tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2694117756385686184..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Meanwhile, on Planet Manhattan...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27535375346733121792013-12-03T16:26:43.720-05:002013-12-03T16:26:43.720-05:00Word, Tam. Just ate at Cracker Barrel recently. ....Word, Tam. Just ate at Cracker Barrel recently. . . Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60648298096538673452013-12-03T11:32:42.032-05:002013-12-03T11:32:42.032-05:00Dude, Cracker Barrel is to greasy short-order Sout...Dude, Cracker Barrel is to greasy short-order Southern breakfast food what Disney World's Frontierland is to the real Old West. :pTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11910564043318035682013-12-03T11:20:18.665-05:002013-12-03T11:20:18.665-05:00Waffle house? Over Cracker Barrel on thanksgiving?...Waffle house? Over Cracker Barrel on thanksgiving? Hmm I think I question your judgement on this one lol! Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601612046900301546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41586158653561404422013-12-01T21:38:50.070-05:002013-12-01T21:38:50.070-05:00I worked Thanksgiving. Eh.I worked Thanksgiving. Eh.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1355430168352669022013-12-01T16:22:43.668-05:002013-12-01T16:22:43.668-05:00Go ahead and taunt us with your list of artisanal ...Go ahead and taunt us with your list of artisanal collage-town (sic) pizza places, Tam. Marco's beats most of the pizza I've endured. "In a pinch" indeed!<br /><br />> The last time I ate at a Pizza Hut was in Chongqing<br /><br />Wow, that brought back a strange memory. Herself and I were refused service in a Pizza Hut in East Malaysia way back when. It was just after 1 pm local time and the joint was packed with people enjoying their lunches. We tried to order. The clerk told us we could not order. Was it because we were pasty, sweaty obvious tourists cluttering up their place with too much luggage, I asked? No, it turned out they were <b>closed for lunch</b> between 1 and 2 pm. The employees had their lunch break then. A smiling manager appeared and told us we were welcome to wait until 2 pm "Please, have a seat here in the meantime!" when they started up again.<br /><br />Yes. One ought to wonder about the sort of people who go to Borneo and try to patronize a Pizza Hut. And fail, yet. I admit this freely. I think that was the last time I was in a Pizza Hut. But the local McDonald's knows me all too well. Mike_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23530432163402087022013-11-30T18:55:09.511-05:002013-11-30T18:55:09.511-05:00The last time I ate at a Pizza Hut was in Chongqin...The last time I ate at a Pizza Hut was in Chongqing. They are overpriced even in China. :-(T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64783969486868934662013-11-30T10:56:04.305-05:002013-11-30T10:56:04.305-05:00I'm just thankful that you watch the Today sho...I'm just thankful that you watch the Today show so I don't have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74983885806405911672013-11-30T09:05:05.027-05:002013-11-30T09:05:05.027-05:00"Maybe the firemen who put out your sister..."Maybe the firemen who put out your sister's hipster experiment in deep-frying a turkey?"<br /><br />I know a couple of firefighters that volunteer to do the Thanksgiving shift because they get to run actual fire calls, instead of meatwagon runs. One year they ran a call to an apartment complex where a woman burned her turkey. And turned the 4-plex into a three alarm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57513387320408533932013-11-30T09:03:38.777-05:002013-11-30T09:03:38.777-05:00I don't order from Pizza Hut, Papa John's,...I don't order from Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Donatos, Dominos, or any of those places, man; I live in Broad Ripple.<br /><br />If the wait for <a href="http://www.bazbeaux.com/menu.html" rel="nofollow">Bazbeaux</a>'s is too long, then there's always Bebop. Marco's in a pinch.<br /><br />I'll do Pizza Hut or Dominos if I'm in a hotel someplace and don't know enough about the locals. Papa John's is too soggy.<br /><br />I've had the Pizza Hut lunch buffet in West Leb, NH once or twice when I was house-sitting for Marko.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19441112239180950822013-11-30T08:56:38.558-05:002013-11-30T08:56:38.558-05:00Eh, I prefer Papa Johns anyway. You can get some ...Eh, I prefer Papa Johns anyway. You can get some great online deals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91735240903747826572013-11-30T01:16:30.733-05:002013-11-30T01:16:30.733-05:00The awful pizza is why I gave up Pizza Hut, the pu...The awful pizza is why I gave up Pizza Hut, the purity test is how I get my ansomiac friends to stop pressuring me to go there.<br /><br />The local guys are much better pizza anyways even if it takes three times as long to get the pie because they don't deliver and the owner always wants to chat about guns and cars.<br /><br />I totally misread what we were talking about when I went off on my tangent.<br /><br />So I shall slink away with my tail betwixt my legs now.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81376150440719040652013-11-30T00:26:27.566-05:002013-11-30T00:26:27.566-05:00I've never really been into holidays, so more ...I've never really been into holidays, so more often than not I work them. Typically the phones ring off the proverbial hook. I just ignore them and get mote done in several hours than I do the rest of the week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79729637408854675772013-11-29T22:53:57.118-05:002013-11-29T22:53:57.118-05:00"Homo Manhattanus" sounded like somethin..."Homo Manhattanus" sounded like something completely different to me. I heard songs from Les Mis and envisioned Cat-like people dancing to Judy Garland.Buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41824312018660763882013-11-29T22:39:53.774-05:002013-11-29T22:39:53.774-05:00Tam: This is why I gave up being either a libertar...Tam: This is why I gave up being either a libertarian or a gun rights purist.<br /><br />These days my attitude is "fuck you, I'll keep the heater in my pocket and snicker at your rabbit people signage".Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69507717123145677572013-11-29T22:37:03.445-05:002013-11-29T22:37:03.445-05:00rick8tor:
Mere signs will not make me give up a b...rick8tor:<br /><br />Mere signs will not make me give up a basic human right.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8096631293348284992013-11-29T21:35:39.061-05:002013-11-29T21:35:39.061-05:00Eh, I'm sort of on the fence on the whole &quo...Eh, I'm sort of on the fence on the whole "being open on holidays" thing. On the one hand, when I was a broke college kid 9 states away from my immediate family and not particularly keen on my local relatives, I enjoyed the time and a half pay and something to do, and partook in a many a thanksgiving at the waffle house*. On the other hand, now that I have my own family and get along better with my local family, I'm also very glad to have those days off now. I also find myself irritated when my friends and family are in jobs where they must work holidays, especially given that when they took those jobs, those were originally days off.<br /><br />In general, I have no problem with companies being open on these days, but I generally have a problem with it being mandatory. If people want to volunteer to work those days, I have no problems, but these holidays used to be one of the very few days you could rely on everyone being off and able to get together. Not so much anymore, and I think that's something to lament, even if I don't think there should be laws against it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88983610424267744992013-11-29T21:32:45.599-05:002013-11-29T21:32:45.599-05:00A friend of my wife's has been working securit...A friend of my wife's has been working security for extra money lately and ended up having to sit in a car in a club style grocery store parking lot on Thanksgiving day.<br /><br />So my wife took some of our Thanksgiving dinner out to her to be nice. While they were sitting in the car talking and eating, at least a dozen people drove up - astonished that that chain club style store was not open on Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Some people ain't too bright.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44879050355741071492013-11-29T21:30:40.546-05:002013-11-29T21:30:40.546-05:00Pizza Hut: Not the worst pizza I've ever ate ...Pizza Hut: Not the worst pizza I've ever ate (that honor goes to either Totino's frozen pizza or a local joint in Iowa/Idaho/Ohio/somewhere whose smell made me want to vomit), but it's sheer greasiness was always a problem.<br /><br />On a high school trip, people voted to either stop at a McDonald's or Pizza Hut. Out of sixty or more students, none voted for Pizza Hut. I think I heard they closed umpteen hundred locations some years.<br /><br />Their spaghetti and garlic bread were fairly good as far as I can remember.amcznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24334101307641043432013-11-29T18:10:30.204-05:002013-11-29T18:10:30.204-05:00My Job not only requires me to be out going door t...My Job not only requires me to be out going door to door but also going into said doors to do my job, My employer strictly forbids going armed. Since I accepted the job knowing about the no guns rule I have to make a choice just like I do about any other workplace rule. I either abide by the rules or I risk losing my job if caught breaking the rules. Larry in IowaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2207098861271699902013-11-29T18:06:16.718-05:002013-11-29T18:06:16.718-05:00I never got Thanksgiving off when I was working, h...I never got Thanksgiving off when I was working, horses eat and need their medicine every day. I figure humans do too.<br /><br />And I suspect the other employees might want the pay.<br /><br /> <br /><br />I would not have offered the manager his job back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197399867545394957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35228454363534458852013-11-29T17:15:40.757-05:002013-11-29T17:15:40.757-05:00"the selectiveness of the purity tests of Tea..."the selectiveness of the purity tests of Team Gun Rights"<br /><br />Well, we have to know about these things in order to object to them. <br />Now, if so notified, the team is still as arbitrary and self-serving, I'm with you 100%.<br /><br />Oh, and the best pizza crust I had was at a Pizza Hut -- in Munich, Germany, which may have something to do with it. I still wonder how many Muenchners thought the place was called "Pizza Hat". <br />Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2692760766323876492013-11-29T17:04:28.902-05:002013-11-29T17:04:28.902-05:00Since the ER never closes, I'm working tonight...Since the ER never closes, I'm working tonight as well as last night. Had my share of pizza on holidays while I'm taking care of said crispy hipster. Somebody's gotta make the machine work while the Today staff is sleeping off the turkey. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10735009784885629022013-11-29T16:12:31.097-05:002013-11-29T16:12:31.097-05:00I wonder how many people boycott Pizza Hut because...I wonder how many people boycott Pizza Hut because it won't let its drivers go armed, and yet drink milk, juice, or soda bottled in a plant on the seedy side of town who won't let the bottling plant workers go armed? Or order from a local pizza joint that might have the same policy?<br /><br />It's the selectiveness of the purity tests of Team Gun Rights that gets up my nose sometimes. :(Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77674517620699439662013-11-29T15:55:37.807-05:002013-11-29T15:55:37.807-05:00Pizza Hut has pulled a franchise because the owner...Pizza Hut has pulled a franchise because the owner ignored the disarmed drivers rule.<br /><br />It's even in the franchise contract.<br /><br />It was noteworthy to me because we actually covered this getting my business admin degree in a section about the down sides to franchise ownerships.<br /><br />I guess if the franchise holder signed the contract, he agreed to abide by the terms...Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20461634550867329722013-11-29T15:41:53.102-05:002013-11-29T15:41:53.102-05:00Joseph,
I know.
I doubt they are often patroniz...Joseph,<br /><br />I know. <br /><br />I doubt they are often patronized by the Eloi under discussion.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com