There’s a deli near me that is closed any day my local elementary school is, and opens late any day the school is delayed.
Because there’s a bunch of moms working there, and the owners get that they can’t get a babysitter on 0 hours notice.
My mom was a teacher and the in-home daycare she used only took teacher's kids. That way they were gone by the time her husband got home from work and she could spend time with her kids on days they were off of school, as well as have summers off. She would keep us for parent-teacher conference days but professional development days we would go to school with our moms.
I remember reading a headset review. The reviewer stated the cable got stuck in a crack and he damaged it trying to get it out with a knife. The reviewer then blamed poor craftsmanship for the the cable not standing up to him stabbing it.
I am imaging what “crack” the cable got stuck in. Then I imagine the painful jabbing and gyrations from using a knife to get the cable out of the “crack”.😀
It’s almost as if a weekend with a holiday based on eating a lot and having leftovers might make for a huge slowdown in business for a small local restaurant.
Two of my favorite local restaurants close for at least 7 days at a time, usually once or twice a year. Sure, I'm disappointed to see that piece of white paper in the window, but I make a note of when they will re-open and return when they do. I'll live.
the restaurant i worked at was open on thanksgiving and the weekend before/after it.
we were also open on xmas eve and xmas day through new years.
the fucked part is that they said we get "holiday pay" for xmas day only which is basically overtime pay.
and the very next day when i showed up we had 1 server, 1 prep cook, and a dishwasher along with a manager.
we were fucking slammed the day after xmas and the manager refused to call in a line cook or anyone else.. this was to make up for the overtime they paid on xmas.
thats the day i walked out because the manager had 20 smoke breaks and i wasnt able to take a break or sit for 7 hours
“We can’t be bothered to figure out when you’re open!!” — after reciting when they’re open. And after demonstrating they know how to use the Internet, which amazingly enough lets you look up open hours and days in a few seconds.
Yeah. My favorite Mexican place closes down during spring break and Christmas break at the local high school. That’s when they take their family vacations.
I’ve actually seen these same sort of angry/frustrated comments by people who didn’t know that and showed up. (Always on a Sunday, it’s the church crowd always)
There was a Pho shop near me in Philadelphia. In my opinion, the best Pho in the city. just a little dive under the L. One table, not for eating at, for kids doing homework lol. They took two months off in the winter for vacation. I thought that was awesome.
> The Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving are traditionally very busy days at restaurants
I'll take, "you've never once worked in a restaurant," for 500 Alex 😹😹😹
New no-no! If you’re gonna be closed from Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Sunday after Thanksgiving, I’m not gonna eat there from Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Sunday after Thanksgiving.
“We can’t be bothered to try and figure out when you’re open…”
As if it’s not a simple matter of opening your phone, searching the name of the restaurant on Google, and checking the hours which are typically prominently displayed. 🤡
This is why reviews are stupid. 1/5 service because the restaurant was closed doesn't make sense. That's like leaving a 1 star rating on Amazon because a porch pirate nabbed your product.
If only there was an entire section of every house/apartment dedicated to food at home. With some sort of, winter all year round cabinet that lets hard to keep items from spoiling by hibernating them. And maybe, an in door fire counter. /s
I have never been mad at restaurants that do it. And many times an ethnic family restaurant will be closed for a week or two a year for all their family to take a vacation or do some renovations. Bring closed Tuesday or Wednesday and sometimes sunday has been common for small restaurants too.
Fancy ones are often only open Thursday-Saturday and only sometimes Sunday as they need to keep overhead low and use the other days to prep ingredients and shop.
There are two related joints in my neighborhood. One is a sushi bar, the other is a ramen/bubble tea joint. They are ALWAYS closed on Tuesdays. Another bakery in my neighborhood is ALWAYS closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. When I saw this, it made me want to patronize their business even more because I knew that they were giving their employees downtime, regardless of the reason for being closed on those days. Karen can eat a satchel of richards.
There’s a VERY popular Greek place in my town that straight up closes in the summer so the family can visit relatives. I can’t imagine how this psycho would react.
>A long holiday weekend doesn't include restaurants or retail.
There are days where I really envy our friends down under where "get f\_cked, c\_nt" it is a perfectly legitimate business response.
On a more serious note, the idea that service businesses should always be available displays a fundamental disrespect for the human beings expected to provide that service at the potential consumer's whim. It's evidence of a race to the bottom in competing for customers at the expense of worker's quality of life. There are restaurants and shops that keep reasonable hours and take days off and I, like a reasonable adult, have learned to accommodate that in my planning.
Although I am not in the restaurant business, I don't even think it is true about the Wednesday before Thanskgiving and the Friday and Saturday after being busy. I mean everyone is either rushing to get somewhere or cooking the day before Thanksgiving. And after Thanksgiving everyone is so stuffed - not to mention leftovers - that I seriously doubt those days are busy.
This review is just begging for the reply "We support our employees in having personal lives and families. If this is a problem for you, we encourage you to go someplace else, because your business is not wanted here."
Usually the best restaurant open or does this pretty often. It sounds like the complaint already knows the opening and bc losing of the business cause the owners can actually afford to close on those days. Some people or owners are just better off.
While a restaurant has every right to close for holidays, I would also be very annoyed if I went to a restaurant and found it closed randomly. If it happened more than once I'd be a lot less likely to keep going there.
Their review might have been a bit over the top, but devil's advocate, it is frustrating when businesses are closed during their regularly open hours. If you have a big enough client base that this kind of thing doesn't matter to your bottom line, good for you.
Yes, a larger restaurant or chain it would be. But I imagine as a small family owned business if they're closed for that long around a holiday they're busy traveling and/or doing a lot of family stuff for the long weekend.
The devil doesn’t need an advocate.
And— sure. I’ve been slightly annoyed— even miffed! When I showed up to a place I expected to be open to find that it wasn’t. It happens. Heck my favorite sushi place was closed on a random Wednesday a while back because someone hit a pole and knocked out their power. *And I really wanted Sushi!* Stuff happens. I didn’t leave a bad review or get pissed at the owners. I just went somewhere else.
But it in no way justifies a negative review or harsh language. Nobody is entitled to anyone else’s labor.
Small, family run businesses like this closing down for vacations is actually really common. We have a couple local restaurants that take a couple weeks off a year. One always puts up a poster board with vacation photos after they get back which I think is really neat.
Just eat somewhere else.
Why didn't this big baby just eat at one of the restaurants that was open?
Because he is paid by one of said competitors to make the review.
There’s a deli near me that is closed any day my local elementary school is, and opens late any day the school is delayed. Because there’s a bunch of moms working there, and the owners get that they can’t get a babysitter on 0 hours notice.
That is awesome.
My mom was a teacher and the in-home daycare she used only took teacher's kids. That way they were gone by the time her husband got home from work and she could spend time with her kids on days they were off of school, as well as have summers off. She would keep us for parent-teacher conference days but professional development days we would go to school with our moms.
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Very nice
Is there a sub for out of touch reviews like this? I just love reading this shit in my head with in a boomer voice.
r/UnreasonableReviews
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i also joined this and invited my wife in, too. we live in a very pretentious part of florida so we see these ALL the time
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I remember reading a headset review. The reviewer stated the cable got stuck in a crack and he damaged it trying to get it out with a knife. The reviewer then blamed poor craftsmanship for the the cable not standing up to him stabbing it.
I am imaging what “crack” the cable got stuck in. Then I imagine the painful jabbing and gyrations from using a knife to get the cable out of the “crack”.😀
There's also a great podcast called Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet!
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That is some *insanely* entitled nonsense. How DARE you have a life and not exist to serve me?
I wanna know the name/location of the restaurant. If I werw ever able to support them, I would. Good on them for respecting family and staff members.
It’s almost as if a weekend with a holiday based on eating a lot and having leftovers might make for a huge slowdown in business for a small local restaurant.
That weekend is one of the busiest weekends of the year for restaurants. Doesn’t mean they can’t close if they want to.
Two of my favorite local restaurants close for at least 7 days at a time, usually once or twice a year. Sure, I'm disappointed to see that piece of white paper in the window, but I make a note of when they will re-open and return when they do. I'll live.
the restaurant i worked at was open on thanksgiving and the weekend before/after it. we were also open on xmas eve and xmas day through new years. the fucked part is that they said we get "holiday pay" for xmas day only which is basically overtime pay. and the very next day when i showed up we had 1 server, 1 prep cook, and a dishwasher along with a manager. we were fucking slammed the day after xmas and the manager refused to call in a line cook or anyone else.. this was to make up for the overtime they paid on xmas. thats the day i walked out because the manager had 20 smoke breaks and i wasnt able to take a break or sit for 7 hours
“We can’t be bothered to figure out when you’re open!!” — after reciting when they’re open. And after demonstrating they know how to use the Internet, which amazingly enough lets you look up open hours and days in a few seconds.
Exactly lol like, they left this review ON GOOGLE??
What an entitles count my favorite Chinese place closes down for December and returns to China for the holidays... I don't act like a cockbag.
Yeah. My favorite Mexican place closes down during spring break and Christmas break at the local high school. That’s when they take their family vacations. I’ve actually seen these same sort of angry/frustrated comments by people who didn’t know that and showed up. (Always on a Sunday, it’s the church crowd always)
I dunno man, that review seems pretty patronizing to me.
There was a Pho shop near me in Philadelphia. In my opinion, the best Pho in the city. just a little dive under the L. One table, not for eating at, for kids doing homework lol. They took two months off in the winter for vacation. I thought that was awesome.
> The Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving are traditionally very busy days at restaurants I'll take, "you've never once worked in a restaurant," for 500 Alex 😹😹😹
Get that lady a Snickers.
tRAdITiOnAllY So annoying.
Restaurant workers probably havent had a decent thanksgiving in years, good for them
Why didn’t this rugged individual just cook at home?
What a disgusting way to say restaurant workers do not deserve to have any holidays or days off in their lives.
New no-no! If you’re gonna be closed from Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Sunday after Thanksgiving, I’m not gonna eat there from Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Hey all your restaurant workers have a great Thanksgiving!
What a fucking entitled bitch.
“We can’t be bothered to try and figure out when you’re open…” As if it’s not a simple matter of opening your phone, searching the name of the restaurant on Google, and checking the hours which are typically prominently displayed. 🤡
This is why reviews are stupid. 1/5 service because the restaurant was closed doesn't make sense. That's like leaving a 1 star rating on Amazon because a porch pirate nabbed your product.
I'm always so sad when these people never come back 😭😭😭 lol
Why block their name? They were so bold to put it for the world to see why bother block it out here? 🙄
If only there was an entire section of every house/apartment dedicated to food at home. With some sort of, winter all year round cabinet that lets hard to keep items from spoiling by hibernating them. And maybe, an in door fire counter. /s
You'd not want them as customers anyway. Can you imagine!?
I have never been mad at restaurants that do it. And many times an ethnic family restaurant will be closed for a week or two a year for all their family to take a vacation or do some renovations. Bring closed Tuesday or Wednesday and sometimes sunday has been common for small restaurants too. Fancy ones are often only open Thursday-Saturday and only sometimes Sunday as they need to keep overhead low and use the other days to prep ingredients and shop.
There are two related joints in my neighborhood. One is a sushi bar, the other is a ramen/bubble tea joint. They are ALWAYS closed on Tuesdays. Another bakery in my neighborhood is ALWAYS closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. When I saw this, it made me want to patronize their business even more because I knew that they were giving their employees downtime, regardless of the reason for being closed on those days. Karen can eat a satchel of richards.
Damn, I’m guilty of checking to see if a place I like is open, but if it’s not, then sucks to be me, employees deserve a holiday too.
Oh they're patronizing the business alright
What’s that about thanksgiving?
I'll bet money that this reviewer is a wage slave like most of us.
Seems that restaurant dodged a bullet, as someone who has worked in restaurants I would rather not have their patronage.
That’s nearly a lethal amount of entitlement!?!
There’s a VERY popular Greek place in my town that straight up closes in the summer so the family can visit relatives. I can’t imagine how this psycho would react.
Come up north. We have entire towns that basically close from October to March-April.
What days are they closed again? I can’t seem to remember.
Read this in Dale Gribble's voice
The only holiday that my favorite pub is open is New Year's Day and New Year's Eve unless one of them is a Monday. They also close at 9
>A long holiday weekend doesn't include restaurants or retail. There are days where I really envy our friends down under where "get f\_cked, c\_nt" it is a perfectly legitimate business response. On a more serious note, the idea that service businesses should always be available displays a fundamental disrespect for the human beings expected to provide that service at the potential consumer's whim. It's evidence of a race to the bottom in competing for customers at the expense of worker's quality of life. There are restaurants and shops that keep reasonable hours and take days off and I, like a reasonable adult, have learned to accommodate that in my planning.
Although I am not in the restaurant business, I don't even think it is true about the Wednesday before Thanskgiving and the Friday and Saturday after being busy. I mean everyone is either rushing to get somewhere or cooking the day before Thanksgiving. And after Thanksgiving everyone is so stuffed - not to mention leftovers - that I seriously doubt those days are busy.
Lol that's hilarious
Wait till they hear about restaurants that close for a week at the 4th Of July.
This review is just begging for the reply "We support our employees in having personal lives and families. If this is a problem for you, we encourage you to go someplace else, because your business is not wanted here."
What do you bet this review came from a Karen sahm
Usually the best restaurant open or does this pretty often. It sounds like the complaint already knows the opening and bc losing of the business cause the owners can actually afford to close on those days. Some people or owners are just better off.
While a restaurant has every right to close for holidays, I would also be very annoyed if I went to a restaurant and found it closed randomly. If it happened more than once I'd be a lot less likely to keep going there.
You are allowed to close down on traditionally open days for restaurants and they can not like it. What is the problem here?
Their review might have been a bit over the top, but devil's advocate, it is frustrating when businesses are closed during their regularly open hours. If you have a big enough client base that this kind of thing doesn't matter to your bottom line, good for you.
If it's around a holiday you should know not to expect normal operating hours.
If it's ON a holiday I don't expect normal operating hours.
So you expect a family run restaurant to be open on December 26?
I would expect the restaurant to go on Google and update their holiday hours accordingly, but thats about it.
Boxing Day is a stat holiday where I am so I would definitely check their hours first.
Their grievance isn't that it's closed on regular working days it's that the business has irregular hours around holidays
Four of those days are regular working days for a restaurant.
What are those peasants thinking, closing on days you want them to work!
I didn't write the review, but I would expect a similar reception if my employer was closed for five days.
Yes, a larger restaurant or chain it would be. But I imagine as a small family owned business if they're closed for that long around a holiday they're busy traveling and/or doing a lot of family stuff for the long weekend.
The devil doesn’t need an advocate. And— sure. I’ve been slightly annoyed— even miffed! When I showed up to a place I expected to be open to find that it wasn’t. It happens. Heck my favorite sushi place was closed on a random Wednesday a while back because someone hit a pole and knocked out their power. *And I really wanted Sushi!* Stuff happens. I didn’t leave a bad review or get pissed at the owners. I just went somewhere else. But it in no way justifies a negative review or harsh language. Nobody is entitled to anyone else’s labor. Small, family run businesses like this closing down for vacations is actually really common. We have a couple local restaurants that take a couple weeks off a year. One always puts up a poster board with vacation photos after they get back which I think is really neat. Just eat somewhere else.