For your viewing pleasure!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=...&id=5057369

(Scroll down a little. Video link is on the right side of the page.)

Sorry for being blunt, but I feel it is a necessity. If I go to New York City at any time, I expect to see rats, be they in the streets or in restaurants. That's the seedy side that no one is willing to discuss about the Big (Rotten) Apple.

If it's not a repeat, Letterman on Monday is a MUST-WATCH! He will have a field day with this!

There was a reason we called it "Taco Hell" back when I was in high school, and it wasn't just because the food sucked.

We referred to Taco Bell as "Taco Smell" for obvious reasons. Del Taco was similar monikered "Hell's Taco". Now there's verifiable proof for the reputation Taco Bell has.

If anyone remembers the one comedy that Sylvester Stallone had in "Demolition Man", where the only restaurants allowed in the future were Taco Bell. Oh, the hell that eating out would be!

I can't go a week without one of their potato and beef burritos

those things are good!

If you find a little bit of fur in your burrito, you can't say that you weren't warned ahead of time.

Well, I forgot to post this tid-bit (no pun intended) about Taco Bell. At least locally, rats are not their only problem...

http://www.post-trib.com/news/238620,tacobell.article

Hobart man files suit on Taco Bell

February 1, 2007
By PIET LEVY Post-Tribune
A Hobart man's attorney filed a civil complaint in Lake Superior Court on Wednesday seeking $1 million in damages from Taco Bell and a pair of former employees. The cause for complaint: Discrimination against his sexual orientation that resulted in battery.
Documents filed by Merrillville attorney Todd M. Conover on behalf of Charles E. Dayton claim Dayton was discriminated against by Taco Bell employee Amber Barnes.

Dayton says he was refused service when he approached the drive-through window of the restaurant at 8476 E. Ridge Road in December 2005, and Barnes used a sexual-orientation slur. Dayton also claims Barnes said, "I hope you get AIDS and die," and challenged him to a fight.

Dayton contacted the Taco Bell customer service line the day after the incident. He claims he was advised his complaint would be forwarded to the district manager and he would be contacted within two to three days, but he was never contacted.

Then Sept. 22, when Dayton ordered dinner at the drive-through, he noticed employee Barnes pointing in his direction. While his window was down, Dayton claims another employee, Joseph Shinkle, punched him in the face and called him a slur.

Dayton contacted Hobart police, and according to a police report, Shinkle admitted he struck Dayton, claiming he was provoked. Police filed a misdemeanor charge of battery with Hobart City Court. A warrant was issued for Shinkle's arrest Nov. 21 after he failed to appear in court on two occasions.

Conover says his client deserves an apology from the company. Conover said a hate crime charge may still be filed with the U.S. Attorney's office. Such a charge would not be processed by a city court.

Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch declined comment.

"I find it appalling that in this day and age something like this could happen," Conover said.

Why would they refuse to serve him in the first place? The way that's written, he drove up, said "I'd like to order a..." "NO! Go away, fag!" Nothing else happened? He tried to order, they took one look at him and decided he was gay and they weren't going to serve him?

But, even if this actually happened in this way, WHY IN THE HELL WOULD HE EVER GO BACK THERE??? What kind of moron would keep going to that place????

Joe, my thoughts exactly. It's hardly as if Taco Bell is the only place to get Mexican food. It is also not the only Taco Bell in Northwest Indiana. I sure the hell wouldn't go back if something that awful happened to me. I think there are some holes in that newspaper story...something is being left out.

At one point in time I really wanted the cadillac CTS, mainly because it came in a 5 speed. When I walked into the Burke Brothers car dealership in Cape May Court House NJ (who were coincidentally my neighbors) to see if they could find me one in a stick shift, I wandered for about 7 minutes before the mangaer said "Who wants to go help the Fag in the green shirt". And I was about to dump 30 grand on a car. Stranger things have happened. I have had / and overheard complete strangers say all kind of things to people. So I believe it. I have had some crappy experiences with fast food workers, but what do you expect for $6 an hour.

I don't look at what I'm eating and I usually eat it too quickly to really notice