The Bore does what NeoGAF doesn't.

[zomgee]

[air horn]

[Your Stalker]

[I'm a Puppy!]

When I used to manage a restaurant we had a "last order is taken 15 minutes before closing" rule.
And had anyone who picked up the phone after those 15 minutes answer it that we were closing.
Some disappointed people, but no problems were had. Ever.

Why is it so hard to list your fucking closing time then?

If you want to stop taking orders at 9:45pm then just post that.

They make signs in 15 minute incitements.

Fucking shocking, I know.

Um...because there's time to stop prepping food and time to kick people out and they're not the same?

[thisismyusername]

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
America's Army: True Soldier
(mobile after these)

So nothing of value then. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I just want Ghost Recon 2 in the style of Ghost Recon 1/classic.

[close]

[jiji]

Especially since it was based on a racy 1950's pinup girl poster.

lol

Wait, that's what they changed it to? And people still got angry over the change? I thought they had changed it to something less suggestive, where she didn't have her butt aimed at the camera, but nope, it's just like an alternate version of the original pose.

Molehills.

[thisismyusername]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=200325926&postcount=311

Large ass .gif for that? Really?

[studyguy]

Loaded slow as fuck on my work PC. Thought it just an oddly shaped tablet for far too long.

[Dennis]

Someone had a meltdown over people coloring in a book and eating cake.

https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1205204

[stufte]

How sad of a person do you have to be to go on a video game forum and shit on others for doing a useless hobby... 

[thisismyusername]

Someone had a meltdown over people coloring in a book and eating cake.

https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1205204

Be angry people are coloring in books and creating more money for coloring pencil industries, brehs.

(They need to hire extra workers for that load, obviously. Horrible that people have to work extra-shifts to cover it, but they must be making massive bank if that's the case?)

[I'm a Puppy!]

How could anyone be stupid enough to be coloring as an adult?!
The childish things grown people will waste their time on!


 OMG! That pose of that videogame character's victory pose is too sexy! I need to write a twitter post, a blog post, start a patreon and write several angry posts in many forums about this!

[TakingBackSunday]

My girlfriend and I love those coloring books.  They really are relaxing and are a great method of expression particularly if you aren't super artistic

[Jansen]

Blizzard's robbery of history is on par with all the fires and censorship that kept so many classic films from being preserved.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=200349730&postcount=2

[Mupepe]

Gaming history

[toku]

My girlfriend and I love those coloring books.  They really are relaxing and are a great method of expression particularly if you aren't super artistic

lucky y'all a good looking couple

[thisismyusername]

My girlfriend and I love those coloring books.  They really are relaxing and are a great method of expression particularly if you aren't super artistic

lucky y'all a good looking couple

Why, because they enjoy coloring? It's not that bad a thing to do if you're wanting to zone out.

[meeb]

Coloring books are more art than most video games.

[fizzel]

Someone had a meltdown over people coloring in a book and eating cake.

https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1205204

Was wondering when he'd finally crack. Gaf + leftist = nutter. 

[Tasty]

Someone had a meltdown over people coloring in a book and eating cake.

https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1205204

Was wondering when he'd finally crack. Gaf + leftist = nutter. 

[VomKriege]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1205298&page=1

La Garde will die standing to argue that SF5 was fine at launch and to prevent dirty casuals from having an opinion.

[Yulwei]

It's still a mess 2 months after release. The entire online system is just clunky. It takes way too long to get in and out of matchmaking, the lobbies it has are kind of dated, searching for lobbies is a fucking mess, they fucked up the rollback netcode implementation by giving you zero control over input delay, no way to see ping, no penalties for rage quitting (lmao), player 2 not being able to go to character select in vs mode, awkward as hell faces/hair on some characters, etc.

It seems like Capcom just ran out of money and were forced to ship early. The game feels like it needed another year of development.

[Cerveza mas fina]

In fact all Blizzard art is garbage these days. Warcraft had great art, so did Diablo 1 and 2. WoW also.

I guess Hearthstone doesn't count as a Blizzard product?

i guess that art is sort of okay but I'm talking about in-game shit bruh

I don't think it's shit, but it is a bit stale and boring.

They really have their own style and don't deviate from it.

Sure it's polished as hell, but there is no excitement.

[mormapope]

No excuses can be made for a game that launched with less functionality than games six years and older than it.

SFV and Batman Versus Superman both cratering fills me with hope more than anything. Situation looks like shit, smells like shit, people aren't that stupid to shovel it up. 

[Yulwei]

It's still a mess 2 months after release. The entire online system is just clunky. It takes way too long to get in and out of matchmaking, the lobbies it has are kind of dated, searching for lobbies is a fucking mess, they fucked up the rollback netcode implementation by giving you zero control over input delay, no way to see ping, no penalties for rage quitting (lmao), player 2 not being able to go to character select in vs mode, awkward as hell faces/hair on some characters, etc.

It seems like Capcom just ran out of money and were forced to ship early. The game feels like it needed another year of development.

So what you're telling me is "online multi is all that matters" people are actually delusional fanthings who aren't willing to hear any slight on their god because they're too emotionally invested?

My response makes no sense but I just wanted to say that. Yeah, multi is a shitty mess too.

Note I'm one of the ones who couldn't give less of a shit about the single player aspect, but the mp portion of the game is trash too so. SF is easily my favorite franchise in gaming and Capcom my favorite developer, but SFV deserved to fail. The game has great core gameplay that's wrapped in shit from top to bottom.

Hopefully this will light a fire under Capcom's asses and they'll make some serious changes.

More realistically though they'll probably just pump out nothing but Monster Hunter and RE until bankruptcy/someone buys them.

[Take My Breh Away]

It's still a mess 2 months after release. The entire online system is just clunky. It takes way too long to get in and out of matchmaking, the lobbies it has are kind of dated, searching for lobbies is a fucking mess, they fucked up the rollback netcode implementation by giving you zero control over input delay, no way to see ping, no penalties for rage quitting (lmao), player 2 not being able to go to character select in vs mode, awkward as hell faces/hair on some characters, etc.

It seems like Capcom just ran out of money and were forced to ship early. The game feels like it needed another year of development.

So what you're telling me is "online multi is all that matters" people are actually delusional fanthings who aren't willing to hear any slight on their god because they're too emotionally invested?

My response makes no sense but I just wanted to say that. Yeah, multi is a shitty mess too.

Note I'm one of the ones who couldn't give less of a shit about the single player aspect, but the mp portion of the game is trash too so. SF is easily my favorite franchise in gaming and Capcom my favorite developer, but SFV deserved to fail. The game has great core gameplay that's wrapped in shit from top to bottom.

Hopefully this will light a fire under Capcom's asses and they'll make some serious changes.

More realistically though they'll probably just pump out nothing but Monster Hunter and RE until bankruptcy/someone buys them.

The fact people went to bat for a game that is essentially always online (And should have even said so on the cover) and still does not work is staggering. 

Capcom's already said they are doubling down on mobile and "Games as a service" in their investor sheets they released recently so they are probably teetering on the brink if they are gonna throw in the towel on AAA console development. I'm surprised Tencent hasn't bought them yet, even.

[tiesto]

This is what, 3rd time they tried to go into mobile? Maybe 3rd time will be a charm for them... 

[james]

Um...because there's time to stop prepping food and time to kick people out and they're not the same?

If youre kicking out paying customers, youre doing it wrong.

10:00pm closing sign on door = kitchen closes

If customers want to wine and dine until 2am then so be it.

I think the disconnect comes from the fact that the employees trying to abandon their post have never gone out to dine in their lives so they dont understand how the world works

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Um...because there's time to stop prepping food and time to kick people out and they're not the same?

If youre kicking out paying customers, youre doing it wrong.

10:00pm closing sign on door = kitchen closes

If customers want to wine and dine until 2am then so be it.

I think the disconnect comes from the fact that the employees trying to abandon their post have never gone out to dine in their lives so they dont understand how the world works

LOL, shut the fuck up.

[james]

LOL, shut the fuck up.

By dining, I mean something classier than a KFC

Go ahead and tell a customer that just popped open a $500 bottle of wine that it's 10:01 and they need to leave because you closed at 10pm and the employees are in a rush to masturbate while browsing reddit

Lets see how well your restaurant does.

[Tasty]

More realistically though they'll probably just pump out nothing but Monster Hunter and RE until bankruptcy/someone buys them.

More MH

[Rufus]

LOL, shut the fuck up.

By dining, I mean something classier than a KFC

Go ahead and tell a customer that just popped open a $500 bottle of wine that it's 10:01 and they need to leave because you closed at 10pm and the employees are in a rush to masturbate while browsing reddit

Lets see how well your restaurant does.

The discussion started around a Domino's, if I remember correctly. It's more that some people never worked a shit customer facing job.

[james]

The discussion started around a Domino's, if I remember correctly. It's more that some people never worked a shit customer facing job.

And to circle back, if Dominos wants to shut down orders at 9:45pm then they are perfectly free to post that sign up.

The ridiculous sense of entitlement that closing = all work ends is idiotic.

Yes, I worked a shit customer facing job. We closed at midnight. Our shifts ended at 12:30am, earlier if we were very good at cleaning, later if something went wrong, like the dishwasher breaking. Nobody expected to go home at 12:01am because we werent entitled millennials expecting a trophy every day we clocked in on time.

And yes, there was a clock that punched time cards.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

LOL, shut the fuck up.

By dining, I mean something classier than a KFC

Go ahead and tell a customer that just popped open a $500 bottle of wine that it's 10:01 and they need to leave because you closed at 10pm and the employees are in a rush to masturbate while browsing reddit

Lets see how well your restaurant does.

Who pops 500 dollar bottles of wine late night at a restaurant anymore? As somebody who has done my fair share of popping bottles let me assure you nobody night caps at Morton's.

[james]

Who pops 500 dollar bottles of wine late night at a restaurant anymore? As somebody who has done my fair share of popping bottles let me assure you nobody night caps at Morton's.

its still pretty common in cultured-America.

You know, where people dont eat at chains.

Hell, I recently went to a pizza joint that closed at 11pm, according to their signage materials.

We spoke to the hostess at 9pm and were informed of a 2 hour wait. No problem, we went to a bar down the street to juice up before the meal.

We were seated at 11:15pm - yes, after closing. And we weren't the last.

We left maybe an hour later and half the seats were still taken.

[Rufus]

Yes, I worked a shit customer facing job. We closed at midnight. Our shifts ended at 12:30am, earlier if we were very good at cleaning, later if something went wrong, like the dishwasher breaking. Nobody expected to go home at 12:01am because we werent entitled millennials expecting a trophy every day we clocked in on time.

And yes, there was a clock that punched time cards.

Really? That's the only group you can think of?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Who pops 500 dollar bottles of wine late night at a restaurant anymore? As somebody who has done my fair share of popping bottles let me assure you nobody night caps at Morton's.

its still pretty common in cultured-America.

You know, where people dont eat at chains.

Hell, I recently went to a pizza joint that closed at 11pm, according to their signage materials.

We spoke to the hostess at 9pm and were informed of a 2 hour wait. No problem, we went to a bar down the street to juice up before the meal.

We were seated at 11:15pm - yes, after closing. And we weren't the last.

We left maybe an hour later and half the seats were still taken.

You got to love when a nicca has no idea who he's speaking to

Please regale me with your fine cultured life, sir. 


Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"   

[Mr. Nobody]

How sad of a person do you have to be to go on a video game forum and shit on others for doing a useless hobby... 

 

[Joe Molotov]

I'll have a Large Meat Lovers with extra cheese and your finest chardonnay, and yes I'm aware it's 11:59pm. 

[Mr. Nobody]

Who pops 500 dollar bottles of wine late night at a restaurant anymore? As somebody who has done my fair share of popping bottles let me assure you nobody night caps at Morton's.

its still pretty common in cultured-America.

You know, where people dont eat at chains.

Hell, I recently went to a pizza joint that closed at 11pm, according to their signage materials.

We spoke to the hostess at 9pm and were informed of a 2 hour wait. No problem, we went to a bar down the street to juice up before the meal.

We were seated at 11:15pm - yes, after closing. And we weren't the last.

We left maybe an hour later and half the seats were still taken.

You got to love when a nicca has no idea who he's speaking to

Please regale me with your fine cultured life, sir. 


Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"

They probably ate the pizza with knives and forks though 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I'll have a Large Meat Lovers with extra cheese and your finest chardonnay, and yes I'm aware it's 11:59pm. 

And bring me the whole box of wine this time sir, my 29.95 is burning a whole in my very cultured pants pocket.

[Tasty]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

You sound like my wife 

[Tasty]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

You sound like my wife 

Don't make me slap your bag, bitch 

[Phoenix Dark]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

You sound like my wife 

gay men and black women have a lot in common 

[Tasty]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

You sound like my wife 

gay men and black women have a lot in common 

We both throw large amounts of shade?

[james]

Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"

No seriously, do you live in Nebraska or something?

I had this pizza:

Fresh Mozzarella, Baby Arugula, Olive Oil, Fresh Lemon Juice and Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano
15
Add Prosciutto di Parma
3

Yes, knives and forks were provided.

Im not saying this is the upper tier of dining, Im saying even at a middle-class place the staff were trained enough to not throw a fit when their customers were still enjoying a meal an hour after closing.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"

No seriously, do you live in Nebraska or something?

I had this pizza:

Fresh Mozzarella, Baby Arugula, Olive Oil, Fresh Lemon Juice and Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano
15
Add Prosciutto di Parma
3

Yes, knives and forks were provided.

Im not saying this is the upper tier of dining, Im saying even at a middle-class place the staff were trained enough to not throw a fit when their customers were still enjoying a meal an hour after closing.

You're going to do real well here, squiddy jr.


And 18 whole dollars for a pizza 

[zomgee]

mods help

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm glad I didn't really look into vanilla WoW servers because I probably would have tried it out. I wonder, do you need a sub for it?

Vanilla was a fun time but I'd probably want BC content included in a server.

[Steve Youngblood]

Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"

No seriously, do you live in Nebraska or something?

I had this pizza:

Fresh Mozzarella, Baby Arugula, Olive Oil, Fresh Lemon Juice and Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano
15
Add Prosciutto di Parma
3

Yes, knives and forks were provided.

Im not saying this is the upper tier of dining, Im saying even at a middle-class place the staff were trained enough to not throw a fit when their customers were still enjoying a meal an hour after closing.

There's a couple of things I would point out. One, I think an expectation is probably going to vary by location. There's always some random factors, but employees at location a may very well be used to the fact that closing time isn't an exact science and that if there's a crowd, everyone is better off serving them, while employees at location b may be used to closing time being closing time and only extenuating circumstances result in staying open past the normal time. The wait staff at location a probably make decent tips as well, so an extra hour of being busy isn't necessarily a terrible thing.

But say that place didn't have a two hour wait time. Let's say the last customers in the place were signing their receipts and finishing their drinks and about to clear out and you rolled in at 10:55 for a table five minutes before closing time. Do you think they would have been as flexible and cordial then?

[I'm a Puppy!]

$18 for a pizza? Bitch, please. I've paid $30 for mac and cheese

[james]

You're going to do real well here, squiddy jr.

Check the receipts bro, Ive been here longer than you have.

 

But say that place didn't have a two hour wait time. Let's say the last customers in the place were signing their receipts and finishing their drinks and about to clear out and you rolled in at 10:55 for a table five minutes before closing time. Do you think they would have been as flexible and cordial then?

Absolutely.

Theres a reason some businesses have 5 star yelp averages and others sit at 3.

Professionalism.

Restaurant industry is all about reputation. Turning someone down because you can be bothered to serve them is a fast track to being out of business.

Of course that's not Dominos business model. Their business model is "we're the only place in this god-forsaken suburb open past 9pm AND who delivers so fuck you"

They can average 1 star and still get business because they have a delivery monopoly.

[Tasty]

$30 Lobster Mac & Cheese

[tiesto]

Also "Fine cultured people who don't eat at chains" ......"So we went to a pizza shop"

No seriously, do you live in Nebraska or something?

I had this pizza:

Fresh Mozzarella, Baby Arugula, Olive Oil, Fresh Lemon Juice and Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano
15
Add Prosciutto di Parma
3

Yes, knives and forks were provided.

Im not saying this is the upper tier of dining, Im saying even at a middle-class place the staff were trained enough to not throw a fit when their customers were still enjoying a meal an hour after closing.

You're going to do real well here, squiddy jr.


And 18 whole dollars for a pizza 

If you get any sort of meat topping or specialty topping, you'd probably be paying around that much for a whole pie in the NYC metro. Though smh at paying that much for pizza outside of it 

[Mr. Nobody]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=200411212&postcount=955

 

[Tasty]

Don't be hating on boxed wine

You sound like my wife 

gay men and black women have a lot in common 

Both don't want to fuck you?

[Steve Youngblood]

But say that place didn't have a two hour wait time. Let's say the last customers in the place were signing their receipts and finishing their drinks and about to clear out and you rolled in at 10:55 for a table five minutes before closing time. Do you think they would have been as flexible and cordial then?

Absolutely.

Theres a reason some businesses have 5 star yelp averages and others sit at 3.

Professionalism.

Restaurant industry is all about reputation. Turning someone down because you can be bothered to serve them is a fast track to being out of business.

Of course that's not Dominos business model. Their business model is "we're the only place in this god-forsaken suburb open past 9pm AND who delivers so fuck you"

They can average 1 star and still get business because they have a delivery monopoly.

I don't know. I don't think it's necessary the mark of professionalism to be completely flexible on things like your normal business hours. I mean, sure, if you've got a lot of patrons that you're going to have to turn away due to a strict adherence to a sign posted on the door laying out normal hours of business, then it may indeed be worth your while to to ignore protocol and accommodate paying customers. After all, there's money to be made there. But making several employees stick around after hours just because a couple of stragglers waltzed in right at closing doesn't necessarily strike me as a requisite for being a worthwhile business.

It's a judgement call. Exceptions can assuredly be made, but sometimes employees have places to be. Not everyone is a sub-minimum wage waiter/waitress. Some of them are paid hourly. It costs money to keep the lights on. I don't think it's automatically bad business for management to say "sorry folks, the kitchen's closed, but we'd love it if you came back during normal business hours." And if you find yourself in a position where you would regularly be turning away a decent sized crowd based on the current hours of operation, maybe it's time to just officially move closing time back? I can't speak for everyone else, but I really don't want to be that guy who is making people stick around on my account. If it's 5 minutes 'til closing time at place A, instead of waltzing in and seeing if I can still get food/drinks, I'm probably just going to try to find another place that's officially open later.

[Atramental]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=200411212&postcount=955

 

Comparing Snyder with Jesus.   

[james]

I don't know. I don't think it's necessary the mark of professionalism to be completely flexible on things like your normal business hours. I mean, sure, if you've got a lot of patrons that you're going to have to turn away due to a strict adherence to a sign posted on the door laying out normal hours of business, then it may indeed be worth your while to to ignore protocol and accommodate paying customers. After all, there's money to be made there. But making several employees stick around after hours just because a couple of stragglers waltzed in right at closing doesn't necessarily strike me as a requisite for being a worthwhile business.

It's a judgement call. Exceptions can assuredly be made, but sometimes employees have places to be. Not everyone is a sub-minimum wage waiter/waitress. Some of them are paid hourly. It costs money to keep the lights on. I don't think it's automatically bad business for management to say "sorry folks, the kitchen's closed, but we'd love it if you came back during normal business hours." And if you find yourself in a position where you would regularly be turning away a decent sized crowd based on the current hours of operation, maybe it's time to just officially move closing time back? I can't speak for everyone else, but I really don't want to be that guy who is making people stick around on my account. If it's 5 minutes 'til closing time at place A, instead of waltzing in and seeing if I can still get food/drinks, I'm probably just going to try to find another place that's officially open later.

"sorry folks, the kitchen's closed, but we'd love it if you came back during normal business hours."

And thats when you point at the sign and say you arrived during business hours.

Look, I agree, some flexibility is required. If theres a blizzard and its a Tuesday night and the whole area is dead, yeah, pack up early and out up a sign explaining that due to conditions youre closing early.

But if you plan on closing at 10 then your business plan should absolutely include staffing well past that.

You dont open at 5pm and then turn people away who walk in at 5:01pm because your staff just started and it takes them 30 minutes to prep.

The customer facing hours are for the customer. Its up to you to schedule internally what that means.

Its the job of the business owner to set expectations. Closing at 10pm doesnt mean you get to go home at 10pm, ever. 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

 


I guarantee you this guy has eaten a lot of spit and public hairs by now.