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thenewgreen  ·  4888 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Yelp is killing restaurant chains
One of my good friends owns a middle-eastern (mediterranean) restaurant in Ann Arbor MI. He and his entire family work there. They are Palestinian. Yelp has them at 4 stars, their food is amazing! They would be at 5 stars if it wasn't for idiots like this guy:

"The fact that no Arab people were working put me off when I walked in. The hummus was alright. The food was not the best middle eastern food I have had. A lot of my friends would not enter this place. They would enter the Palestine Garden. I assume that over in Dearborn there are way better places but this appeals to the demographic who thinks they are doing right by eating this type of food. The staff was great and service top notch. This would be a decent place to go in a pinch"

Guess my friend and his family aren't brown enough for the food to be good. Idiot.





kleinbl00  ·  4888 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yeah, Yelpers tend to want to tell you about their day, how they met their babysitter late, and how the food was so much better in some other city irrelevant to the discussion that I tend to discount any review over 100 words.

I actually do my yelp reviews in haiku just to buck the trend.

thenewgreen  ·  4888 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ha. I actually just laughed out loud - though I refuse to abbreviate. I'd love to read some of your yelpku's.
kleinbl00  ·  4888 days ago  ·  link  ·  
fivesevenfive.yelp.com
mk  ·  4887 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's just awesome kleinbl00.

Several years ago, I made http://randomhaiku.blogspot.com. -It's still there!

thenewgreen  ·  4886 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I really like this one:

Sugar on my tongue

You'd better put that away

Jumping in the lake

It reminds me of a time I went camping on the Potowatamy trail in Michigan. We took acid and went swimming. I started "peaking" while in the lake and wouldn't get out because of the mosquitos. Later I spoke with a tree while listening to the Beatles Revolver. -Good times :)

mk  ·  4886 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I just got:

  I hear Hall and Oates
  Nature is singing to me
  Give me a second
Not bad.
thenewgreen  ·  4886 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I like it. Reminds me of this time I was on peyote....
mk  ·  4886 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I kid you not:

  A double bed please
  I want to play 'Mario'
  Let us romp and play
Ok. I've got to stop. :)
kleinbl00  ·  4887 days ago  ·  link  ·  
...did you write those or are they generated? 'cuz a Haiku generator would be the shizzle.
mk  ·  4887 days ago  ·  link  ·  
No I just made a crazy long list of phrases. A real generator would be fantastic.
thenewgreen  ·  4887 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I'm so glad this exists:

"Food of self-loathing

Took a long time for fried crap

They forgot ketchup".

You really need to post this as it's own thing. This seriously brought me a lot of joy. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

As I read your Yelpku a commercial for BMW featuring the song "Changes" by Bowie came on. Somehow all was right and wrong in the world at the same time.