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    Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations

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    Image of Sheila Sheila
    09/13/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    also: "or past 10pm." Nice.
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    Image of Sheila Sheila
    09/13/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    well I got into Monkey Bar the other night. It was easy!
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/13/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    It's not that exclusive, I got a reservation (No, it wasn't for the next day or the next week.) and I'm nobody.

    It was nice enough, but the food was so rich I was up all night. Next year, I pick my birthday dinner restaurant.
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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    09/13/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    Absolutely hilarious, Foster. And dead on.

    On a similar note, whenever I have to cancel a reservation at one of NY's trendy restaurants, I always make sure I call and apologize profusely for their inconvenience. Because perish the thought I might be blacklisted by the restaurant mafioso, and never be able to get a reservation again for a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion.
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    Image of plasticene plasticene
    09/13/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    The "apology'' was priceless. I must ask, did Jesse require ketchup with his fries, or was he required to provide a sample of blood?
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    Image of karion karion
    09/12/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    Both this and the linked BB piece were fantastic, Foster.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    09/12/09

    @karion: Seconded
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    09/12/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    Great tag list BTW.
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    Image of heartbreakturnip heartbreakturnip
    09/12/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    Nothing like my mama's fried green plutonium flakes, though. Home cookin'!
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/12/09

    In reply to Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
    I'm not sure which is more pathetic: an establishment that forces customers to grovel to do business with it and thus offers the opposite of customer service, or a customer who grovels to such an obnoxious establishment. Me, I will go to Tad's Steaks.
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    Image of pollyannacowgirl pollyannacowgirl
    09/12/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Agreed.

    And as a complete nobody, I still go to restaurants to eat good food.
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment pollyannacowgirl was starred pollyannacowgirl was unstarred
    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/13/09

    @TheBusinessGuy:

    The night I went, I had to change the time of the reservation and they were perfectly obliging because they had room to maneuver.

    It's poor judgment to be rude in the first instance to people who have momentary power over you, whether they be reservationists, clerks, customer service reps, etc.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/13/09

    @pollyannacowgirl:

    The food was good; it just wasn't my style -- very '40s Algonquin Grill.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/13/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: True, but is also bad judgement for these service people to be rude to you. It goes both ways.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    If that's the policy, they might want to rethink that name.
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    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    "Gone is the age-old restaurateur's fear of getting robbed, either by outsiders or his own employees."

    So he doesn't trust his employees with cash, but customers are supposed to trust them with a credit card. Save your receipts!
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/11/09

    @Ryan Tate: They may have those card reader swiper thingies and charge $900 worth of internet porn, so you then have to explain to the Chase rep that you did not, in fact, download 47 copies of Nine Inch Butt Beaters in the Raw over Labor Day weekend.
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    Image of DaveCrabtree DaveCrabtree
    09/11/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Oh, c'mon, you're not worried about that, are you? I mean, you just call the credit card company and say "Those obviously aren't my charges. Look at my history. I've never used my credit card for porn." You can say that, right?
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    Well, apparently this means there will be an increase in hobo hand-to-mouth munching at the food bar at Whole Foods.

    (Never eat from the one in Union Square. Just don't do it. It's a sad story.)
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    09/11/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I find "Never ______ from the one in Union Square" is a generally handy tip.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/11/09

    @Spirit Fingers: That Whole Foods is the most ginormous gourmet food emporium in the galaxy. I was in town for biddness and subletting a closet off Union Square--that WF gave me panic attacks. I ducked in there once to grab an entree from their hot food bar, and the sight of those 120 cash registers gave me a panic attack. Was also shocked to discover you cannot buy WINE at Whole Foods in NYC. Retard LA girl here..
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/11/09

    @snugbug: Oh, they have a new color coded system for checkout. You have to look at a screen, determine what color your line is, and when it appears, follow the directions to one of the registers. They might as well tell NASA to design one out of faulty space shuttle foam for how effective and expedient it is. Almost always someone is saying, "It's you. You. NO. YOU, DOOFUS, GO TO REGISTER 27!"
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    "This bill is legal tender for all debts, public and private."

    Nothing they can do about it.
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    Image of thucyditron thucyditron
    09/11/09

    @Swifter: The law only requires accepting cash if it is tendered to a creditor to pay off a debt. You don't have to accept cash as a payment for goods or services.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    09/11/09

    @thucyditron: If I leave two $20 bills on the table for the $30 lunch and leave, there is nothing they can do about it.
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    Image of thucyditron thucyditron
    09/11/09

    @Swifter: I see your point. Well played.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    Finally someone has come up with a clever solution to the problem of people with no money eating in expensive restaurants. Whew!
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/11/09

    In reply to Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
    Normally I pay my lunch bills with emeralds, depleted uranium shells, or trafficked humans. They don't deserve my business.
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    Image of Say that is cool Say that is cool
    09/11/09

    @BadUncle: Would you care to barter for some blood diamonds? I had a shipment come in last night by a Nigerian who possesses an extra wide duodenum.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/11/09

    @Say that is cool: Why fancy that. I just happen to be in the market for a duodenum.
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