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re: Anything cheesier than being out of town on business trip & eating at a chain restaurant?
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:57 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:57 pm to East Coast Band
I was at a convention in New Orleans, in the Quarter, a number of years ago. Colleagues from all over the country were there. After the first day of meetings a number of us were all going out for dinner but the group of guys from Kansas/Oklahoma decided to head out on their own... they went to a fricking TGIFridays. 
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Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:59 pm to dcrews
quote:that's definitely not worse
What's worse is pretentious people on ANY type of trip that stubbornly refuse to eat anywhere that's not unique to that location.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:59 pm to East Coast Band
I understand it sucks eating at those places. They are trashy and gross.
But don’t be that guy. Just go eat your Chicken Popperz with a Bud heavy and be a team player.
There’s a time to be a little snobby about food and there are times where you just have to go with the flow. This instance is the latter.
But don’t be that guy. Just go eat your Chicken Popperz with a Bud heavy and be a team player.
There’s a time to be a little snobby about food and there are times where you just have to go with the flow. This instance is the latter.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:00 pm to East Coast Band
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I'm out of town on a business trip and the people I'm with all want to eat at places like Buffalo wild wings and Applebee's.
That is horrible. This must be very traumatic for you!
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I'm having to convince them to go to nice local restaurants instead of shite that I don't want to eat even when I'm home.
Are you being an arse to your business associates, or trying to impress the OT?
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:02 pm to dcrews
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pretentious people
This is when I know to ignore people in threads like this.
I'm not saying everyone needs to do fine dining as an alternative. Sometimes a chain is fine.
Quit being defensive about simple people who are scared of trying something a little different.
Saddest thing I heard recently at work. Contractor project manager who spends a lot of time all over the country was working for us on a job in southeast La. We get back to work on a Monday and just talking with each other about the weekend. Homie says he took his old lady into New Orleans for dinner at Landry's. This was a 45 mile drive and he passed up on probably 400 better places along the way and in Nola.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:04 pm to ByteMe
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impress the OT?
Exactly what would that take? LoL.
No, I'm just trying to show some of these younger guys there is more to life than a Chili's
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:06 pm to East Coast Band
This happened to me on a work trip to Nashville. We went to fricking Logan's Roadhouse
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:07 pm to East Coast Band
Next time just go with the crowd. Order a round of jallapeno poppers for yourself and the boys and just let loose.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:09 pm to LSUGrad9295
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Next time just go with the crowd
Of course that's fine every now and then. Sounds like the OP is talking about people who do that crap every night on every trip.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:09 pm to East Coast Band
It depends. Over a 15-year period in my career I traveled 50%-90% of the time. When possible I liked to try the recommended local restaurants. But for example after traveling for six hours and checking into a hotel at 9:00 PM, or after a particularly long day of work, I'm going across the street to whatever is convenient. After a while on the road, eating out is no big deal. Newbies always wanted to order steak and lobster for every meal because they could expense it.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:11 pm to East Coast Band
I went to NYC for work last year and grabbed a slice of pizza every chance I got
I think I ate 11 in the 3 days
I think I ate 11 in the 3 days
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:22 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Sbarro real nyc authentic pizza
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:24 pm to ulsaint
Love grabbing a New York slice
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:25 pm to East Coast Band
You’re so hip my man
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:27 pm to East Coast Band
Actually, that reminds me of a funny moment in The Office. Michael Scott goes to NYC and is talking about going to his favorite mom and pop pizza parlor in the city, like it is a dive only he knows about. He gets out in front and it was a Sbarro chain. You work with Michael Scott, hell we all do.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:27 pm to East Coast Band
I travel all the time. I typically eat at the same spots. I eat mainly healthy food, and it is eaiser to expense. The local places can be unhealthy as shite. Chain for me is like Half Shell, Panera, etc.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:28 pm to East Coast Band
You work with trashy MFers with no palate. Likely all overweight.
You do you and find the most adventurous one and go with them to a local joint. Or go alone.
You do you and find the most adventurous one and go with them to a local joint. Or go alone.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:30 pm to East Coast Band
My work is 80% out of town. Most of the smaller cities I go to only have one hotel and two shitty restaurants. Don't have a choice sometimes
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:30 pm to East Coast Band
wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cheesier
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:31 pm to gthog61
That's so obnoxious try-hard that I might happily go to Chili's instead.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 9:26 pm
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