What kinda values could a restaurant chain that microwaves the shittiest food on the planet possibly have?
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Excuse me, that's Applebees. Chili's only microwaves some things and deep fries others.
Other than the sign on the building, how can you even tell them apart?
Chips and salsa.
Well, for me, I spent 15 years in a very small metro in the panhandle of Florida. When the community theatre folks hung out, a lot of the regulars would go to Applebees. The "edgy"/"outcast" would tend to go to Chilis.
Frankly, the bigoted stuff from the submission aside, both are… fine enough places to hang out and get food. It's not great, but it's not terrible.
I liked the Chilis because the ribs were pretty decent. Not amazing, but decent enough. My wife appreciated their battered chicken tenders, until they got rid of them. She's autistic and that texture is better for her.
Applebees was more boring to me. I can't tell you off the top of my head what I ever ate there, but it was alright.
In both cases it was more about hanging out with friends.
So really, to answer your question: Meh. lol.
And yes, I know it was rhetoical, but I have ADHD, so I answered anyway. :)
Chilis always had a fucking terrible dry-ass black bean burger as a vegetarian option, but Applebees had broccoli alfredo that was pretty palatable. It’s not like the chilis one was vegan, either.
Shitty?
personal values
Meaning you're not a fundamentalist extremist christofascist. That is a compliment, actually, even though they don't know it
Lifestyle
Yes, I too would do multiple very expensive and very painful operations and god knows how many therapy sessions for fun, because that's my style, baby!
I always see stories like this and I think to myself I can't even boycott them because I wasn't eating there already. Not that I can really afford to eat out anywhere though...
Were they a fascist pedophile?
Did they think they could get away with this. Firing someone because of their personal life. crazy.
They haven't yet not gotten away with it. I don't maintain much optimism that they won't.
I mean man. It would be another major fall in human rights and ignoring at least the principles of the constitution. I mean they can debate all day when it comes to commons spaces but what people do in their private lives is like main part of being free.
I guess this is how I learn that Chili's is actually still in business
a trans man who was assigned female at birth
Isn't that what "trans man" means?
They gotta dumb it down for people, it's a good thing for informing.
If you just say "trans man" at a bunch of people, a significant portion of them will think you mean "a man who has decided they are trans and wants to be a woman". Because recognizing the gender someone identifies as is catering to their delusion or whatever bigots tell themselves to get by.
Before all the recent hullabaloo in recent years, I couldn't remember which meant which way - because I could give two fucks - just let them be who they are.
Now I've had to learn a lot (which I don't resent learning) so I can help stand up for their rights, and it's really easy to remember. But it's sort of like "biweekly" or "semiweekly" before you actually pay attention - both of those terms mean both something that happens twice per week or once every other week (although I tihnk biweekly more strongly implies twice per week, but it can absolutely be used for both).
I suppose that's true that even people who aren't necessarily bigots can struggle to understand what being trans is. My boomer parents aren't transphobic, but they do struggle with the concept that when a person realizes they're trans it retroactively means that they were always the gender they currently go by, even if they themselves didn't know it at the time. I got into an argument with my dad when he kept calling the child of someone he knew "he" when talking about her in the past before she came out as trans. I tried to explain that, no, she was a she then as well, but didn't know it herself and presented as a he, but he just didn't get it.
A lot of people are still just not familiar with the terminology surrounding all things trans.
If you just say “trans man” many of them don't go into a weird mental gymnastics session to justify their prejudice, they just go "which one was that again?".
I've been there myself a few years ago and since I learned have explained it to several people who couldn't be further from bigots, they were just not in much personal contact with trans people.
Sorry I didn't mean to say that anyone who doesn't know the difference is a bigot, I meant to say that the general public's lack of awareness about what means what is due to bigots intentionally using the wrong gender or terminology any chance they get. They're muddying the waters.
No need to apologize, and sorry that I apparently made you think an apology was required.
I wanted to build on and expand your point, not contradict it.
I guess they could be intersex? But mostly probably just to make the article accessable to boomers which I think is a fine thing to do.
And it's okay if they ain't intersex, because havin' a low lerbido or being uh-sexual ain't no big deal, neither.
/jk
Oh, well I haven’t eaten at Chili's in about 20 years, but I was just talking about going again last week.
Guess I’m not going to do that…
At $60 to $70 for 2 people to eat out? Fuck that.
Texas Roadhouse family meals (takeout only tho) is where it's at. Near me it's $60 for 4 steaks (28oz total), 2 1lb sides, about a dozen rolls, salad. Or $50 for the same but with 24 chicken tendies instead of steak.
Gotta agree. You can get so much food there for a reasonable amount of money.
Just did this recently, would recommend.
I’d much rather eat at Chotchkie’s. More flair.
If I've told you once I've told you 37 times…
Brain has 37 pieces of flair.
I just realized this is Mike Judge himself
My expectation of "edible food" doesn't align with what Chili's offers, which is why I don't go there. Everyone has their beliefs, I suppose.
Too easy to boycott.
So easy, I’ve been accidentally boycotting them for decades.
Exactly what kind of sex is going on at Chili's? Anything I should know?
Is it getting into the food???
Judging by the restaurant staff I've known, a lot. Those people fuck more than porn stars.
Line cooks are way uglier than porn stars.
Line cooks tend to be degenerates. The best kind of degenerates.
If Chili’s actually gave a shit about “personal values” they wouldn’t be able to hire cooks. Some might pass a drug test because they’re on supervision, but not a single one is going to pass a morality screening.
Source: 20yrs as a line cook.
If you lock your keys in your car a line cook can probably get you into it and sell you a dime bag too.
It's entirely possible the employees sucked, but for Chili's to fire them the way they did is nuts. The fact that there's a pattern means there's gonna be some fat paychecks going around.
I'll continue my tradition of not eating at Chili's in support.
I guess I'll continue to never patronize a Chili's. Wtfuck is "Chili's" any way? Is it someone's nickname? Do they have a chili that owns things?
Much like how Nigerian Prince emails use bad grammar and spelling to filter out people with half a brain, they're using the stupid name as a way to filter out folks who won't pay $30/ea to eat garbage in a room that smells like a dirty rag.
No, you're confused. Chili owns you, whether you're an employee or customer. You belong to them. Chili's. Eat fresh
Imagine if there was a place that served shit for food. But then, blend in a bit of cumin, some smoked paprika, chile powder, and corn in with the shit.
Thats a chiles.
OK, so what's Chili's?
I haven't been in a Chili's in forever, and I don't expect to go again. So I'm going to avoid everything from Brinker International [NYSE: EAT] now (Chili's and Maggiano's Little Italy), and I'm thinking that I might sell some of it short too.
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