And a Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Hell, busy, great people, happiness, stupid people Add commentsRibeye’s Thanksgiving Words of Wisdom
Those of you deep frying your bird this year, bear in mind this thought; grease is hot and is flammable.
Those of you attempting to defrost a turkey so they can have it prepared by tonight/this afternoon; give it up, you should have defrosted yesterday – your turkey will probably end up a bit dry.
Finally, those of you choosing to visit the various restaurants that are choosing to stay open to feed you, please remember that the servers have to be there with you instead of with their own friends and families. Also, especially in places like Shoney’s, Denny’s, Waffle House, keep in mind that as hungry as you and your family may happen to be, other people obviously got there before you did – that is not your servers fault. If you take out any form of temper on your server for having to wait, and it’s because they’re busy with other people in hateful moods, then your server should feel obligated to make you wait even longer just to watch you writhe in hunger for your folly.
This is DOUBLY true for tomorrow – the servers working in restaurants located in/around shopping centers and malls dread Black Friday each year, and it has nothing to do with the money. Black Friday tends to be the day that despite the mass amounts of money servers make, many of them are pushed to the brink by hateful guests.
If you’re the one that pushes a server over the edge with your own hateful, pissy, bitchy or vengeful attitude, causing them to quit or have a heart attack from the stress, then you should be beaten over the head with a barstool while your children watch and cry.
Doesn’t matter that the money’s great for us as long as we can handle it, it’s the health and sanity of those who can’t that we worry for the most… that and your safety when you act fools. Do so at your own risk.
Last year, Black Friday occurred during the unfortunate set of months that the site was down. However, the Hell of Black Friday 2007 is still a good read. Take notes, there are in fact people even more hateful than I was… and I was truly holding back. I didn’t last year.
Truly, our readers old and new, I am thankful for you all! Without you, RagingServer.com wouldn’t have been molded and chiseled into the place it is today. I’ve had my ups and downs, and a few months where the site was non-existent, but I know and have spoken with some of you who have been with me since the week I first paid for the ragingserver.com domain name. 3 years and counting everyone, and here’s to 3 more!
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November 26th, 2009 at 2:45 am
The turkey-thawing-at-the-last-minute thing reminds me of the classic “Moo Goo Gai Pan” episode of the old Bob Newhart Show, the one where he played a Chicago shrink. Bob’s wife, Emily had to go out of town, so Bob was left at home to fend for himself. He didn’t thaw the turkey ahead of time, so he put the frozen bird in the oven and cranked it up to 500 degrees, only to burn it.
Meanwhile, Bob had invited his friends over, I think it was Jerry the dentist who shared Bob’s medical office space, Howard the pilot who lived next door, and Mr. Carlin, Bob’s most often seen patient. They were all hanging out and getting totally shitfaced drunk. The turkey burnt, they called a Chinese place, and there is much humor in hearing these guys try to order Moo Goo Gai Pan while totally shitfaced drunk. This is definitely a classic episode!
Black Friday is evil. THe only people it is good for are the bigwigs who own the retail stores, and get to hide in their ivory towers while the regular people bust their asses working, and even risk getting trampled to death. Remember that Wal-Mart employee in Long Island, NY, who got trampled to death last year? It was so bad that when the manager decided to close the store due to the employee dying, shoppers refused to leave! When they finally did leave, I would NOT have wanted to have been a server at any restaurant they might have gone to after that.
We’re just going to try and stay away from it all. We’re going up to New Hampshire for the weekend, staying in a hotel and eating at a restaurant that is far enough away from shopping mauls. Then we’re going to see “The Nutcracker”. Past experience showed us that such places are nice and quiet, because all of the sheeple are trampling one another to death at the mauls. I’ve worked in both the restaurant and the retail fields, so I know first hand exactly what it is like. That is why I stay as far away as possible!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and The Raging Partner!
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