Tuesday, April 22, 2008
TARGET="_blank", People!
Such an easy piece of html to add. Yet even the bigs guys rarely do it with their article links. I'm talking about you, Newsweek, MSNBC and all you other high falutin' writers that can't add that simple tag!! Do you WANT me to leave your site? I guess so.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Re-posting "McMenamin's Never Fails"
If you missed it. It is about my latest experience with McMenamin's.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
What the hell, Mother Nature?!
I'm done with skiing, I've taken my studs off, I've thought about putting the fleece away but remembered I can use it this summer. And you keep bringing the damn snow. You're beginning to piss me off.
Monday, April 7, 2008
McMenamin's Never Fails
...to disappoint. I was at the Central Oregon Songwriter's Association 10th Annual Awards Show on Sunday (which was great, btw!). It was at McMenamin's. The place was PACKED. As full as that room could be, with lots of people standing. So probably close to a couple hundred folk.
So what does McMenamin's do? They schedule ONE bartender, who is also the same person taking the food orders. The fact that people were waiting and waiting and waiting to get a drink does not motivate the bartender to move fast and efficiently, AT ALL. Part of the hold up was that folks who ordered a soda had to have it poured out of the can. You know how it goes: pour warm Pepsi over a glass full of ice. It foams up, you wait for it to go down. Pour more. Wait more. Pay $2.50. No free refills.
Here's Pepsi's local number 382-4495. They have this nifty gadget called a "dis-pen-ser". You push the button and pops fills the glass in just seconds. I bet they give it to you when you order a canister of Pepsi syrup and fizzy water. It's really 1980's, ya oughta try it, McMenamin's.
Then let's consider the fact that we're at McMenamin's. Known for their beer, right? Yeah, we get 2 choices: something Bitter and a Pale Ale. It's not that I'm a beer snob, but I know I like my beer dark. Like, I don't want to be able to see your face through it dark. Available everywhere in the whole restaurant but the bar where I'm buying it. She said she would get me another choice, but I think everyone in the line would have killed me. And I wouldn't have blamed them.
So, I'm thinking, it's 2:00, time for a little snacky-poo, something healthy because dinner's in a couple hours. Oh, hey, there's black bean dip with tortilla chips. I can justify that. I'll take an order of that, please. Sorry, we don't have any. So I ordered the tater tots. But not realizing the cajun taters are a whole different order, I'm drooling, just thinking how good they are. Nope, didn't get them. Now, any good waitress, knowing how popular their cajun taters are, is going to ask, "Regular or Cajun?" You know, for idiots like me who didn't know I had to specifically ask for them.
Just another in a growing list of disappointments from McMenamin's. They have the potential to be a great place, they've put major bucks into it, why don't they follow through with better food and service??!! Not too many people could last for long with that business plan. Yet, somehow, it works for them... go figure.
So what does McMenamin's do? They schedule ONE bartender, who is also the same person taking the food orders. The fact that people were waiting and waiting and waiting to get a drink does not motivate the bartender to move fast and efficiently, AT ALL. Part of the hold up was that folks who ordered a soda had to have it poured out of the can. You know how it goes: pour warm Pepsi over a glass full of ice. It foams up, you wait for it to go down. Pour more. Wait more. Pay $2.50. No free refills.
Here's Pepsi's local number 382-4495. They have this nifty gadget called a "dis-pen-ser". You push the button and pops fills the glass in just seconds. I bet they give it to you when you order a canister of Pepsi syrup and fizzy water. It's really 1980's, ya oughta try it, McMenamin's.
Then let's consider the fact that we're at McMenamin's. Known for their beer, right? Yeah, we get 2 choices: something Bitter and a Pale Ale. It's not that I'm a beer snob, but I know I like my beer dark. Like, I don't want to be able to see your face through it dark. Available everywhere in the whole restaurant but the bar where I'm buying it. She said she would get me another choice, but I think everyone in the line would have killed me. And I wouldn't have blamed them.
So, I'm thinking, it's 2:00, time for a little snacky-poo, something healthy because dinner's in a couple hours. Oh, hey, there's black bean dip with tortilla chips. I can justify that. I'll take an order of that, please. Sorry, we don't have any. So I ordered the tater tots. But not realizing the cajun taters are a whole different order, I'm drooling, just thinking how good they are. Nope, didn't get them. Now, any good waitress, knowing how popular their cajun taters are, is going to ask, "Regular or Cajun?" You know, for idiots like me who didn't know I had to specifically ask for them.
Just another in a growing list of disappointments from McMenamin's. They have the potential to be a great place, they've put major bucks into it, why don't they follow through with better food and service??!! Not too many people could last for long with that business plan. Yet, somehow, it works for them... go figure.
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