Comments on: Tradition- Random Memory Friday http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/ Sundrip Journals Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Cheesemeister http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1973 Cheesemeister Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:00:59 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1973 I guess I'm trailer trash because I absolutely love Red Lobster. I consider that eating high on the hog. Then again, as broke as I am I consider eating at Beau Jo's Pizza high on the hog. But if I was suddenly to get rich, I'd still love Red Lobster. You can take the trash out of the trailer, but I'd still be trailer trash. I'd just be rich trailer trash. I can live with that! I guess I’m trailer trash because I absolutely love Red Lobster. I consider that eating high on the hog. Then again, as broke as I am I consider eating at Beau Jo’s Pizza high on the hog.
But if I was suddenly to get rich, I’d still love Red Lobster. You can take the trash out of the trailer, but I’d still be trailer trash. I’d just be rich trailer trash. I can live with that!

]]> By: Fallen Angels http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1976 Fallen Angels Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:31:27 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1976 I was going to mention that Denny's has a very recent history of discriminating against certain customers and potential employees...you covered it pretty well with the added comment though. This is still an issue in my town...in California!! I won't go to Denny's...because of this issue. It infuriates me to be asked "what does she want?" in reference to my partner...I won't put up with that kind of behavior from anyone. Now if I could just stand up for myself like that! :P I was going to mention that Denny’s has a very recent history of discriminating against certain customers and potential employees…you covered it pretty well with the added comment though. This is still an issue in my town…in California!! I won’t go to Denny’s…because of this issue. It infuriates me to be asked “what does she want?” in reference to my partner…I won’t put up with that kind of behavior from anyone. Now if I could just stand up for myself like that! :P

]]> By: Austin http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1977 Austin Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2007/11/17/tradition-random-memory-friday/#comment-1977 <em>This comment is written in black and white. You can't see my face nor can you hear the tone in my voice. So, let me tell ya what it is. It's a straight comment with no annoyance nor anger involved. Just info about Denny's, about companies finally realizing it's better to just close down on holidays as well as about race relations in Indiana. I think when anyone talks about race its a highly charged subject but my comment I hope is read with the same "info only" manner in which it was written. So...here goes,</em> Denny's has issues. LOL Check out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny's#Racial_discrimination_lawsuits" rel="nofollow">Wiki article</a> talking about how in the 1990's they were sued repeatedly because of discriminating against workers and guests. This is across the country too. I spent time here, Tyler and Tampa probably equal amounts of time. I can tell you for sure that Indiana is backwards and slow when it comes to race and gender equality issues. In Tampa when I was younger people had the "keep your head down" mentality. In Tyler there were so few of us that it would be hard to say what mentality there was. The word "isms" came up a lot though. Race -isms is what they referred to. We were a quiet group in Tyler, kept to ourselves. My mother wasn't there so I ate good home cooked meals, didn't deal much w/ the public and didn't go to school. Back here in Indiana things were violent and divided. As a matter of fact Indiana didn't completely integrate their schools until around 1985. When I went to BD High School I did so on the day they bussed in some kids. The students rioted, threw stuff at the bus. It was a horrible day. I lived across the frikin street. In elementary school in Greenwood, IN parents began pulling their students out of a private school because of the two black girls that attended. I think I can say w/ confidence when a person has racial issues, especially in Indiana. Indiana is after all the birth place of the KKK. We have more covert racial issues than out right in your face discrimination. In my opinion when it comes to both race and gender equality Indiana trails behind all the other states. We aren't the "in your face" type when it comes to such things, not anymore. So as when it comes to attacks and things like that we don't do that, we do it quietly. We won't make a list of racially divided states because of it. But you can feel it. I can feel it in my neighborhood. I see it on the news rather slyly. In my opinion, unless there is some sort of line drawn, some sort of division people just aren't happy. They need someone to point to explaining why they don't have it all. That's the best explanation for racism. They need someone to point to to blame their problems on. As for your point about working on a holiday, yup, if I wanted to be w/ my family on a holiday and was forced to work I'd be a little bit annoyed. As I got older the number of open restaurants on holidays was fewer and fewer. We were left with Denny's. I think companies are a little more understanding now, at least here in Indy they are. On TG this will be a ghost town. Employees I think kinda realized that employees that don't show up make service pretty bad on holidays. It's good business to close down otherwise the service could suffer. later tater, Aussie This comment is written in black and white. You can’t see my face nor can you hear the tone in my voice. So, let me tell ya what it is. It’s a straight comment with no annoyance nor anger involved. Just info about Denny’s, about companies finally realizing it’s better to just close down on holidays as well as about race relations in Indiana. I think when anyone talks about race its a highly charged subject but my comment I hope is read with the same “info only” manner in which it was written. So…here goes,

Denny’s has issues. LOL Check out the Wiki article talking about how in the 1990’s they were sued repeatedly because of discriminating against workers and guests.

This is across the country too. I spent time here, Tyler and Tampa probably equal amounts of time. I can tell you for sure that Indiana is backwards and slow when it comes to race and gender equality issues. In Tampa when I was younger people had the “keep your head down” mentality. In Tyler there were so few of us that it would be hard to say what mentality there was. The word “isms” came up a lot though. Race -isms is what they referred to. We were a quiet group in Tyler, kept to ourselves. My mother wasn’t there so I ate good home cooked meals, didn’t deal much w/ the public and didn’t go to school. Back here in Indiana things were violent and divided. As a matter of fact Indiana didn’t completely integrate their schools until around 1985. When I went to BD High School I did so on the day they bussed in some kids. The students rioted, threw stuff at the bus. It was a horrible day. I lived across the frikin street.

In elementary school in Greenwood, IN parents began pulling their students out of a private school because of the two black girls that attended. I think I can say w/ confidence when a person has racial issues, especially in Indiana. Indiana is after all the birth place of the KKK. We have more covert racial issues than out right in your face discrimination. In my opinion when it comes to both race and gender equality Indiana trails behind all the other states. We aren’t the “in your face” type when it comes to such things, not anymore. So as when it comes to attacks and things like that we don’t do that, we do it quietly. We won’t make a list of racially divided states because of it. But you can feel it. I can feel it in my neighborhood. I see it on the news rather slyly. In my opinion, unless there is some sort of line drawn, some sort of division people just aren’t happy. They need someone to point to explaining why they don’t have it all. That’s the best explanation for racism. They need someone to point to to blame their problems on.

As for your point about working on a holiday, yup, if I wanted to be w/ my family on a holiday and was forced to work I’d be a little bit annoyed. As I got older the number of open restaurants on holidays was fewer and fewer. We were left with Denny’s. I think companies are a little more understanding now, at least here in Indy they are. On TG this will be a ghost town. Employees I think kinda realized that employees that don’t show up make service pretty bad on holidays. It’s good business to close down otherwise the service could suffer.

later tater,
Aussie

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