Wednesday, November 1, 2017

The DisJointed Food Biz #2

Thursday, June 16, 2016

How to deal with Yelpers

         For those of you who might not be aware of Yelp and the food biz, the website Yelp has become the boogieman that scares the shit out of restaurant owners as well as managers. It has also become the place where bullies can push around food service workers with out ever feeling any repercussions. Not as shitbagcustomers.com ! Here's a yelp review from Brad W, a Scottsdale yelper about Stand Up Scottsdale
http://www.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=ELcQDlf69kb-ihJfxZyL0A&rec_pagestart=50

Taken from Yelp


1.0 star rating
3/18/2016
UPDATE: Howard likes responding to negative reviews, but he comes off as a whiner and crybaby. Not everybody likes B rate comics and fake tough guy owners who harrass people on social media after leaving a bad review (see below). He thinks I actually entered his club and has got me confused with someone else. Read my review Howie - I never entered your postage stamp sized club. Clueless and he gets his inspiration from Bill Cosby - what does that say about Howard?

Called up a few weeks ago to attempt to make a reservation, but it was a miserable fail. The only reason I had to call was that the reservation system online wasn't taking my coupon code. My suspicion is that since it was a freebie, Howard baited and switched and tried to get people to buy a full priced ticket. Anyway, Howard answered the phone and he sounded drunk or over medicated and mumbled something about how they usually take phone reservation, but not now and then I couldn't understand the rest of what he mumbled. This guy is the Donald Trump of comedy and not in a good way, all show and no go. I attended another show at his old place and he spent 20 minutes making up some stupid story about his fake girlfriend and texting and another god awful unfunny rant about the freeway shooter.
    This is the first comedy club in history to downsize. Once the tourists leave, this place will be a ghost town again. He already blew 150K of his investors money and failed before. It's only a matter of time before this place bottoms out as well.

You see most executives might worry about a review like this, they might even give the workers a write up or even fire some of the staff. Howard Hughes the owner of Stand Up Scottsdale responds like this...

"3/20/2016  UPDATE TO THIS LOSER, here's a message he just sent me via yelp:
Brad W.
You got the wrong guy dumbass. Read my review. I never even entered your crappy club. Stop hitting the bottle so much from PTSD and actually read my words. BTW nobody reads the owner comments, they only read the actual review.

Hard to believe the level of tool this tard is.

Original response:
Brad, you are crushing on me hard!
Super creepy.

To the Reader, this crushing, stalkerish review speaks for itself.  
In short, this loser came in on a date; he was a creep and I got into him...he ran out, leaving his date behind...went home and yelped!

If you think this is the type of person you'd want to hang with in any place, much less a comedy club, do not come to this comedy club.  He should be embarrassed of his behavior but I'm certain he's not...I'm sure his cats gave him comfort through the night.

To his ridiculous review, no, Brad, there is no conspiracy against you and your coupon.  You're a nerd; a loser and a coward.

Reader, consider our reviews...look at the people who seem to enjoy us and then look at the few who haven't...i think its pretty clear which group is the more fun, reasonable group.  This guy has been creeping on me since the first Bar Rescue episode...at least he had the stones to come in to the club, just not the courage of his conviction to address me directly when he had the chance.  Be embarrassed, Brad...your date was.

We take all sorts of coupons, however, once the show gets down to the last 20 or so available seats, we have to sell those at full value (its contractual stuff)...if you have this type of ticket, just make your reservation early and there is zero issue.  However, to be honest, I can imagine giving someone like this attitude on the phone; one gets the feeling for a type you'd just rather not have in the club.

Reader, if you think brad here a reasonable reviewer, we're probably not the club for you.  However, if you think its weird that a guy has 1200 plus reviews, writes an emotionally charged, personal review of me (ill bet he has a picture of me in his wallet--he seems like an oldschool creeper ;-), and comes off as the kind of guy you wouldn't want to be in any social situation with (outside of maybe comic con or a lord of the rings reenactment group), then WE ARE YOUR CLUB!
We are the highest rated club in the valley 5 years running for a reason!  Its because we care about the guests, their experience, and comedy.  We work hard to put together a show that creates value, both comedically and financially, for our guests...and the preponderance of the reviews show this.  Brad here is a loser who gets his power from yelp; he's the type of yelper even yelp hates because his emotions (and tv, in this case) get the better of him.
I look forward to having you in the club...and thank you, brad, for the review; I promise you, you've gotten us more new guests because of your review...and for those that read this and think, "Im with Brad", we thank you in advance for not coming in and blowing our good time ;-)
HH"


Congrats for sticking up for your business and your employees, and for Brad W, congrats on being our shitbag customer of the week! 

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Oh Cystal! I'm going to guess it was your birthday right?

What a thoughtful shitbag! 

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Jealousy is an Ugly Thing

Our first story comes from a person wanting to be know as DefBlonde3

            I work at a family style restaurant. You know, the kind that looks like a swap meet threw up all over the walls then threw in some pot stickers and now they come off as eccentric? My clientele consist of either families who don't want to talk to each other or couples who don't want to spend money on a real date.
           One evening I had an older couple sit in my section, they were in their late forties and they seemed like nice people. The whole visit was going well until a table of three younger ladies sat next to them.
           Now when I say younger I mean thirties as compared to the couple in their forties. The table of three ladies were out to have a good time, they were basically there to start the evening with a bunch of greasy food before they went on  a bender like only three grown women in their thirties can.
           It took a few minutes to get the drink order for the gals but I finally got it. It took even longer to take the order but once I put it in I was then able to drop the check on the couple. When I went to give them the tab I saw that the lady seemed upset, when I say upset I really mean pissed. I've been in this business long enough to know the difference between an upset customer you should listen to and the kind you shouldn't. The look of bat shit crazy that was coming out of her eyes said to me that she was the kind to ignore.
           They took the check up to the front where they asked for a manager. The boss came up and I could see her flaying her arms around and pointing at me across the dining room. The boss comes over and hands me the check which has no tip , OK I see she was upset but I had no idea why. It turns out she was pissed that I was too nice to the table of younger gals next to them.
           I guess I should have been more sensitive to the needs of a bitch who had been riding on her looks for years but now that she's older random guys don't want to fuck her anymore. How dare I look at another women when I should have been focusing on her....lady who I am not dating.
          I wish I remembered her name but I don't. All I know is that they were opening up a vape shop in the city. I wished I knew where it was so I could have bought a tube of oil of ole, tie it to a brick and then chuck it through their front window! That of course would be illegal, writing on this page seemed like a better idea, thanks for listening!

DefBlonde3

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Intro and Ground rules

To The Oppressed and The Bullied,
          When I was a kid I was taught to be a good person, to treat others with respect. In some way I thought we as people were supposed to try and leave this world a better place than we found it. That good will always overcome evil. As I got older I found that to be untrue.
          Good doesn't always win, sometimes people get things stolen from them and there is no way to get them back. Money can be replaced but honor and respect are hard to get back. That's why I started this blog. It's for those of us in the world who need to fight back against selfish assholes that make this world such horrible place to be in at times.
          However, before we get started we should set some boundaries so we don't become worse than the people we're writing about, so let us set some rules shall we?

          1. Anonymity- In order to protect myself as well as your employment we will need to make sure nothing is traced back to the person who is telling the story. Any names or places of said       story shall be changed to protect....our asses basically.
          2. Don't be a hateful jerk. I'm not going to print any story that bashes someone because of the race or creed....only their behavior .
          3. Any pics that are submitted must have the faces or logos of place of business edited out. Do   we want to stick it to these shitbags? Yes we do , but lets protect ourselves from any liable suits shall we?
          4. I am not a priest or a counselor. If you send me a story about you doing something illegal and I get asked about it from any law enforcement agency I will corporate with any information that I was given by the person who submitted the story. To clarify, law enforcement and companies are not considered the same thing. A detective wants answers, I will give them. Your boss wants answers from me, I'm not saying anything.
          5. Any story that is submitted to this page is not guaranteed to be published. Depending on the story or the quantity or stories that are submitted I might not be able to publish everyone. Do a good job or writing a story and it will eventually get up.
          6. This blog is a "fictional" blog, as any similarities between characters in the stories and persons alive or dead is purely coincidental.

Submitting a story is easy. How this will work is you send your story via email to shitbag665@gmail.com
Make sure you follow the rules above and give yourself a screen name so I can credit the person who wrote the story.

As with all works of art, things will need to grow. If this blog does well I'll make this into a website where we can have a community with message boards and such. Until then lets focus on our next story!