Don the Beachcomber's problems???? - Tiki Drinks and Food

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 7:56 PM And no, they do NOT want us to LOUDLY COMPLAIN! They maybe want us go and tell the manager or Art in person IF something was not to our liking, and offer some constructive criticism, but d'ya reall think they want us to plaster it all over the internet!? How can anyone actually believe that is doing good? At this point I don't really care if I will sound snobby saying this here, but all you Johnny-come-latelies with your consumerist, bourgeois attitudes of entitlement really rub me wrong. Tiki is not about stuffing your face and getting sloshed. It is about the fact that it is amazing that these original Tiki environs still exist. Years ago, when Tiki was new, the sense of amazement and humility about it was shared in the community, now it seems it is all taken for granted and measured by "The Food Channel" standards. These are and were frickin' THEME RESTAURANTS! Since when were they about food? And I know for a fact that if you are using the Beachbum's writings as an excuse to bash classic Tiki places, you will be swiftly dis-owned by his majesty himself. And one more time, do not come back with the excuse that you "care" about these places and want them to succeed, this is NOT the way to go about it. I am not declaring a "ban" on all critical attitudes about food and service, but there is the smart and caring way to go about it, and there is the loudmouth "I want my money's worth" way to do it. Pick and choose. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-02-29 20:16 ]

And no, they do NOT want us to LOUDLY COMPLAIN! They maybe want us go and tell the manager or Art in person IF something was not to our liking, and offer some constructive criticism, but d'ya reall think they want us to plaster it all over the internet!? How can anyone actually believe that is doing good?

At this point I don't really care if I will sound snobby saying this here, but all you Johnny-come-latelies with your consumerist, bourgeois attitudes of entitlement really rub me wrong. Tiki is not about stuffing your face and getting sloshed. It is about the fact that it is amazing that these original Tiki environs still exist. Years ago, when Tiki was new, the sense of amazement and humility about it was shared in the community, now it seems it is all taken for granted and measured by "The Food Channel" standards.

These are and were frickin' THEME RESTAURANTS! Since when were they about food? And I know for a fact that if you are using the Beachbum's writings as an excuse to bash classic Tiki places, you will be swiftly dis-owned by his majesty himself. And one more time, do not come back with the excuse that you "care" about these places and want them to succeed, this is NOT the way to go about it. I am not declaring a "ban" on all critical attitudes about food and service, but there is the smart and caring way to go about it, and there is the loudmouth "I want my money's worth" way to do it. Pick and choose.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-02-29 20:16 ]

Post #627058 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 7:56 PM