Cremation incident in restaurant – Over Reacted?

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xSauronx

Lifer
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you should have done the honorable thing by minding your own business and eating somewhere that wasnt applebees.

its weird, i guess....but i wouldnt have said anything
 

SlickSnake

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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.
 

grrl

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The OP and SlickSnake need to chill the fuck out.

What I find most incredible is Applebee's was one of her favorite places.
 

timosyy

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Eh, over-reaction. I'd be more worried about the germs on my hands than some ashes in an urn.
 

lxskllr

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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.


I'm thinking you're trolling now. No one could be this mind numbingly stupid, and still figure out how to turn a computer on, and register to a web forum.
 

SlickSnake

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I'm thinking you're trolling now. No one could be this mind numbingly stupid, and still figure out how to turn a computer on, and register to a web forum.

Another restaurant manager failure.

I now see why so many of you can't get past the bus boying and dish washing part of your careers.

The manager could have also asked them to take dear dead mommy out to the car, too, and if they refused, see ya. But we assume this option wasn't given to them.
 

Arcadio

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Jun 5, 2007
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Really? And calculus makes you horny? Another failed restaurant manager for sure.

It's not about the fucking manager. It's about the customer making a big deal out of something as insignificant as this. Like someone else said: the ashes were (very likely) cleaner than the food.
 

PottedMeat

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Apr 17, 2002
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Another restaurant manager failure.

I now see why so many of you can't get past the bus boying and dish washing part of your careers.

The manager could have also asked them to take dear dead mommy out to the car, too, and if they refused, see ya. But we assume this option wasn't given to them.

i'm just confused by this type of trolling. good trolling should send me ( or others so i can at least gawk ) into a rage.
 

lokiju

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May 29, 2003
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They shouldn't of been so vocal and you should have let it slide considering their mother died. You just made a hard situation that much worse for all of them which is pretty shitty IMO.

Is it gross? Yes IMO but it's going to harm you in no way.
 

novasatori

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maybe he is hoping by playing devil's advocate he will show the op he over reacted, but its much easier to just say that he did over react.
 

Lifted

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We went last night to Applebee’s restaurant. In the booth next to us there was a group of 4 people. They were talking about the urn they brought into the restaurant with them sitting on the table

Seeing as Applebee's falls somewhere between a restaurant and fast food, I don't think I'd waste my time worrying about this. Would you also get upset if people did this in a Pizza Hut?

In a restaurant you expect a certain level of appropriate behavior.

In McDonald's you expect to see homeless people eating french fries and bathing in the restroom.

I think rednecks bringing dead mom to dinner in an urn fits comfortably in between those two.
 

NoStateofMind

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Oct 14, 2005
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That was a douche move on you and your wife's part, you just had to fuck things up for those folks.

If I were the manager I would've told you uptight assholes to leave.

We have a winner.

Seriously, its just ashes. Next time instead of calling for the manager how about you express your condolences for their loss? No, you were too concerned with yourself.
 

NoStateofMind

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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.

Oh the boogie man excuse! The ashes are out to get you!

:roll:

Oh and before you say it, I didn't want to be a fucking restaurant manager anyways.
 

SlickSnake

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May 29, 2007
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No shit. A bunch of fuckin' pansy boys here. I'd eat a spoonful of the ashes if you bought me dinner there. It's fuckin' ashes. Guess what geniuses? It's made from the exact same shit your food is. If fact, you eat dead things every day. Yea, even you vegans. You've all eaten dead people.

Christ, people can't think anymore. No wonder our country's going to shit :^S

A large portion of what you think is harmless ash is actually pulverized bone that has not fully been incinerated at all, such as teeth, skull and hip parts. They grind and crush the chunky bits that do not burn in the incinerator into a powder. So your stupid comment about eating it a spoon full for a free meal could end up giving you a possibly fatal disease, such as prion disease.

But if your stupid enough to eat it, you could be another youtube superstar, I'm sure.
 
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Bignate603

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The OP over reacted. If he had a problem, he could have asked to be seated in another part of the restaurant.

As for Slick Snake, I doubt he's ever run more than a blender.
 

marvdmartian

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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.

Congratulations. This is possibly the DUMBEST thing I have ever read on ATOT, hands down! :rolleyes:

It's ASH. Pretty much, biologically, the cleanest stuff in the world. You've burned all the yuck out of it, and left behind a fine gray powder. How do you think they safely get rid of biowaste generated by medical and research facilities? They BURN IT. Then it's considered safe, because you've killed anything that would be dangerous to human health. Want to know how they purify soil that's had petroleum substances soaked into it? They burn it!! Seriously, did you even bother to think about what you were saying, before you said it? :mad:

OP, that was a douche move. If you didn't want to sit next to them, you should have asked for another table, or left. I cannot believe what a bunch of morons the American public have turned into, just in my lifetime. :thumbsdown:
 

Turin39789

Lifer
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That was a douche move on you and your wife's part, you just had to fuck things up for those folks.

If I were the manager I would've told you uptight assholes to leave.


The 100% correct answer on the second response. Bravo good sir.


Gross, and I hope not. I don't want to dine with the dead unless I'm a zombie.

I also hate it when people dump them into rivers and lakes people might drink from. The ocean is one thing, but you better not do that in MY water supply. Good thing I drink well water.

This is either some poor form of trolling or you need to be beaten until some sense is knocked into you.
 

Murloc

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over reacted.
1. it's sealed
2. it's ash, it doesn't matter if it comes from a corpse
 

chalmers

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Apr 17, 2005
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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.

can't tell if trolling...
 

GTaudiophile

Lifer
Oct 24, 2000
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Had it been me, I would have put my mom's ashes in your pepper dispenser.

What a tard you are. Ashes in a urn are not going to harm anyone. Why not respect their mourning process a little and allow them to pay their final respects to their mother?
 

pcgeek11

Lifer
Jun 12, 2005
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These things are prone to tipping over, and the lids frequently do not screw on, too. If this thing fell over, it would be considered a BIOHAZARD and HAZARDOUS WASTE. The dust would then drift all over the restaurant, and it would have to be evacuated and closed down. The manager was 100% right in asking them to leave, and the grieving morons should have never brought it in without permission in the first place. None of you post tards has ever run a restaurant, OBVIOUSLY.

Ashes are not bio / haz waste. If you think it is by your statement show us an official link where it states such. Your statements are uneducated. The manager and OP are both pathetic, as are those agreeing with them. People need to mind their own business.
 

pcgeek11

Lifer
Jun 12, 2005
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Cremation is the process of reducing dead bodies to basic chemical compounds in the form of gases and bone fragments. This is accomplished through burning—high temperatures, vaporization and oxidation. Cremation may serve as a funeral or postfuneral rite that is an alternative to the interment of an intact body in a casket. Cremated remains, which are not a health risk, may be buried or immured in memorial sites or cemeteries, or they may be legally retained by relatives or dispersed in a variety of ways and locations.

A cremator is an industrial furnace capable of generating temperatures of 870–980 °C (1,598–1,796 °F) to ensure disintegration of the corpse.

I don't think many coodies will be able to live through and hour or so at that temperature. Do you?
 

SlickSnake

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May 29, 2007
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Congratulations. This is possibly the DUMBEST thing I have ever read on ATOT, hands down! :rolleyes:

It's ASH. Pretty much, biologically, the cleanest stuff in the world. You've burned all the yuck out of it, and left behind a fine gray powder. How do you think they safely get rid of biowaste generated by medical and research facilities? They BURN IT. Then it's considered safe, because you've killed anything that would be dangerous to human health. Want to know how they purify soil that's had petroleum substances soaked into it? They burn it!! Seriously, did you even bother to think about what you were saying, before you said it? :mad:

OP, that was a douche move. If you didn't want to sit next to them, you should have asked for another table, or left. I cannot believe what a bunch of morons the American public have turned into, just in my lifetime. :thumbsdown:

A NOTE TO ALL THE SUPERSTUPIDTARDS WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT: IT'S NOT ALL HARMLESS ASH.

A LOT OF IT IS CRUSHED UP BONE THAT DOES NOT BURN. SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 25% OR MORE DOES NOT BURN. SOME OF IT IS THE METAL IN FILLINGS THAT DOES MELT AND BURN, THEN IT BECOMES TOXIC POWDERED MERCURY. METAL IMPLANTS ARE ALSO INCINERATED AND MOSTLY TURNED TO ASH. THIS IS A TOXIC BIOHAZARD WASTE PRODUCT. THERE IS NOTHING SAFE OR HARMLESS ABOUT IT.

Thanks for playing internet stupid though.
 

Capt Caveman

Lifer
Jan 30, 2005
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OP and Slicksnake are not only stupid but douchebags.

It wouldn't have bothered me at all. What effect does it have on me or anybody at the restaurant except to the stupid? ZERO. But then again, you wouldn't catch me at Applebee's either.