Sigh. Well, my worst Thanksgiving involved eating potato chips and chocolate milk (yum!) because I didn't own a car or the wherewithal to rent one and my Mom did not want to drive 2 1/2 hours to get me (she never wants to drive anywhere; she has nothing against me in particular). Why I didn't have the forethought to make myself something decent mystifies me to this day.
At least I had graduated from selling matches on the corner, so there is that. I will miss Eatzi's, though. Stephanie On 11/16/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh man, unbelievable. I have heard so many stories about food > stores/restaurants going out of business on no notice. Can't they > tell like at least a month ahead or something that they only have > enough money for 1 month? I can do it with my own bank account, and > I'm much poorer than eatzi's. If I thought I was going to go bankrupt > I would have more than 1 day's notice to notify creditors, etc. And I > don't even have employees! What is up with that? Hey Boston Market > to the rescue, assuming they still have them in DC. How many people > are coming for dinner? Plenty of restaurants are open too. I hope > you didn't pay for it at least. Find the food you really want, either > out or at home, and enjoy it. You deserve it. The divorce situation > really sucks. Are you still on speaking terms or whatever with your > dad? Sounds pretty hellish, at least that particular episode. > Hopefully the situation ahs improved? > > > --- In [email protected], Eleanor Keyser > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My family is lazy and loves fried Turkey. So we ordered a Cajun > Fried Turkey dinner from Eatzi's for Thanksgiving. A few days ago > they call us, polite and efficient, to confirm the order and let us > know the delivery fee. > > > > Yesterday I came home to a voicemail. It was Elliot, from Eatzi's. > Elliot wanted to let us know that Eatzi's would be unable to fulfill > our Thanksgiving order as the store was closing it's doors and going > out of business as of TOMORROW (that would be today now). Of course I > immediately thought "Buh? WTF dude? Are you some crazy ex-employee > looking for payback?" I call Eatzi's. > > > > No answer. > > > > I click the website. > > > > All links off the homepage had been removed. > > > > Finally I get through to an Eatzi's manager who tells me the > employees were just told about this that morning. Apparently, the > Eatzi's chain executives went all 99.1 HFS on their asses. All but > one Eatzi's across the country were closed, and the corporate office > did not return press calls. WTF EATZI'S? W T F?!?!?!? YOU WANNA > CANCEL CHRISTMAS NEXT???? > > > > You all should know that I loathe Thanksgiving more than I loathe > all of the other loathsome days of my life combined. Every single one > is like having Martha Stewart, on crack, use my skin as the surface of > her latest needlepoint sampler. And now I cannot even drown my sorrows > in fried Cajun Turkey. I fucking hate you Eatzi's. I really, really do. > > > > PS. I have a feeling this Thanksgiving may be the worst one since > the first post-divorce nuclear melt down, which played a little > something like this: Act I: Five hour car ride from Mom's to Dad's. > Act II: Dad throws frozen turkey into the street at Mom, who burns > rubber back to her lonely singleton Thanksgiving. The turkey skids > into the gutter where it sits moldering for days. (I never did find > out how long it sat there.) Act III: Thanksgiving at the local Jack > in the Box--but not in the warm, posh inside of the "restaurant," oh > no. It was drive-through for us. They get awfully snobby about grown > men crying and chain smoking inside of those places. Bloody righteous > prats. > > > > Oh, by the way, the second worst Thanksgiving involved Tofurkey, and > that's all you need to know about that one. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Sponsored Link > > > > Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - $150,000 loan for $579 a month. > Intro-*Terms > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
