First World Rants: Toys "R" Us

First World Rants: Toys "R" Us:   I have to admit this one will be a joy for me. I had no idea Toys R Us had fallen this far...I a m a former employee of this company a...

Toys "R" Us

 

I have to admit this one will be a joy for me. I had no idea Toys R Us had fallen this far...I am a former employee of this company and worked back when Furby came out the first time.

What a nightmare, soccer moms pushing and shoving, people knowing that its limit one per guest would bring neighbors kids or grandchildren so they could all grab one of their own. Each section had a color, such as Blue was action figures and toys for male children, Pink: Female, etc.  We had two people at customer service and one in each section.

So Sunday, February 23, 2013 (2/23/2013) Shana and I walked into the Toys R Us on Capitol of Texas highway to try and find a Godzilla figure for a friends birthday. The sign right by the entrance says they price match, just happened to notice out of the corner of my eye.

So we head in and find our way to the action figures and such. We couldn't find a Godzilla figure at first, but one helpful guy helped us find the last one, then we found a ninja sword, we scanned it with the price app and I asked if they would price match, the first guy said only off a website, so I called up the website, then he said wait only our website then shrugged when I asked what that meant, that they compete with themselves? He didn't know and went and got a manager who was even more unhelpful.

He said it had to be an ad but only from Toys R Us or something...I didn't get it and said this thing is like 3 bucks less right over at Target and your unwilling to match even though your sign says so? He said he was sorry and I said no your not, you just would rather give up business over 3 bucks. I will never return to Toys R Us as long as I live.

No one was helpful past finding one item. The other two guys and even the manager were all rude and very unhelpful. They seemed like I was bothering them, guess that was not their job or something.

I hope in this day and age when I can get the same toys cheaper at Target and Walmart or online I hope Toys R Us fails something awful and has only its self to blame.

 
   

Denny's Restaurant

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Denny's Restaurant and Audra Haywood. So reading over Facebook recently a friend of mine posted this, Dear Denny's on 183/620
I ordered 3 times and every time you came back and said I'm sorry we don't have that..... Then the manager came over to see and cough by my infant and not apologize then the food tasted horrid......thanks so much never returning Audra 
This would be the Denny's at 10930 Lakeline Mall Drive, phone number(512) 401-0628.  The reason I decided to rant about this one is its not the first time I have heard of issues there or had them myself.

That all sounds about Denny's Speed

  The last two times Shana and I visited this Denny's (which were the Last two times as well) they were out of Dr. Pepper both times which is what I drink, and the first of the two times they were out of what I ordered and had to get something else, the second visit, still no Dr. Pepper( and this was a good month later) and two things I ordered were not there, one being a basic Chicken Strip meal....

Before Shana had moved here, I had stopped going to this Denny's has it had been out of Dr. Pepper twice before and then out of FRIES, FRIES???!!! I left that time and went to IHOP. 

I understand that sometimes things happen that one can not control but just looking at the Dr. Pepper, it runs out alot, must sell quite a bit or the employees drink it all day, either way it shows you should be ordering more of it, not less. Common sense, the food its self is average but its Denny's so thats to be expected.
 Under that note I had a customer at my place of business that worked for Denny's telling me that his and a few of his friends paychecks didn't clear on top of everything. That is a bad bad sign for any business and not one you want to hear.

Which the many places you can go, even just overnight, You have IHOP, Waffle House, Kerby Lane, Star Seeds, and while not every place is open all night, there are many that are open late downtown with many options, Denny's really should be more careful. People can spend their money anywhere and as they have less they will be more and more choosy.

Final Thoughts:

I know everyone has their own thoughts and feelings but this rant was brought up due to someone elses bad time at Denny's. I know this won't change minds overall but maybe others who have had a bad time there will point out that maybe this is not the place to go expect for...

       

Horror Remix/Alamo Drafthouse

Horror Remix: What Was It?

 

Horror Remix is All Killer, No Filler, its Obscure horror classics powerpacked into 2 hour screenings. Edward Ej Anttila works hard on putting them together and its a labor of love, it would have to be all the work thats put into it.  What he does is takes obscure and/or bad horror classics and cuts them down. So say an 80 min. movie cuts down to 25 mins.  He leaves in the kills, the nudity and just enough plot to understand it, if it has a understood plot.

Each Remix has a theme, Zombies, Love, Roadkill, where two to three movies are put up, after each cut movie two puppets, Cheesecake and Thunderclap, a wizard and a bat. They come out and make jokes about the movie which we just watched.  Its pretty funny and the movies themselves are usually so wierd and silly they almost don't need help.

There is always "Leftover Meat" movies that didn't quite make the cut with just scenes from them. They play all over in various city's and nights, her in Austin, Texas they play at the Almao Drafthouse at 10 pm on Wednesday, its free unless you want to reserve a seat, then its 5.00 bucks, which can be used as a voucher towards your food so even then its "free". Unless you had no plans to drink or eat. 

What The Horror Remix is now:

So in the start the horror remix was a blast, I had friends who came with me and there was this group of guys, some of who lived her in Austin, some in Dallas, some in San Antoine. All because Austin and the Drafthouse was the city and place to be. All of us who went to the Drafthouse shared in a love of bad horror movies and loved the Remix, we drank, we ate, we joked. When nudity was shown we had one woman who always yelled BOOBIES! It was some of the most fun I have every had. Its the way Austin should be, hell even Esther's Follies has you participte some.  As best as I can figure all this changed at one show...This one guy who I have never seen before, so not a regular, not one of us there at every remix spending money and paying Drafthouse and tipping waitstaff, stood up and yelled "EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP". The very next show we couldn't talk.

This is where it becomes Bullshit.  We had always had fun, bonded over bad movies, some of us had been to all or most of the remixes, buying drinks, bringing in new people saying how much fun it was. Then it all changed, and the drafthouse and remix were Never the same. When you pay for a new movie I agree talking and tweeting are super annoying and should be stopped but an event like this, when they have Quote-A-Longs and Sing-a-Longs and tweet humor you single us out.  These are not full movies, or even good movies to most people.

Half the reason us regulars came to The Remixes is because we loved laughing and joking and drinking. Now they lost that crowd that used to come, My old school Remix friends won't return and I won't bother bringing new ones as its no longer fun, I try to go when I can but each time I get reminded why I dislike it now.

Final Thoughts:

While I love the idea behind the Horror Remix still and they are still funny and well done, Edward Ej Anttila works hard and I can't stress that enough, my problem is not with him or even Horror Remix, its with Alamo Drafthouse though I wish Edward could do something about it, maybe if he knows there are many who are unhappy with how the Drafthouse is using his stuff who knows maybe he can.  

The last one, Love, had the perfect example, in Austin as the announcer was speaking he asked how everyone was and people were too worried or scared to even speak then or clap until he said you could, it was okay..thats sad and stupid. How unfun does that sound?  They lose people everytime I go, its less people then the time before and who knows we may lose it one day. 

I will still go as I enjoy the movies but I don't think I will be speaking up about it anymore or giving money to the drafthouse.

B.