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Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: local diner ()
Date: September 03, 2014 02:11PM

I am sincerely curious to get some insight into how these restaurants are run so effecicently and how they maintain such high levels of consistent quality (with respect to both food and staff). This is not an attempt to bait someone into revealing trade secrets which could jeopardize their competitive edge.

AMA - "Ask me Anything" as popularized by the website Reddit.

Any employees want to step up to field some questions?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Former GARstar ()
Date: September 03, 2014 02:39PM

it's no secret: they serve the same foods across their restaurants, pay an efficiency wage to hourly employees, and bank on high turnover. I worked there for 2 months as a tiger, and I left because it wasn't my gig.

I always thought GAR restaurants were very high quality, but after graduating college, getting a white collar job, and eating out in DC, I see that it's just a decent suburban chain. The wait staff is faux-classy, and the food is good, but not stellar.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Hi bye ()
Date: September 03, 2014 02:49PM

They drug test their employees, right? That said, I always thought the restaurant biz was the one refuge for people who didn't want to worry about getting tested

Explains how the staff is so clean cut and non-stoner-type

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Faggots work there ()
Date: September 03, 2014 02:54PM

Sweetwater is managed by Fags and they make them wear gay outfits

Food is only ok

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: what? ()
Date: September 03, 2014 03:03PM

Hi bye Wrote:
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> They drug test their employees, right? That said,
> I always thought the restaurant biz was the one
> refuge for people who didn't want to worry about
> getting tested
>
> Explains how the staff is so clean cut and
> non-stoner-type

this is a joke right? Everyone in the service industry smokes and half the restaurant would get high after working a closing shift. They have neat hair but they're still stoners. They just pretend to be upscale when they're on the clock.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: WKWeC ()
Date: September 03, 2014 03:31PM

Former GARstar Wrote:
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> it's no secret: they serve the same foods across
> their restaurants, pay an efficiency wage to
> hourly employees, and bank on high turnover. I
> worked there for 2 months as a tiger, and I left
> because it wasn't my gig.
>
> I always thought GAR restaurants were very high
> quality, but after graduating college, getting a
> white collar job, and eating out in DC, I see that
> it's just a decent suburban chain. The wait staff
> is faux-classy, and the food is good, but not
> stellar.

+1000

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Posers ()
Date: September 09, 2014 08:06AM

WKWeC Wrote:
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> Former GARstar Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > it's no secret: they serve the same foods
> across
> > their restaurants, pay an efficiency wage to
> > hourly employees, and bank on high turnover. I
> > worked there for 2 months as a tiger, and I
> left
> > because it wasn't my gig.
> >
> > I always thought GAR restaurants were very high
> > quality, but after graduating college, getting
> a
> > white collar job, and eating out in DC, I see
> that
> > it's just a decent suburban chain. The wait
> staff
> > is faux-classy, and the food is good, but not
> > stellar.
>
> +1000

I love these idiots who try to play down GAR, bunch of Posers who think by doing so makes them somebody. Please keep telling yourself that your better than everyone and keep going to your shrink. Keep overpaying for your shit while the rest of us enjoy a great meal at a reasonable price.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: former GARStar is a moron ()
Date: September 09, 2014 09:30AM

Bwahahaha, fkn moron who overpays for bourgeois food. I know many in the food industry that strive to be on GAR's level. Just because you got a job as a secretary doesn't mean you have better taste now.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: RaceFan ()
Date: September 09, 2014 01:57PM

LOL, if drug testing were the norm in restaurants, we would all be eating at home.

I piss in your cereal for the assumption that weed smokers aren't able to provide quality service.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Jander420 ()
Date: September 09, 2014 02:36PM

I don't think anyone claimed drug testing was the norm in restaurants, but someone did suggest that they might drug test employees at GAR, which I could find no real info on.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: DonJuanResturante ()
Date: September 09, 2014 03:37PM

More importantly where do they find those hot hostesses and waitresses?!?! I wanna tug my meat as soon as I leave one of those places.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 09, 2014 10:40PM

GAR has developed a successful volume-driven model, and they have been able to reproduce it at one place after anther. Quality food, affordable prices, pleasant atmosphere, and attentive service. What's not to like? GAR gets it done by setting and keeping to high standards. They do not fear spending money to make money. Front and back of the house, they reward those who are able to help them meet those standards, and pretty much just let the rest move on. Lots of first-class training. Solid salary and bonus numbers. People who work there know they are working with the industry leader. So do principals at other restaurants. GAR looks very good on a resumé. They do by the way have a drug testing program. A team will intermittently show up at a restaurant, and everyone on duty at the time will be tested. As a privately held company, they can use the results or not, as they may see fit.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: No ()
Date: September 09, 2014 10:45PM

"GAR looks very good on a resumé."


Lol!

No.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 09, 2014 11:30PM

No Wrote:
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> "GAR looks very good on a resumé."
> Lol! No.

Fool! GAR is the most respected (and envied) operation in the area. Go take out a loan and use the proceeds to have dinner out at the Inn at Little Washington. Ask ater the meal if you can visit the kitchen to compliment owner/chef, Patrick O'Connell. Ask him what sort of regard he has for GAR, and he'll explain how and why he has so many GAR veterans on his staff. Circa, Matchbox, Mc & Schmick, 2941 -- they all avidly poach from GAR's roster. The fact that you couldn't handle it there doesn't really mean much, does it.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Px9Yu ()
Date: September 09, 2014 11:33PM

No Wrote:
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> "GAR looks very good on a resumé."
>
>
> Lol!
>
> No.

Certainly not for a job as, say, a physics teacher or firefighter, but why wouldn't working at a respected, successful local chain be a useful credential within the restaurant industry?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 10, 2014 12:19AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> No Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "GAR looks very good on a resumé."
> > Lol! No.
>
> Fool! GAR is the most respected (and envied)
> operation in the area. Go take out a loan and use
> the proceeds to have dinner out at the Inn at
> Little Washington. Ask ater the meal if you can
> visit the kitchen to compliment owner/chef,
> Patrick O'Connell. Ask him what sort of regard he
> has for GAR, and he'll explain how and why he has
> so many GAR veterans on his staff. Circa,
> Matchbox, Mc & Schmick, 2941 -- they all avidly
> poach from GAR's roster. The fact that you
> couldn't handle it there doesn't really mean much,
> does it.


GAR is for donut eating suburbanite mouth breathers. Why else would donuts be served with each meal? You couldn't afford the ride to the Inn, let alone the price of the meal.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: No ()
Date: September 10, 2014 01:33AM

Px9Yu Wrote:
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> No Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "GAR looks very good on a resumé."
> >
> >
> > Lol!
> >
> > No.
>
> Certainly not for a job as, say, a physics teacher
> or firefighter, but why wouldn't working at a
> respected, successful local chain be a useful
> credential within the restaurant industry?


Because there are, with very rare exception, two kinds of people who work in the restaurant industry - short-timers just doing it to make a little money on their way elsewhere, and long-time losers who aren't capable enough to do anything better. If you have a resume where GAR "looks good," then you're likely in the latter category.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 08:59AM

Px9Yu Wrote:
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> Certainly not for a job as, say, a physics teacher
> or firefighter, but why wouldn't working at a
> respected, successful local chain be a useful
> credential within the restaurant industry?

GAR's reputation is well established across the hospitality industry generally, and not necessarily just locally. If you know where a Shake Shack is around here, you should know that it exists in part because of a long-standing relationship between GAR and the Union Square Restaurant Group in NYC.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 09:24AM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> GAR is for donut eating suburbanite mouth
> breathers. Why else would donuts be served with
> each meal?

GAR is for all those who enjoy and can afford the best in upscale-casual dining in a cozy but high-energy environment. Located in and near the two highest income counties in the country, there are plenty of such folks for GAR to draw from. This is why top GAR stores gross an average of well over $200K per week. Meanwhile, Ozzie rolls are not doughnuts, my unimaginative little epicurean know-nothing.

And you didn't tell us which DC quadrant your cramped little sublet basement walk-out is to be found in. I'd guess the unreconstructed wilds of not very near NE, myself.

> You couldn't afford the ride to the Inn, let
> alone the price of the meal.

You've no idea, sonny boy. No idea at all.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: I made a lot of money ()
Date: September 10, 2014 09:35AM

No Wrote:
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> Px9Yu Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > No Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > "GAR looks very good on a resumé."
> > >
> > >
> > > Lol!
> > >
> > > No.
> >
> > Certainly not for a job as, say, a physics
> teacher
> > or firefighter, but why wouldn't working at a
> > respected, successful local chain be a useful
> > credential within the restaurant industry?
>
>
> Because there are, with very rare exception, two
> kinds of people who work in the restaurant
> industry - short-timers just doing it to make a
> little money on their way elsewhere, and long-time
> losers who aren't capable enough to do anything
> better. If you have a resume where GAR "looks
> good," then you're likely in the latter category.

I put myself through undergrad waiting tables - I made a lot of money. I made about $30-$35k cash which equates to roughly $45k pre-tax equivalent(back then 45k was taxed at 35% Federal). That is the equivalent of over $100,000 in 2013 dollars (http://www.buyupside.com/calculators/purchasepowerjan08.htm).

Unfortunately the tax man got wise to the cash aspect of waiting tables so today my yield would be less. Anyway I waited from age 18 - age 25. It remains one of my favorite jobs and Im now mid 50's. I left because of the hours and I wanted a career off my feet and it appeared to me that most lifers became alcoholics. I toy with the idea of going back to waiting in my retirement.

Dont know if GAR is great to work at (looks like too many servers there to make decent money, and they pool tips I think). It is very clean and the service is good. Food is formulaic but good. I always made the best money at the happy hour drinking places. Upscale did not always translate to good money. Drunks tip the best and are the most fun to wait on.

Anyway hats off to all you servers out there enjoy yourselves and please dont become alcoholics.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: woked in the early 80's ()
Date: September 10, 2014 09:36AM

^ calculations were from 1979-1984 - that is when I waited

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 09:37AM

No Wrote:
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> Because there are, with very rare exception, two
> kinds of people who work in the restaurant
> industry - short-timers just doing it to make a
> little money on their way elsewhere, and long-time
> losers who aren't capable enough to do anything
> better. If you have a resume where GAR "looks
> good," then you're likely in the latter category.

You would most definitely seem to be in that "long-time loser" category. Servers and busboys are to the restaurant industry what porters and red-caps were to Leland Stanford, Henry Flagler, and the other railroad magnates. Apparently invisible to you, a large, complex, and quite demanding superstructure exists above the level of those who bring you plates and then take them away again when you are done. But never mind all that -- I suspect that it would be much too much for you.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 10, 2014 10:15AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > GAR is for donut eating suburbanite mouth
> > breathers. Why else would donuts be served
> with
> > each meal?
>
> GAR is for all those who enjoy and can afford the
> best in upscale-casual dining in a cozy but
> high-energy environment.

GAR is for loud families who don't mind their children and uninformed diners who think that patronizing a GAR puts them in the 1%er club. Which are you?

> Located in and near the two highest income counties in the country, there
> are plenty of such folks for GAR to draw from.

And because we live near such wealth, there are far more unique and inspiring restaurant selections. But you'd rather eat off the same pedestrian and bland menu that can be found at nearly all of the GAR properties.

> This is why top GAR stores gross an average of
> well over $200K per week.

Which you can't and won't prove. And if you knew a damn thing about money, you'd know that net is what matters, but it appears your business knowledge is as subpar as your taste in food.

> Meanwhile, Ozzie rolls
> are not doughnuts, my unimaginative little
> epicurean know-nothing.

They are just like doughnuts and everyone with half a brain recognizes it. I suppose that is why you don't.

Tell the fools at Washingtonian they are idiots....

"His doughnut-like Ozzie rolls have become a cult-favorite bread at all of the group’s restaurants."

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/new-restaurants/an-early-look-at-ozzies-corner-italian.php

Cult favorite? Yeah, as in fatties stuffing their face full of them ordering extra baskets, which leads me to.....

A reviewer on TripAdvisor:

"The pre-appetizer bread basket includes Ozzie Rolls which are basically yummy sweet/savory donuts that we had to get more of!"

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g57718-d2181773-r132127402-Ozzie_s_Corner_Italian-Fairfax_Virginia.html


> And you didn't tell us which DC quadrant your
> cramped little sublet basement walk-out is to be
> found in. I'd guess the unreconstructed wilds of
> not very near NE, myself.

And once again, you'd be wrong. I am sure you are used to it by now. Idiots, like you, are rarely correct about anything.

> > You couldn't afford the ride to the Inn, let
> > alone the price of the meal.
>
> You've no idea, sonny boy. No idea at all.

Oh, I've got a pretty good idea about how important you think you are and how miniscule you actually are.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 10:27AM

I made a lot of money Wrote:
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> I put myself through undergrad waiting tables...

Thousands have. But your aim I imagine was to make that money and to do well enough as a server to keep the position that gave you access to it. Quite sensible. GAR is quite good for that, but where they excel is in developing those with a desire and aptitude to move up from that level.

> Unfortunately the tax man got wise to the cash
> aspect of waiting tables so today my yield would
> be less.

That's quite true. It's management that the IRS leans on today, and as the penalties can be quite severe, management has no choice but to keep the staff in line.

> I left because of the hours and I wanted a career off my feet...

Yes, a typical week would be five 11-hour days. And don't expect your off-days to be Sat and Sun. It's not a job for the faint of heart, nor for the weak of back. It's indeed the physical demands that get to people in the end. Sort of like the NFL.

> ...and it appeared to me that most lifers became alcoholics.

Alcohol is definitely a serious problem in the industry.

> Dont know if GAR is great to work at (looks like
> too many servers there to make decent money, and
> they pool tips I think).

You can make $200+ in tips a night, but not every night. The number of servers scheduled to be on the floor is determined by the time of year and day and the number of tables. The number of checks you close out should be fairly stable. A share of tips is pooled -- you keep the rest.

> It is very clean and the service is good.

High standards in action.

> Food is formulaic but good.

Those are called "recipes". A lot of time and effort goes into developing, testing, and refining them. The product should then be the same regardless of where it is prepared and served.

> Anyway hats off to all you servers out there enjoy
> yourselves and please dont become alcoholics.

Ditto. With all those mostly single young men and women working so closely together all the livelong day, there is quite a lot of "Laissez les bon temps rouler". But it's still a tough job, and too much sauce will ultimately make it only tougher. Color between the lines, boys and girls.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: formulaic ()
Date: September 10, 2014 10:47AM

Perhaps you could broaden your understanding of the word 'formulaic' rather than exposing your ignorance by inferring that I dont know that food preparation involves 'recipes.'


formulaic



adjective

constituting or containing a verbal formula or set form of words.
"a formulaic greeting"

synonyms: conventional, stock, unoriginal, stereotypical, uninspired, clichéd, paint-by-number

"the homes here are not the products of a formulaic design"

produced in accordance with a slavishly followed rule or style; predictable.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: nail on the head ()
Date: September 10, 2014 10:53AM

formulaic Wrote:
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> unoriginal, stereotypical, uninspired,

A perfect description of any GAR menu.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Jack it ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:14AM

RaceFan Wrote:
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> LOL, if drug testing were the norm in restaurants,
> we would all be eating at home.
>
> I piss in your cereal for the assumption that weed
> smokers aren't able to provide quality service.

Yup, that's the reason people are bartenders and servers. They can coke up and hit the pipe in off hours.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Big tipper if u know wat I mean ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:22AM

Y'all need to stop actin like high falootin' snobby douche bags and get your dick wet with one of the staff at the coastal in Fairfax. Prime pussy running around that joint. Trust me.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Harold ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:25AM

Big tipper if u know wat I mean Wrote:
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> Y'all need to stop actin like high falootin'
> snobby douche bags and get your dick wet with one
> of the staff at the coastal in Fairfax. Prime
> pussy running around that joint. Trust me.


I prefer to have the crabs on my plate and not on my junk.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:58AM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> GAR is for loud families who don't mind their
> children and uninformed diners who think that
> patronizing a GAR puts them in the 1%er club.
> Which are you?

Your raging butthurt is showing, doofus. Certainly families do dine at GAR restaurants, but they are hardly the primary clientele. Go check one out sometime.

> And because we live near such wealth, there are
> far more unique and inspiring restaurant
> selections.

There are at least hundreds of quality restaurants in the DC area. The fact remains however that GAR enjoys a very high reputation among both diners and industry professionals. You deny all this only at the price of making yourself look completely foolish and uninformed. You are doing quite a nice job of that, though.

> But you'd rather eat off the same pedestrian and
> bland menu that can be found at nearly all of the
> GAR properties.

Some GAR items are on the menu at many stores, some are not. And sorry that your small-plate brain hasn't been able to grasp the simple fact that I dine all over the place -- Linda's Café to Water & Wall to The Virginian to Restaurant Eve and on and on and on. But I know where the best Tex-Mex egg rolls in town can be found. And sometimes a Drunken Rib-eye does call out to me. As it does to so many others. You've got take-out from Horace & Dickie's of course.

> > This is why top GAR stores gross an average of
> > well over $200K per week.
> Which you can't and won't prove.

LOL! Have you heard of this new internet thingie?

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/Chefs-and-Kitchen-Managers/3e2c6671/?source=feed-nf-simply-hired

Divide $12 million a year by 52 weeks, moron.

> And if you knew a damn thing about money, you'd
> know that net is what matters, but it appears your
> business knowledge is as subpar as your taste in food.

What a complete dope! Gross is the standard measure. You seriously need to run away now, pinhead.

> They are just like doughnuts and everyone with
> half a brain recognizes it. I suppose that is why
> you don't.

Oh, they are JUST LIKE doughnuts. How nice. How about "They are a GAR specialty item that reminds many people of doughnuts, even though they aren't."

> Cult favorite? Yeah, as in fatties stuffing their
> face full of them ordering extra baskets, which
> leads me to.....

The popularity of Ozzie rolls leads you directly to the disastrous, waste of time distraction of a derelict downscale dimbulb.

> And once again, you'd be wrong. I am sure you are
> used to it by now. Idiots, like you, are rarely
> correct about anything.

Are you saying that you DON'T live in a cramped little sublet basement walk-out in the unreconstructed wilds of not very near NE? On a park bench, then?

> Oh, I've got a pretty good idea about how important
> you think you are and how miniscule you> actually are.

No Jethro, you don't have any idea at all. You are clueless across the board, and having received a severe beating on every salient point here, you are merely grasping in desperation at straws of completely irrelevant nonsense. The bottom line here is that you actually know incredibly little about food and restaurants. Less than my dog, it would seem. And I don't even have a dog.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 10, 2014 12:23PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> Your raging butthurt is showing, doofus.
> Certainly families do dine at GAR restaurants, but
> they are hardly the primary clientele. Go check
> one out sometime.

Raging butthurt? Attempting to imply that you aren't the one butthurt and embarrassed here? I have been and I won't be going back. I have described it perfectly and you know it. Hey, you like subpar grub? Good for you. It makes YOU happy and that's all that matters. Many more see it for what it is - a place where mom's stuff donut's into their purse when the wait staff isn't looking. Heck, you've probably got a collection of napkins at home from GAR.

> > And because we live near such wealth, there are
> > far more unique and inspiring restaurant
> > selections.
>
> There are at least hundreds of quality restaurants
> in the DC area. The fact remains however that GAR
> enjoys a very high reputation among both diners
> and industry professionals.

Sure, if your industry is some cheesy minor beltway bandit.

> You deny all this
> only at the price of making yourself look
> completely foolish and uninformed.

Nah, I've pretty much left being uninformed up to you. You've more than succeeded.

> Some GAR items are on the menu at many stores,
> some are not.

Yes, I know I was correct. No need to point it out.

> And sorry that your small-plate
> brain hasn't been able to grasp the simple fact
> that I dine all over the place -- Linda's Café to
> Water & Wall to The Virginian to Restaurant Eve
> and on and on and on.

Why would you say that? I never once implied that you didn't strap your feed bag on at multiple places. Just asinine for you to make such an assumption, but really not surprising given your lack of intellect.

> But I know where the best
> Tex-Mex egg rolls in town can be found. And
> sometimes a Drunken Rib-eye does call out to me.

The second to last meal I had there was the Drunken Rib-eye. It almost kept me away from there forever. Against better judgment, I went back and tried something else. It was even worse.

> As it does to so many others. You've got take-out
> from Horace & Dickie's of course.

Had to look that one up. No surprise it rolled right off your tongue. You seem to know all of the shit places to eat. I am sure your palate is very discerning. LOL.


> Oh, they are JUST LIKE doughnuts. How nice. How
> about "They are a GAR specialty item that reminds
> many people of doughnuts, even though they
> aren't."

Keep telling yourself that when you order another basket, fatty.

> > Cult favorite? Yeah, as in fatties stuffing
> their
> > face full of them ordering extra baskets, which
> > leads me to.....
>
> The popularity of Ozzie rolls leads you directly
> to the disastrous, waste of time distraction of a
> derelict downscale dimbulb.

Do you even know what your are talking about? The fact that some fatty rages on an on about getting extra donuts more than proves my point.

> Are you saying that you DON'T live in a cramped
> little sublet basement walk-out in the
> unreconstructed wilds of not very near NE?

Gee, your really quick. Do you need things explained to you multiple times to understand them? Something tells me you do.

> On a
> park bench, then?

I've got a nice bench on my tropical hardwood deck. It is pretty comfortable to sit on and relax on a nice day, but if it gets too warm, I can retire to my media room inside.

> The bottom line
> here is that you actually know incredibly little
> about food and restaurants. Less than my dog, it
> would seem. And I don't even have a dog.

But with your taste in food, I'd doubt you'd notice the difference between his supper or yours.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Have to Laugh ()
Date: September 10, 2014 12:24PM

Big tipper if u know wat I mean Wrote:
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> Y'all need to stop actin like high falootin'
> snobby douche bags and get your dick wet with one
> of the staff at the coastal in Fairfax. Prime
> pussy running around that joint. Trust me.

Yeah, we know what you mean: You're a virgin. Everybody was at one time. You'll get over it. Probably.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Have to Laugh ()
Date: September 10, 2014 12:28PM

Harold Wrote:
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> I prefer to have the crabs on my plate and not on my junk.

Over-sexed middle school students in the computer lab at lunch-time, it seems. But in all seriousness, I doubt your "junk" has any reason to worry.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 04:15PM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> Attempting to imply that you aren't the one
> butthurt and embarrassed here?

I'm not implying anything. I am stating directly and forcefully that you are a completely useless stupid shit who does not know the first thing about food, GAR, or restaurants in general. Just as your need to go look up Horace & Dickie's -- a District institution for two decades -- would so painfully suggest. Have you ever heard of Ben's Chili Bowl? The Old Ebbitt? 2 Amys? The Tabard Inn? There's no reason here to believe that you have.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Really? ()
Date: September 10, 2014 04:24PM

Quite the pissing contest we have here about something so incredibly inconsequential as restaurant food.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 04:45PM

Not so much of a contest, really, as the "Enjoy..." bozo doesn't know his fat ass from a hole in the ground here.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 10, 2014 05:19PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Attempting to imply that you aren't the one
> > butthurt and embarrassed here?
>
> I'm not implying anything. I am stating directly
> and forcefully that you are a completely useless
> stupid shit who does not know the first thing
> about food, GAR, or restaurants in general. Just
> as your need to go look up Horace & Dickie's -- a
> District institution for two decades -- would so
> painfully suggest. Have you ever heard of Ben's
> Chili Bowl? The Old Ebbitt? 2 Amys? The Tabard
> Inn? There's no reason here to believe that you
> have.


Calm down there, slappy. You're about to burst a vein.

You like to eat at shit places. We get it. Excuse me if I choose not to venture into the H Street corridor.

You just claimed to enjoy a rib eye that substitutes thick layers of fat for marbling. I doubt it is even choice. In order to flavor it, it has to be marinated in pale ale. The last one I had wasn't even an inch thick. The only decent thing on that meal is the salad. I can find much better steaks for the same price or a few bucks more all around the area.

It's almost supper time, fatty. Better go strap on the feedbag. Too bad there won't be donuts on your menu tonight. Or will there?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:35PM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> Calm down there, slappy. You're about to burst a vein.

No, fathead. It takes no energy at all to deal with imbeciles.

> You like to eat at shit places. We get it.

Your opinion of anywhere wouldn't count for anything. As we have learned here, you know exactly nothing about food, GAR, or restaurants in general. You are merely a useless babbling stupid shit.

> Excuse me if I choose not to venture into the H Street corridor.

Suit yourself, goober. But not knowing of Horace & Dickie's while painting yourself as some sort of urban eats guru is a simply brutal joke, my miserable little failure.

> You just claimed to enjoy a rib eye that substitutes
> thick layers of fat for marbling.

That's a good one. You don't even know where on a steer a rib-eye comes from. Your loserness is indeed complete.

> I can find much better steaks for the same price or a
> few bucks more all around the area.

You couldn't find the peanut butter in a peanut butter sandwich, moron.

> It's almost supper time, fatty. Better go strap
> on the feedbag. Too bad there won't be donuts on
> your menu tonight. Or will there?

Already did Sea Pearl and Café Renaissance this week. Stopped off at Subway on the way back from a meeting in Fair Lakes. Their spicy Italian is always a nice meal.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your donuts ()
Date: September 10, 2014 11:46PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> Stopped off at Subway on the way back from
> a meeting in Fair Lakes. Their spicy Italian is
> always a nice meal.


Your honor, the defense rests. I just returned from 2941, while this imbecilic tard enjoyed his $5 foot long. No doubt he shared it with his boyfriend in a rented basement. What a gastronome!

Don't worry, GAR establishments, he'll save up his next four pay checks soon and be back for the donuts and a subpar entree.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: jokeman ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:14AM

enjoy your donuts Wrote:
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> Not Much Mystery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Stopped off at Subway on the way back from
> > a meeting in Fair Lakes. Their spicy Italian
> is
> > always a nice meal.
>
>
> Your honor, the defense rests. I just returned
> from 2941, while this imbecilic tard enjoyed his
> $5 foot long. No doubt he shared it with his
> boyfriend in a rented basement. What a
> gastronome!
>
> Don't worry, GAR establishments, he'll save up his
> next four pay checks soon and be back for the
> donuts and a subpar entree.

Here he is enjoying the foot long with his boyfriend.

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/1649273.html

I guess that is what he calls the "spicy Italian."

LOL.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:35AM

enjoy your donuts Wrote:
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> Your honor, the defense rests. I just returned
> from 2941, while this imbecilic tard enjoyed his
> $5 foot long. No doubt he shared it with his
> boyfriend in a rented basement. What a
> gastronome!

LOL! The lameness continues. But the manager at 2941 -- Alicia Williams -- is a GAR graduate. We still hug though. Everybody loves GAR people, after all!

> Don't worry, GAR establishments, he'll save up his
> next four pay checks soon and be back for the
> donuts and a subpar entree.

What a hopeless and imperceptive dumbfuck!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:38AM

jokeman Wrote:
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> I guess that is what he calls the "spicy
> Italian."

Don't you have homework tonight, asshole?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:43AM

Not sure if Glory Days is following a lead or just bumping up the sales for GAR but they better get on the ball, they have changed some practices and causing many Employees to leave or think of Leaving.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Face down, ass up ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:54AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> jokeman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I guess that is what he calls the "spicy
> > Italian."
>
> Don't you have homework tonight, asshole?


Don't you have a mattress to bite bitch?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 11, 2014 01:19AM

Burke Brat Wrote:
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> Not sure if Glory Days is following a lead or just
> bumping up the sales for GAR but they better get
> on the ball, they have changed some practices and
> causing many Employees to leave or think of
> Leaving.

LOL! What practices would those be? Don't be shy now. You can tell us. And with the new store opening up in Gaithersburg, staff numbers are rising, not falling. It's a sweet financial deal for many who can make the jump across the river (think free housing), and of course, that opens up new opportunities for those still here to fill in behind those who do decide to make the move. Kind of a good time to be at GAR either way.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 11, 2014 01:21AM

Face down, ass up Wrote:
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> Don't you have a mattress to bite bitch?

Wow, you're really getting down to the worthless stuff now. What a sorry-ass dolt!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: September 11, 2014 09:34AM

There is something from corp in which the Tips are now being combined and are being allocated hourly? not sure, but basically combining all the tips and even if your cut you share in the days tips, also one store lost the book with all the I-9 paper work and the response was, most of the employees don't have credit so its not a big deal.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 11, 2014 09:46AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> LOL! The lameness continues. But the manager at
> 2941 -- Alicia Williams -- is a GAR graduate. We
> still hug though. Everybody loves GAR people,
> after all!

She hasn't been at GAR in over ten years. In those ten years, GAR has dropped precipitously in quality of food and service. You seem to more than love GAR people, some might call it an obsession.

> > Don't worry, GAR establishments, he'll save up
> his
> > next four pay checks soon and be back for the
> > donuts and a subpar entree.
>
> What a hopeless and imperceptive dumbfuck!


Yes you are, yes you are.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Lighten Up ()
Date: September 11, 2014 11:00AM

A couple of you verbal pugilists sound like a pair of dandies dueling it out with Nerf swords. Lighten up with the ridiculous snobbery. Why should one person's fellatial slathering of compliments upon a restaurant chain bother anyone? Furthermore, why would someone with painfully-obvious avant-garde ambitions and pretentious designs on obtaining a “sophisticated” urbanite identity (probably raised in the ‘burbs) weigh in on FU? I say, let each man eat his own damn cake.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Must be new here ()
Date: September 11, 2014 12:17PM

Lighten Up Wrote:
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> A couple of you verbal pugilists sound like a pair
> of dandies dueling it out with Nerf swords.
> Lighten up with the ridiculous snobbery. Why
> should one person's fellatial slathering of
> compliments upon a restaurant chain bother anyone?
> Furthermore, why would someone with
> painfully-obvious avant-garde ambitions and
> pretentious designs on obtaining a
> “sophisticated” urbanite identity (probably
> raised in the ‘burbs) weigh in on FU? I say,
> let each man eat his own damn cake.


Welcome to Fairfax - a global leader in pretentious opinionated assholes.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 12, 2014 08:12PM

Burke Brat Wrote:
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> There is something from corp...

No, there isn't. There have been no changes in tip-pooling at GAR. Servers and bartenders keep what the customer puts on the tab or table. Three percent of the total is then distributed among other front-of-the-house personnel.

> ...also one store lost the book with all the I-9
> paper work and the response was, most of the employees
> don't have credit so its not a big deal.

I-9 forms are confirmation of eligibility to work. Employers have had to fill out and retain one for every worker hired since 1986. This would typically include hard-copy as well as primary and backup electronic copies. There most definitely is not simply some book of them that could be lost. I have no idea what you mean here by "credit", and I doubt that you do either. If you meant "tip credit", that's an entirely different matter, unrelated to I-9's in any way.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 12, 2014 08:20PM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> She hasn't been at GAR in over ten years.

Seriously??? This is your argument against the fact that Alicia -- like so many others at top restaurants all across the region -- is former-GAR??? What a worthless dumbass!!!

> In those ten years, GAR has dropped precipitously in
> quality of food and service.

Please! Like the rest of the worse than vacuous drivel you have posted here, that's just naked, baseless bullshit -- stupid babbling gibberish from a phony and ignorant quasi-person who, if he ever did have any, ran out of even remotely rational or serious comments to add a long, long, long, long time ago. I wonder if you are done pissing on yourself yet?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 12, 2014 08:47PM

Lighten Up Wrote:
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> A couple of you verbal pugilists sound like a pair
> of dandies dueling it out with Nerf swords.
> Lighten up with the ridiculous snobbery.

Couldn't keep up? Meanwhile, this has been the insider versus the know-nothing.

> Why should one person's fellatial slathering of
> compliments upon a restaurant chain bother anyone?

It's the opposite that has been problematic here.

> Furthermore, why would someone with
> painfully-obvious avant-garde ambitions and
> pretentious designs on obtaining a
> “sophisticated” urbanite identity (probably
> raised in the ‘burbs) weigh in on FU?

Especially with a portfolio of such transparent lies and ignorance.

> I say, let each man eat his own damn cake.

It's only crow that's on that other clown's plate.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: I go to Artie's for the ambiance ()
Date: September 13, 2014 01:09AM

Artie's reminds me of living in New England, I think I was happiest there out of all of the places I've lived. Weird thing about the donut connection though is, Dunkin Donuts is wildly popular there; only nobody eats the donuts - they go there for the coffee (served with cream AND sugar).

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: yVbbT ()
Date: September 13, 2014 01:48AM

Went to Arties late last night. Had the salmon & potatoes. It was great!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: I go to Artie's for the ambiance ()
Date: September 13, 2014 10:07AM

If Artie's is too crowded or I'm simply not in the mood for a meal out, watching the theme to Newhart will sometimes do...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0StDroRiCs

(I'd watch 'On Golden Pond' but there's too much 'potty mouth' and bad attitudes in that movie; takes too much away for me to be able to enjoy it myself.)

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: I go to Artie's for the ambiance ()
Date: September 13, 2014 10:16AM

'On Golden Pond' opening scene/music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auE-MlSVCCo

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: enjoy your free donuts ()
Date: September 14, 2014 01:53PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > She hasn't been at GAR in over ten years.
>
> Seriously??? This is your argument against the
> fact that Alicia -- like so many others at top
> restaurants all across the region -- is
> former-GAR??? What a worthless dumbass!!!
>
> > In those ten years, GAR has dropped
> precipitously in
> > quality of food and service.
>
> Please! Like the rest of the worse than vacuous
> drivel you have posted here, that's just naked,
> baseless bullshit -- stupid babbling gibberish
> from a phony and ignorant quasi-person who, if he
> ever did have any, ran out of even remotely
> rational or serious comments to add a long, long,
> long, long time ago. I wonder if you are done
> pissing on yourself yet?


Go stuff your fatass with a spicy Italian. You've been used and abused here enough.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Avon Barksdale ()
Date: September 29, 2014 10:14AM

GAR 110% does not drug test employees & compared to most chain restaurants there are a ton of policies servers must follow but that's what makes the service stand out above most other places in the area. I don't think anyone is saying Great American Restaurants are among the premier fine dining spots in the area but if you're looking for quality food at a decent price and good service you can't go wrong..plus most of the girls working are fun to eyefuck during your meal!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 29, 2014 09:04PM

enjoy your free donuts Wrote:
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> Go stuff your fatass with a spicy Italian. You've
> been used and abused here enough.

Tell Alicia I said hi.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 29, 2014 09:14PM

Avon Barksdale Wrote:
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> GAR 110% does not drug test employees...

Yes, they do, and if you worked there and were not tested, it was because you didn't last long enough in the job, or because your store was tested on one of your off-days, and THEN you didn't last long enough.

> ...compared to most chain restaurants there are a
> ton of policies servers must follow but that's what
> makes the service stand out above most other places in
> the area.

That part is true. Team service and flow-the-row are not necessarily ingrained notions from work at other places. As noted above, GAR has a successful model and thrives through reliably replicating the results of that model. If you can't go along with the program, you'll soon be moving along instead.

> I don't think anyone is saying Great American
> Restaurants are among the premier fine dining
> spots in the area but if you're looking for
> quality food at a decent price and good service
> you can't go wrong.

Fine dining has one meaning. Upscale-casual has another.

> ...plus most of the girls working
> are fun to eyefuck during your meal!

This eye-fucking is new to me. Can you explain the process? Is it different from slack-jawed staring like some under-aged neanderthal?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Date: September 30, 2014 12:05PM

Ah, here's another one! Just a note that the poster calling himself "Enjoy Your Free Donuts" in this thread is actually the same 14-year old who was suspended from his Falls Church middle school for unauthorized use of a school computer. Not much of an urban epicure at all.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: mfynj ()
Date: September 30, 2014 12:12PM

anonymous liberal Wrote:
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> Ah, here's another one! Just a note that the
> poster calling himself "Enjoy Your Free Donuts" in
> this thread is actually the same 14-year old who
> was suspended from his Falls Church middle school
> for unauthorized use of a school computer. Not
> much of an urban epicure at all.


And you're Actually... the same old Vienna Asshole.

Want a donut?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Cheesesteak ()
Date: September 30, 2014 12:22PM

mfynj Wrote:
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> And you're Actually... the same old Vienna
> Asshole. Want a donut?

If he is, he made a damned fool out of the Falls Church shit-shoveler over in that other thread. Did you see how he went for that pretend post from the middle school principal? Hilarious! The fucktard fell for it hook, line, and sinker. What a derp!

ON EDIT: Oh, and for what it's worth, Donut-Boy got his clock cleaned in this thread as well. Tough week for junior assholes, I guess.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/2014 12:25PM by Cheesesteak.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: James Noone ()
Date: September 30, 2014 12:47PM

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> GAR 110% does not drug test employees...

Yes, they do, and if you worked there and were not tested, it was because you didn't last long enough in the job, or because your store was tested on one of your off-days, and THEN you didn't last long enough.

No they don't, I work for the company now...

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Fries with that? ()
Date: September 30, 2014 12:47PM

Cheesesteak Wrote:
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> ON EDIT: Oh, and for what it's worth, Donut-Boy
> got his clock cleaned in this thread as well.

Donut-Boy's Big Three Problems...

1. Really bad job of pretending.
2. Ran into someone who knew what he was talking about.
3. Was an asshole to begin with.

LOL!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: September 30, 2014 12:58PM

James Noone Wrote:
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> No they don't, I work for the company now...

Yes, they do, and no, you don't. I suppose they're pretty upset about your being suspended from midddle school and all, but if your parents ever take you to 2941 again, be sure to say hi to Alicia for me. Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp. Hyper-mega-loser-derp. Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Cheesesteak ()
Date: September 30, 2014 01:01PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> Yes, they do, and no, you don't. I suppose
> they're pretty upset about your being suspended
> from midddle school and all, but if your parents
> ever take you to 2941 again, be sure to say hi to
> Alicia for me. Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp.
> Hyper-mega-loser-derp.
> Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.

Ooooh!!! Serious slammage!!! I don't thing the derp is going to get up from that!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: dipshit^3 ()
Date: September 30, 2014 01:08PM

Cheesesteak Wrote:
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> Not Much Mystery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yes, they do, and no, you don't. I suppose
> > they're pretty upset about your being suspended
> > from midddle school and all, but if your
> parents
> > ever take you to 2941 again, be sure to say hi
> to
> > Alicia for me. Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp.
> > Hyper-mega-loser-derp.
> > Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.
>
> Ooooh!!! Serious slammage!!! I don't thing the
> derp is going to get up from that!


Changing your name and bumping your own posts just makes you look like a dipshit. Dipshit. lol

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: yeppp ()
Date: October 01, 2014 09:24AM

Avon Barksdale Wrote:
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> GAR 110% does not drug test employees & compared
> to most chain restaurants there are a ton of
> policies servers must follow but that's what makes
> the service stand out above most other places in
> the area. I don't think anyone is saying Great
> American Restaurants are among the premier fine
> dining spots in the area but if you're looking for
> quality food at a decent price and good service
> you can't go wrong..plus most of the girls working
> are fun to eyefuck during your meal!


this is 100% accurate. It's good food and the wait staff wants you to believe they're sophisticated. However, it wouldn't stand out if you expanded the sample from NOVA to DC and at the end of the day it's another cookie-cutter eatery in the suburbs.

really there's no point to arguing on the internet. if you like the place go there, and if you think it's inauthentic go somewhere else.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Asshole Spotter ()
Date: October 01, 2014 09:53AM

dipshit^3 Wrote:
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> Changing your name and bumping your own posts just
> makes you look like a dipshit. Dipshit. lol

Good morning, Commander Too-Far-Out et cetera. How are your armies of wimpy little toy soldiers faring today? Last I saw, they were being slaughtered by the boatload. That's what happens to the phony minions of ignorant lying asshole fucktards such as yourself. Of course, that suspension must have put some crimps in the command and control structure. LOL! You fell for that like the stock market under a Republican! What a mindless goob!

Meanwhile, GAR most definitely does do drug testing, and none of your invented agents works there. Alicia did of course, being one of dozens upon dozens of soaring stars poached from GAR by other restaurants owing to GAR's exceptional reputation for training-to-excellence. You of course know not one single thing about GAR's operations. All you know is bulgogis.

Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp. Hyper-mega-loser-derp. Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 09:56AM

Asshole Spotter Wrote:
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> Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp. Hyper-mega-loser-derp. Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.

Hey, that was my line, bub! Either get you own material or include an author's credit.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 10:04AM

I can provide some information there. Recent reports from the field indicate that Commander TFO's forces continue to suffer very heavy casualties on multiple fronts this morning. All attempts to rally the troops and turn them to some sort of counter-attack have thus far led only to miserable disgrace and failure. That's the latest for now, but it would seem unreasonable to expect anything different down the line.



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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 10:40AM

yeppp Wrote:
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> this is 100% accurate. It's good food and the wait
> staff wants you to believe they're sophisticated.

Sophisticated? What they want you to believe is that they are providing pleasant, efficient, and attentive service. They encourage the belief by actually doing that. What a concept!

> However, it wouldn't stand out if you expanded the
> sample from NOVA to DC and at the end of the day
> it's another cookie-cutter eatery in the suburbs.

GAR is actually the industry leader and has been for quite some time. Their market is upscale-casual dining, and they do a gold-standard job of playing in it. Folks like Circa and Matchbox may one day catch up, but for now they remain quite a ways back.

There is of course a long list of fine dining establishments right here in NoVa. You don't need DC for that. But fine-dining spots are apples-and-oranges to GAR. Each does its own job better than the other. That seems like a pretty simple concept to grasp.

> really there's no point to arguing on the
> internet. if you like the place go there, and if
> you think it's inauthentic go somewhere else.

Inauthentic? Seriously?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: What a Joke ()
Date: October 01, 2014 10:46AM

Asshole Spotter Wrote:
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> dipshit^3 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Changing your name and bumping your own posts
> just
> > makes you look like a dipshit. Dipshit. lol
>
> Good morning, Commander Too-Far-Out et cetera.
> How are your armies of wimpy little toy soldiers
> faring today? Last I saw, they were being
> slaughtered by the boatload. That's what happens
> to the phony minions of ignorant lying asshole
> fucktards such as yourself. Of course, that
> suspension must have put some crimps in the
> command and control structure. LOL! You fell for
> that like the stock market under a Republican!
> What a mindless goob!
>
> Meanwhile, GAR most definitely does do drug
> testing, and none of your invented agents works
> there. Alicia did of course, being one of dozens
> upon dozens of soaring stars poached from GAR by
> other restaurants owing to GAR's exceptional
> reputation for training-to-excellence. You of
> course know not one single thing about GAR's
> operations. All you know is bulgogis.
>
> Loser derp. Mega-loser-derp.
> Hyper-mega-loser-derp.
> Uber-hyper-mega-loser-derp.

lol at suggesting that GAR "drug tests". There's no drug test before you start working, and most of the food runners and half the servers get high after a closing shift. This holds true across the board in the service industry. They might claim that they "randomly" drug test an employee that they want fired, though.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Your PR is eh ()
Date: October 01, 2014 10:52AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> yeppp Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > this is 100% accurate. It's good food and the
> wait
> > staff wants you to believe they're
> sophisticated.
>
> Sophisticated? What they want you to believe is
> that they are providing pleasant, efficient, and
> attentive service. They encourage the belief by
> actually doing that. What a concept!
>
> > However, it wouldn't stand out if you expanded
> the
> > sample from NOVA to DC and at the end of the
> day
> > it's another cookie-cutter eatery in the
> suburbs.
>
> GAR is actually the industry leader and has been
> for quite some time. Their market is
> upscale-casual dining, and they do a gold-standard
> job of playing in it. Folks like Circa and
> Matchbox may one day catch up, but for now they
> remain quite a ways back.
>
> There is of course a long list of fine dining
> establishments right here in NoVa. You don't need
> DC for that. But fine-dining spots are
> apples-and-oranges to GAR. Each does its own job
> better than the other. That seems like a pretty
> simple concept to grasp.
>
> > really there's no point to arguing on the
> > internet. if you like the place go there, and
> if
> > you think it's inauthentic go somewhere else.
>
> Inauthentic? Seriously?

I get the feeling that you do PR work for GAR or you have a vested interest in the company. The chain is decent, but not spectacular or a great value. It's certainly not an "industry leader" (those get michelin stars).

I would personally describe it as inauthentic because of their cookie-cutter approach, but that's just me, and it's a great business model for the suburbs. Personally, if I'm going out to a restaurant, I want to go somewhere unique where and I don't want to deal w/ a place that thinks it's upscale or believe its wait staff doesn't smoke weed because they have to starch their shirts before they work and they "don't pit the customers". It's a facade, and it's great for the suburban moms and dads, but it's not authentic.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 11:21AM

What a Joke Wrote:
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> lol at suggesting that GAR "drug tests". There's
> no drug test before you start working...

Not meaning any disrespect, asshole, but why did you add "before you start working"?. Is your mind that small and cramped? GAR does random unannounced drug testing. The team descends on a store and everyone on duty pees in a cup.

> ...and most of the food runners and half the servers
> get high after a closing shift.

It's a free country. They can do whatever they want. But while they may even luck out and miss a drug test through being off-duty or on vacation, if they do not for one reason or another leave GAR in the rather short-term, they will ultimately be tested. GAR does not have absolute policies with regard to actions in response to a positive test, but the options are not generally good ones from the point of view of the test-failer.

> This holds true across the board in the service industry.
> They might claim that they "randomly" drug test an employee
> that they want fired, though.

So, you were fired from GAR then? For drugs? Nice going, loser! Otherwise, and seeing as how your GAR knowledge is actually not at all spec, upon what is your claim for knowledge "across the board in the service industry" actually based. Let me suggest that it is absolutely nothing, and that you are just shooting your dumbass mouth off like any old ignorant fool. I could always be wrong about that, of course. Well, NSM, actually.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: To the GAR Shill ()
Date: October 01, 2014 11:54AM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> What a Joke Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > lol at suggesting that GAR "drug tests".
> There's
> > no drug test before you start working...
>
> Not meaning any disrespect, asshole, but why did
> you add "before you start working"?. Is your mind
> that small and cramped? GAR does random
> unannounced drug testing. The team descends on a
> store and everyone on duty pees in a cup.


Because they DON'T drug test employees across the board, and when I was there I never got drug tested. Like I said: half the employees get high every night and this is NOT unique to GAR -- it's what happens when you give a bunch of kids who are in college or never graduated a decent income, and it's intrinsic to the service industry. GAR's employees get high just like every restaurants employees get high, and I can guarantee that if I walked in and asked a manager if he'd drug test his staff on the spot and report the results, he would decline. Because all service industry employees get high.


>
> > ...and most of the food runners and half the
> servers
> > get high after a closing shift.
>
> It's a free country. They can do whatever they
> want. But while they may even luck out and miss a
> drug test through being off-duty or on vacation,
> if they do not for one reason or another leave GAR
> in the rather short-term, they will ultimately be
> tested. GAR does not have absolute policies with
> regard to actions in response to a positive test,
> but the options are not generally good ones from
> the point of view of the test-failer.
>

I'm not opposed to smoking weed, but you should stop attempting to obfuscate that many of the employees smoke regularly. It's hilarious that you can say GAR technically "drug tests", but it doesn't have standardized procedures for a failure. Because the restaurants won't fire its employees for smoking weed. They know that comes with the territory, and if they did they'd have to restaff every location LMAO.


> > This holds true across the board in the service
> industry.
> > They might claim that they "randomly" drug test
> an employee
> > that they want fired, though.
>
> So, you were fired from GAR then? For drugs?
> Nice going, loser! Otherwise, and seeing as how
> your GAR knowledge is actually not at all spec,
> upon what is your claim for knowledge "across the
> board in the service industry" actually based.
> Let me suggest that it is absolutely nothing, and
> that you are just shooting your dumbass mouth off
> like any old ignorant fool. I could always be
> wrong about that, of course. Well, NSM, actually.


I quit because I didn't like the environment. I graduated from college and now I'm a white collar employee, which I prefer. Obviously you're cut from the GAR cloth and decided to stick around so you could shill out on the internet. If anyone's a loser, it's the person who couldn't build a career outside of food services LMAO. I will point out again that everyone knows people in service get high. It's generally a bunch of kids and 20somethings with money. I know you're trying to damage control for the restaurant, but it's just the way it is. Don't worry -- it'll be legal soon

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 01:07PM

Your PR is eh Wrote:
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> I get the feeling that you do PR work for GAR or
> you have a vested interest in the company.

I get the feeling that -- lacking any actual means for disagreeing with anything that's been said -- this is your feeble attempt to discredit a knowledgeable source. That attempt has failed, bubba.

> The chain is decent, but not spectacular or a great
> value. It's certainly not an "industry leader"
> (those get michelin stars).

High quality food, efficient and attentive service, better than reasonable prices -- all provided in an upbeat, energetic environment. To thousands around NoVa, that does indeed spell spectacular and great value.

Michelin stars are meanwhile awarded to the top few of the world's fine-dining establishments. GAR runs upscale-casual establishments. If you knew the business, you'd know the difference. But you don't.

> I would personally describe it as inauthentic

Huh? What does "inauthentic" even mean in this context? This is sounding to me like some supercilious mush-word that those with poor tools and skills use in an attempt to sound impressive to other people. All I hear is a dull "clank" -- not a clear, crisp "ding-ding".

> because of their cookie-cutter approach...

Really? You think Silverado, Coastal Flats, and Ozzie's are examples of cookie-cutter? Pizza Hut is an example of cookie-cutter. You are an example of "forgettable dilettante".

> ...but that's just me, and it's a great business
> model for the suburbs.

For the suburbs? That's a laugh. What sort of model do you think DC's urban restaurant groups follow? Those in other cities? Don't go stepping too far out of your league here, Mr. Wizard.

> Personally, if I'm going out to a restaurant, I want to go
> somewhere unique...

So if you had found your perfect spot, and in the middle of a perfectly wonderful meal, someone came over and whispered, "Psst! You know the same people also run a great place in the next town over", you'd jump up, overturn your table, and bolt out of the place in disgust? LOL! What an increasingly awful caricature you are making of yourself here.

> where and I don't want to deal w/ a place that thinks
> it's upscale...

It would be "upscale" by definition to those who know what the definitions are.

> ...or believes its wait staff doesn't smoke weed because
> they have to starch their shirts before they work...

Who on earth has ever made such a connection? Are you high or something?

> ...and they "don't pit the customers".

I'm afraid that a search of your league has revealed that an idiot is missing.

> It's a facade, and it's great for the suburb
> moms and dads...

While GAR does business across many demographics, moms and dads are not their target or typical clientele.

> ...but it's not authentic.

LOL! There's that standards-less word again. It's not authentic WHAT? Would you like to fill in some of the blanks there, or would you rather just not go there?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 02:09PM

To the GAR Shill Wrote:
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> Because they DON'T drug test employees across the
> board, and when I was there I never got drug tested.

"Across the board"..."before they are hired". Why all the equivocating and qualifiers? Is it because you are trying to avoid simply admitting that GAR does regular, random, and unannounced drug testing and that when a team shows up at a store, everyone on duty pees in a cup? I'm guessing so, because if you worked there even short-term, you would have known about the testing, whether or not you personally were caught by one.

> Like I said: half the employees get high
> every night and this is NOT unique to GAR...

Like I said: so fucking what? It's a free country. And GAR actually has a far bigger problem with alcohol than with marijuana.

> It's what happens when you give a bunch of kids who
> are in college or never graduated a decent income,
> and it's intrinsic to the service industry.

You again fail to note ANY other segment of the service industry that you have knowledge of or experience with. You simply make sweeping statements about it. This is not adding in any way to your credibility.

> I can guarantee that if I walked in and asked a
> manager if he'd drug test his staff on the spot
> and report the results, he would decline.

Some GAR managers are female, goober. And the drug tests are a corporate matter. In-store management has no input or discretion. They do get tested though. Right along with everybody else on duty.

> I'm not opposed to smoking weed, but you should
> stop attempting to obfuscate that many of the
> employees smoke regularly.

What? I don't care in the least what your personal attitudes toward marijuana use are, and I have attempted no such thing. I have stated -- now many times over due to extremely slow uptake on the part of some readers -- that GAR does regular random, unannounced drug testing. Do you want to tackle that or not?

> It's hilarious that you can say GAR technically
> "drug tests", but it doesn't have standardized
> procedures for a failure.

There is nothing "technical" about peeing in a cup. If you are doing that while on the job, you are being tested for drugs. Get a grip here, for Christ's sake.

Test procedures meanwhile ARE standardized. It's the penalties for testing positive that that are not. Penalties are tailored to individual conditions and circumstances. Outside of public safety fields, mandatory guidelines are not appropriate.

> I quit because I didn't like the environment. I
> graduated from college and now I'm a white collar
> employee, which I prefer. Obviously you're cut
> from the GAR cloth and decided to stick around so
> you could shill out on the internet. If anyone's a
> loser, it's the person who couldn't build a career
> outside of food services LMAO.

Be careful whom you pick a cat-fight with. I'm much older, much better educated, and much wealthier than you are. Just so you know.

> I know you're trying to damage control for the
> restaurant, but it's just the way it is.

I'm simply trying to state the facts of the matter. It seems some can't stomach those.

> Don't worry -- it'll be legal soon.

No more DUI's? Wow. Pardon me for not believing that. As for marijuana, I was around when everyone was saying that it would be legal soon because Jimmy Carter got elected. You might be just a little wet behind the ears here, goober.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: The Shill Don't Stop ()
Date: October 01, 2014 02:41PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> Your PR is eh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I get the feeling that you do PR work for GAR
> or
> > you have a vested interest in the company.
>
> I get the feeling that -- lacking any actual means
> for disagreeing with anything that's been said --
> this is your feeble attempt to discredit a
> knowledgeable source. That attempt has failed,
> bubba.

This was a request for an AMA for a GAR employee. I worked for GAR, and given the scope of your shilling you clearly do as well. I'm offering my unbiased assessment of my experiences there, whereas you clearly want to protect the reputation of your employer. In using the third person you are literally acting as a shill, and blatantly obvious to everyone.


> > The chain is decent, but not spectacular or a
> great
> > value. It's certainly not an "industry leader"
> > (those get michelin stars).
>
> High quality food, efficient and attentive
> service, better than reasonable prices -- all
> provided in an upbeat, energetic environment. To
> thousands around NoVa, that does indeed spell
> spectacular and great value.


The food is decent quality, and the service is decent (although, again, clearly faux-upscale). I wouldn't call it a great value, though. What you get at GAR is the equivalent to a big-box store approach to restaurants. Yeah, it'll probably have something you want, but it's decent, generic "American" food that they reproduce across the locations. You get a great value at a hole in the wall that has exceptional food at a low price, not at GAR.


>
> Michelin stars are meanwhile awarded to the top
> few of the world's fine-dining establishments.
> GAR runs upscale-casual establishments. If you
> knew the business, you'd know the difference. But
> you don't.
>
> > I would personally describe it as inauthentic
>
> Huh? What does "inauthentic" even mean in this
> context? This is sounding to me like some
> supercilious mush-word that those with poor tools
> and skills use in an attempt to sound impressive
> to other people. All I hear is a dull "clank" --
> not a clear, crisp "ding-ding".


It means the approach is inauthentic. It's sterile. It's cookie-cutter. Each restaurant has that "corporate" feel to it. It's decent food, but if I want an authentic experience I'll go somewhere with a bit of culture rather than a chain restaurant in a strip mall.


>
> > because of their cookie-cutter approach...
>
> Really? You think Silverado, Coastal Flats, and
> Ozzie's are examples of cookie-cutter? Pizza Hut
> is an example of cookie-cutter. You are an
> example of "forgettable dilettante".

> > ...but that's just me, and it's a great business
>
> > model for the suburbs.
>
> For the suburbs? That's a laugh. What sort of
> model do you think DC's urban restaurant groups
> follow? Those in other cities? Don't go stepping
> too far out of your league here, Mr. Wizard.

Yeah, it's cookie cutter. You search for some cultural theme you can apply to a restaurant, change a few menu items, and open up a new location. It's ticky-tacky, which is why it's so well-suited for the suburbs.

>
> > Personally, if I'm going out to a restaurant, I
> want to go
> > somewhere unique...
>
> So if you had found your perfect spot, and in the
> middle of a perfectly wonderful meal, someone came
> over and whispered, "Psst! You know the same
> people also run a great place in the next town
> over", you'd jump up, overturn your table, and
> bolt out of the place in disgust? LOL! What an
> increasingly awful caricature you are making of
> yourself

I didn't say that. I just said the chain approach isn't unique. GAR is just a local version of the Cheesecake Factory LMAO.


> > where and I don't want to deal w/ a place that
> thinks
> > it's upscale...
>
> It would be "upscale" by definition to those who
> know what the definitions are.
>
> > ...or believes its wait staff doesn't smoke weed
> because
> > they have to starch their shirts before they
> work...
>
> Who on earth has ever made such a connection? Are
> you high or something?

I don't get high. Unlike GAR employees, I would lose my job if I were caught doing illegal drugs. And yes, when you go to legitimately upscale restaurants and come back to a GAR location, you recognize that all the fluffed up suburbanite stoners serving your food make for a faux-upscale experience.

>
> > ...and they "don't pit the customers".
>
> I'm afraid that a search of your league has
> revealed that an idiot is missing.
>
> > It's a facade, and it's great for the suburb
> > moms and dads...
>
> While GAR does business across many demographics,
> moms and dads are not their target or typical
> clientele.

Moms and Dads are without a doubt most definitely the typical clientele, whether that demo is 'targeted' or not.

>
> > ...but it's not authentic.
>
> LOL! There's that standards-less word again. It's
> not authentic WHAT? Would you like to fill in
> some of the blanks there, or would you rather just
> not go there?

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Keep on Shillin on ()
Date: October 01, 2014 02:49PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> To the GAR Shill Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Because they DON'T drug test employees across
> the
> > board, and when I was there I never got drug
> tested.
>
> "Across the board"..."before they are hired". Why
> all the equivocating and qualifiers? Is it
> because you are trying to avoid simply admitting
> that GAR does regular, random, and unannounced
> drug testing and that when a team shows up at a
> store, everyone on duty pees in a cup? I'm
> guessing so, because if you worked there even
> short-term, you would have known about the
> testing, whether or not you personally were caught
> by one.

If GAR were serious about keeping their staff drug-free, they would drug test employees when they're hired and make positive tests a fireable offense. But because that would require restaffing half of every restaurant, they don't make that a policy.


> > Like I said: half the employees get high
> > every night and this is NOT unique to GAR...
>
> Like I said: so fucking what? It's a free
> country. And GAR actually has a far bigger
> problem with alcohol than with marijuana.

This is true: service workers also tend to be alcoholics. But plenty of them smoke weed, too.


> > It's what happens when you give a bunch of kids
> who
> > are in college or never graduated a decent
> income,
> > and it's intrinsic to the service industry.
>
> You again fail to note ANY other segment of the
> service industry that you have knowledge of or
> experience with. You simply make sweeping
> statements about it. This is not adding in any
> way to your credibility.

I worked food service jobs while I was in college and have two close friends who still bartend in NOVA and DC. I don't care whether or not the GAR shill thinks my opinion of his restaurant is "credible", because you're significantly less credible.


> > I can guarantee that if I walked in and asked a
>
> > manager if he'd drug test his staff on the spot
>
> > and report the results, he would decline.
>
> Some GAR managers are female, goober. And the
> drug tests are a corporate matter. In-store
> management has no input or discretion. They do
> get tested though. Right along with everybody
> else on duty.

LMAO way to try to dodge the point. There's no way they'd release the results because it would contradict the image you're pretending is a reality -- that GAR doesn't condone the weed that its employees are smoking.

> > I'm not opposed to smoking weed, but you should
> > stop attempting to obfuscate that many of the
> > employees smoke regularly.
>
> What? I don't care in the least what your
> personal attitudes toward marijuana use are, and I
> have attempted no such thing. I have stated --
> now many times over due to extremely slow uptake
> on the part of some readers -- that GAR does
> regular random, unannounced drug testing. Do you
> want to tackle that or not?
>
> > It's hilarious that you can say GAR technically
>
> > "drug tests", but it doesn't have standardized
> > procedures for a failure.
>
> There is nothing "technical" about peeing in a
> cup. If you are doing that while on the job, you
> are being tested for drugs. Get a grip here, for
> Christ's sake.
>
> Test procedures meanwhile ARE standardized. It's
> the penalties for testing positive that that are
> not. Penalties are tailored to individual
> conditions and circumstances. Outside of public
> safety fields, mandatory guidelines are not
> appropriate.

That's what I'm saying is hilarious. Sure, GAR may "randomly drug test" some of its employees, but they don't get fired when they test positive, and it's an infrequent procedure. Nobody cares that your wait staff is filled with stoners. I don't know why you're trying so hard to damage control that.


>
> > I quit because I didn't like the environment. I
> > graduated from college and now I'm a white
> collar
> > employee, which I prefer. Obviously you're cut
> > from the GAR cloth and decided to stick around
> so
> > you could shill out on the internet. If
> anyone's a
> > loser, it's the person who couldn't build a
> career
> > outside of food services LMAO.
>
> Be careful whom you pick a cat-fight with. I'm
> much older, much better educated, and much
> wealthier than you are. Just so you know.


Most importantly, you're a shill.


>
> > I know you're trying to damage control for the
> > restaurant, but it's just the way it is.
>
> I'm simply trying to state the facts of the
> matter. It seems some can't stomach those.
>
> > Don't worry -- it'll be legal soon.
>
> No more DUI's? Wow. Pardon me for not believing
> that. As for marijuana, I was around when
> everyone was saying that it would be legal soon
> because Jimmy Carter got elected. You might be
> just a little wet behind the ears here, goober.


I don't blame someone who couldn't make it outside of restaurants not understanding basic tenets of poli sci, but if you noticed there are multiple states that have already legalized marijuana consumption, and public opinion is continuously moving in support of doing so. It doesn't affect me, but it'll be great for all the GAR employees!

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 03:05PM

Be on the Lookout --

For those who may have been running with douchebag-sensors off, "your PR is eh", "enjoy your (free) donuts", and a few miscellaneous one- and two-time posters here are all the same "Too Far Out" asshole from Falls Church. He recently fell for a faked post supposedly from an FCCPS middle-school principal, fearing that it was for real and that he'd been busted. Real smart guy, this one. He's a complete know-nothing but still tries to pose as an urbane gourmand while being barely able to butter toast without assistance.

Distinguishing characteristics --

He doesn't tip well, and thinks he can find gristle in a ribeye. He himself eats a lot of bulgogi. He thinks outside the Beltway is for paupers and believes that Metro is just a pipeline bringing urban thugs to rob and pillage in NoVa. He doesn't do well with English idioms, and knows nothing of golf or baseball. Do not try to apprehend this individual. He is considered stupid and dangerous.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Liar ()
Date: October 01, 2014 03:38PM

Actual Actually Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Be on the Lookout --
>
> For those who may have been running with
> douchebag-sensors off, "your PR is eh", "enjoy
> your (free) donuts", and a few miscellaneous one-
> and two-time posters here are all the same "Too
> Far Out" asshole from Falls Church. He recently
> fell for a faked post supposedly from an FCCPS
> middle-school principal, fearing that it was for
> real and that he'd been busted. Real smart guy,
> this one. He's a complete know-nothing but still
> tries to pose as an urbane gourmand while being
> barely able to butter toast without assistance.
>
> Distinguishing characteristics --
>
> He doesn't tip well, and thinks he can find
> gristle in a ribeye. He himself eats a lot of
> bulgogi. He thinks outside the Beltway is for
> paupers and believes that Metro is just a pipeline
> bringing urban thugs to rob and pillage in NoVa.
> He doesn't do well with English idioms, and knows
> nothing of golf or baseball. Do not try to
> apprehend this individual. He is considered
> stupid and dangerous.
>
> Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.


not true. I'm Former GARstar (second poster) and "your PR is eh", and I'm also the guy who keeps calling out this obvious shill. You know, the one who claims he's "better educated" than me while ending that very sentence in a preposition LMAO. I have no idea who the "enjoy your donuts guy" is, but he's about as obnoxious as the "GARstar" (lol) who keeps trying to damage control for the company.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 04:15PM

The Shill Don't Stop Wrote:
[Actually the "Too Far Out" asshole]
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> This was a request for an AMA for a GAR employee.
> I worked for GAR, and given the scope of your
> shilling you clearly do as well.

The interests of the OP are not served by those who post false information.

> I'm offering my unbiased assessment of my experiences
> there, whereas you clearly want to protect the reputation
> of your employer.

You claim never to go to GAR because of the gristle. I am not employed by GAR, but I do know a great deal more about it (and about area restaurants in general) than do completely worthless assholes such as yourself.

> It means the approach is inauthentic.

LOLOLOLOL!!! What a DERP!!!

> It's sterile. It's cookie-cutter. Each restaurant has
> that "corporate" feel to it. It's decent food, but
> if I want an authentic experience I'll go
> somewhere with a bit of culture rather than a
> chain restaurant in a strip mall.

Yeah, like Honey Pig. Talk about authentic! Downscale goober asshole.

> Yeah, it's cookie cutter. You search for some
> cultural theme you can apply to a restaurant,
> change a few menu items, and open up a new
> location. It's ticky-tacky, which is why it's so
> well-suited for the suburbs.

Stupid dumbfuck. How many stores does Black operate? Do you even know who they are, you worthless goober simple-shit? Are they or are they not all variations on a theme? You may as well complain that Picasso painted too many "pictures". You're as stupid an assfuck as assfucks come.

> I didn't say that. I just said the chain approach
> isn't unique. GAR is just a local version of the
> Cheesecake Factory LMAO.

Yes you did say that, you lying asshole. And Cheesecake Factory is not even an approximation of GAR.

> I don't get high.

You don't get much of anything, asswipe. You're just a doofus downscale derp.

> Unlike GAR employees, I would lose my job
> if I were caught doing illegal drugs.

Dumbass. Unless your job is...hmmm, school bus driver maybe...that would be because you have not been able to provide your employer with any reason to retain you despite having made a mistake. Low man on the totem pole. Oops. That's an idiom.

> And yes, when you go to legitimately upscale
> restaurants and come back to a GAR location, you
> recognize that all the fluffed up suburbanite
> stoners serving your food make for a faux-upscale
> experience.

LOL! We know you can't afford The Inn or even Chez Francois, so how about Water & Wall, Restaurant Eve, Bistro Bis, or Montmartre? Do you frequent any of those by any chance, asshole? Do any of them come up to your cretinous "standards"?

> Moms and Dads are without a doubt most definitely
> the typical clientele, whether that demo is
> 'targeted' or not.

You mean people who happen to have children. Stupid fuck. That's a fallacy of equivocation. Look it up and learn at least one thing today. While families do at times dine there, GAR stores are not family restaurants.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 05:06PM

Liar Wrote:
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> not true. I'm Former GARstar (second poster) and
> "your PR is eh", and I'm also the guy who keeps
> calling out this obvious shill.

Your protests fall on deaf ears.

> You know, the one who claims he's "better educated" than
> me while ending that very sentence in a preposition LMAO.

"This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put!"

Often attributed to Churchill, but more just a general illustration of the wanton havoc that the curse of an incomplete education can wreak.

> I have no idea who the "enjoy your donuts guy" is,

No, of course not. No idea at all.

> ...but he's about as obnoxious as the "GARstar" (lol)
> who keeps trying to damage control for the company.

Wake up. There hasn't been any damage to GAR to control. There have only been ignorant and willfully false statements made that I have pointed out and debunked. To expand upon one, GAR does not intend or expect that its regular, random, and unannounced store-wide drug testing will somehow bring an end to drug and alcohol abuse among its many hundreds of youthful employees. But that was never the point. The claim was meanwhile made by various assholes here that GAR does not do drug testing. Such claims are categorically false. The people who made them were either stupid or liars. End of story.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/01/2014 05:07PM by Actual Actually.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Gunlover ()
Date: October 01, 2014 05:39PM

They keep the roaches out.

Never Run Out of Ammo

Guns Don't Kill People. People Kill People

Them or You

The two most important days in your life are the day your were born and and the day you find out why

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:08PM

Keep on Shillin on Wrote:
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> If GAR were serious about keeping their staff
> drug-free, they would drug test employees when
> they're hired and make positive tests a fireable
> offense. But because that would require restaffing
> half of every restaurant, they don't make that a
> policy.

Like every other subject you have ever attempted to expound upon here, you have absolutely no fucking clue concerning best business or HR practices, not to mention the intricacies of simple math. In addition to being a total asshole, you are a complete incompetent.

> This is true: service workers also tend to be
> alcoholics. But plenty of them smoke weed, too.

Alcoholism is a disease dumbass. Going out for drinks after work is not a disease and does not turn anyone into an alcoholic. You're just too fucking stupid to comprehend anything that complex.

> I worked food service jobs while I was in college
> and have two close friends who still bartend in
> NOVA and DC. I don't care whether or not the GAR
> shill thinks my opinion of his restaurant is
> "credible", because you're significantly less
> credible.

I'm not a complete asshole or total dumbfuck. You are. You are also an inveterate liar. The only thing about any of your opinions that can be counted upon is that they will be completely worthless.

> LMAO way to try to dodge the point. There's no way
> they'd release the results because it would
> contradict the image you're pretending is a
> reality -- that GAR doesn't condone the weed that
> its employees are smoking.

There you go again, you worthless simpleton fucktard. The point was that drug testing is corporate, and that you can't fucking walk in and ask store managers to do anything at all about it. They don't have the authority. But fucked up assholes like you are just plain too fucking stupid to grasp that point either. Meanwhile, release of private drug test results to the general public would invite massive lawsuits. Which is why it isn't done.

> Sure, GAR may "randomly drug test" some of its
> employees, but they don't get fired when they test
> positive...

Some do get fired and some don't, asshole. It varies with the individual and the circumstances. As you would of course never have had any sort of opportunity to observe or understand. Such a completely worthless dumbfuck.

> ...it's an infrequent procedure.

How many times does it have to be explained before it sinks into your ossified and inactive cranium? It is a REGULAR procedure that is randomized so that it cannot be anticipated by staff. God, you are FUCKING STUPID!!!

> Nobody cares that your wait staff is filled with stoners.

Nobody cares if staff have a few beers or blow a joint on their off time. They sure as fuck do care as soon as managers or customers begin to notice anything at all that isn't spec. Then it's out the back door with you.

> I don't know why you're trying so hard to damage control that.

You don't know shit, and that's pretty shabby for an asshole.

> Most importantly, you're a shill.

Not so much shill as knowledgeable. In stark and direct contrast to your goober dumbfuck asshole self.

> I don't blame someone who couldn't make it outside
> of restaurants not understanding basic tenets of
> poli sci, but if you noticed there are multiple
> states that have already legalized marijuana
> consumption, and public opinion is continuously
> moving in support of doing so. It doesn't affect
> me, but it'll be great for all the GAR employees!

Ever read Raich v Gonzalez, moron? Obviously not. Otherwise and as you already know, I live a lifestyle that easily exceeds what anyone in your shoes could legitimately expect ever to enjoy. Eat your coupon-clipping heart out, asshole. Endless envy is good for you.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Former "GARSTAR" ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:22PM

Actual Actually Wrote:
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> The Shill Don't Stop Wrote:
> [Actually the "Too Far Out" asshole]
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This was a request for an AMA for a GAR
> employee.
> > I worked for GAR, and given the scope of your
> > shilling you clearly do as well.
>
> The interests of the OP are not served by those
> who post false information.

Nothing I've posted is false. It's an accurate assessment made by someone who works there rather than a corporate shill such as yourself.

> > I'm offering my unbiased assessment of my
> experiences
> > there, whereas you clearly want to protect the
> reputation
> > of your employer.
>
> You claim never to go to GAR because of the
> gristle. I am not employed by GAR, but I do know
> a great deal more about it (and about area
> restaurants in general) than do completely
> worthless assholes such as yourself.

I said I used to go there and I thought it was great. Then I realized it's just a derivative suburban chain with decent food and faux-upscale servers. I'm entitled to my opinion, but that doesn't make me an asshole.


> > It means the approach is inauthentic.
>
> LOLOLOLOL!!! What a DERP!!!

lmao -- nobody takes anyone who says "derp" seriously. Why don't you go write a RAGE COMIC about your experiences here.

> > It's sterile. It's cookie-cutter. Each
> restaurant has
> > that "corporate" feel to it. It's decent food,
> but
> > if I want an authentic experience I'll go
> > somewhere with a bit of culture rather than a
> > chain restaurant in a strip mall.
>
> Yeah, like Honey Pig. Talk about authentic!
> Downscale goober asshole.

I'm just telling you what a GAR restaurant feels like. It's essentially NOVA's version of the cheesecake factory.


> > Yeah, it's cookie cutter. You search for some
> > cultural theme you can apply to a restaurant,
> > change a few menu items, and open up a new
> > location. It's ticky-tacky, which is why it's
> so
> > well-suited for the suburbs.
>
> Stupid dumbfuck. How many stores does Black
> operate? Do you even know who they are, you
> worthless goober simple-shit? Are they or are
> they not all variations on a theme? You may as
> well complain that Picasso painted too many
> "pictures". You're as stupid an assfuck as
> assfucks come.

I've just explained why I find the stores to be inauthentic. Like I said, it's a cookie cutter suburban chain and taking that personally makes you seem like the "stupid dumbfuck goober derp" that you're accusing everyone else of being.



> > I didn't say that. I just said the chain
> approach
> > isn't unique. GAR is just a local version of
> the
> > Cheesecake Factory LMAO.
>
> Yes you did say that, you lying asshole. And
> Cheesecake Factory is not even an approximation of
> GAR. >

I think that other guy had a point. You could rename GAR to "The Donut Factory" LMAO.

> > I don't get high.
>
> You don't get much of anything, asswipe. You're
> just a doofus downscale derp.
>
> > Unlike GAR employees, I would lose my job
> > if I were caught doing illegal drugs.
>
> Dumbass. Unless your job is...hmmm, school bus
> driver maybe...that would be because you have not
> been able to provide your employer with any reason
> to retain you despite having made a mistake. Low
> man on the totem pole. Oops. That's an idiom.

I'm a white collar professional :) You clearly couldn't cut it outside of restaurants given that you're still a GAR star at your age LMAO.

> > And yes, when you go to legitimately upscale
> > restaurants and come back to a GAR location,
> you
> > recognize that all the fluffed up suburbanite
> > stoners serving your food make for a
> faux-upscale
> > experience.
>
> LOL! We know you can't afford The Inn or even Chez
> Francois, so how about Water & Wall, Restaurant
> Eve, Bistro Bis, or Montmartre? Do you frequent
> any of those by any chance, asshole? Do any of
> them come up to your cretinous "standards"?

I have eaten there, and those aren't even expensive restaurants (LMAO). Then again, I should try to revise my definition of "expensive" downward because I'm not operating on a Food Services budget like you are.


> > Moms and Dads are without a doubt most
> definitely
> > the typical clientele, whether that demo is
> > 'targeted' or not.
>
> You mean people who happen to have children.
> Stupid fuck. That's a fallacy of equivocation.
> Look it up and learn at least one thing today.
> While families do at times dine there, GAR stores
> are not family restaurants.

Yes, I mean Moms and Dads. That's not a fallacy, that's a literal definition. It's a boring chain for boring suburban moms and dads with decent food and faux-upscale service.

Sorry it's not a glowing review, but it doesn't deserve more.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: too far out ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:34PM

Sorry Actually..., I'm not in this thread either. You really need to let me go. Again, I'm not flattered with your infatuation.

Here's a baseball idiom you'll probably not understand. Another swing and a miss by Actually. LOL.

Yes, that's more than enough to call you out.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Mason Nation 1 ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:34PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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You know you write so well, I sometimes wonder if these people are making up ridiculous posts merely as a means of earning the pleasure of reading one of your replies. Either way, I personally hope you'll continue squashing bugs here. It makes for fun reading. All best.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: zd3ad ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:49PM

Mason Nation 1 Wrote:
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> Not Much Mystery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> You know you write so well, I sometimes wonder if
> these people are making up ridiculous posts merely
> as a means of earning the pleasure of reading one
> of your replies. Either way, I personally hope
> you'll continue squashing bugs here. It makes for
> fun reading. All best.


Add one more persona created by this assclown.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: you're a clown ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:52PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
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> Keep on Shillin on Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If GAR were serious about keeping their staff
> > drug-free, they would drug test employees when
> > they're hired and make positive tests a
> fireable
> > offense. But because that would require
> restaffing
> > half of every restaurant, they don't make that
> a
> > policy.
>
> Like every other subject you have ever attempted
> to expound upon here, you have absolutely no
> fucking clue concerning best business or HR
> practices, not to mention the intricacies of
> simple math. In addition to being a total
> asshole, you are a complete incompetent.

I didn't suggest firing your wait staff would be a best practice. In fact, I explicitly stated that it's why they don't make testing positive for drug use a fireable offense. You should really get out of restaurants and back into school.

> > This is true: service workers also tend to be
> > alcoholics. But plenty of them smoke weed, too.
>
>
> Alcoholism is a disease dumbass. Going out for
> drinks after work is not a disease and does not
> turn anyone into an alcoholic. You're just too
> fucking stupid to comprehend anything that
> complex.

"Food service workers are notably heavy users of alcohol (1). Nationwide surveys indicate that their rates of heavy drinking are among the highest of any occupation (15.2% vs. an average of 8.8%) (2, 3). Research (4–6) suggests that those at risk for alcohol dependence may self-select into the restaurant industry."

LMAO okay, I'm sure you "don't have a problem".



> > I worked food service jobs while I was in
> college
> > and have two close friends who still bartend in
> > NOVA and DC. I don't care whether or not the
> GAR
> > shill thinks my opinion of his restaurant is
> > "credible", because you're significantly less
> > credible.
>
> I'm not a complete asshole or total dumbfuck. You
> are. You are also an inveterate liar. The only
> thing about any of your opinions that can be
> counted upon is that they will be completely
> worthless.


Again, you're just shilling for the corporation you work for. I'm offering an unbiased opinion.


> > LMAO way to try to dodge the point. There's no
> way
> > they'd release the results because it would
> > contradict the image you're pretending is a
> > reality -- that GAR doesn't condone the weed
> that
> > its employees are smoking.
>
> There you go again, you worthless simpleton
> fucktard. The point was that drug testing is
> corporate, and that you can't fucking walk in and
> ask store managers to do anything at all about it.
> They don't have the authority. But fucked up
> assholes like you are just plain too fucking
> stupid to grasp that point either. Meanwhile,
> release of private drug test results to the
> general public would invite massive lawsuits.
> Which is why it isn't done.

Once again -- you missed the point. But you're shilling hard.

> > Sure, GAR may "randomly drug test" some of its
> > employees, but they don't get fired when they
> test
> > positive...
>
> Some do get fired and some don't, asshole. It
> varies with the individual and the circumstances.
> As you would of course never have had any sort of
> opportunity to observe or understand. Such a
> completely worthless dumbfuck.
>
> > ...it's an infrequent procedure.
>
> How many times does it have to be explained before
> it sinks into your ossified and inactive cranium?
> It is a REGULAR procedure that is randomized so
> that it cannot be anticipated by staff. God, you
> are FUCKING STUPID!!!
>
> > Nobody cares that your wait staff is filled with
> stoners.
>
> Nobody cares if staff have a few beers or blow a
> joint on their off time. They sure as fuck do
> care as soon as managers or customers begin to
> notice anything at all that isn't spec. Then it's
> out the back door with you.

Right, they don't care about them being stoners and they all smoke weed. That was my original point.


> > I don't know why you're trying so hard to damage
> control that.
>
> You don't know shit, and that's pretty shabby for
> an asshole.

I know enough about GAR, having worked there.

> > Most importantly, you're a shill.
>
> Not so much shill as knowledgeable. In stark and
> direct contrast to your goober dumbfuck asshole
> self.
>
> > I don't blame someone who couldn't make it
> outside
> > of restaurants not understanding basic tenets
> of
> > poli sci, but if you noticed there are multiple
> > states that have already legalized marijuana
> > consumption, and public opinion is continuously
> > moving in support of doing so. It doesn't
> affect
> > me, but it'll be great for all the GAR
> employees!
>
> Ever read Raich v Gonzalez, moron? Obviously not.
> Otherwise and as you already know, I live a
> lifestyle that easily exceeds what anyone in your
> shoes could legitimately expect ever to enjoy.
> Eat your coupon-clipping heart out, asshole.
> Endless envy is good for you.

No, I don't read supreme court rulings for fun. Are you familiar w/ democracy as an instrument for deciding policy? The public is going to continue to support legalization and state legislators will continue to give constituents what they want. Although I guess if you were good at predicting things you wouldn't work in a restaurant as an adult LMAO

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: shill ()
Date: October 01, 2014 06:53PM

Mason Nation 1 Wrote:
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> Not Much Mystery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> You know you write so well, I sometimes wonder if
> these people are making up ridiculous posts merely
> as a means of earning the pleasure of reading one
> of your replies. Either way, I personally hope
> you'll continue squashing bugs here. It makes for
> fun reading. All best.

If you think calling someone a Dumbfuck GOober Stupid Dumbass DERP is writing well, FFXU is the forum for you! Although ironically enough, I'm sure you're just posing as someone else to compliment yourself.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: sad really ()
Date: October 01, 2014 07:29PM

Mason Nation 1 Wrote:
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> Not Much Mystery Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> You know you write so well, I sometimes wonder if
> these people are making up ridiculous posts merely
> as a means of earning the pleasure of reading one
> of your replies. Either way, I personally hope
> you'll continue squashing bugs here. It makes for
> fun reading. All best.


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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: leagal mind ()
Date: October 01, 2014 07:32PM

> Ever read Raich v Gonzalez, moron? Obviously not.

No, but I read Gonzales v. Raich.

So, here's what I know. First, Gonzales is spelled with an "s" at the end.

Second, since that ruling was delivered, the Department of Justice has rendered it toothless.

"It will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana, but we will not tolerate drug traffickers who hide behind claims of compliance with state law to mask activities that are clearly illegal." Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Not Much Mystery ()
Date: October 01, 2014 07:42PM

Former "GARSTAR" Wrote:
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> Nothing I've posted is false.

Virtually everything you have posted has been false. The only variant is whether the source was abject stupidity or wanton dishonesty.

> It's an accurate assessment made by someone who works
> there rather than a corporate shill such as yourself.

It's useless bullshit, fabricated out of whole cloth (<<< uh-oh...another idiom) by someone who does not either work or eat there.

> I said I used to go there and I thought it was
> great. Then I realized it's just a derivative
> suburban chain with decent food and faux-upscale
> servers. I'm entitled to my opinion, but that
> doesn't make me an asshole.

Absurd and indefensible opinions are certainly the province of assholes, but your being an asshole has many other wellsprings beyond just those.

> lmao -- nobody takes anyone who says "derp"
> seriously. Why don't you go write a RAGE COMIC
> about your experiences here.

One definition of DERP includes a phrase that fits you to a tee -- high-maintenance white trash. Congrats, DERP!

> I'm just telling you what a GAR restaurant feels
> like. It's essentially NOVA's version of the
> cheesecake factory.

Cheesecake Factory operates in NoVa. Why would a different version of it even be needed? And on top of that stupidity, GAR is not anything like CHeesecake Factory. CF notables brought into GAR have a history of sputter-and-fail and then moving on. Oh well.

> I've just explained why I find the stores to be inauthentic.

Inauthentic WHAT? You simply dodged the question. What are the fucking ingredients that go into "authentic" in your cockamamie world? You haven't the first fucking idea, because it's just a word that you think makes you sound deep. It actually just makes you sound DERP. Moron.

> Like I said, it's a cookie cutter suburban chain...

Except that their brands are not alike. Cookie-cutters produce identical copies, one after another. Did you fucking not know that, asshole?

> ...and taking that personally makes you seem
> like the "stupid dumbfuck goober derp" that
> you're accusing everyone else of being.

Personally? I'm simply taking what you say as WRONG. Because it is in fact WRONG. That's pretty much my big criterion here. You are fucking WRONG. Over and over and over again, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

> I think that other guy had a point. You could
> rename GAR to "The Donut Factory" LMAO.

Not much knowledge of food, eh? And what a coincidence that the "other guy" has the same problem. Fucking DERP!

> I'm a white collar professional :)

Right, you mind the reception desk and do admin work for a group of professionals. Whoopty-doo.

> You clearly couldn't cut it outside of restaurants
> given that you're still a GAR star at your age LMAO.

I actually made an offer to Jim Farley when he moved off to Charlottesville, but he politely turned me down. I can't expect that Mike or Randy will soon walk away from their long-laid plans either.

> I have eaten there...

What do you mean "there"?

> ...and those aren't even expensive restaurants (LMAO).

Right, we ruled out The Inn and CF as being out of your budgetary reach by definition. But in culinary terms, all of Water & Wall, Restaurant Eve, Bistro Bis, and Montmartre are among area top spots for creativity and accomplishment. At their price points, cost should not be a significant factor, but unsurprisingly, it was the only one you took notice of. LOL! Back to Honey Pig, I guess.

> Then again, I should try to revise my definition
> of "expensive" downward because I'm not operating
> on a Food Services budget like you are.

Eat my spare change, pauper. I can afford to live outside the Beltway. Neither horses nor Metro fares are enough to frighten me.

> Yes, I mean Moms and Dads. That's not a fallacy,
> that's a literal definition.

Right. Just the wrong definition. That's what makes any fallacy of equivocation a fallacy. Chalk another one up on the dishonesty side. Okay, maybe it was just stupidity.

> It's a boring chain for boring suburban moms and dads
> with decent food and faux-upscale service. Sorry it's
> not a glowing review, but it doesn't deserve more.

You do realize that you have the full backing of a committee of one here? Oh wait...that's a dratted idiom again.

By the way, there's a space in "GAR Star".

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Stop Shilling ()
Date: October 01, 2014 08:01PM

Not Much Mystery Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Former "GARSTAR" Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Nothing I've posted is false.
>
> Virtually everything you have posted has been
> false. The only variant is whether the source was
> abject stupidity or wanton dishonesty.
>
> > It's an accurate assessment made by someone who
> works
> > there rather than a corporate shill such as
> yourself.
>
> It's useless bullshit, fabricated out of whole
> cloth (<<< uh-oh...another idiom) by someone who
> does not either work or eat there.

> > I said I used to go there and I thought it was
> > great. Then I realized it's just a derivative
> > suburban chain with decent food and
> faux-upscale
> > servers. I'm entitled to my opinion, but that
> > doesn't make me an asshole.
>
> Absurd and indefensible opinions are certainly the
> province of assholes, but your being an asshole
> has many other wellsprings beyond just those.
>
> > lmao -- nobody takes anyone who says "derp"
> > seriously. Why don't you go write a RAGE COMIC
> > about your experiences here.
>
> One definition of DERP includes a phrase that fits
> you to a tee -- high-maintenance white trash.
> Congrats, DERP!
>
> > I'm just telling you what a GAR restaurant
> feels
> > like. It's essentially NOVA's version of the
> > cheesecake factory.
>
> Cheesecake Factory operates in NoVa. Why would a
> different version of it even be needed? And on
> top of that stupidity, GAR is not anything like
> CHeesecake Factory. CF notables brought into GAR
> have a history of sputter-and-fail and then moving
> on. Oh well.
>
> > I've just explained why I find the stores to be
> inauthentic.
>
> Inauthentic WHAT? You simply dodged the question.
> What are the fucking ingredients that go into
> "authentic" in your cockamamie world? You haven't
> the first fucking idea, because it's just a word
> that you think makes you sound deep. It actually
> just makes you sound DERP. Moron.
>
> > Like I said, it's a cookie cutter suburban
> chain...
>
> Except that their brands are not alike.
> Cookie-cutters produce identical copies, one after
> another. Did you fucking not know that, asshole?
>
> > ...and taking that personally makes you seem
> > like the "stupid dumbfuck goober derp" that
> > you're accusing everyone else of being.
>
> Personally? I'm simply taking what you say as
> WRONG. Because it is in fact WRONG. That's
> pretty much my big criterion here. You are
> fucking WRONG. Over and over and over again,
> WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
>
> > I think that other guy had a point. You could
> > rename GAR to "The Donut Factory" LMAO.
>
> Not much knowledge of food, eh? And what a
> coincidence that the "other guy" has the same
> problem. Fucking DERP!
>
> > I'm a white collar professional :)
>
> Right, you mind the reception desk and do admin
> work for a group of professionals. Whoopty-doo.
>
>
> > You clearly couldn't cut it outside of
> restaurants
> > given that you're still a GAR star at your age
> LMAO.
>
> I actually made an offer to Jim Farley when he
> moved off to Charlottesville, but he politely
> turned me down. I can't expect that Mike or Randy
> will soon walk away from their long-laid plans
> either.
>
> > I have eaten there...
>
> What do you mean "there"?
>
> > ...and those aren't even expensive restaurants
> (LMAO).
>
> Right, we ruled out The Inn and CF as being out of
> your budgetary reach by definition. But in
> culinary terms, all of Water & Wall, Restaurant
> Eve, Bistro Bis, and Montmartre are among area top
> spots for creativity and accomplishment. At their
> price points, cost should not be a significant
> factor, but unsurprisingly, it was the only one
> you took notice of. LOL! Back to Honey Pig, I
> guess.
>
> > Then again, I should try to revise my definition
>
> > of "expensive" downward because I'm not
> operating
> > on a Food Services budget like you are.
>
> Eat my spare change, pauper. I can afford to live
> outside the Beltway. Neither horses nor Metro
> fares are enough to frighten me.
>
> > Yes, I mean Moms and Dads. That's not a
> fallacy,
> > that's a literal definition.
>
> Right. Just the wrong definition. That's what
> makes any fallacy of equivocation a fallacy.
> Chalk another one up on the dishonesty side.
> Okay, maybe it was just stupidity.
>
> > It's a boring chain for boring suburban moms and
> dads
> > with decent food and faux-upscale service.
> Sorry it's
> > not a glowing review, but it doesn't deserve
> more.
>
> You do realize that you have the full backing of a
> committee of one here? Oh wait...that's a dratted
> idiom again.
>
> By the way, there's a space in "GAR Star".


LMAO so in summary:

- GAR employees smoke weed, and they don't get fired for doing so even if the company can claim that it drug tests employees. The service is faux-upscale, the employees drink and smoke marijuana regularly.
- GAR serves decent food, but it's too expensive. The restaurants are inauthentic cookie-cutter applications of a business model that attracts suburban moms and suburban dads, which is why they're profitable. Unfortunately, they don't feel authentic and they're essentially another version of the Cheesecake Factory.
- GAR employs immature shills who un-ironically use words they saw at reddit, and will e-fight tooth and nail to defend their beloved brand without admitting that they work there.

Not sure why you keep bringing up "idioms" or why you're making up accounts to agree with yourself, but in case you haven't noticed: everyone is laughing at you and you're a horrible reflection on the restaurant you work at.

I can afford any restaurant in the DC area, but having worked at GAR: I wouldn't recommend it. It's also hilarious that you think it's more expensive to live outside the beltway.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 08:08PM

too far out Wrote:
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> Sorry Actually..., I'm not in this thread either.

Really? How did this post with your name on it get here? Stupid dumbfuck! You know, yours is the sort of ignorance that's simply too deep to hide. Your toy soldier army does you no good at all. Your only hope here is that someone even dumber than you will come along and post at the same time. That could make things confusing. Fortunately, there simply aren't many who are even dumber than you. I have Principal Ashshaheed's word on that!

> You really need to let me go. Again, I'm not
> flattered with your infatuation.

So go cool off in Lake Tahoe, goober! Maybe try a dogleg while you are there. LOL! What a fucking loser.

> Here's a baseball idiom you'll probably not
> understand. Another swing and a miss by Actually.

Got your tickets for Friday night, assfuck? Mine are in the club. As always. Parking in the Lexus lot. As always. Look for me on TV.

> Yes, that's more than enough to call you out.

Eat more shit, fucktard. That's your only lot in life.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/01/2014 08:09PM by Actual Actually.

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Re: Great American Restaurants - Employee AMA request
Posted by: Actual Actually ()
Date: October 01, 2014 08:13PM

zd3ad Wrote:
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> Add one more persona created by this assclown.

And you derps can't keep up with any of them. What a sorry selection of worthless goober asshats.

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