cstuart Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 This one is my favorite (all from one review -- a praise, if a bit unenthusiastic): ...this was going to be pizza made by Italians. ... No woodburning oven here. Not even a gas oven. The oven is electric. I find the idea refreshing. ... I was greeted at the door by their hostess, dressed in a nicely tailored pants suit. The effect was pleasant... ... She pointed to a tray with two different types of pizza and invited me to make a choice. ... Remember the caramelized onion slice I pointed at? They brought me the other one. But the waitress was so sweet I didn’t have the heart to mention it. ... The cheese didn’t add much flavor but it didn’t get in the way. ... This slice may have had some shredded potatoes on top in addition to the onions. Or maybe it didn’t. Hey, it's made by Italians and hadn't yet received much attention so.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 This one is my favorite (all from one review -- a praise, if a bit unenthusiastic): No fair. It's from MF, not Yelp. Of course it's not as much fun if you don't pull individual sentences out of context. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cstuart Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 This one is my favorite (all from one review -- a praise, if a bit unenthusiastic): No fair. It's from MF, not Yelp. Of course it's not as much fun if you don't pull individual sentences out of context. I just found it funny coming from the person who started this thread. Hey, at least they batted 50% (but, then, she was so sweet)! And the hostess wore suit pants (made by Italians?)! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 This one is my favorite (all from one review -- a praise, if a bit unenthusiastic): No fair. It's from MF, not Yelp. Of course it's not as much fun if you don't pull individual sentences out of context. I just found it funny coming from the person who started this thread. Hey, at least they batted 50% (but, then, she was so sweet)! And the hostess wore suit pants (made by Italians?)! Hmm ... let me think about this. Bullshit. The Yelp reviews that I posted were either complete or multiple paragraphs were quoted completely, without editing. I let them speak for themselves. You, OTOH, pulled individual sentences from my review out of context. Here are some of the things you quoted along with the rest of the paragraph. The store front stayed vacant for almost 2 years and then back in July CDF appeared. The early press was intriguing. Unlike almost all of the recent high end pizza places that have opened over the last couple of years this was going to be pizza made by Italians. No woodburning oven here. Not even a gas oven. The oven is electric. I find the idea refreshing. It goes against the current pizza orthodoxy. The staff is even more charming, friendly and eager to please. I was greeted at the door by their hostess, dressed in a nicely tailored pants suit. The effect was pleasant - a shade more formal than I was expecting on a Saturday afternoon in Park Slope but I liked it. I'm sure you thought you were making a profound point. "See, you were picking on those poor little Yelpers when your review has plenty of howlers. You're just as guilty." Except that I provided complete quotes from Yelp. You resorted to a cheap Fox News trick. If you thought that the thread was unfair you should have said so. That might have been an interesting discussion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cstuart Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I guess I touched a nerve. I couldn't care less about Yelp, your weird fascination with it, this thread or your reviews. I just thought it was funny when there was two items, you picked one, they brought the other, but you didn't have the heart to mention it because the waitress was so sweet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orik Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'd have given cstuart 5 stars but I had to deduct a star because of two reasons that I personally feel are important, at least to me. The first was that I felt like he was trying too hard, you know what I mean? Yelpitta who was reading his post with me also felt the same way. The second is that he was violating the unwritten rule that you learn from cartoons and teen movies that practical jokers riiiiiiiily hate practical jokes. In all seriousliness that would have only been half a star but there are no half stars so it's going to be 4 stars, sorry cstuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cstuart Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'd have given cstuart 5 stars but I had to deduct a star because of two reasons that I personally feel are important, at least to me. The first was that I felt like he was trying too hard, you know what I mean? Yelpitta who was reading his post with me also felt the same way. The second is that he was violating the unwritten rule that you learn from cartoons and teen movies that practical jokers riiiiiiiily hate practical jokes. In all seriousliness that would have only been half a star but there are no half stars so it's going to be 4 stars, sorry cstuart. If you could have seen the tailoring on my pants, you would've given a star for that.. so I'm back up to 5 stars I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 I guess I touched a nerve. You were intending to touch a nerve. The problem was that you had to resort to out of context quotes to do it. I quoted complete reviews or multiple unedited paragraphs. Do you think the two are the same? I couldn't care less about Yelp, your weird fascination with it, this thread or your reviews. Then why did you bother to read the thread? Or to dig around for one of my reviews and to spend the time to excerpt 7 out of context quotes? That's a lot of work for someone who "couldn't care less." Hey, here's a fun fact. You live in San Francisco and by coincidence Yelp's corporate headquarters is in San Francisco too. Do you have any connection with Yelp? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaliesinNYC Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 *popcorn* Yelp is about as useful to me as a pocketful of lint. It does make for interesting reading on a boring Friday afternoon though. NOT... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yvonne johnson Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yelp is about as useful to me as a pocketful of lint. Never heard of tummy fluff? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cstuart Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I guess I touched a nerve. You were intending to touch a nerve. The problem was that you had to resort to out of context quotes to do it. I quoted complete reviews or multiple unedited paragraphs. Do you think the two are the same? I couldn't care less about Yelp, your weird fascination with it, this thread or your reviews. Then why did you bother to read the thread? Or to dig around for one of my reviews and to spend the time to excerpt 7 out of context quotes? That's a lot of work for someone who "couldn't care less." Hey, here's a fun fact. You live in San Francisco and by coincidence Yelp's corporate headquarters is in San Francisco too. Do you have any connection with Yelp? Corporate headquarters?? yikes. Actually, no I don't, nor does my gf or wife (you edited that part) have anything to do with Yelp. Actually, I've never cared for Jeremy, either before, or during Yelp. I could tell you all about how I remembered your too good to be true post but it would involve my friend in Park Slope, me visiting him, pizza (not made by Italians), tailored pants, and your excellent review. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fentona Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Cormac McCarthy has a Yelp account! A visit to the Apple Store: Two stars. Given the way my uncle died havin a drink directly after his funeral just didnt seem right so I went for a walk instead. One of them downtowns where all there is is stores. Came across a store was a big cube. Two stories tall and all silver. There was folks outside just standin there. Line stretchin round the block. Maybe a hundred people. I saw a man who’d brought his own chair. He had a shirt on with the same logo as the one on the store. I figured he worked there so I asked him what the line was all about. What were all these people waitin for. He told me it was for a apple phone or some such. I said dont these folks have telephones already? He told me they all had apple phones but it was the older one. I asked him what would happen to the old apple phones. He told me about a fella named Craig had a list and everbody sold their old telephones on it. A telephone sellin list. Well I told him that all made about as much sense as a horse with two heads and he laughed like that was the funniest thing he ever did hear. Said he was goin to twinkle it. I left before he said anythin else that didnt make no sense and I went to the nearest bar and ordered a double whiskey and sat there drinkin it. I guess I sat there for a long time. Wonderin if when Rome was fallin all the Romans was standin in line waitin to get that new chariot or the like. The barbarians at the gates and them just standin there waitin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 I could tell you all about how I remembered your too good to be true post but it would involve my friend in Park Slope, me visiting him, pizza (not made by Italians), tailored pants, and your excellent review. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balex Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 just reposted the cormac link -- deleted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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