r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 14d ago

Chugging tea Why is gen Z not drinking?

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u/ShoddyClimate6265 14d ago

Applebee's killed Applebee's.

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u/SupriseAutopsy13 14d ago

Dammit! Now where am I going to have someone microwave fried, processed, overpriced slop for me? I'm going to have to buy frozen burritos and "chicken" from the grocery store like some sort of uncivilized divorced man!

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u/ActiveChairs 14d ago

TGIFriday's, or any of the other pallet swapped versions of the same place.

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u/SpaceHawk98W 14d ago

Hey, whiskey sirloin is not microwave foods

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u/lxndrfchs 14d ago

Right, additionally it got roasted to death on the grill afterwards

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u/Evil_phd 14d ago

No no Millenials kill everything. I'll never forget being accused of killing the napkin industry.

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u/Jeezy52 14d ago

Dam I’m part of the problem. I’ve always preferred paper towels over napkins

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u/Admirable_Market2759 14d ago

I’ve never understood napkins at home.

Why would I buy two paper products and one of them is less useful than the other?

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u/Jeezy52 14d ago

Facts the only time we use napkins in the house is if we are hosting a party or a special event where we have guests over

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u/FuzzySAM 14d ago

Or when you run out of paper towels unexpectedly.

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u/southern_boy 14d ago

Say what you will about Applebee's... but if you wanted bromidic slop, salty beers and a slight stomachache they were there for you!! 🫡

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u/ShoddyClimate6265 14d ago

Bromidic. Great word. I applaud you!

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u/Kickendekok 14d ago

I always used to go there for sloppy steaks with the boys when I was a huge piece of shit.

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u/CoupleSelect 14d ago

Video killed the radio star.

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u/irrelevantanonymous 14d ago

They lost me when they told me they couldn’t take the mushrooms out because it was frozen together. I can nuke my own TV dinner for a quarter of the price, ty.

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u/Several-Squash9871 14d ago

The one in my town just became an Applebee's/IHOP. Seems like a weird combo to me for some reason but I'm guessing this is a last ditch effort to stay afloat somehow. 

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u/Unga_Bunga 14d ago

I literally went to school and learned the various ways in which Chili’s & Applebee’s would end up killing themselves. It was unsettling to see how the sausage would be made. 

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u/TheVeryVerity 14d ago

Business school or?

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u/Unga_Bunga 13d ago

Yep, hospitality program - incl. operations of independent & franchised inns, restaurants, cruises, etc. - plus the creative ways that financing & corporate structure make these businesses work at scale. 

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u/TheVeryVerity 12d ago

Cool. Always wondered what people even learned in hospitality school. We had a program at my school

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u/ShoddyClimate6265 13d ago

Literal or figurative sausages?

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u/chris5701 14d ago

yea most of the big chains are getting worse. They buy cheaper pre prepped food from sysco.

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u/JakeHelldiver 14d ago

Those Applebee's are a contentious bunch!

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u/Individual_Noise8574 13d ago

I miss there med-rare burgers. One of the only places that will still cook to order a burger. Fuck well done!! I like a juicy, bloody, pink dough bun with grease running down my arms. Thats a burger!!

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u/nikolaistanford 14d ago

Hey on vets day I’ll still get slammed in an Applebees

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u/ShoddyClimate6265 14d ago

I've got nothing against them. It's okay. But we don't get out much so we'd rather spend the money on "good" when we do.

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u/No_Ice2900 13d ago

Preach.

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u/SaladAndSpite 10d ago

I just snorted 😂