I’m Not Prejudiced, I Just Hate Everyone’s Opinion Except My Own

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“Prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.”
Ambrose Bierce

“Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices–just recognize them.”
Edward R. Murrow

“How you look at it is pretty much how you’ll see it”

Am I prejudiced? You bet your sweet bippy I’m prejudiced. But unlike the the blindly opinionated, I like to think my biases are born of experience, not bigotry.

Put another way: I’m not easily impressed. And I do carry a certain “been there, done that” attitude into most restaurants these days.

Does that mean I can’t be objective? No it doesn’t and yes it does.

Because I don’t look at places through the wide-eyed amazement of some amateur….or the credulous, bought-and-paid-for acceptance of someone just happy to be getting free food.

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Facebook Rant

To ELV readers: This was sent to us by good friend “Becky The Bartender.” It comes from a Facebook Forum for bitter (to say the least) waitrons and barkeeps. It’s sorta true and kinda funny and really long, but take it with a huge grain of salt with whatever margarita you’re having.

I WORK IN HOSPITALITY; I hate most people…
This is a group just for bitter BAR and generally all hospitality workers who wish to express their hate for rude customers! If you are sick of any of the following, feel free to join! And if you think of any other hates, add them! I’m sure you will!

—BAR—
*People waving their money at you/throwing it at you in the hope of being served before everybody else who has been waiting longer.

*People who take 15 minutes to remember what they need to order, while 100 other angry people are waiting to be served.

*People who order a round of 20 drinks, then dont have enough cash to pay for them…. then you have to wait for them to get cash out or put it through on credit while the 100 other angry custmers get even more impatient. CREDIT IS A BITCH! it takes too long!

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