I hate the Olive Garden

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: Exterous

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Mmm... /lawnchair & /popcorn time!

Hey, can I sit next to you? I brought beer

I've got a lil' Hibachi, we can make some ribs!

I've got some dried pasta noodles and some ketchup, we can make authentic Italian food!

I'll admit it... I :laugh:'d. :evil:

This is ATOT meetup material.

...At the Olive Garden!

 

[thegimp03]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
Hey, at least its not Applebees....or as my wife and I call it "Crap 'n Pees" after the whole joint stank like an exploded number 2 baby diaper the last time we went there.

ROFL. I burst out laughing and had to cover my mouth on that one.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Genx87
I give that rant a 9/10.

Lucky for me my German\Polish ancestory doesnt have a plethora of glorified fast food joints based on its food.

Its hard to make a successful chain the sells nothing but fatty sausages. Thats really more of a food cart gig.

I am happy nobody has tried.

 

[sactoking]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Genx87
I give that rant a 9/10.

Lucky for me my German\Polish ancestory doesnt have a plethora of glorified fast food joints based on its food.

Its hard to make a successful chain the sells nothing but fatty sausages. Thats really more of a food cart gig.

I am happy nobody has tried.

Wienerschnitzel?

 

[Red Dawn]

If you're not Italian I suggest you never call an Italian a Guinnea unless you want to fight.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Genx87
I give that rant a 9/10.

Lucky for me my German\Polish ancestory doesnt have a plethora of glorified fast food joints based on its food.

Its hard to make a successful chain the sells nothing but fatty sausages. Thats really more of a food cart gig.

I am happy nobody has tried.

I've... got to go...to a meeting.. > . >

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

You misspelled wop, cugino.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

Exactly! My dad's from Italy and I remember having this exact same discussion when I was growing up. What really pisses me off is that their motto is "Hospitaliano!" (yes, with the exclamation point included). Which isn't a real word in any language.

No, you'd never see an ad with black people sitting around saying "oh lawdy dis waddymelon sho is good! pass me da fried chicken!" It's maybe not quite that bad, but close. Actually it reminds me more of those stupid Outback Steakhouse ads (oh yeah, every Australian is related to Crocodile Dundee and spends all day partying and surfing!).

I have a Cream of Wheat serving plate with a black guy in a chef's hat saying...
"Maybe Cream of Wheat
aint got no vitamines.
I dont know what them
things is. If they's bugs
they aint none in Cream of
Wheat but she's sho' good
to eat and cheap. Costs 'bout
1¢ fo a great big dish."

I don't see how the Olive Garden's ads are racist. Even local restaurants will play into their own stereotypes.

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

Exactly! My dad's from Italy and I remember having this exact same discussion when I was growing up. What really pisses me off is that their motto is "Hospitaliano!" (yes, with the exclamation point included). Which isn't a real word in any language.

Fuck you OG. Your food sucks, your ads are racist, and you're overpriced (at any price).

is the TV show Sopranos racist too? The few times I watched it, there was always a scene with a bunch of mostly fat, Italian dudes talkin loud as hell. Far worse than anything I've seen in a Olive Garden commercial. And I've NEVER seen a person get wacked in one of their commercials.

Yes it is. Mario Bros is also racist.
Are you happy now?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

Exactly! My dad's from Italy and I remember having this exact same discussion when I was growing up. What really pisses me off is that their motto is "Hospitaliano!" (yes, with the exclamation point included). Which isn't a real word in any language.

Fuck you OG. Your food sucks, your ads are racist, and you're overpriced (at any price).

is the TV show Sopranos racist too? The few times I watched it, there was always a scene with a bunch of mostly fat, Italian dudes talkin loud as hell. Far worse than anything I've seen in a Olive Garden commercial. And I've NEVER seen a person get wacked in one of their commercials.

That's a good point. You could argue they're both stereotypes. The main difference is that the Sopranos is fictional and people know (or at least they ought to know) that it's like that because it just works in the context of the show, not because all Italians are like that. Olive Garden on the other hand really pushes the whole idea that this is what Italian food is and this is what all Italian people are like.

Again, basically replace Italians with any race you can think of. In the context of a work of fiction (a movie or TV show), it's just more acceptable than in an ad. With movies and TV, there's ample opportunity to show things in a more varied or complex light as well.

I will say this, though. Recent Olive Garden ads seem to have moved away from this. I don't watch much TV (pretty much only during football season) but when I last saw OG ads regularly, they weren't just depicting a bunch of Italians sitting around the table, they had white Americans, which seems more in line with their typical clientele.

Also I realize I am probably overreacting and that's bad because I hate it when people overreact to "offensive" things.

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

exactly. You see these stereotypes in the olive garden commercials about loud raucous obnoxious italian families...but you would NEVER see something portraying Hispanic or African American stereotypes.

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

I've seen the OG commerical and there are no stereotypes like he's bringing up, the fact nobody on here is saying "I thought the same thing!" proves he's on some type of drugs. And even if he was right, there's kind of a huge ass difference between saying Italian ppeople are loud and black people ducking paying child support. One is CLEARLY racist, if you can't figure out which is offensive and which is just a stereotype then I dunno what to tell you.

I find this post hilarious because some of the most blatantly racist people I've ever met were Italians from NYC. I guess the OP is proving the stereotype about Italians to be at least semi true...

I'm also part African American lol

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

I've seen the OG commerical and there are no stereotypes like he's bringing up, the fact nobody on here is saying "I thought the same thing!" proves he's on some type of drugs. And even if he was right, there's kind of a huge ass difference between saying Italian ppeople are loud and black people ducking paying child support. One is CLEARLY racist, if you can't figure out which is offensive and which is just a stereotype then I dunno what to tell you.

I find this post hilarious because some of the most blatantly racist people I've ever met were Italians from NYC. I guess the OP is proving the stereotype about Italians to be at least semi true...

Ah, I've never seen the commercial. I was taking the OP's word for it. I see your point though.

waaait wait wait wait, you've seen ONE OG commercial? I've probably seen 20 different ones over the last 10 years, and at least half have some pseudo-italian horse-shit in them

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

Exactly! My dad's from Italy and I remember having this exact same discussion when I was growing up. What really pisses me off is that their motto is "Hospitaliano!" (yes, with the exclamation point included). Which isn't a real word in any language.

Fuck you OG. Your food sucks, your ads are racist, and you're overpriced (at any price).

is the TV show Sopranos racist too? The few times I watched it, there was always a scene with a bunch of mostly fat, Italian dudes talkin loud as hell. Far worse than anything I've seen in a Olive Garden commercial. And I've NEVER seen a person get wacked in one of their commercials.

That's a good point. You could argue they're both stereotypes. The main difference is that the Sopranos is fictional and people know (or at least they ought to know) that it's like that because it just works in the context of the show, not because all Italians are like that. Olive Garden on the other hand really pushes the whole idea that this is what Italian food is and this is what all Italian people are like.

Again, basically replace Italians with any race you can think of. In the context of a work of fiction (a movie or TV show), it's just more acceptable than in an ad. With movies and TV, there's ample opportunity to show things in a more varied or complex light as well.

I will say this, though. Recent Olive Garden ads seem to have moved away from this. I don't watch much TV (pretty much only during football season) but when I last saw OG ads regularly, they weren't just depicting a bunch of Italians sitting around the table, they had white Americans, which seems more in line with their typical clientele.

Also I realize I am probably overreacting and that's bad because I hate it when people overreact to "offensive" things.

pretty much my sentiments exactly. I also noticed that the recent ads have 'toned it down' quite a bit.

 

[geno]

A+, would read again

 

[acheron]

I liked Olive Garden a lot when I was younger, and pretty much can't stand it now. I don't know if it's gotten worse, or if I just used to be an idiot, or both.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: nerp
Microwave alfredo paste in a bag! Heated to order! Wow, just like Tuscany.

*BARF*

little do you know, that bag is heated in bowling water.. not the microwave... pshhhh.....

OMG, that changes everything!!!

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: codeyf
For what OG charges for their dishes, it's crap. I'd rather go to Macaroni Grill or Maggiano's and pay the same price for food that is 10x better.

Seriously amazes me how you can take crap food, make it UNLIMITED, and people jump all over that sh1t. Woo hoo! Mixed greens with Italian dressing! Breadsticks that are worse than a cardboard tube of Pillsbury from the market! All I can eat? Must be the sh1t!!!!

Macaroni Grill is far more expensive than Olive Garden, Maggiano's sucks sucks SUCKS! All it is is nice table clothes and bread you dip in their oil mixture to make you forget it' not even good. It's twice the price of O.G. and I wouldn't eat there if you PAID ME. Inside it has the appearance of a fancy restaurant, the prices of a fancy restaurant. The food, not so much so...


Olive Garden owns both for the price. The Chicken Alfredo at Olive Garden is MUCH better than Maggiano's. Macaroni Grill might be better, but for 2 people you will spend a ton more money too.

O.G. is Italian food, last time I checked Lasagna is Italian. It might not be what some of you ATOTers like, but to say it's not Italian is hilarious. I have had "authentic" Italian, I mean the shit you get when you go over to Italy, and it was nothing to write home about. People on here who think true food from Italy is some super uber deliciousness probably haven't had any.

Wow. Where did you eat in Italy? A Total? You have some serious reading to do about Italian food if you think the lasagna that americans eat is really "italian" lasagna. Italian food is about simple, local, fresh ingredients cooked simply and prepared in such a way that individual ingredients are allowed to shine. It is not about stuffing everything with cheese and spinach. I suggest going to Tuscany and trying to order spaghetti and meatballs. Good luck finding that except at restaurants on main strips in some cities and villages that just grew tired of foreigners who think Olive Garden is great and decided to just put it on the menu to get them to STFU. BTW, the meatballs were probably made with chingiari.

 

[jonks]

thank god i live in a city and don't have to eat at any of these frightening sounding places

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: nerp

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: codeyf
For what OG charges for their dishes, it's crap. I'd rather go to Macaroni Grill or Maggiano's and pay the same price for food that is 10x better.

Seriously amazes me how you can take crap food, make it UNLIMITED, and people jump all over that sh1t. Woo hoo! Mixed greens with Italian dressing! Breadsticks that are worse than a cardboard tube of Pillsbury from the market! All I can eat? Must be the sh1t!!!!

Macaroni Grill is far more expensive than Olive Garden, Maggiano's sucks sucks SUCKS! All it is is nice table clothes and bread you dip in their oil mixture to make you forget it' not even good. It's twice the price of O.G. and I wouldn't eat there if you PAID ME. Inside it has the appearance of a fancy restaurant, the prices of a fancy restaurant. The food, not so much so...


Olive Garden owns both for the price. The Chicken Alfredo at Olive Garden is MUCH better than Maggiano's. Macaroni Grill might be better, but for 2 people you will spend a ton more money too.

O.G. is Italian food, last time I checked Lasagna is Italian. It might not be what some of you ATOTers like, but to say it's not Italian is hilarious. I have had "authentic" Italian, I mean the shit you get when you go over to Italy, and it was nothing to write home about. People on here who think true food from Italy is some super uber deliciousness probably haven't had any.

Wow. Where did you eat in Italy? A Total? You have some serious reading to do about Italian food if you think the lasagna that americans eat is really "italian" lasagna. Italian food is about simple, local, fresh ingredients cooked simply and prepared in such a way that individual ingredients are allowed to shine. It is not about stuffing everything with cheese and spinach. I suggest going to Tuscany and trying to order spaghetti and meatballs. Good luck finding that except at restaurants on main strips in some cities and villages that just grew tired of foreigners who think Olive Garden is great and decided to just put it on the menu to get them to STFU. BTW, the meatballs were probably made with chingiari.

Ethnic food in this country is rarely truly ethnic. Try finding a burrito or taco like what we have if you visit mexico. Likewise, my grandparents had never heard of pizza until they immigrated to the US.

 

[knawlejj]

haha, my girlfriend thinks the exact same way as the OP; except not that racist. She just hates the commercials because of all the yelling and cheering going on at the table.

+10 points for the 'hurrrrr' because that sound describes her feeling of the commercials perfectly.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: MrMatt

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't see how this is a racist post. He is bringing up a stereotype of italians and how it correlates to italian food. He then compares some southern food (fried chicken) to an african american stereotype and states that you wouldnt see that in a commercial.

He isnt saying the african american stereotype is true, just saying that you wouldnt see that stereotype on TV like the italian one.

exactly. You see these stereotypes in the olive garden commercials about loud raucous obnoxious italian families...but you would NEVER see something portraying Hispanic or African American stereotypes.

last part, false! I have seen countless commercials portraying black stereotypes, one that comes to mind is the one for Cornbread Stove Top Stuffin'

*small black boy smiling ear to ear "Lerooooy! Come home Mama makin Chicken & Con'Bread Stove Stop Stuffin!" this commercial is far more racist than the one you brought up. Even the way they had them speak was shitty. Oddly enough I still remember it running for a few years.

also seen a Popeyes Chicken one with a black man smiling huge as hell as he shucks & jives around on the screen saying "love that Chicken from Popeyes!" It was literally like the people at Popeyes went of their way to find somebody to portray Sambo for the ad. Just to name a few, there have been plenty of commercials that showed ethnic stereotypes for all types of people. This O.G. one is tame compared to others.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VcT-RNkdk

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Genx87
I give that rant a 9/10.

Lucky for me my German\Polish ancestory doesnt have a plethora of glorified fast food joints based on its food.

Because boiled cabbage isn't a big draw...

FWIW I have German and Hungarian ancestry and am very familiar with dishes that contain cabbage...

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Where you making insane hand gestures and talking to yourself while you typed this? Also, do you have a mustache?

Maybe a fuzzy running suit and a big gold chain.

 

[GasX]

I don't have a problem with Olive Garden advertisement, but their food is atrocious...