Rant: The GD Foodies (con't. from 2000s Nostalgia thread)

[sighyoung]

We are busily working out a compensation plan for moderators. Once we have that in place, we'll think about you guys.

Maybe.

Compensate? Michael has to overcompensate for the moderators.

[heyzeus]

Mods are compensated with one discretionary hate-ban per quarter. The power to smite with impunity is worth more than gold.

[Radbird]

Mods are compensated with one discretionary hate-ban per quarter. The power to smite with impunity is worth more than gold.

Never said it was monetary. Who will I choose for my 4Q smite?

Be careful out there.

[33anda3rd]

Here's "Alex L."'s review of the new A10 in Chicago:

Went as a group of 16 with a prixe fixed menu. A couple of things:

1) For the food quality of 3 dishes, it was EXPENSIVE!! Why on earth would I be spending 40+ dollars for a mediocre meal. The taste was all right, but honestly you'd rather take a CTA and go to Girl and The Goat for that much money. RIDICULOUS. They had poor communication skills about the pricing, since 4 of our 16 members did not end up showing, BUT THEY STILL CHARGED US!!

2) Service was THE WORST I'VE HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. The waiters in this restaurant has this strange, "aloof" demeanor, meaning that they don't give a crap about how long the meal is (even though we told them in a rush). The cherry on top is that when I tried to flag down the waiter, HE SAW ME, AND COMPLETELY IGNORED ME (because he knows that every time I talk to him I would try to rush him). Maybe it's 'cause gratuity is already included, but service that bad makes me wonder if this restaurant even cares about making a lasting impression in this place. 0 star for wervice

3) Decor was nice, but who cares after point 1) and 2).

All-in-all, horrible restaurant, horrible service, decent tasting food, but who cares after it is so not worth your money, your time, or your energy. Rather go somewhere else in the neighborhood.

And here's my hero of the weekend, the owner Matt, replying:

Greetings Alex
I am horrified that you had a poor experience at A10 recently. I realize your number of guest fluctuated in number which we accommodated with pleasure. Reserving a table on a Friday evening during peak hours is a important decision and should be taken with responsibility. Since 4 of your guest could not join you we unfortunately could not seat the table with other guests. We did in fact find a table for your colleagues when they arrived 2 hours late. I hope you have spoken to the late comers to in fact check that you were in fact not billed for additional guests. We hope you consider the unwritten contract between a customer and a business in the future, I am sure you will be greeted with a much more positive experience in the future.
I look forward to welcoming you back to A10 in the future so you can have the experience I know you deserve.

[33anda3rd]

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the ... restaurant

You could triple this list and it would still be incomplete.

[33anda3rd]

What a sociopath.

[haltz]

The Ethnic Menu Over-Pronouncer
Do you really think that by calling prosciutto “pra-shoot” that the Italian waiter will go back to the kitchen and regale the chefs with praise-filled stories of the man at table 16? Also, you’re from Wayland, MA.

I almost started a rave about this yesterday. I had a customer overpronounce "gnocchi" in such a hideous way that I wanted to roundhouse kick her in the face. She was also taken aback that we didn't offer an obnoxiously overpronounced Pouilly-Fuisse by the glass.

Also, I had a run-in with a someone that assumed I wasn't paying attention or too stupid to know what she was talking about.

She's looking at the wines by the glass, which clearly lists two Pinot Noir offerings.

"I'll have a Pee-nah Naaaaaaaarrr."

"We have two by the glass, one is from Santa Barbara and the other is from Willamet---"

"PEEEE-NAAAAHHH NAAAAAAAARRR!"

"Listen lady, if you'd stop yelling for a second I'm trying to tell you that you have a choice between two glasses of PEE-NAAH NAAAAAR."

Which caused some trouble to the surrounding customers in mid-sip. I'm going to get in trouble one of these days.

[thrill]

The Ethnic Menu Over-Pronouncer
Do you really think that by calling prosciutto “pra-shoot” that the Italian waiter will go back to the kitchen and regale the chefs with praise-filled stories of the man at table 16? Also, you’re from Wayland, MA.

I love to really lean into italian food pronunciation. ahhprashoot. ahhhgabagoooll. ahhhspagett.

Anyway, I also love the flip side (my dad) to the over-pronouncer. We were at a French Restaurant and my dad wanted to order the croque monsieur. He asked me how to pronounce it, I told him. He asked my mom, she told him. He asked my aunt, she told him. Waiter gets to him and he goes, "I'll have the...I'LL HAVE THE HAM SANDWICH, DAMMIT."

[Jocephus]

gyro? giro? hiro? hero? ghrio?

[Michael]

Foodies don't use Yelp.

So I've heard anyway.