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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:20 PM Original message |
LA Times food critic photographed & ousted from restaurant, photo posted online |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can think of one restaurant that's going to get a very bad review, and rightly so. n/m |
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smiley (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. every restaurant I've worked in... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Anonymity can corrupt the soul of certain people every bit as much as the |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. So anyone writing restaurant reviews is corrupt? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. If she would give a bad review for a restaurant she didn't eat at... |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Ding! Ding! |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I would expect another critic, who values their anonymity, to handle it. nt |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. She was waiting to be seated. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. She can't criticize the quality of food she never ate. n/t |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. If your career and livelihood depends on anonymity - you are doomed to eventually flipping burgers |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like a restaurant to avoid by default. n/t |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. really. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Interesting comment from a Democrat. Siding with the man. I support the independence. Fuck the man. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I would have thought that the capitalist oppressor was more 'The Man' than |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know right? Bev Hills restaurant owner is "the victim?" |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Then you must be new here. Journalists are right-wing-paid propagandists |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. How the fuck can a restaurant critic be a |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Thanks for that. LOL. A snobby restaurant critic and "truth to power". LOL. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Restaurant critics are journalists now? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Oh. You mean like the NYT dance critic who criticized a 98 lb woman as being fat? |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. The manager doesn't have a head for business. I wonder if his behavior speaks for the |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You "wonder"? I appreciate his failure to bow to the bullshit. I would assume he doesnt need to beg |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. So, the point of directing that at me was that you're telling me I'm wrong to feel that way? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. You can think/say what you like. I appreciate that the manager put his feelings ahead of his "busine |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You can think what you like, as well, but what interested me was that you |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. What did I say that makes you think I am angry? Have a good holiday. nm |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why do some here take her side? Isn't it our right to face our accusers? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Enough to tell her, we know who you are and |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Total nonsense |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. This isn't court |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds overpriced - $12 for a Vietnamese sandwich? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. \ |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. It was rude to make her wait 40 minutes and then throw her out |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Looks like Virbila will be the new owner of Red Medicine |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. She won't get a dime. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. She has no right to anonymity. nt |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. See this is why I love this fucking place so much. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. "Try our new special -- WikiLeek Soup." nt |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Bwahaha!! |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. Okay, what is her "real" first nameq |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think they made a mistake.. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. I find a great majority of the time |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
36. Food critics can't stay anonymous. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sounds like the restaurant owner is a very accurate shooter of his own foot. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I agree. He should have kowtowed to her every wish and begged for a good review. nm |
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