Waitress Who Posted No-Tip Receipt From “Pastor” Customer Fired From Job

[MADem]

161. When you go to Applebee's an order that steak and veggies, the steak is pre-cooked and frozen, and

the veggies are frozen and microwaved for your dining pleasure. You could get the same dining experience by grabbing a Hungry Man dinner out of the grocer's freezer, cooking it up in your home microwave, popping the top on that beer from your fridge, and plunking yourself down in front of your tee vee to watch that big game. The money you save could buy a good chunk of a tank of gas, to say nothing of the cash you'd save by not driving to the Applebee's (and worrying about a DUI on the way home) in the first place.

I've eaten the occasional frozen dinner--I'm no food snob. Sometimes, time is short. I get that. Pull into a one horse town at midnight, and all that's available is the convenience store w/limited choices on the corner, and that microwave in your hotel room. That Hungry Man looks good in that situation. I really don't want to pay twenty bucks or more for a meal that is less than ten at home--particularly if the quality is low.

I travel to "economically depressed" areas of the country on occasion, and I have always been able to find me a good, home cooked meal in a family joint just by doing a little looking around and asking. And if I have a choice, I'd rather go to a local joint than a chain.

I didn't characterize the food as "gross," FWIW. That was someone else, apparently. I do think the place sucks (as I noted upthread). If you want me to characterize the food specifically, I'd call it salty-sugary-lousy--it's fast frozen food on real plates.