Random Thoughts Thread

[VOL RN]

Is hating the office environment...need a new career.

 

[VIF]

Like the old school avatar of Hacksaw Jim Duggin

 

[Slydell]

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Fuzzy brain.

 

[Behr]

I bet a peppercorn vodka would be great for a bloody mary.

Absolute Peppar works good for me (when and if I have one), but I look forward to this new Vodka. I see a new Bloody Mary recipe involving grusas capers and a cucumber spear.

 

[JoshTheVol12]

Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka!

Sounds terrible..We just got whipped cream and cotton candy flavored Pinnacle Vodka in the store a few weeks back.

 

[Behr]

Up, on the rocks or with orange or cran I agree, but it sounds great in a bloody mary with the right ingredients too me.

 

[JoshTheVol12]

Up, on the rocks or with orange or cran I agree, but it sounds great in a bloody mary with the right ingredients too me.

That would be interesting with a bloody mary. When and if you try it let me know how that goes.

 

[Behr]

That would be interesting with a bloody mary. When and if you try it let me know how that goes.

I'm not a big flavored vodka fan, I like regular Stoli on the rocks or Absolute Peppar in Bloody Mary's. One of my liquor reps sent me an email last night about the Smoked Salmon Vodka. It's only available in Alaksa and Texas right now, but Washington and Cailfornia are next and 20 other states within the next month.

I make smoked salmon canapes with cucumber planks instead of bagels or toast points. That's why I see capers and cucumber sticks as a garnish instead of celery and olives or all the usual suspects.

 

[JoshTheVol12]

I'm not a big flavored vodka fan, I like regular Stoli on the rocks or Absolute Peppar in Bloody Mary's. One of my liquor reps sent me an email last night about the Smoked Salmon Vodka. It's only available in Alaksa and Texas right now, but Washington and Cailfornia are next and 20 other states within the next month.

I make smoked salmon canapes with cucumber planks instead of bagels or toast points. That's why I see capers and cucumber sticks as a garnish instead of celery and olives or all the usual suspects.

Ahh gotcha. Yeah I don't really see it doing that great, but who knows. The Food Network or someone big like that could get behind it and it could explode, but good luck to them lol.

 

[3 Rocky Top Cove]

Why do people drive with their left hand and hold the cell phone to the their left ear with their right hand. Makes no sense to me.
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Perhaps he was left handed and deaf in his right ear??

 

[tri_vol]

Perhaps he was left handed and deaf in his right ear??

Then a lot of people have this condition. I see at least 3-4 people each week driving this way.

Here's a question: why don't restaurants require that wait staff sample everything on the menu when hired? I find it helpful when someone can tell me if an entree is good or not.
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[Behr]

Then a lot of people have this condition. I see at least 3-4 people each week driving this way.

Here's a question: why don't restaurants require that wait staff sample everything on the menu when hired? I find it helpful when someone can tell me if an entree is good or not.
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Short answer:

Exspense: Average menu with 40 items has at least 40 servers on the schedule. At an average cost of 6.50 per plate thats $6400.00.

Turnover: The average turnover rate for restaurants is 12-18%.

Training: You should be able to ask your server anything about the ingredients in any dish on the menu and they should be able to explain in deatil.

Training is the biggest problem and that's another story.

Here's a question. What was the item you were curious about the last time this happened?

 

[cwil4]

I like turtles......

 

[volinbham]

Little to no oil, eggs, butter creams or sugar (which absorb moisture) in most breads and that's pretty much all a cookie is.

Edit: By the way, I wasn't being a smartass, I know you are a professor.

Interesting

 

[hmanvolfan]

Found some new audio clips. Looks like it's gonna get interesting around here...
http://www.rpi.edu/~markhn/sounds/angry_oswald.wav

 

[cwil4]

Anybody wanna take me from lebanon to Carthage? I'm having girlfriend withdrawls.

 

[miamicane]

nananananana
nananananananana
getting jiggy with it

 

[hmanvolfan]

Anybody wanna take me from lebanon to Carthage? I'm having girlfriend withdrawls.

I don't know, it's a little out of the way (does that sound familiar? )

 

[cwil4]

haha If you take me to my girl's house i'll take you to the Oregon game.

 

[tri_vol]

Short answer:

Exspense: Average menu with 40 items has at least 40 servers on the schedule. At an average cost of 6.50 per plate thats $6400.00.

Turnover: The average turnover rate for restaurants is 12-18%.

Training: You should be able to ask your server anything about the ingredients in any dish on the menu and they should be able to explain in deatil.

Training is the biggest problem and that's another story.

Here's a question. What was the item you were curious about the last time this happened?

You would want proof of my complaint. I can't remember the restaurant but it was about two weeks ago. I asked about two entrees and she had tried neither. She proceeded to tell repeat the description from the menu as if I couldn't read. It doesn't happen often.

Its only slightly less annoying then when I ask the hotel front desk to recommend a good local restaurant and they say Applebee's or Golden Corral.
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[lylsmorr]

Anyone know of a job that pays six figures and requires no work done? Besides being POTUS

 

[cwil4]

Rapper?

 

[lylsmorr]

I could. I will call my rap group...The Alan Parsons Project

 

[cwil4]

The next young money. Just try be as gangsta as possible.

 

[Slydell]

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