The Menu Part 14 The Coots / Striker Hot Dog is not a Sandwich Edition

[JojoTheWhale]

Mitigating risk is cool, it's a mindset my current job has been beating into me for a decade.

Having people want to pay me without understanding my job is a huge upgrade. Currently, every time there is management turnover in a DOT, we have a problem where we are not understood and they do not want to pay us. And then the local office has to scream their heads off. I don't think the bigwigs ever do come to understand what we do, they just understand that paying us the meager amount we require is a good way to make the ops center shut up.

I suspect this is how it is for many now and it's sad.

The truth of it is that we're both necessary and marketing now. Some shops will hire you just to have a guy or fill a requirement for dept size, but you can identity those in less than a week, establish your salary, and be out the door in a year. That year will be miserable to be sure, but you can make that time work for you going forward.

Also, it has reached hard liquor time.

 

[Starat327]

I suspect this is how it is for many now and it's sad.

The truth of it is that we're both necessary and marketing now. Some shops will hire you just to have a guy or fill a requirement for dept size, but you can identity those in less than a week, establish your salary, and be out the door in a year. That year will be miserable to be sure, but you can make that time work for you going forward.

Also, it has reached hard liquor time.

What time does happy hour end? I may be able to make it if I drive really, really fast.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

What time does happy hour end? I may be able to make it if I drive really, really fast.

Listen, you. I have a vodka with a bottle shaped like a skull, filtered through diamonds, made by a company owned by Dan Aykroyd, and I’m not afraid to use it.

You would not believe the things people bring over. It is now time to try this finally.

 

[Starat327]

Listen, you. I have a vodka with a bottle shaped like a skull, filtered through diamonds, made by a company owned by Dan Aykroyd, and I’m not afraid to use it.

You would not believe the things people bring over. It is now time to try this finally.

You have WHAT?!?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I suspect this is how it is for many now and it's sad.

The truth of it is that we're both necessary and marketing now. Some shops will hire you just to have a guy or fill a requirement for dept size, but you can identity those in less than a week, establish your salary, and be out the door in a year. That year will be miserable to be sure, but you can make that time work for you going forward.

Also, it has reached hard liquor time.

What kind?

 

[Beef Invictus]

You have WHAT?!?

Do you not know about Crystal Skull?

Dan Aykroyd is completely bonkers and he believes his vodka is actually magical, no joke. But credit where it's due, it is actually really good vodka. And the bottle is fantastic.

 

[Starat327]

Do you not know about Crystal Skull?

Dan Aykroyd is completely bonkers and he believes his vodka is actually magical, no joke. But credit where it's due, it is actually really good vodka. And the bottle is fantastic.

This reminds me of the tequila bottles I would find in LA that were in luchador mask bottles.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

You have WHAT?!?

I can confirm that this is good. It appears to be the regular Crystal Skull vodka.

 

[Beef Invictus]

This reminds me of the tequila bottles I would find in LA that were in luchador mask bottles.

A very wise thing to do would be to buy some Crystal Skull, drink it all, then use the bottle as a rum recanter. That is the thing to do. Go do it now please.

 

[Starat327]

A very wise thing to do would be to buy some Crystal Skull, drink it all, then use the bottle as a rum recanter. That is the thing to do. Go do it now please.

Oooh, the Aurora one looks cool.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I can confirm that this is good. It appears to be the regular Crystal Skull vodka.

@Striiker Do you like my windows? I don't think you can see anything else, but I don't want to risk being Starat's shirt.

 

[Starat327]

@Striiker Do you like my windows?

White leather chairs are my favorite.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I used Christmas money to get a handle of Bombay Sapphire recently. I think I'll use the rest to get some rum and Luksusowa vodka.

Luksusowa is my vodka go-to these days. Affordable but quite good. It's a Polish potato vodka so it has a different flavor to it relative to grain vodkas.

 

[ybnvs]

Day 1 of quarantine

Turkish style seasoned chicken served over garlic rice, with fresh (and slapped!) cilantro, diced cucumbers and tomatoes and red onion finished with fresh lemon juice and drizzled with a lemon sour cream.

Edit: finished product

 

[Striiker]

@Striiker Do you like my windows? I don't think you can see anything else, but I don't want to risk being Starat's shirt.

I like the windows, I like the light fixtures, and do I see a candle in the reflection?

 

[Tripod]

Lettuce UNDER the burger patty. Hmmm. That how they do things up north?

No....and my OCD is bothered by my own picture...lol.

The damn wife put it there even though she has been told repeatedly that EVERYTHING goes on top. And it goes in the order of white, red, green, white red green yellow.....as that's the Wendy's way.

(Mayo, ketchup, pickle, onion, tomato, lettuce...then yellow on the meat if no cheese is present, on the cheese if it is)

oh...and I had to move the lettuce before eating it. can't have hamburger juices going onto and dripping off the lettuce. That's what the dry bottom bun is for...to soak up the juices AND to stop the meat from "sliding" when you bite it. Meat should always go on the dry bun. Just talking this out makes me feel better for what I did and hopefully I help others...lol.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

White leather chairs are my favorite.

Sofas. I'm glad we've obfuscated well.

I like the windows, I like the light fixtures, and do I see a candle in the reflection?

No candles. A billion overhead lights reflecting off of a skull at odd angles. All in all, not bad.

 

[Starat327]

Sofas. I'm glad we've obfuscated well.


No candles. A billion overhead lights reflecting off of a skull at odd angles. All in all, not bad.

I was leaving the dirty work to @Striiker. I'm surprised he hasnt found the chink in Coronavirus' armor yet with his microscopic digging.

 

[ybnvs]

No....and my OCD is bothered by my own picture...lol.

The damn wife put it there even though she has been told repeatedly that EVERYTHING goes on top. And it goes in the order of white, red, green, white red green yellow.....as that's the Wendy's way.

(Mayo, ketchup, pickle, onion, tomato, lettuce...then yellow on the meat if no cheese is present, on the cheese if it is)

oh...and I had to move the lettuce before eating it. can't have hamburger juices going onto and dripping off the lettuce. That's what the dry bottom bun is for...to soak up the juices AND to stop the meat from "sliding" when you bite it. Meat should always go on the dry bun. Just talking this out makes me feel better for what I did and hopefully I help others...lol.

I vouch for this methodology.

Your wife knows how to plate a burger.

 

[Striiker]

I was leaving the dirty work to @Striiker. I'm surprised he hasnt found the chink in Coronavirus' armor yet with his microscopic digging.

Take a picture of it for me and I will.

 

[Starat327]

I wanted to say something witty about this beer being preventable, but I got nothing at this point.

 

[Striiker]

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I wanted to say something witty about this beer being preventable, but I got nothing at this point.

Are those vitamins?

 

[Starat327]

Are those vitamins?

They are indeed. I was more expecting you to pick up on the air freshener. Youre slacking.

 

[Striiker]

They are indeed.

Did you remember to take them?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

They are indeed. I was more expecting you to pick up on the air freshener. Youre slacking.

I assumed it was a shark in the beer. I was close.