Another Restaurant Water Complaint



"Nexis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:afb_f.181$bm6.162@fed1read04...
>
>
> I have the same issue with tea. I don't know who decided *everyone* must
> love lemon in their tea, but I hate it. Even when I say no lemon, it is
> there.
>
> kimberly

Make them take it back and give you a new one. Would you accept something
else you ordered wrong?

Ms P
 
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 08:55:29 -0500, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>Yep, that's the new(er) thing. Bottled water wasn't good enough. Or maybe
>someone figured out, hey, it's just bottled water! Now they add a touch of
>fruit juice. I haven't checked but I'll bet they charge about 25 cents
>extra for that.

You ought to see the vending machine at the gym. Has pro'lly 40
"energy" drinks of every flavor and additive you could possibly dream
up. And they charge $2 US, which seems pretty pricey. <shrug> I just
bring my own bottled water...flavored like *water* <g>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Damsel in dis Dress <[email protected]> wrote:

> ObOT: Crash's daughter's baby has dropped, so we could be
> grandparents at any time now. It's a boy. Name is Zachary. If only
> that was the way they plan on spelling it. Z-A-K-E-R-Y. Hope it's
> not today. Can't drive 5 hours. Just can't.

That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)

Regards,
Ranee

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On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 08:15:32 -0600, in rec.food.cooking, "ms_peacock"
<[email protected]> hit the crackpipe and declared:
>
>"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I don't like lemon in my water or iced tea. In St. Louis the trend is not
>> to give lemon in water unless requested. OTOH when I order iced tea
>> without lemon it invariably comes with it.
>>
>> Michael
>
>When I order iced tea without lemon and it comes with lemon I make them take
>it back and bring me a new one. I can tell if they just take the lemon off.
>The tip goes down dramatically when they just take the lemon off and bring
>it back to me. I've also noticed another strange phenomenon, if I order tea
>with no lemon a fair amount of the time hubby won't get lemon on his tea
>either.
>
>Ms P
>

So, how do you like drinking spit?
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:42:33 GMT, projectile vomit chick
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 08:15:32 -0600, in rec.food.cooking, "ms_peacock"
><[email protected]> hit the crackpipe and declared:
>>
>>"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> I don't like lemon in my water or iced tea. In St. Louis the trend is not
>>> to give lemon in water unless requested. OTOH when I order iced tea
>>> without lemon it invariably comes with it.
>>
>>When I order iced tea without lemon and it comes with lemon I make them take
>>it back and bring me a new one. I can tell if they just take the lemon off.
>>The tip goes down dramatically when they just take the lemon off and bring
>>it back to me. I've also noticed another strange phenomenon, if I order tea
>>with no lemon a fair amount of the time hubby won't get lemon on his tea
>>either.
>
>So, how do you like drinking spit?

Heehee! That's one of the reasons I often sit and meekly accept
whatever they bring me. Depends on what was requested and what was
served. I've never sent tea back because it came with lemon. I would
if I had a citrus acid allergy or something, though.

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC
 
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:31:05 -0700, Ranee Mueller
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Damsel in dis Dress <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ObOT: Crash's daughter's baby has dropped, so we could be
>> grandparents at any time now. It's a boy. Name is Zachary. If only
>> that was the way they plan on spelling it. Z-A-K-E-R-Y. Hope it's
>> not today. Can't drive 5 hours. Just can't.
>
> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)

Oh, I'll just bet! If I give you the phone number, wanna have a talk
with the mother-to-be? <G>

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC
 
"Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote

> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
> her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
> as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
> her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
> unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
> bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)

Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.

nancy
 
Nancy Young wrote:
> "Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>> her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>> as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>> her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>> unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>> bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)
>
> Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
> I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
> own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.
>
> nancy

I SOOOOOOOOooooo agree! Why parents saddle their children with names
that scream "lower socioeconomic" or "Mom watches too many daytime
dramas" is beyond me? Why subject a kid to always having their name
misspelled or mispronounced? And please limit the use of apostrophes, if
you must have them, to one per name please!?
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:03:49 -0400, Goomba38 <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> "Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>>> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>>> her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>>> as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>>> her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>>> unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>>> bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)
>>
>> Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
>> I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
>> own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.
>>
>> nancy
>
>I SOOOOOOOOooooo agree! Why parents saddle their children with names
>that scream "lower socioeconomic" or "Mom watches too many daytime
>dramas" is beyond me? Why subject a kid to always having their name
>misspelled or mispronounced? And please limit the use of apostrophes, if
>you must have them, to one per name please!?


I am a big believer is "classic" names for kids. Why force children to
forgo one of life's silliest pleasures....standing in line at the
dollar store staring at a rack of weird keychains and spotting you own
name.

Boron
 
In article <[email protected]>,
"Nancy Young" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
> I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
> own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.

I don't think I changed her mind. The thing is, I totally understand
giving your child a unique or ethnic name, we did it with our kids.
But to take a name and just rewrite it so it will be different, or
something, just screams illiterate and unwed.

I was saddled with a "unique" spelling for my name my whole life, and
although I learned to deal with it and I wouldn't change it now, it
caused a whole lot of grief and is still mispronounced most of the time
and misspelled. New and substitute teachers always paused when they got
to my name on the roster, the whole deal. We didn't want to do that to
our kids. So we tried to look for unique/unusual names that were still
recognizeable and could be easily pronounced from reading them.

We were surprised that so many people mispronounced Amira, though.
Even though it was an ethnic name, and because of the different
alphabets we were transliterating, we thought it was pretty easy to
pronounce from sight. We thought it was safe to give our daughters
ethnic names, since girls with foreign names tend to be seen as having
pretty names rather than strange names. The boys got their Arabic names
as middle names.

Regards,
Ranee

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Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:03:49 -0400, Goomba38 <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>"Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>>>>her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>>>>as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>>>>her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>>>>unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>>>>bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)
>>>
>>>Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
>>>I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
>>>own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.
>>>
>>>nancy
>>
>>I SOOOOOOOOooooo agree! Why parents saddle their children with names
>>that scream "lower socioeconomic" or "Mom watches too many daytime
>>dramas" is beyond me? Why subject a kid to always having their name
>>misspelled or mispronounced? And please limit the use of apostrophes, if
>>you must have them, to one per name please!?
>
>
>
> I am a big believer is "classic" names for kids. Why force children to
> forgo one of life's silliest pleasures....standing in line at the
> dollar store staring at a rack of weird keychains and spotting you own
> name.
>
> Boron
>
>

True story. I was heartbent of naming our first Obedia (sp), a biblical
name - at the time I knew the correct spelling, now I don't care. After
many months of disagreement, DH pointed out the feminine products
commerical for OB. Needless to say our first born was not named that
but does have a biblical name as do all our kids. I think it is kind of
neat to give your kids a unique name. The problem, from experience, is
no one knows how to say let alone spell the name and it really becomes a
bain in that kid's future life.
 
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:31:05 -0700, Ranee Mueller
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Damsel in dis Dress <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ObOT: Crash's daughter's baby has dropped, so we could be
>> grandparents at any time now. It's a boy. Name is Zachary. If only
>> that was the way they plan on spelling it. Z-A-K-E-R-Y. Hope it's
>> not today. Can't drive 5 hours. Just can't.
>
> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)

I just got off the phone with my niece. She's settled on a name for
her son, who's due in August. Ethan Michael. E-T-H-E-N. Being
called an idiot has no effect on these kids, but I had to try.

It was kinda cool, though. I'm her godmother, and she called me
before she called her biological mother. Made me smile.

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:33:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>> her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>> as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>> her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>> unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>> bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)
>
>Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
>I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
>own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.

Next time someone's pregnant with a girl, I'm gonna tell them to name
her Nancy. :D

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC
 
"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email protected]> wrote

> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:33:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> <[email protected]> wrote:

>>Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
>>I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
>>own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.
>
> Next time someone's pregnant with a girl, I'm gonna tell them to name
> her Nancy. :D

(laugh) Now why you want to pick on Nancy Dooley like that?

nancy
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:43:25 -0700, Ranee Mueller
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Damsel in dis Dress <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I'll just bet! If I give you the phone number, wanna have a talk
>> with the mother-to-be? <G>
>
> I don't know that I'd call a stranger who didn't ask my opinion, but
>there are days when I think I could do that. ;)

I'm gonna need you to work on my niece, too. E-T-H-E-N. What does it
take? Do we need to get you schnockered?

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC
 
"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:33:33 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Ranee Mueller" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>>> That reminds me of someone on the pregnancy groups who was spelling
>>> her son's name something like Alyxzandir. It sounded exactly the same
>>> as the standard spelling, she just wanted to be unique. I said it made
>>> her look like an illiterate teenage mother, and that if she wanted a
>>> unique name she should actually pick a unique name instead of
>>> bastardizing another one. That won me popularity votes. ;)
>>
>>Well, she needed a slap. Hope you slapped some sense into her.
>>I have an idea, people want to get cutesy with names, change their
>>own name and quit saddling their children with it. That is lame.
>
> Next time someone's pregnant with a girl, I'm gonna tell them to name
> her Nancy. :D
>
> Carol

I just had another great-grandson last month. His name is Mason -- well,
you know what the name reminds me of right off -- tee hee. Just can't help
it!
Wonder if this is a NEW name, Mason?
Daren't ask.
Dee Dee
 
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> Next time someone's pregnant with a girl, I'm gonna tell them to name
> her Nancy. :D
>
> Carol

My mothers name was spelled Nancie. The nuns refused to call her by her
given name because "it wasn't a saints name but rather the name of a
billy goat." They called her Ann for all her years in school (St.
Dominic's, Oyster Bay, L.I.) LOL
Goomba
 
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> writes:

>I don't expect lemons in my water. Who decided lemons in water is 'de
>rigeur'? I shouldn't have to say "no lemon". People who want lemon should
>have to ask for it.

I agree, but I always take advantage of the lemon situation because I
love lots of lemon in my iced tea. So I get all the lemon from the
water AND what was brought with my tea. Victory!
I've never had a waitperson remember to bring me extra lemon for my
tea if I asked for it. Never. Maybe when I remind them but they never
remember the first time. I must be a mutant to want so much lemon.

Stacia
 
Serene <[email protected]> writes:

>On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:07:15 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
><[email protected]> wrote:

>>And who puts peach/papaya/anyotherf*cking thing in iced tea? Just
>>gimme iced tea, dammit!

>Amen! I have taken to asking "Is there fruit or other flavoring in
>the iced tea?" and even then there is half the time, to the point
>where I've stopped ordering iced tea at all unless it's at a cafe
>where you can pick which tea gets brewed and iced.

Even though Kansas isn't the South at all, much of the iced tea around
here is sweet tea or comes with sweetener in it. I don't want to drink
soda all the time but unless I want some overly sweetened lemonade or
sweet iced tea there's no other options except at the higher scale
restaurants. Iced tea should not be fussed with!

Stacia
 
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