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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (17 Viewers)

tommyboy said:
circling  back on this one.  Trader joes sells bags of pistachios that are pre-shelled.   just the nut.   They're great!    We used to buy them all the time.   Until recently, when my wife started buying the big bags in-the-shell from Costco.   Then i noticed that the in-the-shell nuts are crunchier for some reason than the pre-shelled ones from Trader Joes.   So i kicked TJ to the curb and we are in the shell only now.    i'll never go back.
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I'll pass this along to all my farmer friends.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
Chemical X said:
it's like a mussel, toss it......no teeth.  you needn't be an otter cracking into a clam.
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That's what I do. But I feel the loss every time. Deeply.
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my grandma was a depression era grandma and was a single mom to my dad in the poorest, roughest section of brooklyn (I've told the story of how my grandfather disappeared?)... so even though she ended up doing well eventually, the undercurrent of imminent financial ruin and poverty was always there. "retail is for suckers" etc. I grew up never wanting for a thing... but still came away with that sentiment ingrained in me. never more so than when I have to throw out an unopenable pistachio. like throwing out a piece of my soul... unopened and never enjoyed.

 
El Floppo said:
my grandma was a depression era grandma and was a single mom to my dad in the poorest, roughest section of brooklyn (I've told the story of how my grandfather disappeared?)... so even though she ended up doing well eventually, the undercurrent of imminent financial ruin and poverty was always there. "retail is for suckers" etc. I grew up never wanting for a thing... but still came away with that sentiment ingrained in me. never more so than when I have to throw out an unopenable pistachio. like throwing out a piece of my soul... unopened and never enjoyed.
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My parents were kids during the depression. My dad grew up on a farm in rural Central Washington that didn't even have indoor plumbing until he was about ten years old. They ended up doing well financially, but the thriftiness thing became deeply ingrained in them too. 

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
My parents were kids during the depression. My dad grew up on a farm in rural Central Washington that didn't even have indoor plumbing until he was about ten years old. They ended up doing well financially, but the thriftiness thing became deeply ingrained in them too. 
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my MIL grew up in SW Virginia... same- no electricity... kept things cold in the "crick". my FIL was a successful neurosurgeon, so had some means. but after he died, she is incapable of throwing anything... and I mean anything... out. borderline hoarder, and has to have things out so she can see her stuff. counter-tops and tables are always covered in crap, including semi-rotting produce that she buys in bulk on the offchance one of her brood shows up hungry. sweet sentiment, but loca.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
My parents were kids during the depression. My dad grew up on a farm in rural Central Washington that didn't even have indoor plumbing until he was about ten years old. They ended up doing well financially, but the thriftiness thing became deeply ingrained in them too. 
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my dad was the opposite.  grew up a dirt farmer, never had #### his whole life until he was about 28 yrs old then started making over 100k per year in the late 60's when you could buy a brand new car fo $2000 and a very nice home for 60k, i think milk was a quarter a gallon and so was gasoline.   that was big money at the time.    He spent every penny he ever made and died with nothing.

 
mr. furley said:
do yourself a favor and watch Soundbreaking

"The eight-part series explores the art of music recording, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. Featuring more than 160 original interviews with some of the most celebrated recording artists of all time, Soundbreaking explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the soundtrack of our lives."

my only letdown is how they talk about the importance of black music and how it's largely underappreciated.. then proceed to breeze right past most of the important contributions by black musicians to talk about, say, Madonna for 10 minutes instead.

all in all very well done and very interesting, though.
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Have it recorded and have watched a couple episodes so far.

Fascinating stuff.  :thumbup:

 
working with a new guy. fresh out of grad school. only on the phone, haven't met him face to face. my job is to play nice and keep the clients happy but be firm and not cave to every hysterical whim.

this guy has the attitude and demeanor of someone who grew up very rich, with maids & butlers.

pretty typical "conversation" with him goes something like:

"hmm... i don't know anything about how this works but i know that i want it to work my way so that's how i'll approach this problem. it's not doing what i want. tell me why and then make it do what i want."

"well, 15 years ago when this program was created it was designed to do A-Z and myriad combinations of those things with caveats and exceptions. it's a pretty robust program. what you're asking would require hundreds of hours of programming and testing and run in to many thousands of dollars of fees. tens of thousands, likely, just so that you don't have to submit a single piece of paper once a week"

"yeah, let's go ahead and make that happen without the firm having to pay for it. submitting this single template once a week is costing me lots of time and energy that i don't have."

"it takes 30 seconds, once a week. you're going got have to run this by your boss, his boss, his boss and his boss before we can even start talking about alternatives to hundreds of hours of programming"

"yeah, just make it happen..."

no

and no

and i hope you get fired tomorrow

 
mr. furley said:
working with a new guy. fresh out of grad school. only on the phone, haven't met him face to face. my job is to play nice and keep the clients happy but be firm and not cave to every hysterical whim.

this guy has the attitude and demeanor of someone who grew up very rich, with maids & butlers.

pretty typical "conversation" with him goes something like:

"hmm... i don't know anything about how this works but i know that i want it to work my way so that's how i'll approach this problem. it's not doing what i want. tell me why and then make it do what i want."

"well, 15 years ago when this program was created it was designed to do A-Z and myriad combinations of those things with caveats and exceptions. it's a pretty robust program. what you're asking would require hundreds of hours of programming and testing and run in to many thousands of dollars of fees. tens of thousands, likely, just so that you don't have to submit a single piece of paper once a week"

"yeah, let's go ahead and make that happen without the firm having to pay for it. submitting this single template once a week is costing me lots of time and energy that i don't have."

"it takes 30 seconds, once a week. you're going got have to run this by your boss, his boss, his boss and his boss before we can even start talking about alternatives to hundreds of hours of programming"

"yeah, just make it happen..."

no

and no

and i hope you get fired tomorrow
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COULD YOU IMAGINE?

 
Friday is the end of the month, quarter and fiscal year in my organization. The wailing and gnashing of teeth is already pretty bad, and will just get worse for the next two days. I had calls this morning from a neurosurgeon and the manager of a different neurosurgical practice. I don't know how I'm supposed to get my work done and watch this soccer match.

:lmao:

 
Limp Ditka said:
I'd probably blow through a bag a day of the pre-shelled ones. Just open the bag and pour them into my mouth like Terrell Owens celebrating a TD with popcorn. The shells act as my governor. My short attention span gets tired of opening them, so I just stop.
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What do you do with those bastardss that are completely closed? Break a tooth opening them? throw them away? put them back in the bag and hope you wife gets it? Save for later when you have your hammer?

 
Currently engaged in an argument over email with the general manager of a local restaurant who is upset that I gave his restaurant a one star review on yelp and called him out by name as the reason why.

Out of curiosity, have any of you ever been to a restaurant that will: (1) make you wait at the door for up to half an hour when the restaurant is less than half full; and (2) refuse to allow you to get a drink from the bar while you wait?   

 
-fish- said:
Currently engaged in an argument over email with the general manager of a local restaurant who is upset that I gave his restaurant a one star review on yelp and called him out by name as the reason why.

Out of curiosity, have any of you ever been to a restaurant that will: (1) make you wait at the door for up to half an hour when the restaurant is less than half full; and (2) refuse to allow you to get a drink from the bar while you wait?   
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I have never been to a restaurant that has done either of those things and certainly not both at once.  I wouldn't wait for a half hour if it's half full to begin with.  I would have left quickly.  I wouldn't waste your time speaking with the manager about it at this point.  What's done is done and the rating is deserved.  He said screw you when you were there so screw him if he has a problem with it. 

 
-fish- said:
Currently engaged in an argument over email with the general manager of a local restaurant who is upset that I gave his restaurant a one star review on yelp and called him out by name as the reason why.

Out of curiosity, have any of you ever been to a restaurant that will: (1) make you wait at the door for up to half an hour when the restaurant is less than half full; and (2) refuse to allow you to get a drink from the bar while you wait?   
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Big fish fan, but using Yelp should result in you suffering some awful fate. 

 
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-fish- said:
Currently engaged in an argument over email with the general manager of a local restaurant who is upset that I gave his restaurant a one star review on yelp and called him out by name as the reason why.

Out of curiosity, have any of you ever been to a restaurant that will: (1) make you wait at the door for up to half an hour when the restaurant is less than half full; and (2) refuse to allow you to get a drink from the bar while you wait?   
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Reservation?

 
Bob Sacamano said:
Were you already drunk, and maybe fresh off the boat looking like a bit of a hobo?
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Sober.   This has happened on several occasions due to a new policy from this manager, who has no previous restaurant experience and has taken over the place for his parents, who retired and always hired a competent general manager. 

Because they don't use a hostess and instead just go with a waiting list and a "turn and burn" approach, they end up seating a bunch of tables at once, then turning them all at once. Since this guy doesn't know what he's doing and can't figure out how to stagger seating, he freaks out, essentially shuts down the restaurant, and makes everyone wait while all of the tables get cleaned and the kitchen catches up on dishes.  It's like they open and close 6 or 7 times a day.   At any given time, you'll try to walk in and see over half the tables empty, only to be told you can't be seated for 30 minutes and you can't wait at the bar or get a drink.

 
-fish- said:
Sober.   This has happened on several occasions due to a new policy from this manager, who has no previous restaurant experience and has taken over the place for his parents, who retired and always hired a competent general manager. 

Because they don't use a hostess and instead just go with a waiting list and a "turn and burn" approach, they end up seating a bunch of tables at once, then turning them all at once. Since this guy doesn't know what he's doing and can't figure out how to stagger seating, he freaks out, essentially shuts down the restaurant, and makes everyone wait while all of the tables get cleaned and the kitchen catches up on dishes.  It's like they open and close 6 or 7 times a day.   At any given time, you'll try to walk in and see over half the tables empty, only to be told you can't be seated for 30 minutes and you can't wait at the bar or get a drink.
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In that case I'm disappointed in both him and you.

 
-fish- said:
Sober.   This has happened on several occasions due to a new policy from this manager, who has no previous restaurant experience and has taken over the place for his parents, who retired and always hired a competent general manager. 

Because they don't use a hostess and instead just go with a waiting list and a "turn and burn" approach, they end up seating a bunch of tables at once, then turning them all at once. Since this guy doesn't know what he's doing and can't figure out how to stagger seating, he freaks out, essentially shuts down the restaurant, and makes everyone wait while all of the tables get cleaned and the kitchen catches up on dishes.  It's like they open and close 6 or 7 times a day.   At any given time, you'll try to walk in and see over half the tables empty, only to be told you can't be seated for 30 minutes and you can't wait at the bar or get a drink.
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Why'd you go back after it happened more than once?

 
-fish- said:
Sober.   This has happened on several occasions due to a new policy from this manager, who has no previous restaurant experience and has taken over the place for his parents, who retired and always hired a competent general manager. 

Because they don't use a hostess and instead just go with a waiting list and a "turn and burn" approach, they end up seating a bunch of tables at once, then turning them all at once. Since this guy doesn't know what he's doing and can't figure out how to stagger seating, he freaks out, essentially shuts down the restaurant, and makes everyone wait while all of the tables get cleaned and the kitchen catches up on dishes.  It's like they open and close 6 or 7 times a day.   At any given time, you'll try to walk in and see over half the tables empty, only to be told you can't be seated for 30 minutes and you can't wait at the bar or get a drink.
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I don't get the bar thing.  That's kind of the reason they're there...for people to drink.

 
-fish- said:
Currently engaged in an argument over email with the general manager of a local restaurant who is upset that I gave his restaurant a one star review on yelp and called him out by name as the reason why.

Out of curiosity, have any of you ever been to a restaurant that will: (1) make you wait at the door for up to half an hour when the restaurant is less than half full; and (2) refuse to allow you to get a drink from the bar while you wait?   
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(1) Yes. 

(2) Not if there was a bartender. 

(1) is usually because people didn't show up for work/they understaffed the shift.  It doesn't matter how many tables are open if you have one waiter.  But if someone other than the waiter who's losing his mind can make a drink, failing to sell one is stupid. 

 
-fish- said:
Sober.   This has happened on several occasions due to a new policy from this manager, who has no previous restaurant experience and has taken over the place for his parents, who retired and always hired a competent general manager. 

Because they don't use a hostess and instead just go with a waiting list and a "turn and burn" approach, they end up seating a bunch of tables at once, then turning them all at once. Since this guy doesn't know what he's doing and can't figure out how to stagger seating, he freaks out, essentially shuts down the restaurant, and makes everyone wait while all of the tables get cleaned and the kitchen catches up on dishes.  It's like they open and close 6 or 7 times a day.   At any given time, you'll try to walk in and see over half the tables empty, only to be told you can't be seated for 30 minutes and you can't wait at the bar or get a drink.
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That's quite stupid. 

 
Homer J Simpson said:
I don't get the bar thing.  That's kind of the reason they're there...for people to drink.
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Right.   I tried to explain to him that the bar has nothing to do with the kitchen, and that every other restaurant in the world has figured out how to manage being busy without shutting down over and over throughout a day.  He doesn't see the problem.

The first time, they claimed it was just a breakfast thing so I stopped coming in for breakfast.   Then it happened in an evening so I stopped eating there entirely.   The last time I just wanted a bloody mary and I didn't know about the shutting down the bar thing.   

 
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