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lol... Wild On E! hasn't ever done an episode about Houston have they?

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So is Krystal Burger... But at least I can say that I never wasted 30 minutes of my life just trying to get to some Chik-Fil-A though (in reference to your Krystal Burger thread post about taking 30 minutes to get home from Krystal Burger).

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Good post

Thanks for being a voice of reason. I thought I was all alone out there..

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Well, I'll have to grudgingly agree with you on Chili's. As much as we try to avoid that place, we always end up there! I guess I could have left it off the list. The other ones however are seriously lacking. And there are at least another 20 I could add to that list.

This is where it all went sour: My point was that with the money he had, he could have either bought into any of the major franchises, and help them add another homogenized dot onto their map of globalization. Instead, he took a chance as an entrepenuer and this is the result. I agree with you that places like Chili's, Applebee's, Johnny Carino's and (my least favorite) Olive Garden are needless. They, in my opinion, are no better than the hundreds of Burger Kings, McDonalds, or Whatburgers scattered across the city. This is why I am excited about this restaurant. It is not like those listed above. 20 years from now however, it might not be. Right now, it is. It just depends on the growth and management of the company. I could go on and list dozens of restaurants and stores that I think would fit into your shlock catagory. Some you would disagree as there are some you think aren't - that I think are, and of course vice versa. And this: I took this to mean that you thought that I was too simple to understand your concept of an urban environment, being that I was from Lake Charles. Which at the time made sense as I recieved a number of pm's asking me: why the insults? Furthermore, I was having a very bad day, coupled with the frustration of you not answering the schlock question, and the (what seemed to be) obvious insults, then led to my "country-ass" rant. Like I said, I had no beef with you, just your lack of explanation for why you catagorized the restaurant as schlock and lack of examples to back your assertion. Now that you've explained it, I'm all hunky-dory.

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