tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post1364820589478655704..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Dine and whinenickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-55012411605306668882014-06-16T07:11:01.614+01:002014-06-16T07:11:01.614+01:00e: Totally. There could have been an agreement wit...e: Totally. There could have been an agreement within a week if those involved had just dropped all the defensiveness and settled their differences.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-49949915429400364972014-06-15T23:11:10.639+01:002014-06-15T23:11:10.639+01:00What a monumental waste of energy, time and money!...What a monumental waste of energy, time and money!ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88241888365075456242014-06-15T07:43:20.525+01:002014-06-15T07:43:20.525+01:00Agent: Frivolous indeed. Perhaps it's the elev...Agent: Frivolous indeed. Perhaps it's the eleven-year lawsuit that's three courses of crap. Or more like thirty three courses.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-9348897809343316062014-06-15T02:59:59.535+01:002014-06-15T02:59:59.535+01:00Good grief. That definitely seems to fall under t...Good grief. That definitely seems to fall under the heading "frivolous lawsuit."Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-52122583832857968932014-06-14T14:00:56.686+01:002014-06-14T14:00:56.686+01:00Ramana: It would be hard to sue social-media food ...Ramana: It would be hard to sue social-media food reviewers, there are so many of them! I think an intelligent restaurant getting a bad review would respond by having a good look at what they were serving and trying to improve it. Suing is a mug's game, it just means lots of money for the lawyers. Also, as I said, once the food has been disposed of, who can prove anything one way or the other?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-53079993352408856282014-06-14T13:54:05.846+01:002014-06-14T13:54:05.846+01:00Modern social media like twitter and facebook spre...Modern social media like twitter and facebook spread the good or bad word about these matters much better than the ole review system and I have not come across any restaurant suing anyone for bad reviews! <br /><br />It is well known among the cognoscenti that the reviewers except to be fed along with their guests and also paid to get good reviews for restaurant reviews. At least that is the impression over here and no one takes the reviews seriously. I am glad that the courts and jurors settled in favour of the restaurant.<br />Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-81479081869646453962014-06-13T17:07:05.545+01:002014-06-13T17:07:05.545+01:00www: Well, even if we are sliding into oblivion, I...www: Well, even if we are sliding into oblivion, I think it's still worth examining journalistic standards and how they could be improved.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-43322863323316042232014-06-13T16:39:05.708+01:002014-06-13T16:39:05.708+01:00Can't believe this shyte earns such attention....Can't believe this shyte earns such attention.<br />And over a decade's.<br />As we're all slowly sliding into oblivion.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87630445830229784202014-06-13T13:34:50.615+01:002014-06-13T13:34:50.615+01:00Ursula: I know, what a ridiculously long-drawn-out...Ursula: I know, what a ridiculously long-drawn-out saga. With a bit of common sense, both sides could have settled long ago.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-14530308516036184402014-06-13T10:05:27.475+01:002014-06-13T10:05:27.475+01:00Eleven years, Nick? What a waste of life (time).
...Eleven years, Nick? What a waste of life (time).<br /><br />As hollow victories come this is a puff in the wind.<br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-18559373375392875552014-06-13T08:14:40.493+01:002014-06-13T08:14:40.493+01:00Jean: I note you had a caveat about your opinion n...Jean: I note you had a caveat about your opinion not necessarily being true for others. Very sensible.<br /><br />I haven't heard of any professors being sued for poor recommendations over here, but I'm sure Jenny (being an academic) would tell me if she heard of such a case!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77158640817331679502014-06-13T08:10:44.163+01:002014-06-13T08:10:44.163+01:00Helen: Indeed, a good look at the restaurant's...Helen: Indeed, a good look at the restaurant's books might have been illuminating. Maybe they had financial problems right from the start, and the bad review was merely another nail in the coffin rather than the cause of the shutdown?<br /><br />And you're right about fantastic meals served up in very shabby and seemingly unhygienic surroundings. I've had that experience a few times!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-3566681949811739292014-06-13T08:05:50.468+01:002014-06-13T08:05:50.468+01:00Jenny: There certainly seemed to be a total inabil...Jenny: There certainly seemed to be a total inability to compromise and a determination to let the case run and run. With very expensive results.<br /><br />Keith: Good point about franchised restaurants. And a good reason not to review just one of them. Or at least not without a disclaimer that other restaurants in the chain might be very different.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-47681026841619493652014-06-13T02:37:06.276+01:002014-06-13T02:37:06.276+01:00I just checked the reviews on Amazon that I've...I just checked the reviews on Amazon that I've written. Even if I gave low marks for a couple of items, there was no vitriol or slander --- just the fact I didn't like them, and that might not be true for everyone. <br /><br />In this day and age one can't be too careful. I've heard of cases where professors were sued for giving poor recommendations for students. CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-49752124911440505372014-06-13T02:12:06.333+01:002014-06-13T02:12:06.333+01:00I see that the judge's decision hinged on the ...I see that the judge's decision hinged on the fact that there were two restaurants under the same roof and that while the review dealt with one restaurant it was - in his lordship's view - possible that from the title of the review potential clients would think it referred to both and be chary of giving either their custom.<br /><br />Although one of the owners - an ex Miss Adriatic - put on weight, the judge took into consideration only the mental pain and suffering caused by having the review live on the internet for years afterwards....goodness only knows what he would have awarded if the weight gain had been taken into consideration.<br /><br />Reading it, the old legal tale of what an exasperated barrister is said to have said to a particularly dense and obdurate judge seems to be in point...<br /><br />'If Your Lordship would be pleased to turn it over in what Your Lordship is pleased to call Your Lordship's mind...' <br /><br />The case should have been thrown out at first instance...and if the newspaper had had any sense they would have engaged a forensic accountant to look at the restaurant's books.<br /><br />I hesitate to suggest places....and am quite sure that no one I know would like to eat in some of the places I visited in Honduras...the place where the only water was brought in every day in a clean dustbin and the plates were covered in cling film to avoid having to wash them...but the fish that lady cooked was the best ever..anywhere!<br /><br />The pool bar with paint flaking off the walls where the flavouring of the beans was so exquisite that I remember it yet...<br /><br />The wooden shack where the grandads were pushed up to make room for us to taste the owner's beef stew with peppers...<br /><br />Simple...but I'd challenge the foam obsessed chefs to equal these ladies for flavouring which made the best of their ingredients.<br />Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-73600992501628875022014-06-13T01:14:48.043+01:002014-06-13T01:14:48.043+01:00There is a certain chain of pubs that come under t...There is a certain chain of pubs that come under the name of one famous brewery. Every one of the said pubs is a franchise run independently of the others. Consequently the meals vary from one pub to another. Now I have visited one and found the food was really good. I went to another pub of the same chain in a different town expecting the quality to be the same, but the service and meal was appalling to say the least.<br /><br />If I had written a scathing review of the second pubs food using the name of the chain, the good pubs in that chain would suffer, and probably lose custom because people would assume from my review that all the pubs with that name would be the same.Keithhttp://earlshilton.org.uk/writingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-65861100549894252012014-06-12T23:14:43.551+01:002014-06-12T23:14:43.551+01:00That's very true what you say. But it's ha...That's very true what you say. But it's hard to escape tre idea someone was playing silly b*ggers somewhere along the line there. Do you agree? Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-4094435491974062552014-06-12T22:20:22.751+01:002014-06-12T22:20:22.751+01:00Grannymar: Exactly, chefs can have time off or bad...Grannymar: Exactly, chefs can have time off or bad days and then the standards start slipping. I do recommend restaurants to people but it's probably wiser not to do so for that very reason.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30784045008549659452014-06-12T22:16:26.487+01:002014-06-12T22:16:26.487+01:00Bijoux: Visiting several times makes a lot of sens...Bijoux: Visiting several times makes a lot of sense. As you say, restaurants can have bad nights when everything goes wrong in the kitchen.<br /><br />I haven't noticed any lawsuits over bad reviews in the British media. But I've noticed plenty of totally abusive "free speech" which really needs to be curtailed.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-81649982188549901402014-06-12T21:11:26.967+01:002014-06-12T21:11:26.967+01:00On a few occasions I have been to a restaurant and...On a few occasions I have been to a restaurant and had a great meal, then on a different visit, the food might not come up to scratch - in my opinion. Chefs have time off, holidays or bad days, just like the rest of us,so I am loathe to recommend someplace to eat. Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-89318649432822260532014-06-12T19:06:51.612+01:002014-06-12T19:06:51.612+01:00Interesting case! Food critics for our newspaper ...Interesting case! Food critics for our newspaper always visit multiple times before writing a review. Restaurants and staff can have bad nights, so it only seems fair to give them a few chances.<br /><br />What is most distressing are the lawsuits now over bad reviews that people give online. It makes you scared to voice an opinion. Our right to free speech is going to hell in a hand basket!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-32539473007256384152014-06-12T17:01:33.695+01:002014-06-12T17:01:33.695+01:00Susie: The descriptions were amazing! I must say I...Susie: The descriptions were amazing! I must say I've had an awful lot of restaurant meals that were no better than home-cooked meals. Nothing as infinitely awful as the meal described in the court case though.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75883390512377802012014-06-12T16:35:33.118+01:002014-06-12T16:35:33.118+01:00I read the description of the food. It was funny. ...I read the description of the food. It was funny. I would make a horrible food critic, since I like pretty much everything that I don't have to cook myself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com