> George,
>> So far only McD's & Tim Horton's here. Oh, & one A&W that's now gone. .
> They're losing all the good places (sigh!). When this buffet cafeteria
> announced they were going to shut down 20 years ago (this was before my
> Dad died 15 years ago), he lamented "I'm going to starve to death!!" .
> We'd always go there after Sunday morning church services...but the
> reason the Baptists are wanting to get to the cafeteria early, is that
> they're afraid the Methodists are going to beat them to lunch. 

So sad o see old favourites pass on. . . we had a sub place here, where the  cook made these WILD & amazing hot meat submarine sandwiches plus breakfast all day, & fried chicken -- so good -- he wrapped the chicken pieces in wonton  wrapper dough & it kept every drop of juice in that chicken piece!

Gpt 3 pc chicken, as plate of fries & a pop all for $5 -- I used to pop in  Wednesdays for supper before going to poker. . .

Never got around to try the subs, bhut now he's gone, but he was hired on for a 2-hour shift once a week at a local pub, & most of the old customers go there  for that treat!

>> I pay at the counrter even when ordering at the kiosk, as I want the
>> option of  changing my mind on my way, & I often pay in cash.
> Good idea. I usually order the same thing when I eat out (although I
> can't afford to eat out every day). I thought about making a switch the
> other day, but decided it was cheaper to stick what with I had been
> getting.

Yup, there's a reason you've come up with it as a regular item.

We had (! *sigh*) a pub across the street that, during football seaaon, had a  full breakfast combo for 99c whjich went up 50c every half hour. I'm not into  football, so I'd pop in about 9am & order the 2 poached eggs, toast, & instead  of the bacon, have 2 more eggs or more toat or more hashed browned potatoes  (home/pan fries, really)

Heckuyva deal -- those that joined the football pool got to have dinner cheap -
- prime rib for $5, with the extras (potatoes, vegetable, horseradish)

I may have to head up to my fave steak place for my birthday diner on Sunday.

Proper 16-oz prime rtib streak, cooked perfectly to order every time (medium  rare) with potatoes, seasonal veggie, unlimited sourdough bread(with garlic &  herb butter), & a Keg sized(12oz) red wine & a Spabnish coffee for dessert!

Or I may go for all you can eat Japanese instead. . . depends on mood & weather

>> Except7 when this one she-dog is on, then I'll pay with my debit & go
>> pick up  at the counter, & ask there for delivery to a table, if I'm
>> not taking right  off to go. . .
> You've got some folks who have no business working there...and obviously
> some who don't want to be there. I worked at Burger King for 5 years over
> 40 years ago, and I didn't consider it "degrading"...I got my fill of
> Whoppers. 

I say if you don't like working somewhere, leave -- it's always your own choice to be there. They reply, "I can't leave because some thing some thing, unwise  with mony" & I just reply "All personally made choices."

I will not work somewhere I don't like & respect the company & the boss.

> I remember when all those combos first came out nearly 50 years ago...
> it was amazing how quick the others jumped on that bandwagon. I rarely
> use a mobile app to order stuff, but I've considered it.

It's handy with covid -- saves going in to the restraurant -- cars just pull  around to the mobile order parking spots out front & a staffer brings your  order to you.

Order from home, then they'll begin preparing it as tyou get close to the  restaurant, & charge your payment method on full arrival

>> I do that when they point out my belly & ask if I'm pregnant. I say,
>> "Sure am;  with a baby elephant; want to see his trunk?"
> Never mind hear it snort. :P

My elephant calf hasn't snorted yet -- likes to spit, though. .. 

> I thought about going to Arby's after church this morning for a couple
> of fish sandwiches. But, since I was hacking from sinus drainage, and I
> had grabbed an EMPTY bag of cough drops (works real well ), I decided
> just to come straight home.

Good pp;an ; no sense spreading germs, nor upsetting people who'll assume  you're out of your home with active covid infection.

> I didn't rest well last night, so even though I woke up at 6:30am, I
> went back to sleep until 7am. 

I woke at 5, but managed to get another hour of sleep before actually getting  up to my coffee & delicious goulash breakfast!

The Good Lord gave me a poem before and
> after church today...but in getting the first one set up, I was late
> leaving for, and getting to church. Then, after I got home, after I
> got done setting the second one up, it was time to do a ham radio
> traffic net, and finish the stuff for it. I still haven't eaten anything
> today, and I'm starving. So, after I finish the QWK Mail, I'm going to
> get something to eat...then do a small amount of computer work, then get
> to bed.

What poems? Eating is good -- I keep a few boxes of my fave granola bars near  the computer for 'emergencies' *G*

> Oh, yeah...the cashiers (like myself) were encouraged to do "suggestive
> selling".

Oh, that's critical in fast food in any customer contact role!

I refused to follow the book's formulas for doing so, & still had the highest  rate of upsells.

When someone asks for a coke or shake, it felt rude for me to ask, "Will that  be a large?"

I had one happy customer, who was very hungry, he saidm, ordered a triple  burger with lots of extras, then asked if he could add a patty to it; I said  surem oir he could order our off-menu producvt, the monster burger: 7 patties,  7 cheese, 7 bacon, plus lettuce, tomato, & the usual under bottom patty  goodies.

He was a very happy camper & tipped me quite well, & came a regular for a  while, for a monster burger plus hand mixed(malt shop style) chocolate shake

Other customers, i'd help order the most minimalist lunch they could & still  have the maximum if flavour palate. . .

I always put customers ahead of corporate or anyone else "above" me.


> showed me a deal with Kroger with "Lite Peach Tea"...it has NO CAFFEINE!!
> I've been drinking just Kroger Lite Lemonade, and I'm getting burned out
> on it...so, the next time I go to the store, I'll be getting that.

Always good to find a new flavour by a fave brand. . . :) 

Enjoy it! We have these jumbo cans of iced tea. I think Peach is one -- some  use green tea instead of black, so no caffeine.

>> I say the same; pointing out that their equpment is especually designed
>> to  handle a baby going through; mine is not designed to stretch.
> Except only for arousal, or pressure from the bladder.

The ureter doesn't really change size -- it's about hair-thickness & takes just a trickle of liquid from the kidneys tyo the ladder -- when a stone goes  through there... ai-chi-wawa! Owww, pain at a 9 real quickly. . .

>> Plus the G-spot is conveniently located to offset some of the pain.
> The late Betty White (wife of the late Allen Ludden from the original
> PASSWORD game show), noted in an interview on The Tonight Show with Joan
> Rivers (guest host for Johnny Carson) 50 years ago, that "I don't know
> what all this talk about trouble finding the G-Spot is all about. To me,
> it's a cinch...when a man touches me, I say ''Oh, Gee!!''". The entire
> studio erupted in raucous laughter. 

I locved Betty White -- I saw the clip of when she first met Ludden on Password a while back.

Sounds like Joan. . .

> That helps. If the pain level is at a 1 or 2, I'll either tough it out,
> or take a low dose Tylenol. I was advised to give up all other pain meds

I don't even deign to be bothered by pain until it hits 7 these days -- had to  many 9s & brand new 10s. . . Including one time I was screaming for somebody to either fix the problem or euthanize me, I didn't care which!

They finally got the right guy in, who didn't dilydally -- he booked me in  uypstairs in a ward, on PRN morphine (about 6-8X the normal dose people get)

By late morning the blood had drained enough out of my renal cavity that my  pain came down to a 9 & home I was sent!

> that I had. But, the acetomenaphen in the Tylenol and other medications
> can lead to liver damage. I guess they just want us to suffer. But, for
> folks on a blood thinner (like I am), these can make one more of a
> hemophiliac.

Up here they teach to take pain relievers BEFORE the pain hits. . .

I wait until I'm an 8 to take a Percocet, or a seriously screaming dental  abcess, which hits at about 8.5-9.

My old Urologist made sure I had a rwady access to plenty of that Opiod that  actually works, without fuzzing my mind out. . .

>> Hmm, need to make some wooden disks, with "Tuit" on one side & "Ion" on
>> the other!
> I get the round tuit, but the ion??

People know me as positive & when they ask me why , I can show them that & say, "See, no '-', so I'm positive"; of course, that'll only work on the latent  chemistry nerds.

>> No idea -- it was a character on the Muppets, the Swedish Chef, who
>> only ever  said "bork! bork!" & that was the Muppet version of
>> Swedish.
> Wasn't he the chef??

As above -- "Swedish Chef" ;)

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