Subj : Re: Not Horsing Around To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 12:37:32 > George, >> So far only McD's & Tim Horton's here. Oh, & one A&W that's now gone. . > They're losing all the good places (sigh!). When this buffet cafeteria > announced they were going to shut down 20 years ago (this was before my > Dad died 15 years ago), he lamented "I'm going to starve to death!!" . > We'd always go there after Sunday morning church services...but the > reason the Baptists are wanting to get to the cafeteria early, is that > they're afraid the Methodists are going to beat them to lunch. So sad o see old favourites pass on. . . we had a sub place here, where the cook made these WILD & amazing hot meat submarine sandwiches plus breakfast all day, & fried chicken -- so good -- he wrapped the chicken pieces in wonton wrapper dough & it kept every drop of juice in that chicken piece! Gpt 3 pc chicken, as plate of fries & a pop all for $5 -- I used to pop in Wednesdays for supper before going to poker. . . Never got around to try the subs, bhut now he's gone, but he was hired on for a 2-hour shift once a week at a local pub, & most of the old customers go there for that treat! >> I pay at the counrter even when ordering at the kiosk, as I want the >> option of changing my mind on my way, & I often pay in cash. > Good idea. I usually order the same thing when I eat out (although I > can't afford to eat out every day). I thought about making a switch the > other day, but decided it was cheaper to stick what with I had been > getting. Yup, there's a reason you've come up with it as a regular item. We had (! *sigh*) a pub across the street that, during football seaaon, had a full breakfast combo for 99c whjich went up 50c every half hour. I'm not into football, so I'd pop in about 9am & order the 2 poached eggs, toast, & instead of the bacon, have 2 more eggs or more toat or more hashed browned potatoes (home/pan fries, really) Heckuyva deal -- those that joined the football pool got to have dinner cheap - - prime rib for $5, with the extras (potatoes, vegetable, horseradish) I may have to head up to my fave steak place for my birthday diner on Sunday. Proper 16-oz prime rtib streak, cooked perfectly to order every time (medium rare) with potatoes, seasonal veggie, unlimited sourdough bread(with garlic & herb butter), & a Keg sized(12oz) red wine & a Spabnish coffee for dessert! Or I may go for all you can eat Japanese instead. . . depends on mood & weather >> Except7 when this one she-dog is on, then I'll pay with my debit & go >> pick up at the counter, & ask there for delivery to a table, if I'm >> not taking right off to go. . . > You've got some folks who have no business working there...and obviously > some who don't want to be there. I worked at Burger King for 5 years over > 40 years ago, and I didn't consider it "degrading"...I got my fill of > Whoppers. I say if you don't like working somewhere, leave -- it's always your own choice to be there. They reply, "I can't leave because some thing some thing, unwise with mony" & I just reply "All personally made choices." I will not work somewhere I don't like & respect the company & the boss. > I remember when all those combos first came out nearly 50 years ago... > it was amazing how quick the others jumped on that bandwagon. I rarely > use a mobile app to order stuff, but I've considered it. It's handy with covid -- saves going in to the restraurant -- cars just pull around to the mobile order parking spots out front & a staffer brings your order to you. Order from home, then they'll begin preparing it as tyou get close to the restaurant, & charge your payment method on full arrival >> I do that when they point out my belly & ask if I'm pregnant. I say, >> "Sure am; with a baby elephant; want to see his trunk?" > Never mind hear it snort. :P My elephant calf hasn't snorted yet -- likes to spit, though. .. > I thought about going to Arby's after church this morning for a couple > of fish sandwiches. But, since I was hacking from sinus drainage, and I > had grabbed an EMPTY bag of cough drops (works real well ), I decided > just to come straight home. Good pp;an ; no sense spreading germs, nor upsetting people who'll assume you're out of your home with active covid infection. > I didn't rest well last night, so even though I woke up at 6:30am, I > went back to sleep until 7am. I woke at 5, but managed to get another hour of sleep before actually getting up to my coffee & delicious goulash breakfast! The Good Lord gave me a poem before and > after church today...but in getting the first one set up, I was late > leaving for, and getting to church. Then, after I got home, after I > got done setting the second one up, it was time to do a ham radio > traffic net, and finish the stuff for it. I still haven't eaten anything > today, and I'm starving. So, after I finish the QWK Mail, I'm going to > get something to eat...then do a small amount of computer work, then get > to bed. What poems? Eating is good -- I keep a few boxes of my fave granola bars near the computer for 'emergencies' *G* > Oh, yeah...the cashiers (like myself) were encouraged to do "suggestive > selling". Oh, that's critical in fast food in any customer contact role! I refused to follow the book's formulas for doing so, & still had the highest rate of upsells. When someone asks for a coke or shake, it felt rude for me to ask, "Will that be a large?" I had one happy customer, who was very hungry, he saidm, ordered a triple burger with lots of extras, then asked if he could add a patty to it; I said surem oir he could order our off-menu producvt, the monster burger: 7 patties, 7 cheese, 7 bacon, plus lettuce, tomato, & the usual under bottom patty goodies. He was a very happy camper & tipped me quite well, & came a regular for a while, for a monster burger plus hand mixed(malt shop style) chocolate shake Other customers, i'd help order the most minimalist lunch they could & still have the maximum if flavour palate. . . I always put customers ahead of corporate or anyone else "above" me. > showed me a deal with Kroger with "Lite Peach Tea"...it has NO CAFFEINE!! > I've been drinking just Kroger Lite Lemonade, and I'm getting burned out > on it...so, the next time I go to the store, I'll be getting that. Always good to find a new flavour by a fave brand. . . :) Enjoy it! We have these jumbo cans of iced tea. I think Peach is one -- some use green tea instead of black, so no caffeine. >> I say the same; pointing out that their equpment is especually designed >> to handle a baby going through; mine is not designed to stretch. > Except only for arousal, or pressure from the bladder. The ureter doesn't really change size -- it's about hair-thickness & takes just a trickle of liquid from the kidneys tyo the ladder -- when a stone goes through there... ai-chi-wawa! Owww, pain at a 9 real quickly. . . >> Plus the G-spot is conveniently located to offset some of the pain. > The late Betty White (wife of the late Allen Ludden from the original > PASSWORD game show), noted in an interview on The Tonight Show with Joan > Rivers (guest host for Johnny Carson) 50 years ago, that "I don't know > what all this talk about trouble finding the G-Spot is all about. To me, > it's a cinch...when a man touches me, I say ''Oh, Gee!!''". The entire > studio erupted in raucous laughter. I locved Betty White -- I saw the clip of when she first met Ludden on Password a while back. Sounds like Joan. . . > That helps. If the pain level is at a 1 or 2, I'll either tough it out, > or take a low dose Tylenol. I was advised to give up all other pain meds I don't even deign to be bothered by pain until it hits 7 these days -- had to many 9s & brand new 10s. . . Including one time I was screaming for somebody to either fix the problem or euthanize me, I didn't care which! They finally got the right guy in, who didn't dilydally -- he booked me in uypstairs in a ward, on PRN morphine (about 6-8X the normal dose people get) By late morning the blood had drained enough out of my renal cavity that my pain came down to a 9 & home I was sent! > that I had. But, the acetomenaphen in the Tylenol and other medications > can lead to liver damage. I guess they just want us to suffer. But, for > folks on a blood thinner (like I am), these can make one more of a > hemophiliac. Up here they teach to take pain relievers BEFORE the pain hits. . . I wait until I'm an 8 to take a Percocet, or a seriously screaming dental abcess, which hits at about 8.5-9. My old Urologist made sure I had a rwady access to plenty of that Opiod that actually works, without fuzzing my mind out. . . >> Hmm, need to make some wooden disks, with "Tuit" on one side & "Ion" on >> the other! > I get the round tuit, but the ion?? People know me as positive & when they ask me why , I can show them that & say, "See, no '-', so I'm positive"; of course, that'll only work on the latent chemistry nerds. >> No idea -- it was a character on the Muppets, the Swedish Chef, who >> only ever said "bork! bork!" & that was the Muppet version of >> Swedish. > Wasn't he the chef?? As above -- "Swedish Chef" ;) --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5 * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757) .