hey I wanna start the random thoughts thread

by **The Dude** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 00:27:20

we're talking like 30 seconds here (both handjob and toppings)

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 00:27:48

condiments and blubbery hoes...good convo mix

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 00:29:29

The Dude wrote:i used to make sandwiches, and everyone means something different when they say "everything", so it's always been a useless term

I worked at a sandwich shop at the shore for one summer in college. Everything on an Italian/ham sub meant lettuce, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oregano, oil, red wine vinegar. Everything on roast beef/turkey was the same first six, and we'd ask if they wanted oil/vinegar/mayo.

Dunno if that's standard, but it seemed pretty intuitive to me.

by **The Dude** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 00:37:27

jerseyhoya wrote:
The Dude wrote:i used to make sandwiches, and everyone means something different when they say "everything", so it's always been a useless term

I worked at a sandwich shop at the shore for one summer in college. Everything on an Italian/ham sub meant lettuce, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oregano, oil, red wine vinegar. Everything on roast beef/turkey was the same first six, and we'd ask if they wanted oil/vinegar/mayo.

Dunno if that's standard, but it seemed pretty intuitive to me.

that's what it meant to us, too, but then we'd get calls saying "I didn't want onions", etc., so we had to ask even after they said 'everything'. people are dumb

by **pacino** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 00:39:21

i usually say 'dry, no onions' or 'no oil or mayo' if i feel like a little onion on my hoagie

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 01:02:41

Mayo belongs in just three places on Earth: in tuna salads, in chicken salads, and on Whoppers. Otherwise, fuck mayo.

THere is nothing worse than going to a hoagie shop (invariably outside the Philly area) and realizing only after you have received your order that they have put mayo on a supposedly "Italian" hoagie. I think I'd rather be shot.

by **kruker** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 01:06:46

TenuredVulture wrote:I'm just raising the possibility that there can be such a thing as too much choice.

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by **FTN** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 02:14:55

I have a 160 gig iPod classic.

The capacity is only 148.79 gigs.

This annoys me greatly.

I currently have 120 megs free. 19,556 songs. No podcasts or any other media.

Its a real pain in the ass having to delete stuff whenever I want to add new albums.

And my 60 gig iPod (capacity 55 gigs) is also maxed out.

Apple really needs to upgrade the classic line. Not everyone only uses iPods in the manner of the touch/iPhone where 32 gigs is more than enough.

I want 256 gigs at least.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 02:31:05

TenuredVulture wrote:
PrattRules wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:whenever I unwrap a hoagie, there's a little moment of fear that they might have screwed up and put mayo on it

Despite all my years, I still have trouble figuring out what to say at restaurants when I'm not sure if a sandwich comes with mayo or not and i want to make clear I don't want it.

If I ask if it has mayo and it doesn't, they always ask if I want mayo. If I ask if it has mayo and it does, then I have to come back with "No mayo, please", and sound annoying. If I just say "No mayo" they say something like, "It comes with mustard. Do you not want that?" If I say something, like "If that has mayo on it, I don't want mayo." I sound like some sort of whiner.

Valuable minutes of my time have been lost to this, and, worse, I've sometimes ended up eating mayo. Restaurants should have to list all condiments by law.

It's definitely a bad situation. Something I find myself combatting monthly. I always just assume there's mayo on the sandwich. Therefore, I just say "No mayo, please." If the response is something like "It comes with mustard. Do you not want that?" like you said, I can deal with the follow up question. It assures that there is a very low mayo risk.

On a similar note, something that I conquered a few years ago was the drive thru chicken sandwich order. I'll order it " Three dollar chicken sandwiches. No mayo." The response is what I struggled with. Most employees would then ask "You said 'No Mayo?'" I used to just simply say "Yes." Then I was unsure if they thought I meant no to mayo or yes to mayo because of the ambiguity of the question. Now when they ask "You said 'No Mayo?" I say "That is correct. No mayo." Made my life a lot easier.

You go to these sandwich places that have more than a dozen potential toppings for your sandwich, and you can no longer say "everything but mayo" You've got to specify each individual topping and condiment--lettuce, tomato, onion, hot peppers (am I forgetting something?) oil, vinegar, oregano, pepper.

Sandwiches should be plain by default (as in, meat + bread). Then you can specify exactly which toppings you'd like, rather than play this stupid guessing game where mayo may or not be included depending on the venue.

As a picky eater, this formality has been on my $hit list for a long time. SCREW YOU TOPPINGS GO BACK ON THE SIDELINES WHERE YOU BELONG

by **Eem** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 02:51:40

This anti-mayo talk is f u c k e d

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 03:28:48

kinda want to sign up on another message board but it's pretty daunting to start from scratch

by **td11** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 03:29:41

that's how i feel about finding a new girlfriend sometimes

by **td11** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 03:30:13

alcohol is a sport

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 03:30:48

heard that

(applies to both)

by **phatj** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 09:46:38

by **lethal** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:11:02

jerseyhoya wrote:Five Guys is like that, but I appreciate it. The advantages in diversity of toppings (getting to have mushrooms on my burger, for example) outweighs the minor annoyance in having to be specific.

Five Guys specifies what "everything" includes, so you can say everything except XYZ.

by **lethal** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:12:45

phdave wrote:We've had an ongoing problem with our neighbor. A father bought the condo next to us and put his 25-ish daughter there to live. She is out of control, playing music extremely loud, insulting and threatening neighbors, speeding backwards through our alley, letting her car run in the alley/echo chamber with the music blasting. We have called the police several times because of her violent behavior.

We finally pushed our HOA to fine them according to the HOA rules. The father showed up at the last HOA meeting and told us that he wasn't going to pay the fines because she can do what she wants under the first amendment and she is under medication and has a brain problems, so she is protected under the American Disability Act and has a right to housing.

We were so furious after the HOA meeting. So I started doing google searches and just sent an email to our HOA board detailing what I found out.

I found out that she is (they are?) running a prostitution business out of their unit. I win.

Holy crap, how did you find that out?

by **The Crimson Cyclone** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:22:02

time to pay a visit to see my good old buddy phdave (I just have to make a quick stop first)

by **phdave** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:06:54

lethal wrote:
phdave wrote:We've had an ongoing problem with our neighbor. A father bought the condo next to us and put his 25-ish daughter there to live. She is out of control, playing music extremely loud, insulting and threatening neighbors, speeding backwards through our alley, letting her car run in the alley/echo chamber with the music blasting. We have called the police several times because of her violent behavior.

We finally pushed our HOA to fine them according to the HOA rules. The father showed up at the last HOA meeting and told us that he wasn't going to pay the fines because she can do what she wants under the first amendment and she is under medication and has a brain problems, so she is protected under the American Disability Act and has a right to housing.

We were so furious after the HOA meeting. So I started doing google searches and just sent an email to our HOA board detailing what I found out.

I found out that she is (they are?) running a prostitution business out of their unit. I win.

Holy crap, how did you find that out?

I googled the phone number they have listed for the HOA. That took me to an escort service white pages kind of page that had a name associated with the service. Then I googled that service name and found pages with the phone number and address of my building and an email address. I started googling the email address and found dozens of pages of escort/prostitution service pages. Some of them had pictures of my neighbor with no mystery about what she was selling. I found this neighbor as repulsive as could be, both physically and personality-wise, before I found out all of this, so this is all very unpleasant. But I'm happy this means they'll be gone soon.

by **drsmooth** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:15:44

phdave wrote:I googled the phone number they have listed for the HOA. That took me to an escort service white pages kind of page that had a name associated with the service. Then I googled that service name and found pages with the phone number and address of my building and an email address. I started googling the email address and found dozens of pages of escort/prostitution service pages. Some of them had pictures of my neighbor with no mystery about what she was selling. I found this neighbor as repulsive as could be, both physically and personality-wise, before I found out all of this, so this is all very unpleasant. But I'm happy this means they'll be gone soon.

almost all I know of the worlds oldest profession I've learned from popular media - really - so rank this suggestion accordingly, but as I understand it, the customer service representatives in that industry are occasionally backed by a collections department whose role often encompasses marketing, public relations damage control, and regulatory affairs advocacy

so the tip is watch your ass, I guess. Her heart may not be all that belongs to daddy

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