Bad Experience at Moon River Pizza

[Ocklawaha]

Food? I'm in too y'all.

As for this long thread, I was a tad sloshed the other night with a bottle of Rebel Yell in one hand and my trusty 44 mag. in the other. I shot the damn moon 15 times and it STILL didn't kill this thread!

Yeee Hawww!

OCKLAWAHA

[konstantconsumer]

wow.  i just read this whole thread.  incredible stuff, on both "sides."  i have to say that i've been to moon river quite a few times.  i would go there for lunch when i worked for SAO, and now that i'm back in school i go there for dinner quite often.  i know a girl, blanca, that used to work there.  every time i've been there, the service has been good.  not exceptional, but well above average.  they are very good about refilling your fountain drink, for example.  i really like their pizza too. 

of course, i'm one of those young, hipster f**ks, so maybe they treat me normally.  idk. 

[Dapperdan]

I think that this forum will have the effect of improving, (greatly) the level of service at MRP.

From here on out, there will be very little patience for the bad service that has been handed out so unconsciously at the place.

I will go back.  Its a cool place, and I don't think cutting a business off without giving them the chance to improve is a constructive way to do things.

But the die is cast, as the saying goes.

If they continue to not pay attention to their service, they will lose business.

If they rise to the occasion, then the extra attention that they got here on this site will only help them out in the long run.

I certainly hope that the latter is the case.

I am unable to give the restaurant a second chance. I was told I was not welcome there anymore. So be my eyes and ears and hopefully have a better experience than I did.
I just came back from out of town and was at another pizza place in Melbourne, FL called the Mighty Mushroom, not to be confused with Mellow Mushroom. They are a locally owned place and from the moment i walked in, until I left, our party was well cared for and treated with smiles and the owner came out and told us thank you for coming. I love service like that and I hope you receive that when you do your undercover ops. Keep us all posted!

[civil42806]

wow.  i just read this whole thread.  incredible stuff, on both "sides."  i have to say that i've been to moon river quite a few times.  i would go there for lunch when i worked for SAO, and now that i'm back in school i go there for dinner quite often.  i know a girl, blanca, that used to work there.  every time i've been there, the service has been good.  not exceptional, but well above average.  they are very good about refilling your fountain drink, for example.  i really like their pizza too. 

of course, i'm one of those young, hipster f**ks, so maybe they treat me normally.  idk. 

you young hipster f**k its all your fault LOL!!  You young wipersnapper!!

[Ocklawaha]

the Mighty Mushroom

Shrooms? Where? Damn, you young hipster F**Kers had me excited there for a minute...

...FLASHIE BACKIES...! @%^@%#^#$@@$!@!

Oh wow, Far Out Man!

You youngin's that missed the 60's-70's party's, probably don't know that Hip and Hop came about in the 1950's, Hop being a dance style and Hip was a group of pseudo cerebral intellectuals called Beatniks. As the 50's wore into the 60's, Being Hip was to be cool. Then as a group we all became hipsters, or as individuals HIPPIES. It was a fantastic time of universal dreaming of a better world, "tune in - turn on - drop out" was the mantra. The movie Castaway had the exact same message. F**K Fed Ex! Sadly reality hit most of us as we launched off the runner of a Huey Chopper in some God forsaken rice patty.

Country Joe & the Fish

Come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he's got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Viet Nam so
put down your books and pick up a gun we're
gonna have a whole lotta fun

(CHORUS)
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die

Come on generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
now you can go out and get those reds
cos the only good commie is the one that's dead and
you know that peace can only be won when we've
blown 'em all to kingdom come

Come on wall street don't be slow
why man this war is a go-go
there's plenty good money to be made by
supplying the army with the tools of its trade
let's hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
they drop it on the Viet Cong

Come on mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
come on fathers don't hesitate
send your sons off before it's too late
and you can be the first ones on your block
to have your boy come home in a box


But that's another story...

Hey, the Au natural foods were great! Ever have a veggie Pizza with a bunch of Hare Krisna's while tripping on some Purple Haze and listening to Tabla's play? (Yeah, I didn't think so...)


Okay, so I don't do a thing... Just sit and type - WTF, daddy sends me a check.

OCKLAWAHA

[TREE4309]

too long...no read.

[David]

wow.  i just read this whole thread.  incredible stuff, on both "sides."  i have to say that i've been to moon river quite a few times.  i would go there for lunch when i worked for SAO, and now that i'm back in school i go there for dinner quite often.  i know a girl, blanca, that used to work there.  every time i've been there, the service has been good.  not exceptional, but well above average.  they are very good about refilling your fountain drink, for example.  i really like their pizza too. 

of course, i'm one of those young, hipster f**ks, so maybe they treat me normally.  idk. 

I knew you were one of those hipster whipper-snappers...with the K instead of the C.

Are you talking about Blanca who made a brief camero in cocaine angel/worked @ london bridge for a bit?

[David]

too long...no read.

Tree:

Here's your summary: Someone was asked to leave moon river in a less than desirable fashion, the employee was busy and acted in haste and everyone has an opinion on customer service.

[ChriswUfGator]

too long...no read.

Tree:

Here's your summary: Someone was asked to leave moon river in a less than desirable fashion, the employee was busy and acted in haste and everyone has an opinion on customer service.

Actually, your summary leaves out everything important.

The real (non-whitewashed) summary:

Customer and his wife went to Moon River for dinner, waited in one of their infamous 40-minute lines, and got a little annoyed when they saw friends of employees being allowed to cut the long line and take booths away from paying customers. Customer and his wife mentioned this to the girl ringing up their order, at which point a M.R.P. employee named Justin overheard the conversation and came running up, began screaming at them to GTFO at the top of his lungs, attempted to lunge across the counter at them and had to be physically restrained, all while turning beet red and continuing to curse at the top of his lungs until they finally walked out of the restaurant. This scene was witnessed by others dining at the restaurant, who confirmed the events.

Being understandably horrified, customer and his wife went home and called the restaurant to try and smooth things over. They spoke to a manager, who told them to F* off and if they didn't like the treatment, then don't come back. Thinking this must be a mistake, customer called the restaurant again and spoke to the owner, who was dripping with condescension, incredibly blamed the entire incident on them, and told them their business was no longer welcome.

Customer and wife then came here and started this thread, at which point a few people immediately copped an attitude and have been trying to whitewash the situation ever since.

[David]

here's what really happened:

The customer said "wtf" to the employee allowing the line cutting and karate chopped him in the throat.

The acting manager, not liking this of course,  did a spinning star kick which sent the customer and his wife flying against the wall.

Enraged, the customer and his wife launched double pronged hadoken attack, followed up by a shoryuken combo. Which of course, leveled Moon River to the ground.

Soon after, M. Bison arose from the ashes and dared them to a rematch in the form of a online posting duel, which is why this thread is 22 pages long.

[Bewler]

Whoa, don't forget that those few people who copped an attitude on this thread (about page 4 and up) were all from newly created accounts that were established apparently for the sole purpose of defending Moon River's honor, and essentially telling Dapperdan to "get over it". (see: brittaknee, Luna07, floridiot, OJ Leno, Christymac, mrs.rose1961) The jury is still out as to how many of them were actually the same person. Oh but they were most certainly NOT employees from there, nope, not at all.

Well except one admitted to it, and it turned out to be the man of the hour himself, OJ Leno, aka Justin the manager. He eventually apologized for what happened but not before defending his side for awhile.

I can't wait to hear how these not-so-undercover any more attempts go. I get the feeling there's going to be some glowing Moon River reviews in the coming days.

[ChriswUfGator]

I can't wait to hear how these not-so-undercover any more attempts go. I get the feeling there's going to be some glowing Moon River reviews in the coming days.

Duh. First off, Stephen is a unique looking guy, they will recognize him. And secondly, they just blabbed about going there on this board, which we know Moon River is reading, so when they show up they will be getting their azzes kissed, because MRP knows the reviews will be posted in this thread.

Honestly, not trying to knock anybody, but I don't think any 'review' that comes out of those circumstances is legitimate, objective, or even remotely valid. It's just going to be a total puff-piece. MRP may as well just pay for a banner ad in this thread.

[JeffreyS]

Now apparently there is a blackmail scam against MR in order to avoid more bad reveiws. The shocking part is it is a manager's love interest who is also ivolved with an assasin who has been using MR as a meeting spot for perspective clients. I have this info from an FBI agent who has been investigating the assasin. So now my agent friend tells me this thread has put so much heat on the place the assasin has left, the managers girlfriend is heartbroken and my agent fiend is mad because he loves the pizza on the stakeouts at MR.

[David]

I believe the assassin also had feelings for the manager, which resulted in this bizarre love triangle. Furthermore, they both ran a mail-order bride shop from the back of Moon River's kitchen... which the manager's girlfriend disapproved of, but due to the loss of revenue suffered from all the bad press, they had no choice but to find other means of income.

[BridgeTroll]

And now we know what the FBI agent was up to...

Communism Provides Pizza for the Masses - Or at Least the Communist Party Elite:

North Korea may have the most oppressive government on earth, and its people may be starving as a result of horrendous communist policies. But the North Korean proletariat was surely thrilled to learn that their Dear Leader Kim Jong Il has thoughtfully provided "authentic" Italian pizza for a few of his most privileged subjects. And it only took a mere ten years to achieve this triumph of socialist central planning:

It has taken almost 10 years of work, but North Korea has acquired the technology to launch a project very dear to its leader's heart - the nation's first "authentic" Italian pizzeria.

The launch of Pyongyang's first Italian restaurant meanwhile brings to fruition a ten-year effort by Kim Jong-il - a renowned gourmand and lover of western food - to create the perfect pizza and pasta in his homeland.

Last year a delegation of local chefs was sent by Kim to Naples and Rome to learn the proper Italian techniques after their homegrown efforts to mimic Italian cuisine were found by Kim to contain "errors".

In the late 1990s Kim brought a team of Italian pizza chefs to North Korea to instruct his army officers how to make pizza, a luxury which is now being offered to a tiny elite able to afford such luxuries in a country that cannot feed many of its 24 million inhabitants.

Although the news story isn't clear on this point, I suspect that the access to the Pyongyang Italian pizzeria is limited to those with special privileged status given by the government, as was standard for stores providing unusual goods in most communist societies.

On the upside, Kim Jong Il's plan to provide pizza for the toiling masses of North Korea seems to have worked out better than his earlier plan to alleviate food shortages by breeding imported giant rabbits, which was aborted when the greedy Dear Leader decided to eat the initial batch of rabbits himself.

http://volokh.com/posts/1237327477.shtml