Your Stupid Opinions - Unconstitutional Liquor, More Flies Than Bowling Pins, We Break It-You Buy It

Episode Date: June 22, 2026

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Starting point is 00:03:13 So that's what we do here. We spin and then we laugh about it. So it's a lot of fun. And if you want to find out more or get merchandise or tickets to small town murder live shows or any stuff like that, shut up and give me murder.com is the place to do it. That said, away we go. Let's do this. We are going to Memphis, Tennessee, everybody.
Starting point is 00:03:34 Nice place. Let's go to Memphis. No, it's not. Memphis is a horrible place. is bad. Memphis is bad. Welcome to Graceland. Oof, Memphis is ugly and has like the highest murder rate on earth.
Starting point is 00:03:46 It's got the murder rate of like a favela in Brazil. It's pretty bad. It's bad stuff over there. Now the AT&T store is where we're headed. Let's get our phone fuck with in some way, shape, or form. AT&T is notorious for terrible service and customer service especially. They're known for it. Were they not bought by Verizon?
Starting point is 00:04:08 They probably still have the network out there, right? Oh, they're still up. Isn't AT&T a, I don't know? I don't know. I swore it was bought by Verizon. It doesn't matter. I know they're owned by whoever owns HBO because John Oliver loves talking about AT&T and saying what they're part of the company he works for, which is fun.
Starting point is 00:04:26 Uh-huh. This is at 2282 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. And it has got 4.0 stars on Google out of 700 reviews. and if you don't know what the AT&T star is, it's a retailer providing wireless plans and a range of phones, devices, and accessories. All right, let's get into this. First of all, five stars from Allison.
Starting point is 00:04:49 She had a wonderful experience here over at the AT&T store. Mark Kwan was very professional, attentive, informative, and thorough. Terrific. He gave me the business. Let me tell you, he was thorough. He started working my titties and he worked his way down. Let's just say that. Mark Kwan is a pro.
Starting point is 00:05:07 I have had my share of bad and disappointing AT&T experiences, but this time I was pleasantly surprised by helpful and professional service. Yeah. Hey, Dicker down proff style. That was good. Professional. Professional. Nathan, one star.
Starting point is 00:05:23 I scheduled to pick up the order here and was told it usually takes under two hours. Didn't hear anything for 24 hours. So I tried calling and what sounded like a child answered. Hell yeah. You call it business and an eight-year-old answers. That's a good sign. That's a great sign. Every once in a while, like local pizza places, you'll call them a child that answer and you'll go, I don't like this.
Starting point is 00:05:50 What is this? They're like a Chinese food places too around my house. Their kids are all working in the back. And the nine-year-old is the one taking orders at the one because they speak the best English, usually out of the whole crew. So funny. They're like, who speaks the best English? The eight-year-old. Put them on the phone.
Starting point is 00:06:07 Put them on the phones. It sounded like a child answered and spoke like a child with an attitude when I asked about status. So I decided to just place another order at the Cordova location and they had it ready within 15 minutes of me placing the order. Great. So you're not helped by the child is what you're saying. So you're saying the child was bad. Child wasn't a good AT&T employee. That's strange.
Starting point is 00:06:31 I would have thought they'd be better at that. Lisa, one star. Tiffany, the store manager, is so rude. it's ridiculous. Oh boy. Every time I come into this store, how often are you at the AT&T store, by the way? Yeah, how often do you go to your cell phone,
Starting point is 00:06:47 your cell carrier's place, the actual business? I haven't been to a Verizon store since like 2013, probably. I don't even go. Yeah, well, and I'm going to show my balls for a minute. I've had T-Mobile since it was voice stream, since Jamie Lee Curtis was the spokesperson. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:05 Since before she needed activity? Yeah, there were towers in Manhattan. When Jamie Lee Curtis could still comfortably poop. That's what Jimmy's. That's how long. But she can make a solid bowel movement. Yeah, without the help of probiotics. She needed to soften it with the activia.
Starting point is 00:07:23 And yeah, I've been with them for, I've been to that store maybe three times in how long is that? 27 years. That's what I mean. There's no. Since before planes were hijacked. Since we could just keep our shoes on comfortably at the fucking airport. Since you could take a bottle of water through a security fucking goddamn checkpoint. Whether or not you were on a plane, you can walk straight to the gate.
Starting point is 00:07:50 That was great. With that bottle of water. By the way, why don't they just make people take a sip? Wouldn't that solve all the problems? If you're willing to take this thing down, would you drink liquid TNT or whatever the fuck it is? You're going to see it on their face that that ain't water. They're going to win. Put it that way.
Starting point is 00:08:09 If they're drinking fucking, you know, something explosive. But now I saw it, like in New York, if you have a bottle of water now and it's sealed, they have a thing they put it on and it scans it and they give it back to you now. What do they scan it for? For bomb juice, I guess. They can tell from the molecular or whatever. They put it in some machine. And they determine that that's H-2O. That that's not.
Starting point is 00:08:33 This machine looks like it costs $8 million. And it's literally to see if this is water or not. not, which really, you smell, you tell, you know if something's fucking water or not. Like, that's how, where we've gone to society where we're like, let's spend hundreds of millions of dollars to see if something is water. That's a clear, wet, liquid substance that's sealed in a bottle. Yeah. But instead at least you can get your water back.
Starting point is 00:08:56 So there's that. Anyway. So every time I come into this door, she's always on that tablet, not even trying to help her customers or employees out. Usually, I've seen, they're usually like organizing, like you go over there and that's their job, right? To award me. That's what the iPad is. I don't think they're watching YouTube videos, probably.
Starting point is 00:09:15 That iPad is doing all the work. I mean, you're doing everything on it if you work in one of those stores. Totally, I would think so. The Apple store is the same way. Yeah. They don't even, they don't even do anything. They just do things on the tablet and then another person comes out and does whatever you do. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:31 They like summon that other person. That's what I think the guy they're doing with their. with the tablid. She loves to run to the back of the store, or to the back of the store half of the time, and when she comes out, she doesn't offer to help. When she do help,
Starting point is 00:09:47 she's very rude and aggressive and arrogant. Yeah. When she do help. I don't recommend having her to help you do anything, if you ask me. I have noted every time I come into this store, and today was definitely a reason why I am doing this review. She wasn't nowhere to.
Starting point is 00:10:05 be found and when she came out, she got right on the tablet, knowing, knowing she saw me there standing, needing help. Thanks to Kwan, he helped me get, that must be Mark Kwan. Mark Kwan's a superstar there. He helped me get the service I needed. Man, he's a busy man, sweaty, sore dick. He's like, listen, guys, I can't do it much longer. Red dicking it through the day. Man, I thought Tam was hell before Tiffany left, before she left. Tiffany Werser. I thought Tam was bad, but Tiffany
Starting point is 00:10:42 Werser. Werser. Wonderful. Oh, God, Jesus Christ. That's AT&T's customers, huh? The response from the owner should be, I won't listen to anyone who says Worseer. That should be the only response. That's what you should do if you own a business.
Starting point is 00:10:58 I don't care what you say. You said Werser. Go fuck yourself. T gives one I was misled by the store manager. I was told that I would have $240 in credits applied to each line for bringing my own phone. However, that promotion was only available online. As a result, I am not down $600, I think now is what they're going for.
Starting point is 00:11:25 It changes the review completely if you say, I'm not down this money now. Oh, good. They took care of it. I am now down $600 total for this store manager's incompetent. Oh, Tiffany. $240 for two lines and the in-store activation fee that would have been waived online. Maybe or might be terrible communication from corporate, but they don't do their homework. Wouldn't you stop this and go, I'm not doing this then.
Starting point is 00:11:51 I'll get on my fucking phone in front of you and just do it here. Why would I do this with you? Right. Why am I here? I can do this at home. I can literally order a new phone from my house and then get money. Yeah. Yeah, and it's way cheaper.
Starting point is 00:12:05 Why didn't you tell me that? Why are you here? Why am I? Why do you exist? Yeah, this place should be like a warehouse that you just ship shit out of. You clearly don't need to actually be here present. What is going on? Erlene one star.
Starting point is 00:12:21 Rude and crude at the entrance. Oh, and crude. Marquan's got his dick out now. He got tired to unzipping his pants and just said, I'm just going to stand here and wait for people that need me. Rood, crude, and Marquon's lute. He is lewd. rude and crude. I went to turn in their equipment and end their service. They refused to do either and set me to the UPS store for the equipment. What? Mail it to us for me. UPS.
Starting point is 00:12:47 UPS us. There's two stores down. There's a UPS store. You got to ship it to us from there. I can't ask it again, but I've got it. Why do they exist? I can't, I don't know what's going on. They don't seem to be doing anything. AT&T people. Three weeks later, I find, finally spoke, three weeks later, Jesus, I finally spoke with a human customer service representative, and then it says versus the rude automated service agent who can't seem to comprehend that you're ending your service and actually disconnects your call with a goodbye. The entire AT&T company needs a major overhaul. Their products are not competitive and they do not value their customers. I mean, Mark Juan does, but everybody else, it's all, it's a little, a little on the edge there. I'm not sure. one star. Horrible store. Management and sales team should be replaced with people that know customer service. All I wanted to do was exchange a phone that was in the 14-day window for a return,
Starting point is 00:13:48 was told no, basically because my reason was not valid. For returning the phone, I assume. I guess. Reason for returning. Salesperson had the personality of a wet diaper. What? A wet diaper. Not shitty at least.
Starting point is 00:14:05 Just pissing. And didn't seem eager to help. Went to another store in a different part of town and they were exceptional. Don't go here. Okay. All right. I'm not planning on it. That sounds good.
Starting point is 00:14:18 Mike one star. Okay. Liked, colon, nothing. Okay, he's going to list like that. Disliked, colon. Everything. One, customer service was horrible. Two, was looking to purchase a standalone speaker and they did.
Starting point is 00:14:33 not have one on display. I asked if we could pair a phone to it to hear the quality and was told no. Okay. After speaking with manage, she tried to sell me something else aside from the speaker I had originally wanted. While leaving, employee opened door for us, and I had to yell for her to stop before she slammed the door into a toddler's face. Oh, Jesus. Well, you know what? That'll teach them to have your head on a swivel.
Starting point is 00:15:00 Sometimes they need it, though, right? You know what? Toddlers are pretty resilient. They'll be all right. They'll take it. I got it in the face a few times as a kid. I'm sure it's all right. It works out.
Starting point is 00:15:09 I'll do it. Strongly recommend not doing your business here. Yeah, don't do your business there. It's not the place for it. The UPS store, two doors down. That's where you shit on the floor. That's where you do the business. That's where you do the business.
Starting point is 00:15:23 Dorothy, one star. I went to the store at Union and they were very mean to me. I don't know why. That's just funny. Very mean to me. It just sounds like something. seven-year-old would say. And I want there, I guess went there is what they're going for. I went there and the rep was nice. His name was Michael. He know I call him and said, I were on my way
Starting point is 00:15:47 and he want to lunch. I think they just think went as want. I think they think went as want. And he want to lunch. I'm going to use it every time though. I'm going to spell like they do. But he helped me, but my bill is so high. That's a. sentence. That's one sentence. That's crazy. Okay. I hope they're okay. Higher than they said. Then they said they would credit first bill, but when I came to get help, I wasn't given help. The manager was rude and I just wanted what was originally offered, but now stuck with a high bill and can't return it. I feel like they made their sale and did not want to assist me anymore. I went to another store
Starting point is 00:16:27 for help rather than return to union. I do not recommend this store to others looking for help. had ATT for 20 years for self-service, TV, internet, and digital life. Everything. Everything. She's missing fucking AT&T, and they're treating her like shit. Liz, one star. I went in because my phone was messing up. Messing up.
Starting point is 00:16:50 Seeing its business all over the place. Yeah. No good. I decided without talking to anyone to go ahead and trade it in for another phone, thinking it would be just easier and cheaper. They didn't communicate properly and tried everything possible for us to buy a different phone than what we wanted and then told us my phone had to stay at the store overnight. We got to hang on to this. We're going to hang on to it for a while there.
Starting point is 00:17:16 Not going to happen. Then they told us they could not give us our money back. Then they took my screen protector off, cracked it, and it's no good anymore, but could not replace it for me afterwards. I am not pleased at all by this experience. I will never go back to that store again. Why does it sound like AT&T is just trash? It is trash. Is it trash?
Starting point is 00:17:39 I think it's trash. I think it's trash. Yeah, I think AT&T sucks. I think that's why John Oliver makes fun of it all the time. Jeff, one star. I was helped by Chad, who was nothing short of a used car salesman. Bush and shit. He kept telling me I was going to get $800 for my phone and even pointed to it on the paperwork.
Starting point is 00:18:00 He stopped saying, saying $800 when I pointed out that it said up to $800 and they were only offering me $340 for my phone. Real shady. Yeah. Okay. John, one star, the staff at this location is absolutely awful. LaShawn Thomas was rude. Jesus, we got whole names.
Starting point is 00:18:22 It's always wild when they call out an employee by full fucking name. LaShawn Thomas was rude about putting up tempered glass screen pretend. on my iPhone X-S-Max actually broke the screen protector, then tried to tell me they have a no-liability policy, and I'd have to buy another $50 screen protector. I called corporate, and after the phone call, Lashon changed his tune. Oh, boy. $50 is going to ruin their life. But I do agree.
Starting point is 00:18:55 If they're going to put the screen protector on it or fix the phone with one on it, you're going to Put a new one on it if you break it. Yeah. No, if you take your car and they get fixed and they break your windshield, they don't go, oh, they're not liable for that. You came in for a transmission job. Like, no, motherfucker. That's my windshield.
Starting point is 00:19:12 Are you out of your goddamn mind? No. So that's ridiculous. Anyway, so he changed his tune. The staff is all the same. Rude and extremely disrespectful. Steer clear unless you want to get robbed. Oh, robbed.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Robbed. Now, Lynn, one star, worst customer service I ever experienced at AT&T. The worst? The worst. It's worse. It's not worse, her, luckily. That's good.
Starting point is 00:19:41 Derek is rude and hateful. Jesus, we are, so Derek, LaShawn, Chad, all these motherfuckers, who's the, Lechon Thomas? Mark Kwan is the only person here worth the shit. He is dicking down all of these very upset ladies, and it's not fair. Chad needs to get in this.
Starting point is 00:19:58 Worst customer service. Derek is rude and hateful. hateful. He laughed at me not once but twice. Okay? Refused to give me any help whatsoever. Made it very clear that they are there to sell you a product, but will not help you if you have a problem.
Starting point is 00:20:15 Yeah. Yeah, that's the store. Charles, one star. I went into the store today to get a screen protector for my iPhone 11. The employee said, we do not carry screen protectors for an iPhone 11 no more. No more. I said, that is crazy. employee started to laugh.
Starting point is 00:20:34 I would not be back at this AT&T store no more. There's an iPhone 17. You can get your shit online. I was going to say, they don't have the 11 because that's from like nine years ago. And they, you want them to stock every fucking thing for every phone that's ever been made? Do you have something for a 2006 Blackberry? Because really, I'm, I need a case for this fucking thing.
Starting point is 00:20:57 I would really, I'd really love to get those screen. for screens for the Nokia. Yeah. They were so fun. Oh, I had an LG chocolate that I just really would love to update. This is my favorite. Response from the owner. Hi, Charles.
Starting point is 00:21:14 Hope to see you again. That's it. They already said, I would not be back no more. They're not coming back no more. Oh, God. Bob, one star. When looking for a new phone, I questioned Larry, my sales associate, on a couple of things.
Starting point is 00:21:31 He told me, quote, don't start with me today. Like a mother who's just not going to have it from their eight-year-old today. Don't you start with me today. I am not hearing it. How did AT&T go to the cricket? How do they turn into cricket?
Starting point is 00:21:52 That's what it seems like, or Boost Mobile or some shit. That's what it is. What's going on? I told him I had not used any profanity or even raised my voice. He replied, yes, but you're being condescending. And yes, I know what that means.
Starting point is 00:22:08 I'm not using vocabulary words I haven't learned yet. So that's good. Finally, he hands me something to sign. He says, here's your new two-year contract. I told him I didn't come in for a contract, only a phone. At that, he told me, get out of my store. Get out. I told you not to start with me today, and you're starting.
Starting point is 00:22:29 You're fucking starting. So I did. I now have a new phone carrier, but I woke up the next morning to an email thanking me for my new two-year contract with AT&T. I'm definitely going to fight that. He said, here's your contract. Just because you don't want to take it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Get out of my store. Wow, get out of my store.
Starting point is 00:22:50 Drew, one star. Employees are incredibly rude and go out of their way to make you feel unwelcome. If you do go here, do not say anything that could in any way be construed as a negative comment about anything, as many of the employees are very quick to pick a fight and cause a scene. Holy shit. You don't fuck around in this place. Don't start with me today. That's what the, like not thank you for your business.
Starting point is 00:23:11 They have a sign above the register that says, don't start with me today. Start. Don't start. Edward, one star. Bad, terrible awful. No commas. The terrible awful. Bad terrible awful.
Starting point is 00:23:25 You're eating shit pies here. Man. Went in to get my daughter's SIM card replaced. had to wait over 90 minutes to see a surly sales associate who was unhelpful in the extreme. Store was poorly maintained, felt like it was falling to pieces. Glad I use project file. I don't know what that is. I have no idea what that is.
Starting point is 00:23:46 Okay, last one. Leola, one star. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, was the answers to most of my questions. Unnecessary asking for passwords, why do I need a password to pay my bill, to pay them money? my account number a name should be sufficient. A turnoff. No, you can't just go into places and say, here's an account number and my name.
Starting point is 00:24:09 I'd like to do things with this account. You can't. You can't. You can't access it. A turnoff. Really drive my pussy up. That's what happened. Turn me off.
Starting point is 00:24:17 I was horny a minute ago. Yeah. All right. We've been in here. We've been so frustrated. We need to stretch out. We need to take our frustrations out on something, Jimmy. We're going to take it out on some bowling pins is what we're going to take it out on.
Starting point is 00:24:29 We're going bowling, Jim. me, let's do it. I need to fuck something. I need to fucking throw a heavy ball at something. Let's do it. This is my favorite line from Deadwood. Oh, yeah. Fuck something.
Starting point is 00:24:41 I need to fuck something. Yeah. We're going to... Tricks-A! We're going to strike 10 lanes and lounge. All right. Where's that? This is in suburban Chicago.
Starting point is 00:24:54 This is 800 East Nerge Road in Roselle, Illinois. And it's got three points. Six stars. It's not a great bowling alley. It doesn't sound like it. Yeah, 3.6 stars. They call it a modern alley with upscale decor plus HDTVs, dance floor with DJs, full restaurant service, and two bars.
Starting point is 00:25:16 Oh, dang. It sounds great by the description. Now, let's say what other people think, though, and it doesn't sound so great when people describe it. Neelam, five stars. Strike 10, more than just a bowling. alley. Okay. They have that at the top like a title. Strike 10 colon more than just a bowling alley. Like it's a movie title. Don't you start with me. Looking for fun, affordable night out, strike
Starting point is 00:25:42 10 is the perfect spot. The bowling alley has everything you need for a good time. Great food, drinks, and of course, bowling. You bet. The pizza is a crowd pleaser with crispy crust and flavorful toppings. This is not a real person. This is ridiculous. And the full bar offers a wide range of drinks to suit every taste. Whether you're a season bowler or a newbie, the lanes are well maintained in the alley atmosphere is lively. Strike 10 is also a great choice for parties and events. The spacious venue can accommodate groups of all sizes and the staff is friendly and accommodating. You can't use accommodate twice in the same sentence. Can't do that. Have you ever been so excited to review something? This is a bowling alley? Oh my God. Did the fuck the people?
Starting point is 00:26:30 It's incredible. Oh, my God. I'm going to move in. That's amazing that somebody has this much to say about a boat. I wouldn't talk this way about my child. No. I'm not, this is like I'm going to ask them if I can live in Lane 12,
Starting point is 00:26:44 like they could just rent it to me for the month. It's incredible. So gather your friends and family and head to strike 10 for a night of fun and laughter. Yeah. Okay. Three stars from Howard, not quite so excited. Expensive to bowl with friends. bar had big screen TVs, small gnats flying around getting into your face looking for food.
Starting point is 00:27:06 Yuck. Nats indoors? Nats, this will come up again. Nats in the bar area because they don't keep it clean enough to keep them away from the fruit. Fruit, yeah. They're fruit flies. And if you don't keep your bar perfectly clean, you get a lot of fruit flies because you have a bunch of fruit sitting out. Right.
Starting point is 00:27:23 So. You're supposed to cover those. Yeah. Well, even if you don't clean all the shit in the bottom, all the sticky stuff. If you don't do that, you get fruit flies. Like, that's just how it works. If you ever seen an episode of Bar Rescue, they explain exactly what the how the fuck fruit flies happen,
Starting point is 00:27:38 and it's gross. Gross. All you do is clean, and then there's no fruit flies. It's clean. All right. A's one star. I would give this place zero stars if I could.
Starting point is 00:27:50 All right. That's it. That's it. It's close. It's absolutely disgusting. When I politely asked for a hygienic feet cover, he barked at me. Oh, over the shoes.
Starting point is 00:28:04 For the shoes, yeah. Under the shoes. Yeah, you put them, well, yeah, over the bottoms. Over the bottoms of the shoes would be the, but yeah. Like a, like a, like a, like a condom over your shoe, basically. If you have, well, yeah, if you have bowling shoes on and you go to walk to other parts of the alley, you might step in something sticky or something. Then when you go up to bowl and you do that last step when you slide, you'll stick and break your fucking ankle or fall on.
Starting point is 00:28:29 crime scene booties to walk around this place? Yeah, but if you have your own bowling shoes, like a lot of people have those, they sell them in the pro shops. They're just these booties that go over to the bottom of your shoes so you can walk around the alley and not get shit on your shoes so you so don't fuck up your slide. I thought maybe they wanted like a trying on a shoe sock for their gross shoes.
Starting point is 00:28:46 Oh. If you want that, why don't you bring your own fucking socks. You know what? Maybe that's what he's talking about. He might not be talking about that. He might be talking about you should have brought your own sock. Yeah, why'd you wear flip-flops in here to put on.
Starting point is 00:28:59 But based on the rest of it, I think they mean for the bowling shoe. Yeah, because you don't want to go on the piss or in your own bowling shoes. Yeah, he barked at me, quote, I don't know you anything. If you want to cover, bring your own. He threw us dirty, used plastic bags at me. Yeah, that wouldn't be. It's for the outside. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:19 If you want it so bad, take this. Okay. Absolutely disgusting behavior. But he said it in a thick Chicago accent, which made it kind of funny, probably. I would think, right? Put these on your fucking shoes. You hit. If you want it so bad, take this.
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Starting point is 00:32:02 visit urnin.com for full details now back to the show um we came to celebrate a birthday and this man ruined the whole atmosphere with his nasty attitude this place has horrible service no respect for customers and zero professionalism i will never come back here and i don't recommend to anyone to waste their money here. Yeah. Don't recommend. Don't come in here. They don't have shoe bags.
Starting point is 00:32:28 No shoe bags for you. And they sell, that's not something the Lane provides. I've worked in a bowling alley. I've never heard of that. There you go. I know that's the league bowl. Most people don't give a shit
Starting point is 00:32:41 if they're slide step. Most people don't even have a proper slide step at the end, so they don't fucking, it doesn't matter. Most people are borrowing shoes. That's what I mean. They don't fucking care. But like, if you have your own shoes
Starting point is 00:32:51 and you're like in a league and all that. All those guys have those covers they put on so they can walk around the bar area and never seen it. I guess that's why they never asked for them because they had them. Yeah, the people that know about them and need them have them because they're like $4. There's no reason to not have them if you want them and you bowl every week. Nick one star.
Starting point is 00:33:11 I wish I could give this place a zero to be honest. To be honest. To be honest. I've been bowling for a couple of years, so I'd go. call myself pretty good. Okay, right away. I'm folded a few times in my life. I would not consider myself pretty good.
Starting point is 00:33:30 I'm bowling for a couple years. I'd call myself pretty good. You know what I'm saying? That's weird. Pretty good. I have my own balls and everything. Well, congratulations. So do I.
Starting point is 00:33:40 Congratulations. I got a set of my own balls. Wait till you see my dog. Yeah. Oh, boy, he's got a nice set on him. And the lanes feel and throw like they haven't been oiled since the it opened. Horrible lanes. Okay. All you had to say is
Starting point is 00:33:56 I ball off and so I'm not a novice. That would have been fine. I'd call myself pretty good. But what he's trying to say... What he's trying to say is, you can tell when a lane is an oil properly because the ball doesn't break the same. It's supposed to spin, spin, for the first two-thirds. And then the last bit is dry.
Starting point is 00:34:15 That's when it catches and hooks. That's the whole fucking point of the deal. But if it's not... Is it dry at the end? It's not like as oiled heavily. They stop oil as heavily. We would send a machine down it. It oils it all in its own. But it oils all the way the motherfucker down.
Starting point is 00:34:32 Oh, wow. Interesting. All the way hard or does it let up? I mean, it goes all the way to the end. I don't know if it stops spedding out oil at some point. But it goes all the way to the fucking pins and then comes back. Then you pick it up and put it on the next lane and it goes again. comes all the way back and you do that all the way down,
Starting point is 00:34:53 24 fucking lanes. Oh, God. They glitch, and that means the scoring system because a bunch of other people said that too. Again, the lanes are drier than the desert. Or actually drier than the dessert in this case. Drier than their cheesecake. Let me tell you.
Starting point is 00:35:14 How does someone gutter a houseball? Wow. Go bowling with me, babe. I'll show you. It's going to say, well, he's pretty good, though, Jimmy. He's been bowling a couple of years. I'll show you on five or six frames, motherfucker. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:28 The bathrooms are rambunctious. Have you ever heard a bathroom described as rambunctious? Not a once. Have you ever heard any? Chucky cheese. Anybody over the age of six be described as rambunctious. Yeah. I don't even know how this place is still open for business.
Starting point is 00:35:46 I highly recommend to bowl at a chucky cheese on the minorses. on the mini one instead of this place. There's Chuck Trees. It's back. Bob, one star. Dirty, shady, and the balls are in poor shape at best. And there's a picture of a bunch of house balls, and they look like they've been
Starting point is 00:36:04 attacked with axes. Like, they're all just chunks are taken out of them. The house balls are rough. Yeah, I don't think there was a one that didn't have chips in it at the the money that way of it. They all throw those motherfuckers. Yeah, and look at that. The kids use
Starting point is 00:36:19 them. And they're shitty. They're all messed up. My friend used to put two fingers in it and lob that thing and then hope that it hit about a foot in front of the pins. That was his goal. Well, that won't fuck the ball up. That'll fuck the lane up more than the ball. Yeah, the lane's fucked up too.
Starting point is 00:36:37 The lane will fuck. Well, he tried to get a distance on it to see if, because it's 60 feet to the pins. So he'd get like, let me see if I get it 40, 45 of this that way. And then have it hit pins. then he'd giggle. That's fun. That's what he's into. The balls all have gouges taken out of them.
Starting point is 00:36:56 The scoring machine glitches quite often. It's not cheap either, especially for the shape the place is in. Yeah, bowling is never cheap. No, it's not. Yeah, when we go, it's like an hour and a half. You rent it by time or by game. So we'll do an hour and a half, and it's like $37 for an hour and a half. That's not so bad, I guess.
Starting point is 00:37:16 That's not bad. I mean, we have fun, so, I mean, it's an hour and a half. half of actually doing some because we have her own shoes and balls and shit so I don't want any of that crap but yeah it's okay how the balls get gouges in them is that just throwing it and onto the concrete yeah I think it dropping them or maybe I don't know maybe also uh if it's in the machinery enough maybe that'll fuck it up possibly I don't know that's just belts though isn't it yeah enough time hitting the gutters hard I don't put the scene that'll do it maybe that'll do it and yeah just poorly maintained you know they could probably get lost around yeah I don't
Starting point is 00:37:47 think they ever got new balls No, a lot of them come from when people die. They just, like, people will give their, like, old grandma's old bowling ball of the bowling alley. Yeah. What? Yeah, you get a lot. If you go to the bowling alley and look at the balls, there's a lot with, like, initials in them or, like, you know, like Debbie written on it. And you're like, okay.
Starting point is 00:38:07 This is, I'm using Debbie's ball, I guess, tonight. From 74. Yeah, that's what it looks like. Stella, one star, dirty and poor condition. walked in the bathroom dry heaving because it smelled of urine that was from a dehydrated person sitting for days. Wow, that is, your sense of smell is dry heaving? That's urine from a dehydrated person that's been sitting for, hold on, yeah, three days. It's a three day dehydrated urine.
Starting point is 00:38:39 Yeah, I tasted. Very sandy pee. It's not good. Yeah, no, this is, this is. Gritty piss. That's what it smells like. This is, it's not even, it's an orange. It's not even yellow.
Starting point is 00:38:48 It's a problem. So they're dry heaving from that. Dry heaving. I dry heaved with tears coming down. It was that bad. Shoes are falling apart. Yeah, they're rented shoes. They're going to fall apart.
Starting point is 00:38:59 Those are very old. Couches have a blanket because they're all ripped. And we saw the owner, quote, sanitized by lightly spraying Lysol over a row of shoes, not even in the shoes. Yeah, that's what they do. They go, they cloud over it and hope the Lysol just descend. ends into the shoes and that solves everything. And whatever that shit is smells terrible too. Because I don't think we used Lysol.
Starting point is 00:39:22 We used something that was four bowling shoes. Yeah, yeah. You're putting your feet in other people's shoes. There's, yeah, it doesn't matter. It's disgusting. Yeah. If you go bowling once a year, it's worth buying your own shoes. They're like $50 for a decent pair that look like, they look like Nike dunks now, too.
Starting point is 00:39:42 They don't look like old. If somebody had fungassy feet, would you spend? bray lysol on them and put that shoe in your mouth? Yeah, that's what I mean. Would you think about other people and their feet? Do you want to put your feet in things that they have their feet in? So gross. No, that's, yeah, it's very gross.
Starting point is 00:40:00 So gross. Jess, one star. I wish I could give this place zero stars. Okay, not I won't. That's fine. And the shoes that they give you are all nodded. The laces are all like mismatched. You look like a hobo.
Starting point is 00:40:17 Yeah, well, the ones they were showing here were still the Velcro ones with the big Velcro over thing. The Velcro doesn't stick anymore. No, that's what they were showing. Yeah, those are bad. Everything was fine until the owner slash manager, whatever he is, came to us accusing us of not paying for two extra people when the front lady girl clearly saw all of us. front lady girl told me to be quiet and not say anything what kind of owner says that to a customer
Starting point is 00:40:50 garbage I guess this guy is that how they charge it isn't it like you put down a credit card or something and then you play your games and then you pay for it after where no no where I go it's they say by the game or by the by the hour and you say whatever one you want
Starting point is 00:41:07 and if it's three games you pay for three games you go bowl three games you go home that's it If you pay for an hour and a half, like we do, they have a timer up on the thing that shows how much time you have. And then when it's up, that's it. You go home. That's how they pay. You could have 40 people bowling or one person. That's still the same price.
Starting point is 00:41:23 You're paying for the time. Right. The time in the lane, yeah. And then they charge you five bucks for shoes if you have, if you need shoes. That's how they get people. That's how they get you. Ivan, one star. This place is old and beaten up.
Starting point is 00:41:37 Sitting couches, as opposed to the standing couches that we see all. The laying couches or the rolling couches. Sitting couches are ripped with huge holes which were patched with duct tape. And that was done a while ago. Classy. Food is subpar from the frozen section of any grocery store and overpriced. The men's room smelled like urine. That seems about reasonable.
Starting point is 00:42:03 Which leads me to think it does not get cleaned often. Really? Wow. It's dirty. So you're saying you don't think it gets cleaned. cleaned. Interesting. Wow.
Starting point is 00:42:13 I would have thought that maybe the... I don't think the same piss guy comes back every day to piss it. And by the way, I don't know what you're expecting from a bowling alley bathroom. But that sounds like a cliche like you'd walk in somewhere and go, Jesus, it smells like a bowling alley bathroom in here. And everyone would understand that's bad, I feel like, yeah. Or no cleaning materials are being used in the rare occasions it gets cleaned. The staff and especially the bartender, oh, the bartender's got some... Fans, watch out.
Starting point is 00:42:43 Argues with the customers and does not tend to their needs. No bowling balls for people with large hands and fingers. That is true. If you're using a houseball, hope you got tiny fucking hands because good luck. In conclusion, I am never setting foot in that establishment again. Again. Again. All the bad comments have two prayer emojis on them, too.
Starting point is 00:43:06 There's reactions you can have. You know, the prayer emoji? for some reason, all the negative reactions, all the negative reviews have two prayer emoji reactions on them. I don't know who these two prayer people are going on and praying for bad reviews. Is that thank you? I think so. It must be, right? Because it can't be bless up, right?
Starting point is 00:43:29 No, I think it's thank you. So it's weird, though, to go through and go, I'm going to thank everyone who's left bad reviews here. Very funny. Sarah, one star. All caps, three exclamation. points. Beware! Beware! Beware. Bowled here at own risk. Right. We encountered by far the worst customer service tonight by the quote owner, Jason. Here we go. He not only tricked us into playing an extra game by saying two games was the same price as one, he also overcharged us. We knew
Starting point is 00:44:04 something was sketchy when he told us the total was an even 75. He just picked Made a number up there's a. It's 75 today. After asking to see the receipt, we realized he charged us $20 too much. This place will trick you into paying more than you should if you're not careful. The staff was rude, unenthusiastic, and careless. Jason refused to give us our money back, which is complete bogusness. 80s Keanu Reeves is here.
Starting point is 00:44:37 He'd like to talk about the bogusiness is this whole thing. Um, wow. Bogusness. Bogusness. Which is complete bogusness. Like, that's a wild thing to say. Um, not only does this place have terrible customer service, but it's extremely unsanitary and not worth the money. Do not.
Starting point is 00:44:56 I repeat, all caps. Do not set step foot into this horrid place they call a bowling alley. That was a absolute B-O-G-I. Boji. What the fuck is that? Plural bogus. Oh, absolute bogey. Bo guy. That's what it is. Wow. And then three exclamation points to really send the point home about the bogey of the whole situation.
Starting point is 00:45:24 Wow. That's amazing. Maria. 75 bucks for what? Two people to bowl two games? That does seem steep. That is extremely steep. Yeah. We get four in an hour and a half and it's 37 bucks. Per or both? For both of us. It's just for the lane. So, I mean, yeah, it costs us less than $40 to go bowl. Yeah, that's fun. Yeah, it's fun.
Starting point is 00:45:45 Right? I don't even know it. I think I've paid, I think I've put $20 down before and bowled for a while. I don't know. I mean, I don't know what bowling costs. To me, if I can have fun doing something for an hour and a half and it costs $40, I feel like I... Pretty good. Two people had fun for an hour and a half.
Starting point is 00:46:00 I feel like $20 each is a reasonable price for that. That's about the price of a movie. That's what I mean. Yeah, I mean, people, yeah, that seems fair. I came to this bowling alley with my friends, one star, by the way, Maria, came to this bowling alley with my friends and had a horrible experience.
Starting point is 00:46:15 I sat at the bar having a few drinks and ended up in an argument with the bartender who was very rude to my friend's boyfriend who happened to be African American and made a racial comment to him. He what? Okay. That's an odd way.
Starting point is 00:46:31 What do he say? That's a strange thing for a tip-based job to go to. You know what I mean? That feels like free beer, behavior? I would say. The bartender also had two friends sitting at the bar who were there with her all night. This is a her.
Starting point is 00:46:46 It's a gal? Wow, that's even worse. I'm not going to get into all the details about the whole conversation we had. Why? Why? What do you think this show is? What this bitch say? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:58 This fucking show depends on people giving us the details of the whole conversation that they had. That's what we needed. Did she guess his drink order? Did she say things like? What it will be? Al-Aise? What do you want? St. I'd say it.
Starting point is 00:47:11 Is that what you said? Is that what you're going for? Is that what you're going for? I can let me guess. Dark liquor. Holy shit. I'm not going to go into all the details, but long story short, a political topic came up, and the bartender and her friend made racist comments to me telling me word for word that,
Starting point is 00:47:31 quote, I have no rights because I am not American, because I am a Latina girl. and I ended up getting up and leaving with my friends. That's the answer. I hope you didn't pay and I hope you didn't tip. That is crazy word. Okay. First rule of a bartender, hey, let's not talk about politics at the fucking bar.
Starting point is 00:47:52 That would be the first goddamn rule of a happy, harmonious bar. Oh, forget just keeping things happy. This isn't a countryside English pub where you can just chat with your neighbors about it. This is not what this is. This is America. This is a bowling alley bar. Someone will stab you. Stop talking about politics at the bar.
Starting point is 00:48:13 Bowling alley bar. Alcohol is being served and people have their opinions get, their hard opinions are tempered at this point. They are so much hard. Now, and speaking of hard, what are they holding? A 14, a 15 pound fucking rock hard ball. You know, there's so many weapons. The pins are almost four pounds each. Those are good weapons.
Starting point is 00:48:35 And that's in one hand. In the other hand, they're holding that stine of beer. Well, they're holding that 40 of St. Ides that you assumed that they wanted that they didn't ask for. You just handed them a Mickey's for some reason. Like, I didn't order O.E. I don't know why the fuck we're drinking this right now. Why do you even have this here? This is wrong, man. Okay. I will never come back or recommend anyone go there because of the bartender's unprofessionalism and racism, as well as having a friend who was not an employee sitting there, both making racist.
Starting point is 00:49:05 comments towards me. Wow. Also, who sits at the bar in a bowling alley? You got to be a real drunk to do that. We go in, we bowl, we might get a beer from the bar while we're bowling, drink those while we're bowling, and we leave. That's it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:20 You don't sit in the bar. No. The guy that sits in the bar is the grandpa who is forced to be at this children's party that they chose to have at the bowling alley. That's who sits in the bar. Or like some league bowler who comes straight from work. even though the league doesn't start till 730, but he hates his wife. So he's going to stay at half for about two hours.
Starting point is 00:49:41 He's here 435 o'clock hammering happy hour drinks. We see those guys that obviously come straight from work, and we know the leagues don't start till 7, and it's 505, and there's this guy sitting there with their bags having drinks, and you're like, how much does he hate his wife? Like, he's like, it's league night. That's my whole night. Sorry, I go straight from work.
Starting point is 00:50:01 I'll be home at 10. Fuck off. It's league night. I'll be out there. Chanel one star awful management nice place but the workers are completely rude I tried to purchase a beer and clearly the miserable employee wouldn't sell it to me because she doubted I was the person on my ID picture oh because my hair is longer now even though everything is clearly legitimate don't come here it's not a fun place to bowl this bartender sounds like a problem I would say solo doesn't want to lose his job over fake ID are hers. She's a pain in the ass. Yeah, she sucks. Solo, one star. Beware.
Starting point is 00:50:42 After ordering food, which states one price, they charge you a couple dollars more. Example, chicken tenders on the menu, $8 on the bill, $11. After asking why it's so, I was told, quote, prices are subject to change. Like at any time. It changed while I was cooking the chicken tenders. I'm sorry. That's it. That's market price. It's market, yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:05 You do chicken market price? Frozen chicken tenders are market. Yeah, their market price are. We do those like main lobsters. That's how we do this here. We keep an eye on it. It changes all day. It changes all day.
Starting point is 00:51:15 It changes all day. It's around here. It is. Also on the menu, it said five pieces. In reality, we got four. Prices and portion sizes subject to change. Numbers of chicken tenders subject to change. I guess the quantity is also subject to change.
Starting point is 00:51:32 Oh, that's so funny. It's $3 more for. 20% less. For one less. Isn't that great? It's subject to change, though. It's okay. That is fucking awesome.
Starting point is 00:51:43 It's like in the middle of your bowling game, they came out and put 14 pins down and you go, pin number subject to change. Sorry, it's different now. Price went up 40%. Quantity went down 20. That's outrageous. Since you ordered them, which is pretty incredible. It happened since you ordered the...
Starting point is 00:52:01 Oh, that's so funny. After arguing in the end, we paid the price that we were supposed to pay. Horrible experience. They had to argue for $3 less chicken tenders. Paul, one star. Horrible service. The owner's drunk son was all over our lane and was constantly trying to interact with us. Uh-oh.
Starting point is 00:52:21 Hey, guys. You should move over like three boards because you keep going over toward the tenant. You need to get toward the right. Also, from an angle. Congratulations on having hot chicks with you. That's the only reason dudes want to come over to your lane. Yeah. I think we were, I think also we were double charged for drinks.
Starting point is 00:52:42 Well, the prices are subject to change. They are. Or you may have bought his. All in all, I walked out very disgusted. I will never go back. Wow. Then a couple more here. Okay.
Starting point is 00:52:54 Angelica, one star. There's something off with the bowling lanes. There's something wrong with anti-hand as what's going on here. Something off. Either they are oiled too much or too little that the balls don't move the way they should. Even curving the ball is hard. If the lanes I aren't done right, the balls don't work right. It's just the bowling experience sucks.
Starting point is 00:53:16 Unless you're just throwing a straight ball down the middle and don't give a shit, it kind of sucks if you're actually trying to have a decent game. Looks like they also don't care about fixing their ripped seats. Yeah, they're duct taped. And they're only duct taped because that vinyl is so old and the tear is so old. It will lay your fucking Lego. It'll slice you to the bone. And now they just throw blankets on them after a while. That's hysterical.
Starting point is 00:53:39 Big blankets. Jason, one star, there were an outrageous amount of fruit flies nesting at the bar tap. So we started a game of bowling to get away from the bar. It's a bowling alley. You should have. We were here to drink, but now we're bowling because there's too many flies. What the fuck? Even 25 to 30 feet from the bar, flies were flying.
Starting point is 00:54:01 this time landing in my drink, and there's pictures of shit in his drink there. Three of them total. The flies just put a damper on the afternoon, ruining the game we played. That's no fun. Okay, then this one, one star. This place is a dump. Manager gets very easily agitated. I've been bowling for 48 years.
Starting point is 00:54:24 48 years, just as bad as Stream would bowl. Oh, okay. Just as bad. 48 years to know. Yeah. So I looked up Streamwood Bowl to see if it's worse or better. And I got a couple of reviews from there to go over quickly. Here's Anna one star.
Starting point is 00:54:40 Terrible Karen working here. Karen in quotes, of course. Not only took my child's bowling ball and claimed it's theirs. What? They had their own ball and she was like, no, it's ours. I mean, it's very easy to show that it's mine. I have a fucking bag. I was going to say, this empty bag I'm holding.
Starting point is 00:55:00 Says otherwise. Okay, we paid for two games but only got one. What a scam. Don't go here. There's lots of other bowling places. We told our family and friends about it. They lost a lot of customers. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:55:14 I bowled one game they charged me to and kept my ball. Gave me less chicken strips because they're subject to change. Sarwar one star. Rude as hell staff. Went with my family. These jerks totally ruin the mood. The clown standing at the receptionist will definitely make sure no one comes back to this place. Highly disrespectful will never visit again.
Starting point is 00:55:40 Here's Sunny, one star. Your employees are the rudest employees. They don't smile. They talk to you like they wish you never walked in that door. They are lazy and act like they don't care. I couldn't even finish our game because I felt so unwanted. We had 12 of us and all felt the same way. only when the owner is there, they're all nice and helpful.
Starting point is 00:56:02 So I wish I could have the owner's schedule because I'll only go there when he's there now. Fucking streamwood. Wow. And then the last two, one star, dirty toilets and it stinks. Sounds like they were the same bowling alley from what they've described. That sounds like a bowling alley. And then finally, Evelyn, with maybe the most obvious comment of all time, one star, The shoes they rent gave me itchy feet.
Starting point is 00:56:26 Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Who knows what's in there? You got all sorts of shit going on. That's fungus from a teenager, too. Fungi. Probably from a teenager.
Starting point is 00:56:35 That's bogusness, bro. Pure bogusness. All right. I feel like I'm overwhelmed. The AT&T store is frustrating. We can't do this. You can't go to the bar because you'll get called the N-word or get flies around your shit. This is all gross.
Starting point is 00:56:50 Shocking. We need booze. Let's go get booze. Drinking our night away is the only way we're going to solve this, I believe. the two of us. Let's go to macadoodles. What is that? Macadoodles is a liquor store in Branson, Missouri.
Starting point is 00:57:07 Fantastic. If you guys don't know what Branson is, it is hilarious. It is what Nashville was going to be, and then country music took over, right? Well, it's kind of where country music and old people music go to die. And they have, like, weird shit. They had like Andy Williams sung like, you know, Moon River there every goddamn night for 40 years. Like it's that shit. It's like some old year.
Starting point is 00:57:34 It's a destination over on. For old hits. What is the street in nuts? I forget the. Oh, that's in Branson. Yeah, that's, yeah, the earth you're talking about Memphis. Beal Street in Memphis. Branson has a street that's fucking outrageous and it's everybody north of 48.
Starting point is 00:57:51 And 48 is a swinging dick. I was going to say 48. They call you sunny. Yeah. Hey there, sunny boy. Can you help me out? Like, everyone there's either 90 or the fucking from the depths of the hollers in the mountains. They're just like, we're going on out to the city this week.
Starting point is 00:58:09 We're going to Branson. Load on up in the truck, kids. Come on. That's the crowd here. One or the other. It's a big deal, though, for a lot of people. They have weird shit there. A lot of, like, weird Christian shit they do, like music stuff.
Starting point is 00:58:22 They even do the... This was on the best of the worst show. They had the Shogi Taboo. video who's this Japanese guy who plays the fiddle and has the worst English of all time. And he comes out and he plays the fiddle and then he talks to the crowd and they laugh at him. They just laugh at him all he's talking. Ha ha ha, ha, funny Japanese guy trying to talk to us. It's real funny.
Starting point is 00:58:44 And I love it. Those people eat that shit up. McAdoodles is at 483 Branson Landing Boulevard in Branson and Branson. And it's got 4.1 stars here. And, yeah, this apparently also has a, it's a liquor store that apparently also has a gas station. Okay. Because someone complains about the gas prices. So here's five stars.
Starting point is 00:59:08 Amazing wine and beer store that has everything you want or will ever need, will ever need. Ever. Wow. That's great. Wonderful customer service, large selection and lots of accessories like coolers, glasses, and other items for your get-together or party. Plenty of parking. There better be. Has everything.
Starting point is 00:59:30 Tony, five stars. Rocky and Becky are half the reason why I come to this store. Really? They both bring a level of customer service that makes you want to be loyal to this shop. They are quick and respectful and attentive to the store. Great employees. Store is well stocked and clean. Two thumbs up.
Starting point is 00:59:49 One in the pink and one in the stink. They said that? No, I didn't add that. two thumbs up, one in the pink and one of the state. So each of your thumbs go somewhere. Okay. Two thumbs up. Both inserted.
Starting point is 01:00:04 Two hand finger fuck, Becky, evidently. Becky's going to get it. Yeah, well, I mean, we don't know. Maybe Rocky likes it. We don't know what Rocky's into. One in his stink and one in her feet. That's right. Can't leave Rocky out.
Starting point is 01:00:16 Poor guy will feel bad about himself. Alan, three stars. Big selection of alcoholic beverages. Well, it's a liquor store. So we hope so. should be five stars if that's all you're interested in. That's great. Oray, one star. Updated. Updated after laughable owner response. So apparently they put a review, then the owner responded. Now they're putting in a new one. Okay. Here we go. They always have two long lines of people trying to pay for all the booze while you just need to pay for the gas. Does they've got a gas station outside? Yeah. Customer service is not existing anyways. You mean not existent probably.
Starting point is 01:00:54 I stopped bothering going inside and would pay with the debit card on 11725 for the third time while paying with a debit card received message. Only indoor payments are allowed at this time. And screen would get stuck on this error message. Now I have to switch pumps and waste more of my time. That was all one sentence, by the way. Oh, my God. Debit card has pending transaction for $125. Last time, it took three days to drop off even more wasted time.
Starting point is 01:01:23 employees inside, they have to pre-authorize. It's one of those. Employees inside the store have no idea what to do. Shell automatic phone customer service is garbage. Stay away. After poorly written owner's response where he blames the banks, I have to mention that the problem is with the pumps. Even though you finally replace the old outdated pumps recently,
Starting point is 01:01:47 pumps one and three already have this problem with fully working two separate debit cards. Neither of those pumps, neither of those pump are ever even have paper for a receipt. This person has, their English is just falling apart as they went through this thing. Stuff is poorly trained. What? Staff. There you go. Like, how do you train stuff?
Starting point is 01:02:11 And does the same thing as owner shifting blame to someone else. If you are local, stay away from this, quote, family business. Okay. Wow. Apparently, yeah, you have to, you have to. to, they pre-authorize $125 for gas because gas is so fucking expensive that
Starting point is 01:02:28 you might spend $125, I believe is why they do that. But it doesn't drop off for a while. Who knows? Okay. The response... Well, it holds it for... I mean, I think it only holds it until after you finish your pump
Starting point is 01:02:41 and then it just charges you whatever you pumped. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Now, it holds 240 now, by the way. That makes sense. Yeah. Gas is fucking expensive.
Starting point is 01:02:53 That's what it secures if you want to use the bump. So if you don't have 240 limit or have 240 left. Left, yeah. Declined. Yeah, it's go in and ask for a certain amount and have that. Just go put whatever on the pump and leave. The response from the owner is a whole big explanation of how the system works and how you, you know, it's all a visa and the issuing bank and shell and all this big complicated shit.
Starting point is 01:03:17 Then he goes on to say, it's a liquor store, so yes, we sell a lot of booze in our lines. I employ a larger staff than any station in Branson for quick service. I have a phenomenal staff. We respect your right to shop elsewhere and urge you to do so. We don't want you anyway. You sound like a dick. Based off all your negative reviews, nowhere does good enough for you anyway. Our 13-year reputation of world-class customer service is highly decorated and speaks for itself.
Starting point is 01:03:44 Oh. Have a great day. Yeah. We got purple hearts around here. Forget about it. It's a medal of honor this guy has. 122 reviews for this person that they talked about. So apparently they like to write reviews and bitch.
Starting point is 01:03:59 So there you go. Ev, one star. Again, prepay cash if you stop for gas. It takes a pending $125 out of your bank account if you use a debit card at the pump. I'm not sure if the same happens with a credit card. When I went to complain, I was told by a man who identified himself as the manager. I don't know if they don't believe, if someone doesn't give them the answer they want. They don't believe they're really the manager.
Starting point is 01:04:23 It's probably not him. The so-called manager, the guy saying he's the manager. Who knows? How many times have you ever been like in a place and they say that and you know, you're like, this motherfucker's not the manager? I am the manager. I know you're not.
Starting point is 01:04:40 I can't, I think I've asked for the manager twice in my life. So I don't know. Honestly, I don't ask. If I don't like what's going on, I just leave and never come back. That's it. I'm not going to fucking have a big thing about it. I'm not going to go to jail because you made me angry. I'm not doing it because that almost happened in Portland that time.
Starting point is 01:04:58 Two different times in Portland. Well, that time, the time with the bathroom lobby thing, that actually, I didn't even get mad. It was so egregious. It was hilarious. I had to laugh. But the other time, I came very close to pummeling this fucking little tiny foreign man and pulling him over the camera and beating his skull in. Did he say he was the manager?
Starting point is 01:05:19 He said he was the manager. It's like, motherfucker, you're going to take the beating for the manager if you're not, because I'm going to whoop your fucking ass. It was so bad the other employees had to start a gathering around. I said, you get the fuck back unless you want some two motherfucker. And he was like, hey, whoa, I don't want anything. And backed out of the fucking room. Like, it was bad. I was going to kill this guy.
Starting point is 01:05:37 I ended up to sleep. I mean, I've never, I don't think I've asked for a manager before, but I've seen my ex-wife do it a lot. Really? Wow. That would be immediate divorce. That woman probably ate a lot of spit. That's what I mean. I just don't care enough.
Starting point is 01:05:53 No. If it's a bad experience, I'll tell them this sucks, but I'm not coming back. We said it before. You've been out to eat with me where my shit is all fucked up. What do I do? Just pay for it, and I go, I ordered it. It's on me. Don't even worry about it.
Starting point is 01:06:07 We'll get you another. Nope. We'll bring you another. No, don't you dare. The first one was bad. Why would I want more? No, thank you. I'll just pay for it and leave.
Starting point is 01:06:15 You think I'm going to eat whatever comes out next? It's not going to happen. Not happening. Don't take it off. Just I'll pay for it. I'll pay for it. Live and learn. We're not friends.
Starting point is 01:06:26 We don't have, I don't have to be here. Nope. And then if I get a comp, I can't tell the story about it then because I feel bad. And if I get comp, then I feel like, I got, I bought a story at least. Yeah, right. I feel like then I, this is, then I feel like I wasted my time. Yeah. Now I feel like, I feel like you don't have to cry and then get lost.
Starting point is 01:06:48 You feel like a kid who cried and then got a cook. And it's like, oh, great, I got this cookie. Who cares? Just, I'm not going to fucking look what I do. Oh, you'll remake your steak. Oh, no, you won't because I'm not eating that. You will not. Whatever's touching that is begrudgingly cooking it.
Starting point is 01:07:02 They're not happy about it. Yeah, no shit. So this guy says, he identified himself as a manager. We have to complain to Shell if we don't like it, is what he said. Okay. Yeah, corporate Shell gives a fuck. They'll really do here. Ron, one star.
Starting point is 01:07:17 The employees at the Branson location are the rudest people. I have ever dealt with, ever in life, apparently. It seemed like they didn't want to be there, let alone serve a customer. I'm sure there are better places in Branson that appreciate your business. If I could give a zero, I would. He did it. Hey, I ran into the same sentiment in Joplin, so my days of shopping at this business are over. Apparently he went round Joplin asking about a liquor store in Branson and people go,
Starting point is 01:07:49 Oh, yeah, no, they're mean. Those people are bad. Wow. That is fucking wild. All right, let's go to this one here. Greg, one star. I called and asked if they had Romeo Juliet cigarrillos in a tin. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:08:06 They said they did, and it was around $17. I asked what other cigarillos in tins they had. They told me just to come see, which is what I would have said, too. We have a humidor. Just come and look. I don't fucking know what you want. drive out to find out they don't carry Romeo Juliet's Cigarillo's, but instead only carry low-grade
Starting point is 01:08:25 Cigarilloes. Probably. Yeah, that's it. You get yourself a black amount and shut the fuck up. Just shut up. You want to smoke. Romeo and Juliet's are not good anyway. No, I've never had one of those. They must not be good blunt cigars because I've never fucked them. I only know cigars through what I've rolled.
Starting point is 01:08:41 The Cigarolos in a tin come like 10 or 12, and they're little guys. They're like a cigarette. It depends on the size you want. Right? They're like a cigarette size, right? Those, the small ones? No, they're bigger. No, I don't mean, I mean lengthwise, not fatness.
Starting point is 01:08:55 Probably a little bigger, too. Okay, okay. Yeah. I thought those are the ones that were like cigarette size. It depends, too, because some of the, it depends what brand. But I think Romeo and Juliet cigarellas are a little bit longer than a cigarette, but a little bit fatter too. Yeah. And it's only, it's like a swisher.
Starting point is 01:09:14 Like a swisher sweet? Yeah, but a little bit smaller. Yeah, all right. Okay. But they're not good. It's a shit cigar. It's a shit cigar. Why would you smoke a cigar?
Starting point is 01:09:23 Just smoke a cigar, you fucking pussy. When I was 18, this douchebag rich kid gave me a Cuban cigar because he thought he was cool. And he had Cubans. He stole from his dad. And he was like, here, have a Cuban. And I went, thanks. And within three minutes, I was slicing it open and rolling a blunt with it. He almost cried.
Starting point is 01:09:40 He was like $60 each. I go, they're going to be awesome blunt. It's going to be great. I knew I was just fucking with the kid knowing exactly that he's a douchebag. Yeah. You know, an 18-year-old that smokes a cigar, that's a douchebag. A child rolled that. Yeah, a child rolled that.
Starting point is 01:09:55 Yeah, I'm going to re-roll it. A child rolled that and was beaten severely if he rolled it wrong. So I hope. I'm re-rolling it. How about that? I'm going to check up on his work and then redo it. Hope his dad will be proud of how I roll it. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:10:10 Christie, one star. Sign said, guaranteed to be the friendliest place around. Clean and has lots to choose from, but the staff. are lacking in personality and kindness. Right. Would they tell you to go, fuck your mother? I mean, what more? I don't know.
Starting point is 01:10:25 Because you didn't get your fucking Romeo and Julietts. It's not that big of a deal. No. Alyssa, one star, do not believe the sign out front. Now, the sign out front says macadoodle's promise, the friendliest service guaranteed. If you're not 100% satisfied, we'll double your money back. Oh.
Starting point is 01:10:46 This is not only a small sign, this is a giant, sign carved in wood. It's a huge wood sign that the letters are burned into. That's their policy. They mean that shit. Yeah. Okay. Extremely unfriendly service.
Starting point is 01:10:59 Man with long-go-tee seemed annoyed with any question and shoved over $100 worth of product in a small paper bag and acted annoyed when we asked for a larger bag. The store is a very good supply. It's a shame the person working here doesn't have a good attitude. Okay. My God. Sunny, one star. They only care about money. Really? A liquor store doesn't care about the community. It's a liquor store. They don't care if you drink this and drive. They don't give a fuck. They sell liquor and gas. They don't care about it. And they don't care. It's what I mean. This is not about your health or the environment or, you know, the society at large. This is about making money selling booze. That's what they're doing.
Starting point is 01:11:46 This is cigarettes. This is booze. This is gas. This is everything that's bad. They don't care of their customers nor their employees. It's all about profit and it's grossly obvious. People get hurt here. It's a liquor store. How do they get hurt? Yes, the selection's great. The prices are usually very low, but you compromise when you spend money there. I'd prefer to pay more to scrupulous people than fund the hurting of people buying from this entity. What are they doing to people in there? It's a herd of people, evidently. They're hurting people. Yeah, hurting them and hurting them. Wow. KC.
Starting point is 01:12:26 One Star. This place makes fun of celiac people, gluten allergy in parentheses. No. Hard to believe they make fun of anyone with a medical condition. I'd love to see them mock a disabled person and see how that works out for them. Oh, yeah, they could only get elected president if they do that.
Starting point is 01:12:42 That would be much more difficult. What did they say? Never mind the liquor store. Yeah. Somebody's looking for like fucking cider or something because they got a gluten allergy. Booze is not for the person with the dietary. Well, they have booze that you can have. Yeah, there's cider and shit like that.
Starting point is 01:13:05 There's ciders, there's liquors that are. You can have fucking vodka. I was going to say, vodka, there's all sorts of shit. Yeah, you can do it. But it is funny that people with, uh, with internals that can't handle certain things. And you're going to go put booze in that? Well, you're not allergic to booze.
Starting point is 01:13:22 So, yeah. Yeah, but booze makes liquid shits. Yeah, but I mean, that's like saying you're allergic to seafood, but you're going to eat pulled pork. Like, yeah, those things are everything to do with each other. It's not necessarily bad for you. No, no, no, but I mean, if you're allergic to it, it's bad for you. Yeah, as I meant, if an allergy to something, it's nothing to do with something else.
Starting point is 01:13:40 You're going to go eat fucking handfuls of bacon, I guess. Yeah, it's, it doesn't mean. So I don't know. I mean, their sign says we have gluten-free air is absolutely absurd and probably the most disgusting business practice I've seen. Well, I think I've seen worse business practices. That just means that whoever's there is a douchebag who likes to get all of his information off Facebook and is probably very annoying at Thanksgiving. That's all that means. That guy does a lot of YouTube research.
Starting point is 01:14:09 Yes. He does a lot of his own research, this guy. And that's a very dumb sign to have. Ask him about vaccines. I bet he's got an opinion. Yeah, I guarantee he says things like, I don't eat salad because that's what my food eats. Yeah, things like that.
Starting point is 01:14:25 He's just dumb shit like that. And when he steps on the gas, black smoke comes out of his truck. He's that guy. Probably. Yeah. Okay, you deserve a negative five stars. Oh, boy.
Starting point is 01:14:38 Next time, be prepared to honor your double my money back when I'm not satisfied. Oh, double. Because you said that my celiac It's like to trade the air. Holy fuck. Okay, this is good. Sarah, one star.
Starting point is 01:14:54 Worst experience I've ever had in my entire life. Unless they raped her with a patron bottle, that's, you've had an easy life. It's a liquor store. How hard they go on you? Wow. Never support these people ever. Yeah. I am going to file a lawsuit against them.
Starting point is 01:15:12 Oh. Manager John said I was rude to a rude to a. employee and that he would not sell to me. I have a recording. Okay. I did not say anything to anyone the entire time I was there. I have no idea what he was talking about. It is discrimination.
Starting point is 01:15:28 They had absolutely zero reason not to sell to me. I'm a good citizen and abide by my constitution. What the fuck are you talking about? I don't know. I didn't hear anything about how you're going to get a lawsuit file. Man, this is a liquor store. This is a, you know what I mean? This is the old Wendy's.
Starting point is 01:15:45 thing, this is a liquor store. What is the Constitution that you abide by have anything to do with this? And how are you? I don't do unreasonable searches and seizures, so I should be treated well at the liquor store. Did they just allow the military to stay in your house? I had to be. Oh, my God. Trisha one star, rude and unhelpful.
Starting point is 01:16:08 Couldn't search the bourbon inventory because they were doing inventory. Was asked if we needed help, then told they couldn't help. Yeah. Let me one of those bottles you just counted. That's what I want. Yeah. Went up front for helping with scoffed at asking for a not hard-to-find bourbon. Your basic bitch, is that what it is?
Starting point is 01:16:26 Okay, so we'll leave it there. We'll finish these up next week because these are fucking hilarious. They're very aggressive here, too. These people are really aggressive and I find it pretty fucking amusing. What town is this thing in? Branson. God, damn. If your granny goes for a concert, that's what.
Starting point is 01:16:45 what it is. So we have a few more from there next week, and then we'll get into this horrible auto shop in Delaware. We got a bunch of stuff to get into and other shit. It's going to be a lot of fun. So definitely come back and see us next week or hear us next week, I should say. If you want to see us, you can hop on Netflix and watch Small Town Murder, though, and also listen to crime and sports, wherever you listen to podcasts. So hang out with us, shut up and give me murder.com is where you get all your merchandise, tickets for live shows for small town murder, and really anything you could need about us or the shows. So go there, get that.
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