Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!

They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
Employee of the Month!!

See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

One time on Usenet, "tcg" > said:

> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

I wouldn't eat at Ruby Tuesday anyway. We tried it once -- typical
chain restaurant food, bleah...


--
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"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "tcg" > said:

> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

I wouldn't eat at Ruby Tuesday anyway. We tried it once -- typical
chain restaurant food, bleah...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "tcg" > said:

> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

I wouldn't eat at Ruby Tuesday anyway. We tried it once -- typical
chain restaurant food, bleah...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "tcg" > said:

> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

I wouldn't eat at Ruby Tuesday anyway. We tried it once -- typical
chain restaurant food, bleah...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "tcg" > said:

> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

I wouldn't eat at Ruby Tuesday anyway. We tried it once -- typical
chain restaurant food, bleah...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>
>

<sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...

Jack Jagger

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>
>

<sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...

Jack Jagger

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>
>

<sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...

Jack Jagger

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>
>

<sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...

Jack Jagger

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>
>

<sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...

Jack Jagger

Who could hang a name on you(?)

>
> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger
>

Who could hang a name on you(?)

>
> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger
>

Who could hang a name on you(?)

>
> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger
>

Who could hang a name on you(?)

>
> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger
>

Who could hang a name on you(?)

>
> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger
>

One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:
> "tcg" > wrote in message
> nk.net...

> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
> >
> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> > Employee of the Month!!
> >
> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger

You just *had* to do it, didn't you, Jack... ;-)


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:
> "tcg" > wrote in message
> nk.net...

> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
> >
> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> > Employee of the Month!!
> >
> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger

You just *had* to do it, didn't you, Jack... ;-)


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:
> "tcg" > wrote in message
> nk.net...

> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
> >
> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> > Employee of the Month!!
> >
> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>
> Jack Jagger

You just *had* to do it, didn't you, Jack... ;-)


--
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"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

"Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
...
> One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:
>> "tcg" > wrote in message
>> nk.net...
>
>> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>> >
>> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
>> > Employee of the Month!!
>> >
>> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>>
>> Jack Jagger
>
> You just *had* to do it, didn't you, Jack... ;-)
>

Yeah, it's a groaner, dat fo sho...

I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

Jack AppleBeenigansRubyTGIFChilis

PS food snob? uppity? You bet, man; I'm picky as to what I put in my
mouth, dammit!

"Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
...
> One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:
>> "tcg" > wrote in message
>> nk.net...
>
>> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>> >
>> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
>> > Employee of the Month!!
>> >
>> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
>> <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
>>
>> Jack Jagger
>
> You just *had* to do it, didn't you, Jack... ;-)
>

Yeah, it's a groaner, dat fo sho...

I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

Jack AppleBeenigansRubyTGIFChilis

PS food snob? uppity? You bet, man; I'm picky as to what I put in my
mouth, dammit!

One time on Usenet, "Jack Schidt®" > said:

<snip>

> PS food snob? uppity? You bet, man; I'm picky as to what I put in my
> mouth, dammit!

If you're ever in Western WA, near Olympia, this is my favorite
restaurant:

http://news.theolympian.com/dining/r...0010810r.shtml

Never had a bad experience there -- AAMOF, I'll have to get
DH to take me for my birthday in January (hint, hint)... ;-)


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

On 2004-10-19, Jack Schidt® > wrote:

> I skip all those chain places anyway.....

I do too, for the most part. I've recently discovered a reletively new one
that's not bad, at least so far. It's called Mimi's Cafe and the food if
pretty good quality for a chain. It's primarily a West Coast chain, but I
understand they've just opened up back East. It's a bit pricier ...not too
painfully... than the Applebees and Chilis, but the food is the real deal.

The first time I went I saw a Cobb salad go by and, not having tried one in
decades, I ordered one too. It was huge! It had all the right ingredients
and they were all fresh and of high quality. Real Blue cheese, Haas
avocados, lean bacon, moist chicken breast, etc. It even had real blue
cheese dressing, not that disgusting ranch crud with blue cheese bits in it
....an abomination that far too many restaurants have been foisting off on
the brain-dead public for far too long. It was light years ahead of those
tiresome old chicken-whatever Caesars that have outlived their trendiness.
It was by far the best meat salad I've enjoyed in years, all for $8.

If you see one, give 'em a try. I'm going back.

nb

On 2004-10-19, Jack Schidt® > wrote:

> I skip all those chain places anyway.....

I do too, for the most part. I've recently discovered a reletively new one
that's not bad, at least so far. It's called Mimi's Cafe and the food if
pretty good quality for a chain. It's primarily a West Coast chain, but I
understand they've just opened up back East. It's a bit pricier ...not too
painfully... than the Applebees and Chilis, but the food is the real deal.

The first time I went I saw a Cobb salad go by and, not having tried one in
decades, I ordered one too. It was huge! It had all the right ingredients
and they were all fresh and of high quality. Real Blue cheese, Haas
avocados, lean bacon, moist chicken breast, etc. It even had real blue
cheese dressing, not that disgusting ranch crud with blue cheese bits in it
....an abomination that far too many restaurants have been foisting off on
the brain-dead public for far too long. It was light years ahead of those
tiresome old chicken-whatever Caesars that have outlived their trendiness.
It was by far the best meat salad I've enjoyed in years, all for $8.

If you see one, give 'em a try. I'm going back.

nb

"Jack Schidt=AE" wrote:

>
> I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than =
for
> eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of the=
ir
> food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass=

> quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm i=
n a
> place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.
>
> Jack AppleBeenigansRubyTGIFChilis
>
> PS food snob? uppity? You bet, man; I'm picky as to what I put in my=

> mouth, dammit!

Food snob? To pay high prices for franchise food is hardly a matter of
snobbery. I generally make it a rule to avoid any sort of franchise
restaurant, and any meal I have had at one reminds me of the reasons.

"Jack Schidt=AE" wrote:

>
> I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than =
for
> eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of the=
ir
> food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass=

> quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm i=
n a
> place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.
>
> Jack AppleBeenigansRubyTGIFChilis
>
> PS food snob? uppity? You bet, man; I'm picky as to what I put in my=

> mouth, dammit!

Food snob? To pay high prices for franchise food is hardly a matter of
snobbery. I generally make it a rule to avoid any sort of franchise
restaurant, and any meal I have had at one reminds me of the reasons.

"Jack Schidt®" wrote:

> I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
> eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
> food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
> quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
> place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

They are for sure nothing to write home about, I have eaten there
when I've been at the mall. I can usually find something decent to
eat, soup or salad or something. Definitely not destination type
places.

Back to the original topic, the place that fired the woman for not
fitting into her shirt, the manager was probably some pimply faced
21 year old. I doubt it was company policy. Of course, the stench
of a looming lawsuit is in the air.

nancy

"Jack Schidt®" wrote:

> I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
> eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
> food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
> quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
> place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

They are for sure nothing to write home about, I have eaten there
when I've been at the mall. I can usually find something decent to
eat, soup or salad or something. Definitely not destination type
places.

Back to the original topic, the place that fired the woman for not
fitting into her shirt, the manager was probably some pimply faced
21 year old. I doubt it was company policy. Of course, the stench
of a looming lawsuit is in the air.

nancy

In article >,
"Internet Traveler" > wrote:

> Who could hang a name on you(?)
>
> >
> > <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
> >
> > Jack Jagger
> >

When you change with every new day. Still I¹m going to miss you.

Bill

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when
it deserves it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

In article >,
"Internet Traveler" > wrote:

> Who could hang a name on you(?)
>
> >
> > <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
> >
> > Jack Jagger
> >

When you change with every new day. Still I¹m going to miss you.

Bill

--
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Serious Vision Problems? --> http://www.ocutech.com/ Two son's users.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when
it deserves it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

In article >,
"Internet Traveler" > wrote:

> Who could hang a name on you(?)
>
> >
> > <sigh> I guess it's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday...
> >
> > Jack Jagger
> >

When you change with every new day. Still I¹m going to miss you.

Bill

--
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Serious Vision Problems? --> http://www.ocutech.com/ Two son's users.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when
it deserves it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

They said her shirt did not fit her properly. Maybe she had rolls of fat
hanging out? Buttons ready to pop? I'm not going to boycott anything not
knowing the whole story.

"tcg" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
>
> They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> Employee of the Month!!
>
> See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073

They said her shirt did not fit her properly. Maybe she had rolls of fat
hanging out? Buttons ready to pop? I'm not going to boycott anything not
knowing the whole story.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "tcg" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
> >
> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> > Employee of the Month!!
> >
> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
> They said her shirt did not fit her properly. Maybe she had rolls of fat
> hanging out? Buttons ready to pop? I'm not going to boycott anything not
> knowing the whole story.

She really didn't look that huge to me. Heavy, yes. But get her a
bigger shirt, for pete's sake. She's a widow with 3 kids, maybe she
is 25 or so. Geez, if I could count the number of guys where I've
worked who had to hide their bulging buttons behind their tie, I'd
break a calculator.

nancy

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "tcg" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
> > Please boycott Ruby Tuesday Restaurants!
> >
> > They fired a server for being overweight, and she had just been named
> > Employee of the Month!!
> >
> > See http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=165073
>
> They said her shirt did not fit her properly. Maybe she had rolls of fat
> hanging out? Buttons ready to pop? I'm not going to boycott anything not
> knowing the whole story.

She really didn't look that huge to me. Heavy, yes. But get her a
bigger shirt, for pete's sake. She's a widow with 3 kids, maybe she
is 25 or so. Geez, if I could count the number of guys where I've
worked who had to hide their bulging buttons behind their tie, I'd
break a calculator.

nancy

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:50:42 GMT, "Jack Schidt®"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Yeah, it's a groaner, dat fo sho...
>
>I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
>eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
>food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
>quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
>place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

For the first time ever, and only b/c it was a kid's birthday request,
I had dinner (if one would like to call it that) at a Claim Jumper.
Disgusting place. Noisy as hell. Menu from hell. Portions that would
choke a horse. Massive people eating massive meals. The DH and I split
an entree and a salad and still had some left over. Possibly b/c the
food was mediocre and I refuse to waste calories on anything that
isn't "worth" it. With few exceptions (guilty pleasure at PF Chang's
and *blush* Benihana's), I steer clear of chains.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Just what kind of jackassery do I have to put up with today?" Danae
in "Non Sequitur"

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:50:42 GMT, "Jack Schidt®"
> arranged random neurons, so they looked like
this:

>Yeah, it's a groaner, dat fo sho...
>
>I skip all those chain places anyway; they seem more for drinking than for
>eating and the bar tain't that special neither. The advertising of their
>food always makes it sound like a trough, where the pigs can slurp mass
>quantities of food. It just don't send me. I rue the times when I'm in a
>place where it's either that or dine at the 7-11.

For the first time ever, and only b/c it was a kid's birthday request,
I had dinner (if one would like to call it that) at a Claim Jumper.
Disgusting place. Noisy as hell. Menu from hell. Portions that would
choke a horse. Massive people eating massive meals. The DH and I split
an entree and a salad and still had some left over. Possibly b/c the
food was mediocre and I refuse to waste calories on anything that
isn't "worth" it. With few exceptions (guilty pleasure at PF Chang's
and *blush* Benihana's), I steer clear of chains.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Just what kind of jackassery do I have to put up with today?" Danae
in "Non Sequitur"

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:01:28 GMT, notbob > arranged
random neurons, so they looked like this:

>On 2004-10-19, Jack Schidt® > wrote:
>
>> I skip all those chain places anyway.....
>
>I do too, for the most part. I've recently discovered a reletively new one
>that's not bad, at least so far. It's called Mimi's Cafe and the food if
>pretty good quality for a chain.

<snip>

>If you see one, give 'em a try. I'm going back.
>
Only been in a Mimi's once - steer clear of the Eggs Benedict. I don't
know what that was, but it wasn't Hollandaise <shudder>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Just what kind of jackassery do I have to put up with today?" Danae
in "Non Sequitur"

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:01:28 GMT, notbob > arranged
random neurons, so they looked like this:

>On 2004-10-19, Jack Schidt® > wrote:
>
>> I skip all those chain places anyway.....
>
>I do too, for the most part. I've recently discovered a reletively new one
>that's not bad, at least so far. It's called Mimi's Cafe and the food if
>pretty good quality for a chain.

<snip>

>If you see one, give 'em a try. I'm going back.
>
Only been in a Mimi's once - steer clear of the Eggs Benedict. I don't
know what that was, but it wasn't Hollandaise <shudder>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Just what kind of jackassery do I have to put up with today?" Danae
in "Non Sequitur"

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

"tcg" > wrote in message
> |
> Pardon my observation Ed, but it looks as if you might pop a couple
> buttons
> yourself. OK to fire you?
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/images/julep.jpg

I'm not a waiter and my shirts do fit even if they are a larger size. There
are some jobs I'd probably not fit into. I'd not try out as a model for
Speedo bathing suits for instance.

BUT, I don't know the entire story; nor do you. There may be lot more to
this that we see in one article. I don't like to see anyone get fired, but
I've fired people for just cause many times. Until we know both sides and
the real reason, it is not possible for either of us to make a decision on
right or wrong. It is unfair to boycott any business until you know for sure
the real reason. Once I know, maybe I'll be out with the picket sign.

Fairness. What a concept.