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1. Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:38 JST Rasterman
   Kitchen Nightmares US again.
   
   A 23 year old business woman graduates from business school and has her father co-sign for a loan so she can buy a restaurant because she "didn't want to start from scratch".
   
   Buys a place with two Mexican chefs and doesn't change the decor nor the menu. She's banging the waiter/bar manager. Doesn't know what most things taste like either because she's vegetarian. Everything's frozen and microwaved; kitchen's filthy; she's oblivious. After Gordon gives her his initial feedback she already looks like she's about to cry.
   
   Day 2, Ramsay finds the kitchen is dirtier than he thought and forces everyone to stop cooking; has all customers go into the kitchen and embarrasses the owner. She cries, he tells her to grow up; she goes to the bathroom and keeps crying. Sobbing. A waitress has to go give her a pep talk so she stops crying. :laugh_evil:
   
   After over an hour, she emerges from the bathroom, sits down to talk with Ramsay. He calls her a precious princess. She cries again. :pepe_laugh:
   
   Ramsay introduces new recipes with fresh ingredients; the Mexicans get overwhelmed and leave during the busiest time of dinner service. :bluedoggo :
   • 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:35 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     Once upon a time we stayed at a hotel next to a closed restaurant that was on that show. I looked up the reviews and all the owner did was put up photos he took with Gordon in the restaurant without fixing shit up 😂
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:36 JST Christi Junior

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     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Rasterman @wildgoose Shockingly, apparently the thot really did manage to turn things around, because I don't think it survived just due to change in ownership.
   • Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:36 JST Rasterman

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @ChristiJunior @wildgoose Damn, I hadn't looked, but she's there, on their website: https://www.lidodimanhattan.com/about-us
     
     This is extremely rare because from what I've seen so far of Kitchen Nightmares, it seems the vast majority of restaurants end up closing anyway.
     
     A normie friend I redpilled about "magic soil" theory deduced that maybe Gordon giving them free shit and teaching the new recipes doesn't make them magically not shit at running a restaurant. He called it the "magic kitchen" theory. :pepe_lol: I was proud of my normie friend for that.
   • wildgoose :duckjam: (wildgoose@chudbuds.lol)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:37 JST wildgoose :duckjam:

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     whats the name of the restaurant, i wanna find it on youtube
   • Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:34:37 JST Rasterman

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     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @wildgoose "Lido di Manhattan" in California. Seems to still be open!
   • 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸 (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:54 JST 🌲Number 1 Pleroma Criminal on XBL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

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     • Suzu :miku_happy:
     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     Amy's Baking Company was even funnier when you realized that they got deported back to Israel after the episode aired 😂
     https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/amys-baking-company-survived-gordon-ramsays-nightmare/
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:55 JST Christi Junior

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     • Suzu :miku_happy:
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Rasterman @Suzu @wildgoose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcScZc4oBFk
     
     The old bag is definitely the worst part though, she's pure poison.
   • Suzu :miku_happy: (suzu@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:55 JST Suzu :miku_happy:

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @ChristiJunior @wildgoose @Rasterman oh, right, now I remember this one.
     Dude appears with a piece of crap half frozen and oozing blood that is made of "wagyu" and they think it's the best thing ever, then the other guy shows a well made burger and the bitch pretends to choke on it.
     
     Because she's a medium rare girl. The whole episode is a riot.
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:56 JST Christi Junior

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     • Suzu :miku_happy:
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Suzu @wildgoose @Rasterman Hey Raster, have you gotten to that episode with the Australian burger shop guy who doesn't like burgers to have buns?
   • Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:56 JST Rasterman

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     • Suzu :miku_happy:
     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @ChristiJunior @Suzu @wildgoose No, I think I'd remember that. :doge_laugh: I'll get there, though. I haven't been unable to find an episode yet. 240p, tho. :pepedisappoint.png:
     
     Technically, here "hamburger" can refer to the meat only; but no one would ask for a burger at a restaurant and expect it not to have buns unless it was specified in the menu.
     
     Or are they doing like the KFC Double Down and the buns are more meat?
   • Suzu :miku_happy: (suzu@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:57 JST Suzu :miku_happy:

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Rasterman @wildgoose @ChristiJunior vast majority of restaurants from Kitchen Nightmares end up closing because they were in already pretty deep shit when they feature in the show. There is only so much that a makeover and a few new recipes can do, usually the management is shit and they go back to their old ways as soon as Gordon turns his back.
   • Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:57 JST Rasterman

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     • Suzu :miku_happy:
     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Suzu @wildgoose @ChristiJunior That's what I keep reading in the comments as the major flaw.
     
     Also, before I started watching, I didn't even know restaurants had managers.
     
     And one season and a half in, I'm still not clear on what exactly a restaurant manager does.
   • Suzu :miku_happy: (suzu@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:35:57 JST Suzu :miku_happy:

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @Rasterman @wildgoose @ChristiJunior the managers are usually the owners, and they... manage.
     They coordinate the different teams, keep ingredients in stock, decide on prices and have a hand in choosing the menu and shit.
     90% of the time, the restaurants problem is shitty management. Even when they have a shitty cook or stupid servers, those only exist because the manager is incompetent, or else they would already have been fired.
   • Suzu :miku_happy: (suzu@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 06:03:15 JST Suzu :miku_happy:

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     • Christi Junior
     • wildgoose :duckjam:
     @PhenomX6 @wildgoose @ChristiJunior @Rasterman that Sammy guy is a really sketchy dude, he's involved in some highly illegal shit.
     I didn't even mention Amy's Baking Company because I think it's the most beaten dead horse in Kitchen Nightmares, every shitty youtuber already did a reaction video or a documentary about it.
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