people that YELP are scumbags

I also remember reading a jazzed-up sensationalist bit in the Daily News a while back about a convenience store where they sold suspiciously no-name brands of cereal, with its own packaging and everything, that contained drugs hidden as the free toy inside.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:53 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

that sounds dope

hmmm, i seem to have jumbled some of the details but yeah, basically: http://gothamist.com/2013/03/16/east_harlem_gang_busted_for_selling.php

"crack"erjack (crack cocaine)

What I find most striking is that, having begun the process of looking for reviews of the restaurant, I find myself reviewing the reviewers. The use of the word “awesome”—a term whose original connotation is so denuded that I suspect it will ultimately come to exclusively signify its ironic, air-quote-marked opposite—is a red flag. So are the words “anniversary” or “honeymoon,” often written by people with inflated expectations for their special night; their complaint with any perceived failure on the part of the restaurant or hotel to rise to this momentous occasion is not necessarily mine. I reflexively downgrade reviewers writing in the sort of syrupy dross picked up from hotel brochures (“it was a vision of perfection”).

http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?AID=2292

How to Recognize a Yelp Review By a Person of the Lower Classes

haha yeah the context of that article in the midst of the rest of WWQ is hilarious.

"The ceaseless quest for redemption in politics and culture is one of the chronic infirmities of American national life. But God forbid we should ever give it up."

"One after another, arguments that non-Western countries are not “ready” for democracy have been upended by experience."

"Recent history in the countries of the former Soviet Union suggests that the appetite for freedom may not be as strong everywhere as we assume."

"Pulling back from America’s global commitments would amount to a “massive experiment.”"

"Did genetic diversity play a decisive role in determining which lands would hit the economic jackpot?"

"Moving poor people to better neighborhoods has a surprising effect."

"Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship."

the casually aristocratic but liberalizing attitude his has is spectacularly well curated.

o i c mad men is really MELODRAMATIC beneath all the attractive surfaces, now i kno the power of criticism

This is a critic at the top of his game, a few deft strokes forcing you to reassess your own judgment—and not in a purely “like” or “dislike” sense—of a show, one that comes bedecked with awards and other tokens of critics’ adoration.

very important to know when deciding what dvd to check out next week.

"this isn't criticism! it's just telling you what dishes taste good!"

so so deft

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2013/05/14/the-folks-at-amys-baking-company-in-scottsdale-have-gone-insane

https://www.facebook.com/amysbakingco

could probably go on the reddit thread just as easily

Or the Kitchen Nightmares thread. ;-)

daaaaaaamn!

i watched the ep on YT this morning, it is worth it

"AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING, (sic) IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. THE CAKES WE OFFER ARE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REPACKAGE AND SHIP"

Honestly don't know what this means. Riesling? Wrestling?

(oh, duh, figured it out)

america is about wrasslin'

What the hell...

Jesse and I used to belong to a gym in Chicago and the owner had a similar public, anti-customer freakout. This was in the early 00s so I don't think he had a Facebook page. He had to content himself with posting angry letters on the door to the gym.

I wonder what it is about some small business owners that make them completely snap. Probably whatever it is that made them unemployable such that they had to open their own (doomed) business to earn any income.

these people didn't snap tho, from all accounts they're just like this 24/7. and the husband is a millionaire, they don't seem to have much to lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LY7TJ16pg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQDtoHpAWhg

yeah I just started watching -- besides their behaviour, husband won't let serving staff enter their own tickets, OR HANDLE MONEY
wtf

also I think that AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING might be intended to mean RESELLING?

no idea. rasslin' sounds more plausible

there are so many amazing posts on that Facebook page

I don't want to tell you, but she meant "re-selling."

oh dear

We like to call them the “Camel Toe Mafia” just a bunch Pussies hiding behind a computer screen. Or working for YELP

I like the absurdity of an all caps rant that AMERICA IS ABOUT RIESLING.

GO TO THE FINGER LAKES, THEY'LL TELL YOU!

WE ARE NOT FREAKING OUT. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT A "WITCH HUNT" I AM NOT A WITCH. I AM GODS CHILD. PISS OFF ALL OF YOU. FUCK REDDITS, FUCK YELP AND FUCK ALL OF YOU. BRING IT. WE WILL FIGHT BACK.

I'm barely 10 minutes into this episode and she makes me afraid

and lol

but mostly afraid

http://www.yelp.com/biz/amys-baking-company-scottsdale#query:amy%27s%20bakery

This is a negative zero disgrace to the community. My daughter was PHYSICALLY attacked by the owner and daughter. The issue was: my daughters card was declined and the workers in their rude language started going hay wire, yelling at her and when she wanted privacy to call me she wanted step outside AND leave her purse inside. They phyiscally attacked her and tried to lock up inside. Sadly to say there was customers inside. There after she called me in panic to bring her money, not to mention we live a 50 yards away. Long story a sheriff showed up due to neighbors called for help, that's how radical Elite for with a loyal customer of 1 year. Nevertheless, sheriff's stated as owners and if they. "felt" she was going to steal they could've "beat the shit out of her". So so sad. Our local sheriff's dept let down their fellow sheriff explorer. This sounds crazy but its true we have pictures and footage of the after math. Highly considering a cival lawsuit due to visible damages to her chest and arms.

They are garbage... How dare they come to our country where my grandparents put their lives on the line for us and these foreigners come here and abuse us. Shame on them

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disgrace to the community
their rude language
This sounds crazy but its true
Highly considering a cival lawsuit
They are garbage
How dare they
these foreigners come here
Shame on them

omffffffffggggg the owner takes the server's tips are you fucking kidding me with this place

OMG I'm watching the first video and I'm getting flashbacks and getting SO SO ANGRY.

I can hardly believe it's real.

the MILLIONAIRE owner take the server's tips

I dunno if I'm embarrassed, annoyed or confused

these people

Geoff L.
Los Angeles, CA

The pizza gave me cancer.

The flourless mini-cakes WERE pretty good. But, again...the pizza gave me cancer. The cancer prevents me from giving this place five stars. You should not - I repeat, you should NOT - get cancer from pizza-foods at a restaurant. Cancer from flourless mini-cakes? Totally understandable. But that's not where my cancer came from. It came from the pizza.

Parking is impossible.

like i've watched a lot of kitchen nightmares and you take half it with a grain of salt and the other half that some people are dumb/aggressive and maybe shouldn't own restaurants but this is waaaay more amazing than I expected

My husband's family lives in AZ and we went there when visiting them. It was a terrible and surreal experience.

The restaurant was empty; we were the only people in there. A waitress came over quickly, she was friendly and took our drink orders right away. We were advised not to get the pizza by the rest of the family, so most of us ordered a variety of burger.

We got no food for around 40 minutes. In that time, we heard what I can only describe as a medley of horrors come from the kitchen. First we heard screaming...a lot of screaming. Then we heard soft crying, then some odd creaking as though someone were rocking themselves back and forth. Finally we heard some manic laughter, followed by what I assume to be plates breaking.

After 40 minutes or so, our waitress finally came out, but with only one burger. She said it was the only one we would be receiving. I noticed the burger had a ring of french fries around it in a circular pattern, and then leading up off the plate. I asked the waitress if this was normal, and she replied that she was being ordered to tell us to choke on our NOOSE burger. I asked if this was a joke, and she shook her head no and said she was sorry. She didn't even charge us for the meal, so hurray!

I just wanna highlight this because it's amazing:

she replied that she was being ordered to tell us to choke on our NOOSE burger

This is in my hood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSm5mkp-CYM

xpost wooow

noose burger made from 100% HANGER steak geddit lol nvm

Exactly, plus the Facebook freak-out isn't exaggerated through editing.

xp - haha I can't tell....is that a joke?

xxp - my favorite is
We got no food for around 40 minutes. In that time, we heard what I can only describe as a medley of horrors come from the kitchen. First we heard screaming...a lot of screaming. Then we heard soft crying

soft crying

i don't know if the following is true, but chew on this comment from tucson weekly:

Her real name is Amanda Patricia Bossingham.

The court ordered her to pay $36,294.95 in restitution. Ms. Bossingham plead guilty to submitting an application for a line of credit with M & I Bank using the social security number of another person. The Bank approved the line of credit in the amount of $15,000.

On June 15, 2004, the Court sentenced her to fourteen months prison. (she appealed, but eventually lost, reported to prison in Oct, 7, 2008)

http://www.plainsite.org/flashlight/case.html?id=20189

This "bakery" is owned by felons involved in identity theft - likely a money laundering operation for Sammy

even if it's half true that's insane