Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/23/2017 4:40 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > "jmcquown" wrote in message news
> > On 7/22/2017 11:47 AM, cshenk wrote:
> >> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Also discovered that there is a closer Papa Murphy's to me in Mill
> >>> Creek. Most of the reviews are horrible. They hire people to stand by
> >>> the street and try to attract us with signs and arrows. Since I am
> >>> driving, I never paid attention to what those signs said. I knew it
> >>> was a take and bake pizza but didn't know anything else. Guess it was
> >>> that. One review said there was a 2 hour wait for the pizza. No
> >>> thanks.
> >>
> >> Snipped to just here.
> >>
> >> I'd never expect to wait at all for an unbaked pizza. Could be a
> >> reviewer who was crazy and exagurating a lot. The only way that could
> >> be 'real' is they asked for a special order (like salt free) and they
> >> had to make the dough from scratch and then, yes, it would take 2 hours.
> >>
> >>
> > It's a little strange but she does seem to rely on online reviews.
> > Personally, I try someplace and either like it or don't. I don't go
> > looking for reviews before I buy something.
> >
> > Jill
> > ==
> >
> > If I am buying online, I always read the reviews.
> >
> >
> >
> As do I. You have to read the bad ones too annd use common sense.
> People downgrade ratings for the dumbest reasons: "I ordered the brown
> one but I think blue would look better in my room" or "The UPS driver
> dropped the box and it broke"
The silliest are some of the air travel reviews from here, if you've time to waste they make for some interesting reading:
http://www.airlinequality.com/
American Airlines review:
"worst for being on time"
G Henderson (United States) 21st July 2017
"œ… Verified Review | La Guardia to Dallas Ft Worth. American Airlines is definately the worst for being on time. I flew on Tuesday July 18, 2017 from LGA, 3 hours late at 9 am in the am. Then we boarded, then we waited for another half hour, they remembered they needed a pilot - 30 minutes after that, remembered that fuel need to be balanced. Now, 2 days later, 2.5 hours late again. The stewardess just announced after sitting inside the plane for the past hour "there are some funny points to this flight". How is wasting people's time for the past two days by over six hours funny? Then give you 1 package of cookies..."
Things like lateness can be the result of many things, e.g. safety/weather/loading issues, or in the case of this pilot, all flight crews have to be "legal", this is all about ensuring flight safety...as for the "1 package of cookies", that is the published "service" for this flight.
Here's another for Virgin Australia:
"horrendous experience"
3 reviews Ross Wilson (Australia) 7th May 2017
œ… Verified Review | Horrendous experience flying from Melbourne to Gold Coast, Virgin Australia cram 3 rows of Business Class and 27 rows of Economy Class into each 737-800, if you are in Economy there is no legroom. It is so bad my knees were near my chin, it took my three days to recover from the pain from this flight, no inflight entertainment, meal was a tiny cookie and a cup of stale orange juice, yuck.
Aircraft Boeing 737-800
Type Of Traveller Business
Cabin Flown Economy Class"
Hasn't this guy checked a seating chart, they are available online...again, snack - wise, it IS economy class - AND THE FLIGHT TIME IS -->>65<<-- MINUTES...!!!
Here's a funny review for Newark Airport, the guy writes entertainingly but for an airport review he has kinda the wrong "focus" I think:
http://www.airlinequality.com/airpor...ewark-airport/
"no dialogue between customer and staff"
G Wall (United Kingdom) 20th March 2017
œ… Verified Review | Terminal C, Self check-in was easy, there was the usual queue for passport control, but nothing too bad. My gate was C80, so I made my way down to the gate, and feeling hungry and I fancied a beer, so called in at one 'eatery' where I was welcomed and sat at a table with an iPad in front of me. A quick glance around told me that every table had a tablet - so I listened while I was told to scan my boarding card barcode and shown how my my name instantly popped up with flight details for all to see - especially as the waiter read my name out quite loudly (which I wasn't terrifically thrilled about in these days of identity theft). I quickly scanned through the menu, the food was astronomically highly priced for even the simplest dish, and beers likewise for ales I'd never heard of. So I fled the place, thinking I'd find a cheaper bar where I could pay by dollar notes, and discuss a choice of food and beers with a friendly barman. But alas, no. Some mastermind of planning had persuaded the airport chiefs of Newark to adopt a full tablet ordering system for every eat and drink outlet. Thirsty, I decided to call in at the Vesper Tavern. At least I recognised the beers on tap, and after my stomach had flipped a somersault at the prices, I decided that I needed a drink, fast. I scanned my barcode again, selected my beer from the menu (note, that the picture of each draft beer shows a full pint - or at least large looking glass of frothing beer), pressed the pay button, and as already mentioned by someone else, spotted the service charge was set at 18%. For what? I'd had no service so far! So I wound it down to 0%, and begrudgingly, I swiped my card (although I'd preferred to have paid in dollars), and waited for my beer to come. Along strolled the waiter with a wimpy looking glass of beer. It certainly wasnt the pint I'd seen pictured on the menu! I sat and observed others coming, and of their dismay at ordering expensive food and drink by tablet. My issue with this is that there's no dialogue between the customer and the staff. Little chance to discuss the food, how you would like the food cooked? Which option would they recommend from experience? Could I sample a beer that I'd never heard of? And if the service was good, then at the end, I'll leave a tip to reflect it - not to have an 18% surcharge lumped onto my bill for something that could have been delivered by a little train on a track, sushi style. I'd love to think that in a year or two I'll re-visit terminal C and all the tablets will have been strpped out and replaced once again by the happy chatter of conversion between customer and bar staff. But somehow, the investment made in this new technology will be made to work. Somehow...:
> OTOH, id an item has 43% poor ratings I'm going to pass. Most any item
> has 5% to 10% bad, often from people with no clue how to use the item or
> got the inevitable defective one.
Yup, agreed...
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Best
Greg