Things fast food places do that make you mad. Which one makes the most mistakes?

[Fawn Liebowitz]

ewww...We had Old Country Buffet, but they closed down and came back as Barnhill's. Same crappy food, different name. Were all the Old Country Buffets there in deserted Quincy's (or some other cheap steakhouse) buildings?

[ASTalumna06]

Old Country Buffet, Ponderosa, Golden Corral, Hoss's...

Northwest PA loves their buffets.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

ewww...We had Old Country Buffet, but they closed down and came back as Barnhill's. Same crappy food, different name. Were all the Old Country Buffets there in deserted Quincy's (or some other cheap steakhouse) buildings?

My aunt used to eat at Barnhill's EVERY NIGHT. When I came to visit, I knew where we were going. It was good I suppose, but they always seemed to be out of what I wanted.

Mmmm....lunchroom memories. It's the only thing I miss about high school. My favorites were tortellini day and clam-chowder-in-a-breadbowl day. (Yes, the reputation of bourgeois Californian private school lives on).

[UofISigKap]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Yet more restaurants we don't have here...Ponderosa, Shoney's...

Do y'all have Old Country Buffet? I've never been there, but we have a few at some malls around here.

Oh, the OCB....That place makes me laugh. When one of my friends was teaching, she was talking to her class about her birthday dinner plans. One of her students looked straight at her and asked, "Oh! Is he taking you somewhere fancy like the Old Country Buffet?"

It has now become a trademark saying among our friends and we start rolling every time.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

That’s Ponderosa. You get excited to go out to eat. You arrive and see pictures and descriptions of what appears to be delicious food. There’s a weird smell, but you choose to ignore it. You get to the food and realize that to classify it as such should be considered a crime. Someone reaches around you to refill one of the silver trays. You glance at them for only a moment, but it leaves enough of an impression for you to know that if you looked like that, you’d probably kill yourself. You look to your right, you look to your left, and you become aware of the fact that you’re the only person in there who hasn’t a.) skipped a shower that morning, b.) married their cousin, or c.) been on Ricki Lake or Jerry Springer at some point in your life. You debate as to whether or not you should eat the food. You do. And you hate yourself for the next three days. Or at least until you can wash that disgusting smell out of your clothes.

OMG. This is right on (and quite possibly the reason why the only surviving Ponderosa in this town just closed). It was gross. I think Ponderosa as a chain is closing stores though.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

OMG. This is right on (and quite possibly the reason why the only surviving Ponderosa in this town just closed). It was gross. I think Ponderosa as a chain is closing stores though.

I sure hope so! They're a waste of space.

[PrettyBoy]

Have any of you jokers ever eaten at a soul food restaurant? I like the blackened cat fish dinner.

[RU OX Alum]

soul food restaurants aren't the same as fast food

way better chicken, and waffles, and...everything else

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

^^ Now it's starting to come back to me.

We had these mini envelopes that were a little larger than a credit card. You'd put your name on them and put an X over the day that you wanted lunch. Then you'd put your money inside. I forget who we'd give it to or how they'd keep track, though.

And we had a hot lunch and cold lunch, too. Although I can't remember what was offered in either one. It was tooooo long ago!

That's the way it was at my school too. I can't remember who it was we gave the money to though. But our cold lunch was the same as bringing your own lunch. Hot lunch is what the cafeteria gave us.

I only ate hot lunch one time. I only would get the milk tickets to get milk. One thing I do remember is my mom chewing out our school principal. My God she was SO mad. I was in 1st grade and it was the 1st, only and last time I ate hot lunch. I don't remember what it was on my plate but it looked gross so I wouldn't eat it. I went to a private school, so we had to wear uniforms, plaid skirts with a white shirt, burgundy ties and a dark blue or black sweater as I can remember. Anyway, It was a Catholic school, with Nuns and Christian brothers. One of them said "young lady you will not be allowed to go out for recess until you have finished your lunch". Well, me being me, I started crying, but at the same time being the stubborn, spoiled brat that I was I still wouldn't eat it. So, they called my mom and told her what happened. I guess they thought she was going to be o.k. with it. She was so mad, she actually showed up at my school, and she went straight to the cafeteria where I was sitting and crying. When I saw her I started boo hoo crying lol then at that point she was livid. She took me up to the principal's office and this is what she said to her. "You have some nerve denying my daughter her play time, when my husband and I pay full tuition for my daughter to go to school here. If she doesn't want to eat the food that "WE" pay for then she does not have to. If either one of us ever gets a call like this again, we will pull my daughter out of this school immediately! Is that understood!!?" She said some other stuff too. I remember that day vividly because I've never seen my mom that mad before. After that they were so nice to me. lol lol

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

She took me up to the principle's office and this is what she said to her. "You have some nerve denying my daughter her play time, when my husband and I pay full tuition for my daughter to go to school here. If she doesn't want to eat the food that "WE" pay for then she does not have to. If either one of us ever gets a call like this again, we will pull my daughter out of this school immediately! Is that understood!!?"

I think if I'd been the principal, I would have said "let me save you the trouble."

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I think if I'd been the principal, I would have said "let me save you the trouble."

Thanks, but already I saw my typo and corrected it.

And I'm sure you would have, but you weren't the principal.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks, but already I saw my typo and corrected it.

And I'm sure you would have, but you weren't the principal.

Thankfully, no.

I am, however, a parent, and let's just say your mom had a reaction somewhat different from what mine would have been -- in a variety of ways -- and leave it at that.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I am, however, a parent, and let's just say your mom had a reaction somewhat different from what mine would have been -- in a variety of ways -- and leave it at that.

My mom is just that way.

[GenniferSASU10]

I'm kind of allergic to dairy. I can tolerate it sometimes, but I usually get a really bad stomach ache and head ache & I always make sure I tell my waitress/waitor and ask for my order minus cheese, sour cream, or milk when I go through fast food places, & they usually always end up putting it on anways. SO ANNOYING!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by GenniferSASU10

they usually always end up putting it on anways. SO ANNOYING!

And this what I don't get. I mean, I would literally say NO MAYONAISE, and they still would put it on my sandwich.