my food was not real good

Egads, English must be your second language or something!

I don't mean to be so harsh, but this has got to be one of the worst
written letters I've seen since 2nd grade. I get that you have a
complaint, but I don't think with this kind of writing you will get
very far. You better just phone up the manager or owner to discuss
that. Better, you might want to tell someone your complaint and let
them do the talking for you.

Good luck.

its really hard to read run-on sentences in all lowercase letters as
it is also hard to understand what you are trying to say when you use
words such as "like" and don't use spell-check

Just a suggestion - if you want a company to take you seriously, try
using proper English, grammer, and avoid spelling mistakes and slag
words at all costs.

so do you talk exactly like you type?

I'm sure it was better than your typing

I do not like them Sam I Am

you konw if you put ltertes in any odrer wtih the smae lttrers frsit
and lsat, taht poelpe can sitll raed it! it may eevn be esaier tahn
raeidng yuor ltterr!

Hey, I'm glad to see that you finally completed that PHD in English
Literature. When do you start teaching at Yale? I know that has been
your dream for a very long time. I also have a favor to ask. My
niece is considering a career as a writer. She wants to write books
about the restaurant industry. For a fee would you consider coaching
her? I only want the best for her and I'm willing to pay any amount
of money to not only make her happy but give her the best possible
competitve edge avaialble and I think that would be you?

What do you think? Are you up for it?

Thanks!

I actually agree with this poster. Whenever I go out and mine steak
is dried, I'm pretty upset.

Somewhere an English teacher is crying.

Hukt Onn Foniks Werked Fur Yoo!

LOL..How old are you? I think you need to learn how to spell. This
is too funny!

They should hire you as a food critic. Your customer service
observations and constructive critique of the meal were fantastic.

Were you wearing white linen pants by any chance?

I agree with the previous poster. If you are dissatisfied with food
or service (or both, in your case), you should ALWAYS talk to the
manager before you leave; better yet, while you're still at the
table.

I'm not going to jump on you about the spelling, grammar, and
punctuation, but feel that I should point out that a professional
message will usually be taken much more seriously and with better
results. If you're not sure, have someone take a few seconds to read
it over, and offer suggestions, most of which you might want to take.

If your meal was anything like your letter, then I agree, not real
good.

If you chose not to take care of this while at the restaurant, then
its too bad for you. You ate the food, paid the bill and left. Sorry,
but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that refund.

For real yo?



word.

i am very glad i did not go to your high school. i am very glad i am
not YOU for that matter. learn how to write correctly instead of
worrying about getting bad servAce you dummy.

aww she was all mean? for real? restrunt?? I hope your not a college
graduate. Learn to write a real GOOD business letter. Why don't you
people complain AT THE PLACE OF THE COMPLAINT??? I think this is a BS
letter.

Here lately Outback has went downhill. I hate that because they use to
have great service and food!But after eating there last time I will
never go back, either!

If you post a letter here, you are giving freewill to all who see. I
merely choose to assist this person with her writting skills. I do
not intend to make fun of someone, as anyone of us could have not had
the proper grasp of correct writting skills. Plain and simple, when
you write a letter here, you are hoping it reached companies. With
this in mind, you must write a business style letter as if you were
writting from home on paper with pen/pencil.

People need to be more aware that these letters are not for Joe Shmoe
down the road (no offense to anyone named Joe or Shmoe).

This may have been a hoax of a letter, but no one knows this 100%
except for the OP.

You people are so helpful.
Instead of trying to give thoughtful help that could bring an end to
her problem. You make this personal.
Is this what you learn in your liberal institutes of higher learning?
I'm sure proud, of where my tax dollars are going.
Jamesa, you and your husband should have told your server that you
were not only unhappy with the food, but also the service. If she
didn't deal with the problem, ask to talk to the manager and leave NO
TIP!
Best luck!

What DO the school systems do with our tax money??? Obviously they
don't teach proper Grammar, English, or spelling

Some people ain't got no learnin.

we put possum and all dare and speakun of Waldurf, day dun went and
cum up wit somedin waldurf salid and we tried dat but it was wusn't
real god my nephew Adam came over the other day and it was nice untl
he called us all trailer trash he took a video here and we watched it
and than he had to took it back to video sore we had a nice day
anyways his big attitude stunc irrasible I hope the son shines tomorow

This looks like a three year old wrote it.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe

Jamesa,

If you take time to type a letter to a business, take time to type the
letter correctly.

My husband and I went out to eat last night at your restaurant in
Waldord, MD on 1-23-07. We did not have very good service. Our
female server seemed angry that we were sitting at her table. When
out food came it was cool and my steak was dry.

I want all my money back.

At least they would take you 1/2 way serious. Also, you do not
mention speaking to the manager about your server. You do not mention
the amount of money you spent.

From now on..I'm gonna watch what I eat. Not because of my
cholesterol..but, because, obviously, bad food equates even worse
letter writing skills! I sure hope this isn't contagious!

I cant even think of anything to say to this. Its like so poorly
written, my first thought was that its a fake just to see how much
attention it will draw. Seems to be working.

Thanks for the laughs! You guys had me cracking up. :)

I know something else that isn't "real good"--your grasp of the
English language. Based on the fact that your letter annoyed the
daylights out of me, i demand you compensate me for the time i wasted
reading it.

Yur writin is real bad and fer real you gots to get a little bettr
with dat b4 you can acpect to get any moneys back

In case anyone is thinking that this is the Austrian-themed "Outback,"
it's not. It's "Out Back."

Instead of Awesome Blossoms to dip in a creamy sauce, they let you
scavenge in trash cans for onion peels.

No "Chocolate Thunder from Down Under." Instead, they let you dig for
grubs and worms in the dirt. All you can eat, though.

Outback's motto "No Rules, Just Right" is replaced with "Dumpster
Pickup at 7:45."

No 'roos here. Just a bunch of mangy mixed-breed dogs, including one
with just 3 legs and only one eye.

The kid's menu isn't the "Joey" menu. It's the "Not quite sure who
the baby-daddy is" menu.

Out Back. When we say our servers are "girls," we mean prepubescent.

"my food was not real good"

Your spelling and grammar are not real good either.

"restrunt"? What's that? A sleeping baby?

What is "servace" and what are "tabels"?

And what difference does it make if your server was a boy or a girl?

I'm ashamed and embarrassed this person is from the same state as I.

You'd better ask for all your brain cells back from the funny
cigarettes you've been smoking too.

I hope you get all your money back and apply it to grammer and
spelling lessons.

How do you know your server was a girl - did you check under the
apron?

I can understand her unhappiness with your sitting 'in her tabels'.
First of all, customers generally stay at one *table* per visit. It
must have upset her to come back to find you at different tables
throughout the night.

Secondly, I'm sure she expected you to be sitting AT the table, not IN
it - that made it very difficult for her to find a place to set down
your plates, I'll bet!

Next time try a little harder to be part of the solution, not part of
the problem.

Yay! Poor spelling makes the posts funny.

Maybe you should put your dining out money into grammar lessons.

and apparently she is back from vacation.....



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But I'm going to do it here...now....

I believe the above written letter is the direct result of the way our
students are being taught in Maryland. When I went to school here
focus was very heavy in grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and
great writing skills. Today, however, focus in Maryland has changed.
Maryland public schools must meet particular guidelines set forth by
the "No Child Left Behind Act" which focuses more on reading
comprehension than grammar and spelling. Because of that curriculums
have changed dramatically and gone are the days of fantastic spellers
and writers.

How do I know this? I've experienced it first hand. About 2 months
ago my oldest son (7th grade) brought home a paper from school graded
with an "A". This paper was done for the class RLA (Reading and
Language Arts) and had atrocious grammar (no capitalization, no
punctuation, etc) and numerous misspelled words. I brought this "A"
paper with me when I went to a conference shortly after seeing the
paper. I asked the teacher outright how she could grade my son with
an "A" when the paper looked like it did. I told her how horrible I
thought the paper was. Her EXACT words to me were "With times being
the way they are and most people using computer programs with spell,
grammar, and sentence structure checks we don't focus any longer on
spelling, grammar and sentence structure." I think the teacher sat
there trying to figure out how to pry my jaw from the floor. I asked
her "Are you serious?" She said because of what the student NEEDS to
know in order to pass the state tests there is no time for spelling
and grammar. The students MUST be efficient in reading comprehension,
not spelling and grammar. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing
so I went directly to the Guidance Counselor and Principal of the
school and got the exact same story from them. Still in shock I
emailed the board of education but got no response.

So, now I'm hit with this dilemma. The problem is that when my son is
doing homework I can reinforce the proper use of grammar, sentence
structure, and proper spelling. BUT this is NOT being reinforced in
school and 90% of my son's work is done at school. So, 90% of his
work is misspelled, horrible grammar, etc. I'm pretty much stuck. He
knows how to do it because he knows I will be reading all of his
homework papers and he makes sure to do it right. But when the
grading quarter is over and all the class-work papers come home, they
are all horribly written but given good grades. What can I do at that
point? There is nothing I can do and I'm stuck attempting to teach my
child without the support of the very place he is doing most of the
work.

So, here you have the result of the newfound way of teaching in
Maryland. I wonder if the excellent readers being produced by
Maryland will even be able to read and comprehend this kind of
writing. In a nutshell, perhaps it isn't the letter writer we should
be condemning, perhaps it is the school systems.

JMHO and this whole issue REALLY burns me up! :o)

I don't usually say this, but...

This letter is definitely a fake. There are way too many little
clues.

"Restrunt" is a small rest. A little nap, if you will. Or maybe it's
a tiny lazy person?

and say that English is not your primary language. Maybe the server
was "mean" because she coudn't understand you!

"Me fail English? That's unpossible."

I figure I can use it a lot around here.

You do deserve a refund. Not from Outback though, from "Hooked on
Phonics".

I'll take "How did Management respond?" for $500 Alex....

You're a total idiot, and a liar to boot.

If you were here, I'd slap some sense upside your pretty little head.

I'm bored, so I'm going to attempt to rewrite this letter into
something beyond a first-grade level. Wish me luck.

My Food Was Not Very Good

My husband and I went out to eat last night at your restaurant in
Waldorf, MD, and we didn't have very good service. Our server was a
girl and she was very mean. She was not at all happy that we were
sitting at her tables. When our food came, it was not hot and my steak
was very dry.

I would like a refund.

i am pretty new here but this letter sucks!!!

I think they are trying to say that they had bad service and their
food was not made to order, and they would like to have theri money
back. Jamesa maybe you should re-write this letter, to get your point
across.

well if you talk the way you write I doubt you will get anything thing
back

OMG are u serious??