On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:04 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-07-30, Virginia Tadrzynski > wrote:
>
>> weeks later I get a call from some little girl (that's what it sounded like
>> on the phone) who asked 'so whaddaya want me to do about it?
>
>The primary problem with chains ...besides the lousy food. After they get
>so big, customer feedback is just an annoyance to be ignored. I complained
>to Carls Jr about day old burgers and got zero response. All you can do is
>avoid them.
>
The DH and I are on a Road Trip with The Kid and have been less than
thrilled with most of our <cough! cough!> "dining opportunities."
Chili's is the one chain that we've now been to 3 times, mainly b/c
that's about all that was either on offer or was within walking
distance - no one wanted to get back into the car! We're headed home
now and just stopped in Gila Bend AZ for lunch (113 F, thank you) at
the "Space Age Cafe," a kitchy little roadside joint. The DH ordered a
cheeseburger that was <OMG!> a cheeseburger! It was a real hamburger
patty with real cheese, a piece of real (okay, Iceberg) lettuce, a
real tomato (one that looked like it had actually been attached to a
plant grown in the ground) with condiments in red, yellow and plain
squeeze bottles. No "special sauce," no "1/4 lb, triple stack, heart
attack," no add-ons that a good piece of beef doesn't need. And it was
$3.29 which included non-greasy onion rings and a "bottomless" glass
of iced tea. The DH said it actually *tasted* like a hamburger he'd
make for himself at home on the grill. It sez somethin' about
somethin' that he actually commented on it more than once.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

"And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today?"

Danae in "Non Sequitir"

On Thu 31 Jul 2008 04:28:01p, Terryl Pulliam Burd told us...

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:04 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2008-07-30, Virginia Tadrzynski > wrote:
>>
>>> weeks later I get a call from some little girl (that's what it sounded
>>> like on the phone) who asked 'so whaddaya want me to do about it?
>>
>>The primary problem with chains ...besides the lousy food. After they
>>get so big, customer feedback is just an annoyance to be ignored. I
>>complained to Carls Jr about day old burgers and got zero response. All
>>you can do is avoid them.
>>
> The DH and I are on a Road Trip with The Kid and have been less than
> thrilled with most of our <cough! cough!> "dining opportunities."
> Chili's is the one chain that we've now been to 3 times, mainly b/c
> that's about all that was either on offer or was within walking
> distance - no one wanted to get back into the car! We're headed home
> now and just stopped in Gila Bend AZ for lunch (113 F, thank you) at
> the "Space Age Cafe," a kitchy little roadside joint. The DH ordered a
> cheeseburger that was <OMG!> a cheeseburger! It was a real hamburger
> patty with real cheese, a piece of real (okay, Iceberg) lettuce, a
> real tomato (one that looked like it had actually been attached to a
> plant grown in the ground) with condiments in red, yellow and plain
> squeeze bottles. No "special sauce," no "1/4 lb, triple stack, heart
> attack," no add-ons that a good piece of beef doesn't need. And it was
> $3.29 which included non-greasy onion rings and a "bottomless" glass
> of iced tea. The DH said it actually *tasted* like a hamburger he'd
> make for himself at home on the grill. It sez somethin' about
> somethin' that he actually commented on it more than once.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I've been to that cafe, and I have to agree about the burger. Very nice.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Terryl Pulliam Burd said...

> The DH and I are on a Road Trip with The Kid and have been less than
> thrilled with most of our <cough! cough!> "dining opportunities."
> Chili's is the one chain that we've now been to 3 times, mainly b/c
> that's about all that was either on offer or was within walking
> distance - no one wanted to get back into the car! We're headed home
> now and just stopped in Gila Bend AZ for lunch (113 F, thank you) at
> the "Space Age Cafe," a kitchy little roadside joint. The DH ordered a
> cheeseburger that was <OMG!> a cheeseburger! It was a real hamburger
> patty with real cheese, a piece of real (okay, Iceberg) lettuce, a
> real tomato (one that looked like it had actually been attached to a
> plant grown in the ground) with condiments in red, yellow and plain
> squeeze bottles. No "special sauce," no "1/4 lb, triple stack, heart
> attack," no add-ons that a good piece of beef doesn't need. And it was
> $3.29 which included non-greasy onion rings and a "bottomless" glass
> of iced tea. The DH said it actually *tasted* like a hamburger he'd
> make for himself at home on the grill. It sez somethin' about
> somethin' that he actually commented on it more than once.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


Peyote, by any chance?!?