1. I ordered a Coke that came in a can. I don't especially like drinking directly from the can. I asked for a cup with ice, if they had it. I got it big time. When they bill arrived, my coke was $1 and the cup of ice was $1 more. I inquired about that charge to learn, "That cup is expensive." I took a picture of the bill, because I didn't believe it myself:

But you have to tell the name of the place on the internet for their greediness to reap its proper reward.

Extremely OT, but Gary quoting me made me realize that everything I say from this point forwards is part of that parenthetical statment, until I close it...

Petco sells water for you to put into your fish bowl. For the fish.

At the now closed NoFriction cafe, a gluten free friend of mine discovered the only thing she could eat there was an egg with cheese. 1 microwaved egg, 1 slice of cheese...$4.00 BEFORE taxes!

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Mike G wrote:

1. I ordered a Coke that came in a can. I don't especially like drinking directly from the can. I asked for a cup with ice, if they had it. I got it big time. When they bill arrived, my coke was $1 and the cup of ice was $1 more. I inquired about that charge to learn, "That cup is expensive." I took a picture of the bill, because I didn't believe it myself:

But you have to tell the name of the place on the internet for their greediness to reap its proper reward.

This is my second obscure comment about this same visit. The other one was of such nature, if I mentioned the name I would be obligated to pull the post. In addition, it is over 700 miles away and unlikely to be in business the next time I pass by.

Regards,

leek wrote:Petco sells water for you to put into your fish bowl. For the fish.

Holy crap, you're serious:

Are you kidding? We already know that tap water contains antibiotics, antidepressants, steroids, hormones, and Viagra, just to skim the surface of the unregulated contents. Bettas are aggressive fish to begin with. Can you imagine what a dose of city water might do to them? They'd end up leaping out and murdering you in your bed.
Stick with the Petco. Well worth it, I'm sure. Just for the peace of mind.

mrbarolo wrote:We already know that tap water contains antibiotics, antidepressants, steroids, hormones, and Viagra

I like my fish immune, happy, strong, moody (but only once a month), and up for anything.

OK, I don't have fish, I have dogs. And I give them tap (Romi sometimes gets himself toilet). But if I had fish, I would filter the water and let it sit overnight to let it come to room temp and have any chlorine or sulfur blow off.

$90 pizzas – with no toppings – are soon-to-be offered at Dallas Cowboy Stadium! Yee-hah, saddle ‘em up boys! It’s a long night of riding harm before we put ‘em back in the barn, wet.

David Hammond wrote:$90 pizzas – with no toppings – are soon-to-be offered at Dallas Cowboy Stadium! Yee-hah, saddle ‘em up boys! It’s a long night of riding harm before we put ‘em back in the barn, wet.

I had to read more on this; looks like a correction was issued - you're way out of line on this one. They're only $60 for a 20" pie, and five varieties are available! Nothing unreasonable after all.

Editted for failed quotes. Yeesh.

MincyBits wrote:

David Hammond wrote:$90 pizzas – with no toppings – are soon-to-be offered at Dallas Cowboy Stadium! Yee-hah, saddle ‘em up boys! It’s a long night of riding harm before we put ‘em back in the barn, wet.

I had to read more on this; looks like a correction was issued - you're way out of line on this one. They're only $60 for a 20" pie, and five varieties are available! Nothing unreasonable after all.

Editted for failed quotes. Yeesh.

A drop in the bucket either way when you're also paying $66 for a 12-pack of domestic beers to wash down that pizza, and $500,000-to-$800,000/year for a suite to eat & drink them in.

I may have had one of the all time great bedovers this weekend at the somewhat fabled Buckhorn Exchange in Denver. The Buckhorn is Denver's oldest restaurant, "specializing" in grilled game entrees. Apparently, it has found itself a new following as the result of having been featured on several travel/dining cable shows of late.

One of my guests for the Cubs-Rockies series insisted on it.

The appetizers:

Grilled Rattlesnake: Approximately one ounce of some undiscernable shaved meat served over a cup and a half of sour cream with tortilla chips. $15.75

Grilled Buffalo Sausage: About 3 oz - completely flavorless. Thank God for the honey mustard served with it. 8.75

A game sampler consisting of 4 oz of grisly, flavorless yak, covered in herb butter; a overcooked 3-4 oz piece of buffalo flank steak; and long ago cooked and completely dried out farm raised quail. $56

Dinner for four with a drink each $389.00.

Consider yourself warned.

Hellodali wrote:I don't know if this is a "bend over" example or a "how lazy can you be?" example - but at Binny's and Jewel recently I saw bottles of simple syrup for sale. I didn't check to see how much they were charging but someone can't be bothered to mix sugar and water together and chooses to pay for it? Perhaps there are emergency simple syrup needs that call for buying instead of making it that I'm not thinking of?

But most of us don't know how to "cook". So they saw a Martha show where there was simple syrup used & didn't bother to watch Martha make it, so they just bought it. They don't know that it's called simple syrup for a reason

pairs4life wrote:

Hellodali wrote:I don't know if this is a "bend over" example or a "how lazy can you be?" example - but at Binny's and Jewel recently I saw bottles of simple syrup for sale. I didn't check to see how much they were charging but someone can't be bothered to mix sugar and water together and chooses to pay for it? Perhaps there are emergency simple syrup needs that call for buying instead of making it that I'm not thinking of?

But most of us don't know how to "cook". So they saw a Martha show where there was simple syrup used & didn't bother to watch Martha make it, so they just bought it. They don't know that it's called simple syrup for a reason

Hey now, that is an outrageous accusation - I have never watched Martha

Khaopaat wrote:

pairs4life wrote:

Hellodali wrote:I don't know if this is a "bend over" example or a "how lazy can you be?" example - but at Binny's and Jewel recently I saw bottles of simple syrup for sale. I didn't check to see how much they were charging but someone can't be bothered to mix sugar and water together and chooses to pay for it? Perhaps there are emergency simple syrup needs that call for buying instead of making it that I'm not thinking of?

But most of us don't know how to "cook". So they saw a Martha show where there was simple syrup used & didn't bother to watch Martha make it, so they just bought it. They don't know that it's called simple syrup for a reason

Hey now, that is an outrageous accusation - I have never watched Martha

I have never bought simple syrup, but I have been tempted. When you make your own, there a couple of factors that can make it a pain in the butt. First, you need to have an appropriate container in which to put it, and perhaps even a funnel to get it into said container. Second, when you make your own simple syrup, it is hot. Most recipes you're using it in require it to be cold. So you have to figure out a way to cool your simple syrup rapidly if you plan to use it right away. All in all, I can think of plenty of other purchases that are more demonstrative of laziness (pancake mix comes immediately to mind)

I don't eat pancakes often, but when I have a craving, I do the ultimate in laziness and go to IHOP. But when I was at home, I didn't want to make the batter because it makes so much and it doesn't keep! Same with crepe batter. If you only want a few, the powdered stuff is handy.

Pie Lady wrote: But when I was at home, I didn't want to make the batter because it makes so much and it doesn't keep! Same with crepe batter. If you only want a few, the powdered stuff is handy.

If you make the batter yourself, it makes only as much as you make it make.

Or we make them all and freeze the ones we don't use. Pancakes, we pop in the toaster for a quick breakfast...crepes are always easy to use, they're so thin they don't stay frozen long (just make sure you have wax or parchment paper in between)

Here is the appeal of pancake mix to me: (I rarely use them, but sometimes...) you only have one floury thing to scoop, so the likelihood of messing up your whole kitchen is less. However, it's simple enough to make up your own "mix" and keep it on hand in a sealed container - same for cakes. There are lots of recipes via google for homemade mixes if you need one (really, all they are are the combined dry ingredients.)

Kennyz wrote: All in all, I can think of plenty of other purchases that are more demonstrative of laziness (pancake mix comes immediately to mind)

I agree Kenny, first off its so easy to make, every home kitchen should have trhe ingredients to pull it off, and secondly the box stuff makes terrible pancakes imho.

No pics, but - while the parts of the salad that I ate were quite good, I was horrified by the price: Firehouse Grill in Evanston's Susan's Salad: chicken, mixed greens, about 1/4 of a sliced Granny Smith apple, some candied walnuts, a sprinkling of blue cheese and some halved grapes with a cider viniagrette - a modest portion for a dinner salad. It was pretty good - except for the chicken which came as close to tasting like sawdust as I've ever had it. Fortunately there wasn't a lot of chicken, (skinless breast, I couldn't determine how it had been cooked - I'd have said boiled, but it was far too dry.) and I'd have been satisfied with the rest of the salad, except for the price: $10.95. Keeping in mind that their Tallgrass Burger and their Skirt Steak Sandwiches are $9.95 and come with a choice of side (their fries are pretty good.)

I chose poorly. (Apparently the wrath of the grail was exacted on my chicken.)

sofrito wrote:

Darren72 wrote:JoelF, just read your blog entry. What annoys me is the "Can I get you another ice tea?" which is traditionally associated with a free refill (but wasn't in your case)

I've noticed the opposite. When the server asks "Can I get you another..." it implies paying for the item again.

There is a subtle difference in language when it's a free refill, for example, "Would you like some more..."
Subtle, but an important difference.

They could also say "Can I get you a refill?"

Mhays wrote:Here is the appeal of pancake mix to me: (I rarely use them, but sometimes...) you only have one floury thing to scoop, so the likelihood of messing up your whole kitchen is less.

All that scooping? Soooo tiresome. That's why I use Batter Blaster.

-Dan

dansch wrote:

Mhays wrote:Here is the appeal of pancake mix to me: (I rarely use them, but sometimes...) you only have one floury thing to scoop, so the likelihood of messing up your whole kitchen is less.

All that scooping? Soooo tiresome. That's why I use Batter Blaster.

-Dan

Wow. What's next? Oh yeah, I remember:



"Hydate level four, please."

Seriously. Just inject the pre-digested pancake directly into my colon. Who needs a kitchen.

Santander wrote:Seriously. Just inject the pre-digested pancake directly into my colon.

I know someone who will do that for you, but it will cost.

Kennyz wrote:

Santander wrote:Seriously. Just inject the pre-digested pancake directly into my colon.

I know someone who will do that for you, but it will cost.

The first on-topic post in this thread!

Perhaps slightly off topic, but in the deli section at Jewel the prices are listed by the 1/2 lb., which is indicated by smaller print under the price. I've never seen this anywhere else, can't seem to get it programmed into my brain, and have been burned by it a few times now...

I'll see you the Batter Blaster and raise you the Chef Stack (keep following the links - I'm not quite brave enough to see what's on the toll-free phone number)

MKL, I believe I first saw this extremely annoying habit at Dominick's. Go to Fresh Farms...the listed prices are about the same as Jewel, but they're for a full pound.

imsscott wrote:

sofrito wrote:

Darren72 wrote:JoelF, just read your blog entry. What annoys me is the "Can I get you another ice tea?" which is traditionally associated with a free refill (but wasn't in your case)

I've noticed the opposite. When the server asks "Can I get you another..." it implies paying for the item again.

There is a subtle difference in language when it's a free refill, for example, "Would you like some more..."
Subtle, but an important difference.

They could also say "Can I get you a refill?"

After my experience in the Bahamas at the Atlantis, I just ask if there's a charge for it when in doubt. I thought about this when my server asked me if I wanted more OJ last Sunday at Nightwood. I didn't want anymore so I just said no, but I assumed they were charging for it.