tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post1319786894303113340..comments2024-03-28T01:45:31.400-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Bathroom bugs, the resistance, Applebee's, and fentanylUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-17947865672770144592022-06-03T12:30:28.929-07:002022-06-03T12:30:28.929-07:00You gotta 'splain everything to me, twice prob...You gotta 'splain everything to me, twice probably.<br /><br />It's so rare that a company treats employees right, and invariably it's a small company. The bigger ones, with stockholders and all that jazz, are required by stupid-law to maximize profits, as if profits are the only value a company provides.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-63577720402399500002022-06-02T18:01:58.905-07:002022-06-02T18:01:58.905-07:00Doug, I wasn't suggesting such a journey to th...Doug, I wasn't suggesting such a journey to the south; I was just noting, as you noticed, that the business model of local family-owned establishments differs considerably from bigass chains. You already knew that. I was just testifyin'. Thus the difference between Dicks and the national chains that are run by dicks.<br /><br />The oblique reference to the Hessean journey is mostly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-56398555317614013902022-06-02T15:20:45.511-07:002022-06-02T15:20:45.511-07:00I don't explore much beyond city limits, and T...I don't explore much beyond city limits, and Tacoma is far enough from Seattle there's no easy transit, so I've never eaten at <a href="https://friskofreeze.com/" rel="nofollow">Frisko Freeze</a> or even heard of it. Sounds awesome, though.<br /><br />Up here in the north, we have <a href="https://www.ddir.com/" rel="nofollow">Dick's</a>, maybe among others. I don't know aboutDoug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-38797554592260584672022-06-02T15:04:04.534-07:002022-06-02T15:04:04.534-07:00> I cast no asparagus upon your mom
Sometimes ...> I cast no asparagus upon your mom<br /><br />Sometimes I wanna, but veggies are expensive.<br /><br />> Why in the name of Zeus would you take your family to a corporate outlet for shitburgers?<br /><br />Because they're cheaper, is the only 'logical' reason, but of course they're cheaper because they pay the workers less, and buy beef by the ton instead of the pound, and Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-59535326150850122902022-06-01T13:29:42.807-07:002022-06-01T13:29:42.807-07:00I have been accused of being an underground member...I have been accused of being an underground member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. I can tell you that I'm not a big fan of commerce and I'm getting a little tired of Tacoma, so my need to tell you the story of another Tacoma fast food eatery is not to lure you here, but just to tell a story.<br /><br />Frisko Freeze, a traditional drive-in near downtown Tacoma on Division Avenue, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-59242044687220854622022-06-01T10:06:59.340-07:002022-06-01T10:06:59.340-07:00The corporate food folks get away with that kind o...The corporate food folks get away with that kind of shit because of the deep, pervasive ignorance of the buying and eating public. It's perfectly natural for a person in her 90s to confuse the world she's living in with the one in which she grew up, and I cast no asparagus upon your mom, but the thirty-something parents to take their kids out to eat "genuine" McDonalds burgers (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-52670642084983135512022-06-01T07:58:30.574-07:002022-06-01T07:58:30.574-07:00Today I'm taking my mom to lunch, which, since...Today I'm taking my mom to lunch, which, since she doesn't drive and I'm coming by bus, means I'm bringing her a sammich from a sammich shop, and we'll eat in her living room. I've "taken her order" so I can bring the sammich by bus, and she's mentioned *three* times that she'd prefer genuine Subway®. Sigh.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-32537448799968200862022-05-29T13:50:31.245-07:002022-05-29T13:50:31.245-07:00Another hug, appreciated, and right back atcha.
N...Another hug, appreciated, and right back atcha.<br /><br />Not much I hate more than being marketed at, and I don't think anyone learns corporatization naturally. It's a result of professional marketing, whether via commercials or whatever's on the wall or on the menu. Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-78139879260106605992022-05-29T13:47:01.244-07:002022-05-29T13:47:01.244-07:00I'm taking that as almost a hug, thanks. Alway...I'm taking that as almost a hug, thanks. Always felt this way, even before the rest of my politics moved leftward. Right now I'm remembering a young woman I flirted with decades ago, and we talked about dating but never did, mostly because she suggested dinner at Chi-Chi's.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-55744977699147081552022-05-29T12:00:51.403-07:002022-05-29T12:00:51.403-07:00Mr A, unless you married a child bride, your MiL i...Mr A, unless you married a child bride, your MiL is old enough to have grown up in an America without much corporate restaurant food. (If you DID marry a child bride, that turned out to be a pretty good investment, but I digress). I recall Dennys opening a yellow scourge in our town in 1960 or so -- I'm pretty sure I've still never been to a Dennys -- but restaurants largely were owned byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-16729230950532329062022-05-29T08:46:24.065-07:002022-05-29T08:46:24.065-07:00We experience the world similarly, Doug. My MiL, t...We experience the world similarly, Doug. My MiL, tired of going to the independent ethnic restaurants we pick (Indian, Mexican, Thai), asked if we could maybe go to a "good restaurant like Applebee's." This is a lovely woman who drives past her locally-owned handpacked ice cream stand to eat exclusively at Dairy Queen, so corporate branding is huge with her. We gently explain why weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com