Everybody should stop saying these things:
"I could care less"
"It's besides the point"
"Nucular"
Any others?
"Literally" and "basicly"
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ATM machine.
You are literally (sorry, couldn't resist) saying "Automated Teller Machine machine.
The correct use of 'literally' is nothing to apologize for.
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shareβ. . . is nothing for which to apologize.β Itβs called βa dangling participle, you illiterate dingleberry. Yes, I am mocking youπ
shareI think you meant "ending with a preposition." And, btw, NOT ending with a preposition is not a hard rule. Some houses of learning teach its avoidance as a rule but it is not incorrect. it is, at most, undesirable.
sharejeez, would it kill you to be a little polite? holy cow.
steven pinker says it's ok.
it's surely better to end with a preposition than to mangle your sentences.
for which to apologize
to apologize for
one of those is much more elegant and natural than the other. i think pinker would approve.
Doesnt it stand for Ass to mouth machine???
share"Hand-crafted" cocktails, burgers, sandwiches, etc.
shareWhen I worked at Ruby Tuesday, they had commercials that would say things like that, as well as "Piping-hot fries" and "Our fresh, NEVER frozen..." and I called baloney on it all. I told everyone I knew that my job has a Walk-In Freezer. Its so big you literally walk inside it to get what you need!!!
share"Barkeep I have no use for your fancy-shmancy hand crafted screwdriver, just hand me the Club canned screwdriver you got in the fridge."
shareRestaurants use deceptive advertising all the time. There was a discussion about doughnuts a while back and how the overall quality has gone downhill. That's because very few shops make their own these days. The local family-owned doughnut shops are being run into the ground by the big garbage chains. Their products are shipped in frozen from some central plant and are baked or reheated at the local shop. Then they claim that "our doughnuts are made fresh daily, in-store." When baked goods are frozen it destroys the flavor. It's the same with pizza crust. That's why the corporate garbage chain pizzas are so bad.
shareAs far as I could tell, the dough at dominos pizza came in from a refrigerated truck but I dont think it was frozen? Well the store has a walk-in refrigerator but not a walk in freezer. The truck may have been a freezer truck though Im not sure.
I never buy doughnuts and havent in a long time. But Im not too surprised. One thing I noticed is all chinese food places use the same breaded chicken for every chicken dish. The sauce being different is the only thing making it sweet and sour, or general tsos, or almond chicken. Almond Chicken use to be my favorite. It use to be a chicken breast with almond slices sprinkled on it and THEN breaded and fried, they would slice it up longways and then pour the almond sauce. So there was real almonds. But many years back I noticed that no place does it that way anymore. its just regualr breaded chicken with an almond sauce poured on it and no visible almonds there at all.
Vomitno's Pizza is a prime example of garbage. A true pizzeria makes and hand-tosses its own dough in the restaurant. There is no processed junk sent in by semi truck.
I don't see how the place stays in business. I guess people want inferior processed garbage rather than real pizza..
"Artisanal" is a related term. So pretentious-sounding.
shareI use to think subways associate titles of "Sandwich Artist" was pretentious and unnecessary. But after working there (years ago) and eating there occasionally, I can see when a worker is just throwing the sandwich together and getting your butt out the door contrasted to a worker who carefully fixes the sandwich. Drizzles the condiments a certain way for better flavor, and seems to find comfort in making a good sandwich. Those I would call an artist.
Artisanal still gets on my nerves too though xD its overused.
Subway is another place that lost my business a long time ago.
When Subway first moved into my area they had some of the best sandwiches in town. Over the years they allowed the quality of their food and service to gradually erode. My final Subway sandwich consisted of a dry bun crammed full of lettuce, leaving little room for the four paper-thin slices of lunch meat, the kind you can get at any supermarket.
That was about ten years ago. I can only imagine how much further they've degraded since.
I dont disagree. It use to be a place I enjoyed going to eat. But the 5 dollar footlongs are gone, the meat quality is less than their competitors, size portions of the meat have steadily decreased (thinking we wouldnt notice), and they are sometimes stingy with how much veggies they wanna give you when the meat itself is no longer enough. The only thing they have left is they have different kinds of bread you can choose. But their Italian Herb and Cheese bread is not good enough to keep me as a customer.
My final straw with subway was when I got my sub toasted, left the store, and when I got settled and ready to eat it I found a small black burnt thing on my sub that was not the bread...not the meat...not a veggie...it seemed like a burnt piece of plastic. So that was all she wrote for me going back. I threw that sub in the trash.
I hope you left feedback on their website. People need to not only stop doing business with these places, but tell them why they lost their business. If everyone did that I'll bet you would see a turnaround in how they operate.
shareONE OLIVE SLICE PER INCH OR YER FIRED!!!
shareI don't remember if it was "30 Rock" or "Kimmy Schmidt" there was a rich douchebag boyfriend who was supposed to bring ice for a party and he shows up with this box with the label "Artisanal Frozen Water." LMAO!
βWokeβ but I hate you all so why not make woke a holiday lol
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shareDo not split an infinitive.
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