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  • #1

    Get a Life

    A few staff at the pub are admin on the official Facebook page. I was made one after I had some ideas for cocktail offers, so Boss asked me to make some posts promoting it. This also means that every time someone makes a review, inboxes the pub or checks in, I am informed. It can be a bit tiresome. Especially when this happens:

    Two weeks ago...

    I am sent message to the pubs inbox. It is a photograph of one of our lunches.

    SC: Would you eat this garbage? Because that is what I was served today: garbage! Every. Single. Thing on that plate tasted processed and like it had been defrosted. Nothing was fresh. No better than a supermarket grade microwave meal. I will never return to your pub.

    I ignored the message and left it to one of the managers to reply. I got to see it.

    M: I am sorry you were disappointed in your meal. If you had informed me while you were still in the pub I could have sorted you out some sort of refund or exchange. I will pass on your comments to the caterers, and if you decide to visit again, please show a member of management this message so you can have a free meal on us.
    SC: Thank you. But I will not go back on my word. I will never return.

    One week ago...

    He sent another picture. This time it was of his own lunch.

    SC: I decided to show you what a REAL meal looks like. Everything I have made is fresh, organic and unprocessed. Much better than yours. I suggest you put my version on the menu, or risk losing customer.
    M: Thank you for your picture, however at this moment in time we will not be changing our menu. I have passed on your message to the caterers and I am awaiting a reply.
    SC: Serve my version of the lunch and I will return.

    M did not reply. His version of the lunch looked extremely complicated and like it would take several hours to prepare, something that was simply not realistic in our pub as we get so busy.

    A few days ago...

    SC: I am still unhappy. I can't stop thinking about the food you served me and the fact you are not changing your menu. This means you are serving that vile food to someone else right now, and I can't let it go.

    M did not reply again.

    Yesterday...

    SC: I want to have a sit down meeting with your cooks and other managers so we can discuss the possibility of getting my lunch on the menu. Please reply with a date and time.

    No reply again. I inboxed M.

    Me: Are you gonna reply to that guy?
    M: No good will come from giving him attention. Just ignore him.

    I wonder when he will send another message.
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    "Your food sucks! Use my recipes instead!"

    Wow. What a great way to make friends and influence people. I halfway wonder if he isn't trying to SELL his own recipes for some reason. I smell the desire for money, here.

    Besides, he's already given his WORD that he shall not return, ever! He is obviously a noble, honest, upstanding member of society whom everyone respects -- after all, would some lonely, sad, narcissistic little troll even bother trying to force his opinion upon you guys? I think not.
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    • #3
      Subscribed.

      I kinda do hope he contacts you again. So we can chronicle his mental breakdown.

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      • #4
        Can't he just keep his promise and stop nattering about it? Talk about beating a dead horse!

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        • #5
          Most people, when eating food they don't like, just don't go back. If they really thought it was bad, they might write a bad review or send a note.

          I'm trying to figure out what this guy's endgame is... he thinks that the kitchen will agree to turn themselves into his personal chef? (Like you could go from a restaurant that serves reheated food to one that serves fancy gourmet delights by just printing up a new menu...)

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          • #6
            Quoth customersruinmylife View Post
            SC: Would you eat this garbage? Because that is what I was served today: garbage! Every. Single. Thing on that plate tasted processed and like it had been defrosted. Nothing was fresh. No better than a supermarket grade microwave meal. I will never return to your pub.
            Gordon Ramsay?? Is that you??
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            • #7
              You said you wouldn't be back, even for a free meal. So what is your problem with insisting the pub serve food your way? You said you wouldn't be back, so even if your pub DOES serve it you won't be there to eat it. And why does it bother you that other people are eating and actually enjoying the pub's food?

              This clown needs more than a clue or even a life, but damned if I know what it is...

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              • #8
                "Everything I have made is fresh, organic and unprocessed."
                Um, since when are pubs known for this?? Unless I really don't understand what a "pub" is...

                Here in the States, "bar food" is either "finger foods" (i.e. wings, french fries, etc.), burgers/sandwiches, and other deep fried goodies.

                Me: Are you gonna reply to that guy?
                M: No good will come from giving him attention. Just ignore him.

                I wonder when he will send another message.
                SC: WHYYYY won't you talk to me!? It's not fair! I'm only trying to help! I'm important, and you should listen to meeeeee!!

                It'd be funny to reply, "I thought you weren't coming to our establishment anymore. We'd like to keep it that way."
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                • #9
                  Quoth customersruinmylife View Post

                  SC: I decided to show you what a REAL meal looks like. Everything I have made is fresh, organic and unprocessed. Much better than yours. I suggest you put my version on the menu, or risk losing customer.
                  Yes, because fresh, organic and unprocessed are exactly the first words that sprung to mind when going for a pub lunch. Not.

                  Welcome back. I've missed your posts.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth muppet101 View Post
                    Yes, because fresh, organic and unprocessed are exactly the first words that sprung to mind when going for a pub lunch. Not.
                    More like "fried, fried, and beer."

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                    • #11
                      Quoth mjr View Post
                      Here in the States, "bar food" is either "finger foods" (i.e. wings, french fries, etc.), burgers/sandwiches, and other deep fried goodies.
                      I've seen ads for the usual chain restaurants advertising "healthy pub food"...whatever that's supposed to be. They claim it's low-cal.
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                      • #12
                        Yeah, I keep reading that the town I live in tops the charts of snobby beer cities in this country. Every time I look another brewery opened. And even though you can get some pretty fancy food at some places, you generally can also get the normal fried food or nachos, as well. I agree with the title of the thread: Get a life! What kind of crazy are you to send so many pushy messages? I don't know, and I don't want to know.
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                        • #13
                          Australia has several different types of 'pub food'.

                          We have US-like pub food, where the food is pretty much a way to keep hungry people in the pub rather than something intended to provide a meal.

                          We have UK-like pub food, where the pub is a local centre for food as well as drink. In those, the pub food is really good and often a good meal. Breakfasts can be bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, tomato, toast, and whatever else the pub chooses to add. Lunch and dinner might be meat and veg and potato, irish stew, pies of various kinds, and less traditionally UK things like lasagna or bratwurst or paella.

                          Melbourne has a kind of specialised 'pub scene', where there's a type of restaurant that serves uptown versions of classic UK and Irish 'pub foods'. Some have branched out into other european 'pub food' sources - the german bierhall is an inspiration too.

                          In our 'regional' villages, there might be only one building to be the local cafe/restaurant/pub/etc. So in those, the pub food is usually really good. Also usually made to order, and often heavily featuring locally sourced ingredients.
                          The downside is the minimum 4 hours driving from the nearest other village.
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                          • #14
                            He wants organic?? In a PUB?

                            I know organic is all the rage now, and there's nothing wrong with that, but most pubs aren't going to do that...in my experience organic stuff always costs more. That cost is passed on to the customer.

                            I wonder if this guy would be surprised to learn that your pub was crazy busy for several days running.
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                            • #15
                              Quoth Seshat View Post
                              . Breakfasts can be bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, tomato, toast, and whatever else the pub chooses to add. SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM.
                              I could not resist SPAM SPAM SPAM



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