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	<title>Comments on: An Evening with Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s</title>
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		<title>By: Alexandra</title>
		<link>http://blog.rickyleepotts.com/2009/10/an-evening-with-dave-busters.html/comment-page-1#comment-642</link>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;*This was a comment left by a reader who obviously does not agree with how I responded to this issue.  Your comments are appreciated and I thank you for reading my work. I have left my own comments in response under each number in italics.&lt;/em&gt;

1. You are a terrible, terrible writer. 

&lt;em&gt;*Actually, I do not believe that I am a terrible writer.  I have had many pieces of my work published in various newspapers and magazines over the past few years.  I actually think my writing gets better with every post.&lt;/em&gt;

2. As the age old saying goes, you only turn thirty once? This is an age old saying? As opposed to the 7 times you might turn 46? Boy, if only I had known that a random fact could suddenly turn into an &quot;age old saying&quot;. This just in! As the age old saying goes, &quot;Cheerios are delicious!&quot; 

&lt;em&gt;*Yes, Cheerios are delicious. Have you had the ones flavored like bananas? &lt;/em&gt;

3. So you&#039;re too cheap to pay a deposit for the party room and their buffet? Do you really think that a restaurant would set up a buffet and room for 20 people without a deposit? I suppose you really don&#039;t understand the fact that if no one shows up, they. lose. money. Do you get it now? 

&lt;em&gt;*I understand that they need to charge a deposit to be able to put together a buffet for that many people.  I do understand that if no one shows up they lose money.  But we did not want a buffet, we wanted to order off of the menu.&lt;/em&gt;

4. You buy something, you pay for it. You buy drinks from a bartender/server, you pay for it. Oh I&#039;m sorry, is this another age old saying? &quot;If it&#039;s just two drinks, I don&#039;t have to pay the person who acquired these drinks for me!&quot; I suppose if you waltz out of the grocery store without paying for your Doritos, you will be &quot;fuming&quot; when they accuse you of stealing? 

&lt;em&gt;*I am not upset that I had to pay for the drinks.  That was never an issue at all.  The issue is that she came looking for us while we were playing games and trying to enjoy our time in the restaurant.  I was going to pay for the drinks, I did not need to be tracked down to do so.&lt;/em&gt;

5. If you don&#039;t like their one check policy, don&#039;t go there. If you don&#039;t like they way they handled your many phone calls before you arrived, don&#039;t go there. If you&#039;ve been waiting an hour and a half and you don&#039;t like this, leave. Is that concept so difficult? 

&lt;em&gt;*Their one check policy is outrageous.  I have never been to a restaurant that did that.  The phone calls were an after thought as the twenty people on the guest list already had plans to go to D&amp;B.  We would have had to have made many more phone calls to change the plans only a few hours before the event.  And we waited because we were hungry and again, there were already twenty people there ready to have a good time on the many games that D&amp;B offers.&lt;/em&gt;

6. There&#039;s a person named Sheryl?

&lt;em&gt;*What does Sheryl have anything to do with this?    &lt;/em&gt;</description>
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<p>1. You are a terrible, terrible writer. </p>
<p><em>*Actually, I do not believe that I am a terrible writer.  I have had many pieces of my work published in various newspapers and magazines over the past few years.  I actually think my writing gets better with every post.</em></p>
<p>2. As the age old saying goes, you only turn thirty once? This is an age old saying? As opposed to the 7 times you might turn 46? Boy, if only I had known that a random fact could suddenly turn into an &#8220;age old saying&#8221;. This just in! As the age old saying goes, &#8220;Cheerios are delicious!&#8221; </p>
<p><em>*Yes, Cheerios are delicious. Have you had the ones flavored like bananas? </em></p>
<p>3. So you&#8217;re too cheap to pay a deposit for the party room and their buffet? Do you really think that a restaurant would set up a buffet and room for 20 people without a deposit? I suppose you really don&#8217;t understand the fact that if no one shows up, they. lose. money. Do you get it now? </p>
<p><em>*I understand that they need to charge a deposit to be able to put together a buffet for that many people.  I do understand that if no one shows up they lose money.  But we did not want a buffet, we wanted to order off of the menu.</em></p>
<p>4. You buy something, you pay for it. You buy drinks from a bartender/server, you pay for it. Oh I&#8217;m sorry, is this another age old saying? &#8220;If it&#8217;s just two drinks, I don&#8217;t have to pay the person who acquired these drinks for me!&#8221; I suppose if you waltz out of the grocery store without paying for your Doritos, you will be &#8220;fuming&#8221; when they accuse you of stealing? </p>
<p><em>*I am not upset that I had to pay for the drinks.  That was never an issue at all.  The issue is that she came looking for us while we were playing games and trying to enjoy our time in the restaurant.  I was going to pay for the drinks, I did not need to be tracked down to do so.</em></p>
<p>5. If you don&#8217;t like their one check policy, don&#8217;t go there. If you don&#8217;t like they way they handled your many phone calls before you arrived, don&#8217;t go there. If you&#8217;ve been waiting an hour and a half and you don&#8217;t like this, leave. Is that concept so difficult? </p>
<p><em>*Their one check policy is outrageous.  I have never been to a restaurant that did that.  The phone calls were an after thought as the twenty people on the guest list already had plans to go to D&#038;B.  We would have had to have made many more phone calls to change the plans only a few hours before the event.  And we waited because we were hungry and again, there were already twenty people there ready to have a good time on the many games that D&#038;B offers.</em></p>
<p>6. There&#8217;s a person named Sheryl?</p>
<p><em>*What does Sheryl have anything to do with this?    </em></p>
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		<title>By: Mitch Musselman</title>
		<link>http://blog.rickyleepotts.com/2009/10/an-evening-with-dave-busters.html/comment-page-1#comment-236</link>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Musselman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are a huge ***** bag.  If you would have just booked your party and not been so cheap about a deposit, you would have been fine.

&lt;em&gt;*I would like to note that this comment came from a Dave and Buster&#039;s employee.  (According to D&amp;B he is a former employee.) Apparently this is how D&amp;B trains their employees to handle negative comments about their store.  I have since been in contact with corporate and they will be taking care of this how they see fit.  We shall again see what they do to make this situation right.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are a huge ***** bag.  If you would have just booked your party and not been so cheap about a deposit, you would have been fine.</p>
<p><em>*I would like to note that this comment came from a Dave and Buster&#8217;s employee.  (According to D&#038;B he is a former employee.) Apparently this is how D&#038;B trains their employees to handle negative comments about their store.  I have since been in contact with corporate and they will be taking care of this how they see fit.  We shall again see what they do to make this situation right.</em></p>
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		<title>By: Josh Corken</title>
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		<dc:creator>Josh Corken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds extremely frustrating.</description>
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		<title>By: Crystal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>D&amp;B is a huge cluster when it comes large groups. Usually it&#039;s no fun with going with 20 or 40 friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>D&amp;B is a huge cluster when it comes large groups. Usually it&#8217;s no fun with going with 20 or 40 friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Shane Milton</title>
		<link>http://blog.rickyleepotts.com/2009/10/an-evening-with-dave-busters.html/comment-page-1#comment-216</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane Milton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Based on that, I&#039;ll never be back there again. It was ridiculous how they run that place. They had one waitress at the bar tables in charge of ~50 people at any given time. There is absolutely no way they can even come close to properly taking care of their guests!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Based on that, I&#8217;ll never be back there again. It was ridiculous how they run that place. They had one waitress at the bar tables in charge of ~50 people at any given time. There is absolutely no way they can even come close to properly taking care of their guests!</p>
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		<title>By: k. chew</title>
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		<dc:creator>k. chew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i like how you handled this...good luck...new design looks awesome!

-kase</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i like how you handled this&#8230;good luck&#8230;new design looks awesome!</p>
<p>-kase</p>
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