Lunch Break Dilemma

I like Pepsi better. AND it sounds like the old guy would fit right in here. I wonder if he's a pilot.
 
Zeldman said:
You oughtta stay in Gallup next time. We have 3 McDonalds, 2 Popeyes Fried Chicken and 3 Taco Bells now. Plus one Hilton Garden Inn.!! :yesnod:
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I prefer none of the above in a tent in the woods.
 
There used to be a TV show (I don’t remember the name) where a guy and his team would come in, wire a restaurant for sound and video, and try to help the owner figure out why they were losing money. It was appalling. Everything from the kind of fraud already mentioned here, kitchen staff stealing huge amounts of food, to bartenders putting extra alcohol in their friends’ drinks and not charging. I guess I am naive, but I was pretty shocked.
 
Zeldman said:
You oughtta stay in Gallup next time. We have 3 McDonalds, 2 Popeyes Fried Chicken and 3 Taco Bells now. Plus one Hilton Garden Inn.!! :yesnod:
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But do you have "good" Subway and a "bad' Subway?
 
More on the history of my post.

geezer said:
Many years ago, when round steak was a dollar a pound:

New employee at a large chain grocery store, chatted us up, as I bought a nice steak. He mentioned the price of the steak, I handed him a $20 dollar bill. He rang up less, gave me a dollar more than the change I was owed, and bagged the steak and receipt.

I went to the managers office, related what happened, he asked for the receipt and looked at the steak price.

I left the store, but next time in, stopped and asked how the steak deal turned out.

Employee fired on the spot, he had been transferred to this store for reported similar transactions, and that was his first day on the job. And last.

Manager said keep the dollar, it was small pay for honesty.
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The store had more than just a crooked clerk, the neighborhood was richly endowed with shoplifters.
Private security was hired, but shrinkage (Theft) remained high, and the store was closed.
A second nearby grocery in the same chain also closed due to excessive thefts.

A different chain in the same neighborhood survived through very aggressive capture, arrest, and prosecute activity.

A friend had a part time job with them, and caught a thief with a $5 item, post check out, and successfully prosecuted him. The work got around that it was not safe to steal there, and profit returned.

We have a car, so just did our shopping in a different part of town.

Living inside the Washington DC beltway, there are a lot of options. I voted with my feet, and live in a different part of town now.
 
Zeldman said:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Man, that is very close to describing Gallup, except no HOAs here.

Just gotta remember that Gallup has 3 reservations very nearby so the population can double on a certain weekend.
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So don’t try to dine in Gallup without a reservation?
 
Barrett50 said:
I would grab the whole tip jar, a couple bags of Doritos from the counter, refill my 44oz drink from the fountain and got in my car and drove away.:p

But really - If I thought is was intentional, I would write an IOU on a piece of paper and make him sign and date it. If he refused to that, I'd take the buck out of the tip jar and say 'thank you', and leave.

edit to add, if a confrontation occurs such that there's a memory of me as a customer, I'm not going back to that place again for a long time. I'm not interested in a '5 second rule' burger patty, or one that's been wiped on the fry cooks heine.
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That’d probably get you arrested if the have video
 
judypilot said:
There used to be a TV show (I don’t remember the name) where a guy and his team would come in, wire a restaurant for sound and video, and try to help the owner figure out why they were losing money. It was appalling. Everything from the kind of fraud already mentioned here, kitchen staff stealing huge amounts of food, to bartenders putting extra alcohol in their friends’ drinks and not charging. I guess I am naive, but I was pretty shocked.
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I knew a restaurant owner who lived several states away from the restaurant. He couldn’t understand how it continually lost money. He brought someone in to figure it out. The chef was depositing thousands in his personal account every day!

I knew another rich restaurant guy with a similar story. Living in a different state seems to be a bad idea. Who knew?

Yes neither were rich from fine dining enterprises
 
Blast from the past.

Site? Prohibition era "Road House"

Time, the 1950's, and booze is perfectly legal.

Event? friend of mine having a couple of beers at the bar on his way home from work.
Another customer came by him, picked up the large jar of dill pickles from the bar, and walked out the side door.
Bartender came over to visit, said "Wasn't there a jar of pickles here?"
Customer described the patron leaving with jar.
Bartender reached under his side of the bar, pulled out a double barreled shot gun, and out the side door.
Short time later, returned with the pickle jar, placed it back on the bar, and muttered something about crazy people.

Not the right guy to steal small sums from. :eek:


The movie "Road House" was filmed there during the depression, which made it famous for a while. I have not seen that movie, it was apparently poor quality and disappeared. Netflix does not have it.
 
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