Trolls Gone Wild: Amy's Baking Company

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Tamar Garish, May 15, 2013.

  1. Shirogayne

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    The couple actually invited Ramsey to the restaurant to fight the online reviewers that put the place on blast. And Samy being either a spineless whimp or scared that his wife will cut him in his sleep, he's probably been throwing his savings into keeping the place open.
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  2. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Yeah, I wonder about that too. One thing, everybody I know in Phoenix now wants to go to this restaurant. You can't pay for this kind of vibe.
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    Almost as bad as restaurants in France.
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    Waiting is usually part-time shift work. One of the girls, the one who was fired in the episode, had another part-time waitressing job somewhere else.
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    I find it difficult to take Gordon too seriously, especially after this:

    [WYT="Capt. Slow schools "Chef" Ramsay in the kitchen."]vTOfhQ_SZEg[/WYT]


    Bull's Penis? :moo:
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  9. Dinner

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    Yeah, I was starting to wonder about the stunt possibility. I mean, it seems impossible that they could sign up for that show and be unaware of what it entails... unless they were counting on their employees being on the receiving end of the criticism but weren't prepared to get any themselves?
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    While you were molesting young Asian boys? :pedo:
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    From what I can tell, it's pure delusion.

    They really, really thought their food was the cat's ass and that Ramsey wouldn't be able to tell frozen from fresh. They did manage to fool him with the baked goods.

    They wanted Ramsey to come and rave about their food and call the blogosphere liars. They probably also wanted the free makeover that he usually does for these people, too.

    Too bad for them that their customers are not liars and Gordon isn't fooled by frozen shit. They knew they had made a big mistake and went full retard.

    Idiots.
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  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Do these assholes even WATCH the show?

    ...but I say then just watching the regular "Kitchen Nightmares".

    Every fucking one "eeew, he's yelling at me, and telling me my food is crap. :weep:".

    You ASKED for him to be there, do you WATCH the fucking show?!?!?

    :wtf:
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  14. Shirogayne

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    It's just like Tamar said: they had their heads so far up their asses that they really did think they smell like roses. They just wanted to be right, not to get anything out of it.

    And having seen a few other episodes, I'll at least give them some credit for not giving their customers food poisoning with bad practices (like a Mexican place that was serving "fresh" beans from a thirteen gallon trash bin! :wtf: ).
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    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    They actually promo'd the show on their facebook page, pre-hacking (LOL)! Why on Earth would they have done that?
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    I don't even know why any restaurant would want to be on a show where their dirty laundry is aired unless it is just for the free make over of the dining room. I mean, a restaurant must be so broke and desperate to agree to that kind of public humiliation when for a couple grand they could hire a consultant who would tell them the same stuff but avoid all the bad publicity.

    It's not like they spend a huge amount on the make overs too. At most $10k but most of them are more like $5k. I suppose there is also value in the new menus which they work out for the restaurant but, once again, you could hire a consultant to do the same without having everyone see your dirty laundry on prime time.
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  17. Diacanu

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    And, most of the time, it doesn't save the restaurants anyway.
    Cracked did a thing showing how many of them from "Kitchen Nightmares", and "Restaurant Impossible", are gone now, but you just don't know about it, because followup extends six months, tops.
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    I did a quick look up on the places...and there were maybe three (all from season three, oddly) that are still thriving, and there was one place that was sold just because the folks just didn't want to keep it up anymore. The rest failed due to money issues or the owners sliding back into old habits once the cameras were off. With the Mexican restaurant I linked to earlier, the Feds apparently shut 'em down for tax evasion before the show even aired.
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    Any publicity is good publicity. Even Amy will have an influx now due to curiousity.
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    Actually, I buy that one. You can't tell me that after all the outrage expressed via Yelp and Facebook that that someone wouldn't have at least attempted to hack their social media accounts. The blatant trolling of Yelp and Reddit users is one tip off, but for me, it's the Phillip Fry reference that clinches it. There's no way Amy has any concept of what Futurama is.
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    I love that their PR firm quit, too.
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    Amy should do anal sex videos to keep her restaurant from going into bankruptcy. Do it IN the kitchen too! I would watch. :techman:
  24. tafkats

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    I'm gonna go on record right now saying that while I have no problem with anal porn, I'm not eating at any restaurant that's had it filmed in the kitchen.
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  25. Diacanu

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    Okay, I do have a problem with anal porn.
    And it's not a moral, or even "ick", factor problem.

    1. It's over done. Every porn search, you have to paw over hundreds of the stupid things.
    Even if anal was your thing, fuck, people, don't you ever wear out on it?

    2. That pole-in-hole underneath-the-action shot when it's anal just looks all wrong.
    The pussy is just hanging all out going ignored, and it frustrates me to no end.
    It's like watching a cooking show where they cook up this nice mess of vegetables, and then they just leave it there to go all cold while they eat the stems and peelings.

    It's the stupidest kink ever.
    Just logically, and engineering wise.
  26. gul

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    I'm not big on anal porn either, but I definitely relish the thought that she will end up going the celebrity sex tape route once the current 15 minutes is up. Yeah, that will be hilarious.
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    Do you think she'd follow him back to the west bank? I don't think so just like I doubt the restaurant will last so what, oh, what will she do when it all goes up in flames? A poorly paid anal gang bang video sounds right up her alley.
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    What if its shot in the dark using night vision goggles?
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    Oh well then it's just art.
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