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  • oh god he's back

    yeah i'm on my way back to wisconsin after taking one of those disney boat cruises.

    haven't been here in forever.
    called a woman fat indirectly (told a coworker "thats more calories than i eat in 3 weeks", she overheard), so i quit and spent a month being unemployed. then the manager in the next-nearest fazoli's offered me a job and a raise (gas being $4.42 at the time, and the store being 20 miles further -- he needed a fully trained worker immediately)

    then the gm of the first fazoli's hired me in to help and clean ovens so i work at 2 stores, got a raise, etc




    Some things I wish people understood:
    "The soda tastes funny, i tried both of them" Yeah, they run off the same bag. Not really their fault for not knowing, but still

    "The diet coke tastes funny" I can't believe how often I have to explain because it's diet coke from a fountain machine. The ratio is brix'd properly, but this is Wisconsin. That stuff is 95% water (high yield formula), so the taste depends on the water supply, and we have to change our water filters every two weeks, if that gives you any clues on water quality.

    "do you still have ______" probabyl not, we do a lot of temporary promos. don't see it on the menu? it ain't there anymore. especially if what you were looking for used to be on a little sign stuck in the ground, and now something else is there. that 'snack wraps' sign now says soup. guess what, we don't serve the snack wraps anymore


    idk, sue me.
    I've been here for two years, work harder than most others, and I'm getting paid $1.80 an hour
    less than the 17 year old slacker you hired two months ago. Maybe that's why I'm not chipper at work.

  • #2
    One time when I was working in food service, a customer complained that the diet coke tasted funny. I tasted it and sure enough it tasted weird. It turned out that the new guy put the regular coca-cola in the diet coke syrup and vice versa.

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    • #3
      I'm lucky - the tap water in Helsinki is among the best in the world. It comes by a very long rock tunnel from the bottom of a freshwater lake, *then* gets filtered and treated.

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      • #4
        Quoth ahanix1989 View Post
        "The diet coke tastes funny"
        "All Diet Coke tastes funny. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
        Expect great things, but you'll get what you get.

        PossJB

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        • #5
          Quoth PossJB View Post
          "All Diet Coke tastes funny. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
          My diabetic friend tells me that the Diet Coke with Splenda is less terrible than usual, for what its worth.
          The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
          "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
          Hoc spatio locantur.

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          • #6
            Quoth Chromatix View Post
            I'm lucky - the tap water in Helsinki is among the best in the world. It comes by a very long rock tunnel from the bottom of a freshwater lake, *then* gets filtered and treated.
            You realize, of course, that the rest of us now absolutely hate your guts?

            "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
            Still A Customer."

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            • #7
              Should I point out that as a comparison, my well-water (Which is in a permanent aquifer caused by a buried Glacial Moraine) is literally at 1PPM (part per million) impurity, without filtering.

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              • #8
                Quoth Geek King View Post
                My diabetic friend tells me that the Diet Coke with Splenda is less terrible than usual, for what its worth.
                Tell your friend to Google "Splenda's effects on diabetic's blood sugar." It's pretty much sugar as far as some of us diabetics are concerned.

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                • #9
                  Awwww..but I love splenda.


                  Im not diabetic though. Is it still going to kill me?

                  And Chromatix - the description of your water almost made me drool. LOL. That sounds good. All fresh and cool....

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Amina516 View Post
                    Awwww..but I love splenda.


                    Im not diabetic though. Is it still going to kill me?

                    And Chromatix - the description of your water almost made me drool. LOL. That sounds good. All fresh and cool....
                    Well depending on who you ask it is either okay or not. I noticed the difference in my blood sugar levels after Diet Mt. Dew switched to splenda but others say they aren't bothered.

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                    • #11
                      darn, i thought i mentioned the most important part:

                      "the diet coke tastes funny"
                      well duh. you were expecting it to taste good?

                      but someone beat me to it... i was tired and posting from moms laptop in a hotel
                      I've been here for two years, work harder than most others, and I'm getting paid $1.80 an hour
                      less than the 17 year old slacker you hired two months ago. Maybe that's why I'm not chipper at work.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Big-box-retail-blues View Post
                        Tell your friend to Google "Splenda's effects on diabetic's blood sugar." It's pretty much sugar as far as some of us diabetics are concerned.
                        He's still at the "Consult with the dietician/doctor" stage, and was told it's ok for him to have. He also checks his levels a couple times a day. I guess he's not that kind of diabetic.

                        His was sudden unexpected onset, no family history, as he collapsed at work the day after Thanksgiving. You'll have to trust me, but he took the scare to heart, and is very careful at the moment with what he eats and how much.
                        The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
                        "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
                        Hoc spatio locantur.

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                        • #13
                          I sure missed you, ahanix!

                          The only time I will drink dark soda, aka Coke or Pepsi, is if it's a fountain drink. Although odds are, if they have Pepsi, they have Dew, and Dew always wins hands down.

                          I just cannot stand bottled or canned dark soda. Nasty. Something about the fountain drinks just makes them tolerable. Every Friday when I stop at McDonalds I get a Coke.
                          You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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                          • #14
                            Oone restaurant place in my town had some people not complain about the pop -- but said it had an unusual flavor they liked (and wanted it back dammit!) -- the unusual flavor? Mold.

                            The workers hadn't cleaned the fountain spout things for a few years.

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                            • #15
                              And this, friends, is how cheese and yoghurt were invented.

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