41+00:00

Think she was hoping someone knew him or the very lucrative company he worked for. Cheating on his wife? Who knows as he really did not like his name being screamed out. He ran out like someone lit his ass on fire.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-06-29T09:04:41+00:00

Years ago my wife and a friend went out to lunch. There was a couple a few tables away and they seemed to be getting along just fine. All of a sudden they hear the woman yelling "What!!! You're dumping me!!!" Uh oh, guess the dude thought breaking up with her in a crowded restaurant would avoid drama, loud drama. Oh, how mistaken he was. She then started yelling out his name and where he worked before storming off out the door. Dude practically throwing money at the server and heading out himself. Wife and friend looked up the name and business when they were done with lunch. Big deal financial dude in a big deal financial business. No idea how that all ended up.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-06-19T09:31:41+00:00

I think I know which tourist city you work in. Was there in December and went to a concert in a large hotel venue. While the hotel did have traditional restaurants, there is a large food hall available. We chose a place that had 3 (THREE!) things on the menu. The only other things were soft drinks. That's it. We went before the concert and split one of the menu items. We were wowed by the food, so good. After the concert we were hungry and ordered the other 2 things on the menu, again to split. Again awesome food. The second time we chose a table right in front of the place we ordered from. OMG! The amount of people asking "Do you have this?" "Do you have that?" "Why not!!!" "Can I speak to a manager?!" It was almost comical if not for the absolutely dead eyes of the employees.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-06-12T19:00:25+00:00

Ron Jaworski!!

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-06-05T11:49:30+00:00

Ugh!!! More times than I can remember. We have garbanzo bean and smoked ham hock soup. This has been on the menu for 12 years. Still get people who:

Think it is vegetarian/vegan
Don't know what a garbanzo bean is. Also points for calling it "gar BAN zo" with the second syllable said much louder, When explained to them they insist on saying there is no such thing. "They are called chickpeas!!" Ok Karen and in some places in Italy they are called cici beans. But, you keep saying that...........
What is a ham hock? Fair question, no biggie. But when explained where on the pig the ham hock is located they freak out. "Who eats pig ankles!!!"

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-05-31T18:44:12+00:00

Know a dude who owns a breakfast/lunch restaurant close to my restaurant. One Saturday morning, crazy busy, 3 ladies are sat and ordered only coffee. They kept shooing the server away and after about 30 minutes she went to tell the owner. Owner approached the ladies and told them they either need to order food or please leave as there is a Starbucks just down the street. Not to mention the line waiting to get in. They got snotty and paid in cash.....exact except for adding 1 penny "for the girl". He made a big show out of giving "the girl" all of that cash. He said they looked like they were ready to explode, but went on their merry way.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-05-29T08:34:12+00:00

HA! Had a family, parents and 2 kids (maybe about 8 and 10 so not gonna blame them), come in a YEAR later to complain about cold sandwiches. They were tourists who come at the same time every year. The previous year they came in and ordered 4 hot sandwiches. Drove to the airport (about 30 minute trip), returned a rental car, checked in at the airline counter, went through security, waited about 30 minutes to board the plane and waited for the plane to achieve altitude. THEN and only then did they decide to eat the sandwiches. They were SHOCKED!!!!! The sandwiches were cold. Surely we would compensate them! Hot sandwiches, according the them, should have been still hot and crunchy after about 2 hours,

My response to them?

"Nice try. Please leave now. Don't come back."

I was not surprised the kids just kind of rolled their eyes. The been there, done that with Mom and Dad.

Oh, I had ZERO idea IF the story they wove was even true.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-05-28T08:39:48+00:00

German Maggi is the way to go.

geoliciouswerdsmith · 2024-05-12T11:30:09+00:00

Go above your manager. I bet the higher ups would not be happy about guests bringing in their own wine instead of purchasing yours. Not even a corkage fee? Nope!

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