The Off Topic Topic

[PDH]

They should have ordered diet cokes.

[Admiral Yi]

They should have taken the 50% discount and used the money to buy some more salted lard.

[Josquius]

That article makes me
Sums up a big problem with todays world- the customers of course, not the restaurant people.

[Ideologue]

The dining experience went from bad to worse when the restaurant demanded they still pay the bill, offering them a 25 percent discount and then a 50 percent discount. They declined both offers.

Yeah, well, I guess you could decline all the way to jail.

Sums up a big problem with todays world- the customers of course, not the restaurant people.

While fat people deserve to be shamed, especially in a world where people still die of starvation--and in interests of full disclosure this is coming from someone who ordered and ate two entrees the last time I went to dinner --that's still pretty stupid of the bartender.  You don't want someone that stupid in your organization.

[CountDeMoney]

Employees at book publisher Random House are getting a little something extra in their fishnet Christmas stockings this year, a $5,000 bonus.

Markus Dohle announced the bonuses at a company Christmas party on Wednesday, spokesman Stuart Applebaum confirmed to ABC News.  At its corporate Christmas party last Wednesday night in New York City, Random House chief executive Markus Dohle announced that everyone– from the top editors to warehouse workers– would receive a $5000 bonus this Christmas to celebrate their tremendous profits .

"50 Shades of Gray" has sold over 20 million copies and has been at the top of best seller lists for nearly a year.   The company has also had successes this year with Gillian Flynn's mystery "Gone Girl" and John Grisham's latest offering, "The Racketeer."

The bonuses will arrive in employee pay checks next week. Those employees who have been with the company at least a year will receive the full $5,000. Newer employees will receive a prorated bonus.

I'm sure it's disappointing to all you fuck-the-worthless-employees types, but it really is possible that a company can turn a profit, manage to share some of its fortunes with its employees, and still stay in business.  Go fig.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm sure it's disappointing to all you fuck-the-worthless-employees types, but it really is possible that a company can turn a profit, manage to share some of its fortunes with its employees, and still stay in business.  Go fig.

  No shit Sherlock.  Investment banks do it annually.

If only Hostess had managed to buy the rights to 50 Shades of Gray.

[CountDeMoney]

Investment banks?  Really?  That's the example you're going to use?   GOLDMAN SACHS CARES ABOUT THEIR WORKERS

C'mon.

[Liep]

Just got an extra day off work for new years.

[Ed Anger]

The fats at the restaurant should icepick the guy's tires.

[PDH]

The fats at the restaurant should icepick the guy's tires.

Too much work.  They would tire even before one swing and they would have to go back for more tritips and fries.

[Malthus]

The dinner bill for three friends at Chilly D's Restaurant stung, but it wasn't the price - printed on the top of the receipt were the words "Fat Girls".

"I got the bill, I was looking at bill [and] I was like, 'Why does this receipt say 'fat girls?'" customer Christine Duran said.

The friends had dined out at the Stockton, Calif., restaurant, which is a part of the Cameo Casino Restaurant, on Thursday. The bill lists charges for three tri-tips with fries and three sodas, for a total of $25.50. A bartender named Jeff had apparently typed in "Fat Girls" to keep track of their bill.

When Duran asked a manager for an explanation, he "had like a smirk on his face, like it was funny but trying not to laugh," she said.

Plus-Sized College Student Claims Discrimination at Bar

The dining experience went from bad to worse when the restaurant demanded they still pay the bill, offering them a 25 percent discount and then a 50 percent discount. They declined both offers.

In a Facebook message overnight, Maggie Lewis, the Cameo Club Casino owner, apologized and said the insulting treatment Duran and her friends had received is "intolerable in our establishment."

Jimmy Siemers, co-owner of Chilly D's, didn't work the night Duran and her friends received the offensive receipt, but he said he is trying to clean up the mess.

"I just want to tell them we're sincerely sorry and we'll do everything in our power to make sure this never happens to anyone again," he said.

It's certainly not the first time customers have been insulted on receipts.

In January, a Papa John's employee was fired after writing "Lady Chinky Eyes" on a receipt to identify an Asian customer.

A Maryland woman was insulted at a RadioShack in March when she purchased a cassette tape adapter and left with a receipt that read "ugly itch" from "tattoville," referring to the tattoos on her arm in memory of a child lost to SIDS and her deceased mother.

"Based on descriptions we've seen in the media, this incident obviously does not meet RadioShack's expectations for customer service," Eric Bruner, a spokesman for RadioShack told ABC News. "RadioShack responded immediately after seeing reports in the media, taking the strongest possible disciplinary actions." It is against company policy to discuss individual personnel matters but the company has taken the "strongest action available" in response to the issue, the spokesman said.

Needs pics of customers for full humour value.

[PDH]

Fatgirls

[HVC]

Fatgirls

you called them fat so you have to teach them for free now

[Malthus]

Fatgirls

Well, they certainly can't sue for libel.   

[derspiess]

Thinking about buying the kids those Nintendo 3DS XL handhelds with Mario cart for 159 bucks. Best buy has them for that price.

Damn kids have it good these days. I had a rock.

The wife keeps telling me I need to get one of those for Tommy.  She also brings up getting a Wii every now & then.  But we have two Xbox 360s (one of which is in his room FFS), a PS3 and a PSP-- plus the iPad and various Android devices he can play games on.  Nobody loves gadgets more than I do, but I don't want yet another gaming system I'll have to buy games for.  Standardization ueber alles.