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Travis Lindsay " In the criminal justice system, Resturant based hackings are considered especially heinous.In AZ, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Baking Unit.These are their stories".. [youtube]-8lDYrvTILc[/youtube]
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Dubbington said:
Lost too. Why did this Bakery get targeted? Just seems like they are being harassed.
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I'm sure you're all caught up by now. But in order for a restaurant to be on Kitchen Nightmares, the owner(s) of the restaurant have to "ask for help" to the producers, then the crew comes in and sets up cameras everywhere, and then Ramsay comes in and does his thing.

Not exactly a new show. Seems like they knew the drill. Unlike most of the other restaurants on the show, they were prepared for it...everything was clean and in order. Usually Ramsay finds health code violations that would shutter a place in the blink of an eye.

What didn't differ from show to show, is that the owners seem to always think there's nothing wrong with the food...and everyone else's taste buds are fucked. But eventually they see the light, Ramsay redoes the menu and spruces the place up, maybe even sets them up with a chef that knows what they're doing.

In this case we didn't make it past the first step. Dumb fucking people are bleeding money, so they call the show hoping Ramsay can save it. Then when he comes in, they don't want to hear his criticism, and the ship is sinking because of "mean people online" and not the fact that they served a chef with more Michelin stars than he has fingers...raw pizza.

"Oh you don't know what it's supposed to taste like. GTFO!"
Servers don't get to keep the tips, they don't do anything to earn it.

Yup...treating customers and employees like that-on national fucking television-is probably a good way to turn any business into a ghost town right away. So make no mistake about it, those two batshit cray cray people brought this whole shitstorm on themselves.

They could have at least played along with Ramsay for the week he was there and actually enjoy a surge in business from positive publicity from the show, then stubbornly go back to crazy town like a good chunk of the restaurants on the show do. But nope! Couldn't be told they're wrong. Whether you think he's a supreme prick or not, Gordon Ramsay probably knows what the hell he's doing. Not all of the restaurants he's opened were a success, but still can't change the fact that he's been a helluva lot more successful as a restauranteur than the people that call the show in for help. So whether his way will truly save the place or not may not be guaranteed, it's got a lot better chance than going down the same path that got them so far under water in the first place.


It's a great country, and everyone deserves the chance to try and start a business for themself. However, not everyone deserves to stay in business.
 
TheRobSJ said:
Dumb fucking people are bleeding money, so they call the show hoping Ramsay can save it. Then when he comes in, they don't want to hear his criticism, and the ship is sinking because of "mean people online" and not the fact that they served a chef with more Michelin stars than he has fingers...raw pizza.
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I think you missed Samy saying what the point was. "Their restaurant was already fantastic and they were being criticized unfairly on yelp." He wanted Ramsey to go on TV and declare that there was no problem with the food or restaurant, that they deserved a Michelan star, and that it was the customers that were delusional. Had nothing to do with needing any help.
 
n10sive said:
I think you missed Samy saying what the point was. "Their restaurant was already fantastic and they were being criticized unfairly on yelp." He wanted Ramsey to go on TV and declare that there was no problem with the food or restaurant, that they deserved a Michelan star, and that it was the customers that were delusional. Had nothing to do with needing any help.
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Oh I heard it. Doesn't matter what excuse the owners give on every show. What never changes is their delusion that there's nothing wrong with the food. I'm sure most of the people that call him in are thinking along the same lines, oh we'll serve Ramsay out usual fare and when he tastes how good it is on his tv show, our problems will be over. Yup. Every single time they serve him the food. If you had a nickel for every time you heard "bland, raw, dreadful, or ghastly" after this many episodes....whew!

Some may disagree, but I think people are willing to put up with a lot of bad shit if the food is really good. Long wait, ancient decor/furniture, clueless staff....but if it's the best *whatever dish* you've had, you're still gonna go there from time to time.

I used to love Bennigan's. That damn Turkey O'Toole sammich is just the best thing evar for me. However...the service sucked! Every god damned time. Busy or empty, always a long wait and sometimes the fucking server never came back at all. But I loved that sandwich so much, I kept going back every now and then and didn't care that I got treated like a second class citizen. Then their parent company went under, and the individual franchisees tried to keep their restaurants afloat on their own. The one in Santa Clara did. So I went in for the usual. Omg. Things changed. Instead of my delicious Turkey O'Toole with its pretzel bun and melted Swiss over turkey with honey mustard....I got something what looked like store bought lunch meat in Wonder bread. That...on top of the usual Bennigan's shit service. I asked WTF happened Nd they said they're having supplier issues. I should've have said I'm having issues supplying them with the full asking price for that ridiculous excuse of a Turkey O'Toole. Haven't been back since. Still there. Maybe they got their shit together. I dunno, but no longer care.
 
This is awesome.

AWESOME.

This is the greatest thing I have seen since I used to be an Encyclopedia Dramatica contributor.
 
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Why is it crazy people always say God is like their super best friend? It's weird.
 
To Rob's post: I cannot believe some of the restaurants Ramsey goes to, and the attitudes of staff and owners. I almost think it's made up, but evidently not.

It just shows the dang gap in my understanding, like some kind of inverse natural law: you'd think with health inspections, and incredible commercial pressure, that no one would run a restaurant without being on top of things or near it. But you (or me) would be wrong. Some of the places on the shows I have seen were like Jersey Shore with aprons. Yet they hang out the open sign and somebody comes in to eat! In your case, they made something you liked. Sometimes I just think its proximity. And my private theory is that if you don't grow up with a great cook for a parent, maybe you just don't know what good food is supposed to taste like. I dunno......Every great once in a while I have the misfortune to hit a bad place, but we're pretty fussy around here anymore so it's usually on the road.
 
When Gordon asked them if they had kids and she said she had three boys but they were wrapped in cats fur or something like that, I knew it was over :laughing

Kitchen Nightmares is my one reality guilty pleasure.
 
imabigdave said:
Because it's generally the crazy people that have imaginary friends.
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I think it's callous of me to a degree but when I hear people talk about how they're doing something because it's "what God wants" or it's "part of God's plan for me" I immediately assume they are fucking basket cases :wtf

Guess running a restaurant because that's what you wanna do won't be enough to stop all the HATERS. You need God on your side to stop all the HATERS. :laughing
 
I just watched the whole episode. Um, holy shit! This chick is nuts. Now I see why everyone is saying Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

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gnahc79 said:
how did they stay open for so many years???
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Methinks the guy is a retired gangster, either got money saved away or that shit is just a front for some money-laundering operation. Probably the latter.
 
Abyss said:
Methinks the guy is a retired gangster, either got money saved away or that shit is just a front for some money-laundering operation. Probably the latter.
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Or, he just blew all his savings and went into oppressive debt trying to keep his trophy wife happy.
 
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