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KansDem

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20. "I avoid corporate food because it's bland and unimaginative."

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:19 PM

Dec 2012

It may just be me but I seem to notice the same food delivery service trucks delivering products to the variety of "restaurants" in town. I wonder just how different the cuisine could be at each "unique" location.

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It turns out that people hate rich assholes who threaten to cut back employees' hours [View all] phantom power Dec 2012 OP

Buy local, support mom&pops instead of chains wherever possible. peacebird Dec 2012 #1

...which are exempt from health insurance requirements jberryhill Dec 2012 #12

I think this is due to social media and the net. Hopefully this attitude will continue FSogol Dec 2012 #2

Yep, human culture is changing rapidly because of social media. tridim Dec 2012 #5

Unfortunately for Papa Johns, people can get cardboard pizza from a lot of different establishments. Pisces Dec 2012 #3

I avoid it for both reasons OnionPatch Dec 2012 #4

The responses were great too :) n/t Sheepshank Dec 2012 #6

I just hate rich assholes... ReRe Dec 2012 #7

+1 sarcasmo Dec 2012 #14

+1000 nt abelenkpe Dec 2012 #29

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I even find middle-income assholes difficult... Squinch Dec 2012 #53

Hello. Squinch. ReRe Dec 2012 #55

I thought long and hard, and then just took the dive... Squinch Dec 2012 #61

I must say MissNostalgia Dec 2012 #8

I find this a very curious conversation humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #9

The ones talking the loudest mean it the least. DirkGently Dec 2012 #15

Accept Lower Profits and Pay CEO's less? humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #23

Nope. That argument ignores the vaunted Free Market. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #32

LOL humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #38

What is your point? You ignore everything else involved. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #41

What are you talking about? humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #42

Those that assert, must first prove. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #50

I am the fact humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #56

Really. You realize you are arguing against yourself, right? Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #59

It was actually more than just wep systems humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #63

They can try. But non-assholes are free to compete. DirkGently Dec 2012 #34

I don't disagree however humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #39

I will gladly pay... sendero Dec 2012 #48

sure a dime here and a nickle there humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #57

I would gladly pay..... sendero Dec 2012 #49

consider Papa Johns as an example... phantom power Dec 2012 #16

Some like Papa John's et.al. humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #24

No. They're screaming because they CAN'T pass it all on. DirkGently Dec 2012 #36

So you too are arguing that somehow humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #40

And yet once again, you ignore competitive market forces. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #51

I am not disagreeing on the supply/demand humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #58

I am a business owner. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #60

So what happens when humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #62

Smart business owners avoid controversial topics Major Nikon Dec 2012 #10

Avoid publically stating it but humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #25

What I think would work best is to counter the notion that taxation should be "fair" Major Nikon Dec 2012 #30

The Progressivism in the tax code humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #31

That was the purpose of AMT Major Nikon Dec 2012 #35

Darden Restaurants is backing off (for now) on reducing workers' hours >>>> Roland99 Dec 2012 #11

So instead they have chosen humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #33

Open mouth loose money. Greedy people only understand one thing, $$$$$. sarcasmo Dec 2012 #13

It is build in to the capitalist system. n/t humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #26

It was unheard of that a greedy, selfish business owner would lay his cards out so foolishly pacalo Dec 2012 #17

Just a little FYI, Darden was also one of the corps behind the "Orange County Commission & Mayor" winterpark Dec 2012 #18

I really don't go the the Big Box Food way ..( corp) april Dec 2012 #19

"I avoid corporate food because it's bland and unimaginative." KansDem Dec 2012 #20

well, it's not the raw materials, it's how you combine and prepare them phantom power Dec 2012 #21

It depends on what kind of "food" they're delivering. Mariana Dec 2012 #28

I'm not certain... KansDem Dec 2012 #37

Sysco RedRocco Dec 2012 #45

Never feel sorry for a rich asshole! santamargarita Dec 2012 #22

Obvious: As Unemployment Falls, Biggest Risk To Job Growth Is Self-Inflicted Damage From Bad Policy MediaMan Dec 2012 #27

Thanks phantom power.. I'm with booman.. I don't eat Cha Dec 2012 #43

Possible solution? Incitatus Dec 2012 #44

that is an interesting idea phantom power Dec 2012 #54

Not all local "mom & pop" places are noble some can be as evil as the corporate chains. There was a Raine Dec 2012 #46

. blkmusclmachine Dec 2012 #47

The typical asshole CEO and their cronies are getting exposed more and more, and RKP5637 Dec 2012 #52