C/D: Eating Establishments That Yell At Entering Patrons

HI WELCOME TO CAPTAIN D's!!!!!!

Dud. (Even more dud that I eat there.)

I'd love to see them try upselling using this technique.

HEY THERE FUCKFACE WELCOME TO ATLANTA BREAD COMPANY WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME BROCCOLI CHEDDAR SOUP WITH YOUR NINE DOLLAR SANDWICH

Waffle House, but it's dud because they forget about you even after they acknowledge you sometimes.

Jason's Deli.

Nothing like having a roomful of people scream at you. It's why I steer clear of Protestant churches.

It's why I steer clear of Protestant churches.

I can name that tune in four fewer notes.

C: when it comes about naturally, like at Wiener Circle (Chicago)
DDDDDD: when it's some sort of contrived marketing ploy

Waffle House

A couple of my friends are obsessed with Waffle House because we don't have them here. I even know from them that the nearest is in (I believe) VA. I don't really get what all the fuss is about but they go apeshit over that place.

C: when it comes about naturally, like at Wiener Circle (Chicago)
DDDDDD: when it's some sort of contrived marketing ploy

-- Granny Dainger, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:27 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

wiener circle is a totally contrived marketing ploy and is also like the 10th circle of hell

for those unfamiliar with wiener circle, imagine all the fun of going to a restaurant where people yell at you, plus having it tinged with genuine hatred and all kinds of racial discomfort, all while being surrounded by drunk frat boys. oh and the food sucks

do they have a jamaican branch called circle jerk

C: when it comes about naturally, like at Wiener Circle (Chicago)
DDDDDD: when it's some sort of contrived marketing ploy

Everything Nick said, and it's a weird goddamn place -- genuine hatred and racial discomfort has actually become the marketing ploy, if you can imagine such a thing, and it works just great on frat boys. It's a game. They dare each other to say the most offensive things they can think of to the girls behind the counter, and then when they catch some serious abuse in return, they either yuk it up because LOL whaddya gonna do, hot dog girl? or they get into real fights, because drunk frat boys are such bright bulbs. All that and a hot dog, too? Well, who could resist.

I have this controversial theory that I've been polishing over the course of my restaurant-going life: at the moment you walk in the door, there is no reason in this or any parallel dimension that anyone should behave in any manner toward you other than pleasant and accommodating. (But don't push it.)

Sounds like Dirty Dick's Last Resort in San Diego. Our server: "Okay you guys, shut the fuck up and figure out your order."

one of my best friends worked as a hostess at a dick's last resort when we were in college. it was the perfect job for her.

There's some awful pizza buffet chain called CiCi's that opened near here a few years back where they do this

i was once yelled at by the owner of demarco's (formerly of houston st.) for having the audacity to sit down in their restaurant area. then he realized that i actually wanted a sit-down meal and not just a slice of pizza to go and changed his tune

e.g. WELCOME TO COLD STONE / THE BURRITO PLACE THAT NAMES ITEMS AFTER SEINFELD JOEKS

-- David R., Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

loooooooooooooooooooool i worked at both of these places at the same time this past summer

major whip cracking done over not adequately yelling WELCOME TO MOES

konichiwa bitches!

^^^^

slogan to be shouted at SUSHI MAX (coming soon)

When I was a student at Liverpool uni, I used to go to the Wimpy's opposite the LFC shop and the manageress would shout "FOOD OR TOILET?!" at anyone coming in aged under 25. This was to deter scally kids just popping in to use the bog, in which case they would be asked to leave.

"Er... er jus' need der bog an' er..."

"GERROUT!"