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Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

Nope, I was 13. Still haven't set foot in one 13 years later.

Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

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Originally Posted by LostAbbott (Post 1718953)

I am sorry this happened to you, but I gotta ask with a bit of shock on my face, What did you expect?

This is a chain restaurant with people working there who have as much experience as a Denny's or McDonalds employee. They are mostly kids or people who cannot get any other job, who flat out do not care about the food they serve.

Being some one who is clearly very particular about their tastes, I would think you would not go to these kind of places. I know it may be harder, but I do not go to any chain restaurants. Only locally owned, and run places do I visit. With that one rule I am able to control for people who care about their clients, the food, as well as the cleanliness and quality of their establishment.

I hope this does not sounds like I am blaming you or even being down on that, I am just surprised that we have people on here who regularly visit such poor quality places...

I was gonna bite my tongue and just say sorry it happened, but my local bro above hit the nail on the head... won't catch me in those places.

Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

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Originally Posted by AlohaStyle (Post 1740092)

I was gonna bite my tongue and just say sorry it happened, but my local bro above hit the nail on the head... won't catch me in those places.

I did some network installs for those places (WiFi, LAN for registers and PCs, etc) a few years ago... If you think what is in the dining room is questionable, you should see the back rooms where food is prepped. I wont name any chains, but there are a few places I will never eat again because of what I saw.

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Originally Posted by mahtofire14 (Post 1740078)

Nope, I was 13. Still haven't set foot in one 13 years later.

13 -13. You're due. It's fate.

TGI Fridays sucks donkey nads.

Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

These chain restaurants are nothing more than fast food that you have to wait on and pay more for. Actually, I'd bet most fast food places are slightly better in a lot of cases.

However, eating at local places doesn't guarantee you'll have better luck. Local places can still be horribly run and still serve bad food due to cutting corners. They all have a bottom line.

I tend to think local chains have the highest success rate for me.

Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

Questionable food handleing behind the scenes can be and is consern for any and all forms of food service.

It's the chance one takes for convenience, don't like the notion? Stay home and belly up to that stove. Sheeh its only food.:)

Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!

Never did like Olive Garden. "Overpriced Top Ramen" is what I call it. Every time I get drug there by the GF, they don't have any meat on the menu. Then when they do, its a "seasonal item", so the next time I go, its not on the menu... How is chicken seasonal???

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Ponderosa comes to mind as really low quality. One time I ate there, it was taking a long time for me to get my food. In fact, everyone else was almost done by the time someone came out and told me they had accidentally dropped my steak on the floor, and had to start over... :sl

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I have to say I pretty much hate the olive garden... but I attribute that to the fact a friend of mine worked there and he said that a majority of there entree's come in a bag that they either boil or microwave... maybe that is the source of your rubber bands....

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Ah, Olive Garden, the "Denny's" of Italian food. I always have to bite my tongue when a co-worker says he went out to a "nice" Italian dinner with his wife, and then mentions "Olive Garden". I don't understand why people like it so much, there a plenty of real Italian restaurants around. Maybe it's the free bread sticks?

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Did somebody say "free breadsticks?"

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Re: I've HAD it with Olive Garden!!