I’m so glad you’re still friends, that’s a sort of happy ending!

When I was a teenager I visited SF and thought it was coolest, queerest, best city ever. I always considered moving there until I visited this last year. What the hell happened there? Everything I hear about coming out of the Bay Area is godawful, and I live in its almost equally awful tech twin city, Seattle. Without…

Basically *I* (usually) think I'm pretty, but I just about always think that other people WON'T find me pretty. In other words, I usually think I'm gorgeous but simultaneously think that I'm not what men want to see/someone strangers will look at and find attractive.

Believe it or not, chains usually have some sort of web monitoring thing that will catch references to their company in public places like social networking and comment sections. It's creeeeeeeeepy. My bestie just informed me that a Certain Chain Pharmacy which has a name like a vertical slab and the color of leaves…

A lot of places have social media clauses now that specifically prohibit you from saying anything negative so it may be that. As for me, I worked as a server for Cheddar's and will say any thing I like social media clause be damned.

I was a big fan of the one that called it "a color and a crustacean." OOOOOOHHH, I know, it's the Green Shrimp!

For me, too many details distract from the point of the story I want to tell. So unless it's important (like, it's specifically about the cheese biscuits at Red Lobster) then the name of the place isn't necessary and gets people thinking about things that aren't the point of the story.

Posters Anonymous

I did it in my story for a laugh, honestly. I had seen someone else do it in an earlier BCO and it made me laugh, so I stole it. My story did inspire the Blue Crustacean joke, so I have a legacy. I haven't worked there for 10 years. If I was currently working there, I'd probably try to keep the restaurant's name…

I don't know, it's probably best not to name names. I worked at a bakery and a girl got fired, wrote a bad (fake) review of the bakery on Yelp and was then sued by the owner of the bakery for defamation— aaaaaand he won the case.

As crazy-angry as people get, and as often as restaurant workers are belittled and threatened, I don't blame them for over-obfuscation. As long as it doesn't kill the story, whatever.

I know a lot of companies have policies put in place to keep their employees from talking about them or their customers negatively on any kind of social media. I'm sure it has something to do with that.

I have no idea. People do this a lot of the time, though.

I really hate that somehow being tactless (at best) became synonymous with honesty. Not just for the obvious reason of giving awful people a catch-all to excuse their awful behavior. But also because it mislabels honesty and makes it seem like a bad thing.

Whoa

Dammit, I came here to say "cognitive dissonance"! But yeah, I think this is exactly it. Her statements are very disappointing but I can imagine this is what is driving this reaction.

Oh my god that is HORRIBLE! Did you answer him?

That is one of the most hilariously awkward things I've ever heard.

Thieves who steal animals are vile and despicable. Things can be replaced but animals are part of the family and I would never be able to get over that. :(