stuckincincy

Yes - I have done that job. Don't you dare tell me what it is like to eke out a living. My Father passed away when I was five years old, leaving a household of 8 to fend for themselves. You seem to resent that when I eat out, I prefer some common business respect, and that I have to somehow take slappy statements from somebody that takes an order and brings a plate. You try to paint me as an ogre that rubs his forepaws together, just waiting to pounce on such a sensitive soul as you. Don't be more of an idiot that you have already displayed so far. I'm sorry to tell you - I don't belong to the pet-the-server's-ego club. I call it GASPM (Give All Servers Protection Money). The history of servers contaminating food because they are p*ssed off is legendary. Example: White Castle and Steak 'n Shake chains have taken pains through the decades to tell and show their customers that they cook where you can see. Your words to a paying customer - yes, those, that make your paycheck possible - should be "May I take your order?" Then write it down, and deliver it. I don't mind jocularity, repartie. I doubt you have any capability there - if so, it's to extract a bigger tip. Job#1 is doing your job. I can tell you one thing - if I owned a joint, you would be canned. I wouldn't let your self-centered attitude infect my other workers, and their livelihood.

I'm conflicted. On one hand, it should help the offense play those 3-4 teams. On the other hand, the opponents may have the same thoughts.

You are young, hip...and an honest man. BTW - at McD, 55 qualifies one as an official dinosaur. I wonder now and then if they would sell me a Happy Meal at a discount. That's all I've got for now - the GASPM crowd (Give All Servers Protection Money) are hot on my heels.

11 of their games are against teams that use the 3-4.

If memory serves, he was acquired in the supplementary draft (does that still exist?). He certainly had question marks. I believe he was booted off UVA's team at some point There were very high hopes for him based on his play in '06, but again if I recall, he was injured early in '07. He was accused of some crime, which turned out to be a false accusation. I've not heard anything about his parting of the ways with CIN. I'm glad to hear he's doing well. "Purify"... Good one! He's a fair talent, especially on ST. But evidently a head case...which was known. I can't see him surviving the CIN cuts - they have 10 wrs on their roster at the moment.

Hide the women and children! http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2010050...+signing+Pacman

Questions to you: Ever had a meal at a place where you had to make a reservation? Ever hear any member of their staff utter cutsy inanities like "No problem?" Ever wonder why their business was such that they required reservations? Put the pieces together. It seems that many accept as the norm that a dining experience has to include a buddy-buddy relationship with the person schlepping the plates out from the kitchen. Such a hard, hard task, let us all wring out hands and cry. What would you reaction be if you went to a repair shop for brakes, and you heard "Hi! I'm Jonie, and I will be your mechanic!" Or at a grocery store..."Hi! I'm Melissa and I'll be your cashier!" If you and others want to sheepishly bow down to the soul ferrying the plate - same person who after plopping it down, who seems to often say "Is everything ok?" before you've taken a single bite, and then listen to "no problem!" as a response to errors, and then fork over your cash, that's your business. Expect better. That I do, and you don't, seems to move you to insult. Eh?

It's been a while since we had a potatoe war here. I'm hoping that my spelling of potatoe starts a side skirmish, with the attendant VP Quayle attacks.

You are not getting my point - at all. To simply say that that it is a colloquialism does not mean that it is a correct way to deal with the public. I recall several of them..."A !@#$ in the woodpile" comes to mind. It is rude and presumptuous. "De nada" has a certain affection to it. "No problem" comes across as dismissive. That it's common usage today is sad.

Most do...

Endeavor to make 'em illegal, then. Here in OH, they are the 3rd largest source of revenue for the State. If banned, rest assured, regardless of where you live, the non-smokers will make up for the revenue currently forked over by smokers. An estimate here in OH is that if cigs and such were to be made illegal, the tax burden spread over the general taxpayer rolls that is currently paid by smokers would be an average $400 increase. There is no way that OH or any other state would not assess the general population to make up the shortfall. They only talk trash about the health problems - they would panic if the smoker's $ stopped flowing in. An inconvenient truth. I wonder what the state tax increase would be in NYS... I suggest that if somebody asks you for a light, give it to 'em. Or face a lighter wallet.

Here's hoping the poster last year, who saw fit to publish updates and inform 99% of the participants that they were out of the running after week #4, DOES NOT SPOIL THE PARTY AGAIN. Week 1 Buffalo vs. Miami L Week 2 Buffalo vs. Green Bay L Week 3 Buffalo vs. New England Patriots* L Week 4 Buffalo vs. NY Jets L Week 5 Buffalo vs. Jacksonville Jaguars L Week 6 BYE free biscuits Week 7 Buffalo vs. Baltimore Ravens L Week 8 Buffalo vs. Kansas City Chiefs W Week 9 Buffalo vs. Chicago Bears W Week 10 Buffalo vs. Detroit Lions L Week 11 Buffalo vs. Cincinnati Bengals L Week 12 Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh Steelers W Week 13 Buffalo vs. Minnesota Vikings L Week 14 Buffalo vs. Cleveland Browns W Week 15 Buffalo vs. Miami Dolphins L Week 16 Buffalo vs. New England Patriots* L Week 17 Buffalo vs. NY Jets W 5 - 11.

Have I erred? I rely on your words, as always.

To be unfair, you've cherry-picked one phrase amongst my posts. I realize that the phrase "No Problem" is common speech. But understand what it implies. Namely, that the server is saying that "Oh, OK customer - I absolve you - the paying customer, of any feelings you may have about upsetting me." It is completely backwards. It's rude, presumptuous, and has no place in proper service. A proper response to a request by a customer is "Yes, Sir, or Yes Ma'am, I'll take care of it." Not a flippant "no problem!" utterance.

You are getting close to good deportment. Only one invective in your latest post: -if you have some complex where you feel people are disrespecting you then that is your issue, but to assume a group of people are inherently full of themselves because they dislike being treated like second class citizens, or slaves in some cases, is ignorant. Re-read these many posts. Ponder them. I've got you thinking - now run with it. That's what we old folks do for you young folks, even though you fight us. Old story there, eh? I wish you prosperity.

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Do you think he knows the difference between posting a topic on Off the Wall and one that should be posted on PPP?

Ah..now you see fit to call me a coward. Will your childish, petulant outbursts never end? But since you asked - you are full of yourself. You, as many in your "industry" fail to understand, is that you are selling a product. That product pays you. You seem incapable of understanding that simple concept, as well as the simple concept of keeping your mouth shut. I'm sorry if a paying customer simply wants their food, and doesn't especially care to pet the server on their blessed head, or enter into a conversation. Here's a tip: The wait staff people that get the biggest tips and make the most money are the ones who deliver the purchased product and cut the chit-chat. Here's your latest, uncivil postings : -stop being a coward and say what you mean -what you are doin comes across like some self-important jackass. -but for people like you, apparently, Please post again. It's pretty obvious that you can't control your words, and it's been fun to chat. Here - but not at your employer's place. I'm giving you life lessons, son. Pay attention!

You really know how to hurt...

And I've seen you a thousand times. And not just at eateries. I am one of the most genial people that you would ever come across. But you seem to think that I should cower down, shut up and pay up when faced with a person in the "industry", regardless of whether or not they crap on me (many of which are gum cracking, part-timers who are working at this or that joint, who can't be bothered to write down an order, forget the toast, and so on). I could tell you a story about how a good waiter deports himself - but it would be a waste of time; I'm pretty sure you are emblematic of many "in the industry." Let's recap your latest post (forgetting your previous snippy annotation of a previous post of mine, Clever of you to include it in a quote so I couldn't respond item by item): -you are the typical !@#$. -smart-ass comment. -you somehow get your jollies from messing with people in the industry. Reconsider your view of the paying customers.

Don't be a wiseguy. Soccer needs all the US fans it can get.

Well...if you have the itch (or when you contract the itch), go for it!

Do they play for Manchester United?

Seconded.

I agree with everything you say.