Why Cheesecake Factory?

[bbernardini]

Out of all the chain restaurants, why have the anti-vaxxers decided that Cheesecake Factory is going to be their battleground?

[NightWatcher]

1. Figured they would've died on Mt Cracker Barrel

[Tickle]

32. Lol nt

[Tomconroy]

2. That's what I was wondering. I've never been to one. Can you

get anything besides cheesecake?

[Hekate]

3. It's a full restaurant

[Deuxcents]

4. Yes..lots of all kinds of cakes, etc

But their food.. yummy. I’ve never had anything I didn’t like although, I don’t like cheesecake! Love going to my sister’s as it her favorite place. Can be pricey..

[Gregory Peccary]

6. I has one of the largest menus I've ever seen

Tons of stuff

[themaguffin]

11. Yes, they have a bloated menu of mediocre food...

[OnDoutside]

13. Nicer than similar of its type, but I preferred the Grand Luxe Caf

[Fullduplexxx]

5. Two employees who made "disparaging remarks" about a customer's "Make America Great Again" cap are n

Two employees who made "disparaging remarks" about a customer's "Make America Great Again" cap are no longer employed at The Cheesecake Factory, the company said Wednesday. However, the casual-dining chain believes the incident is being blown out of proportion.

The widely publicized episode at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Miami occurred on Sunday, with a Daily Wire report quoting multiple witnesses as saying that the customer, Eugenior Joseph, had been surrounded by about a dozen Cheesecake employees. Joseph told the conservative news site that one employee tried to physically intimidate him, while others were "screaming things at me."

[inthewind21]

7. Tough guy

Sounds about right for a loud mouthed MAGA coward. Surrounded by a dozen employees huh. So all business there stopped to "intimidate" this snowflake? LOL

[Polybius]

37. All businesses are supposed to ignore politics

I was a server in 2004. I saw customers with Bush pins and Kerry shirts. I didn't argue with them, I just said "Welcome to Applebees, may I start you with a drink." Actually I'm lying. I said "nice shirt" to the ones with Kerry shirts, but didn't argue with the Bush people.

[inthewind21]

10. You do realize

this was an incident that happened more than 6 months ago on Mothers Day.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-cheesecake-factory-maga-hat-harassment-incident-overblown-restaurant-says-10356354

[madville]

18. Pretty sure employees will get fired at most places

If they are harassing customers for just about any reason.

[DFW]

21. In the case of Maggots

I am always suspicious about reports about just who started out harassing whom. The staff at those places, at least the ones I have been to, have high volume and high pressure jobs, and have always been friendly and absolutely well-behaved. I'm sure they get strict training, and I'm sure they take it seriously, because the tips they run up there, with that volume, must be substantial. A customer would have to really have to make an effort to provoke one of them (let alone more than one) in order for a job-endangering dispute to flare up.

Not knowing anything about this particular incident, just knowing what the staff there was like, if I had to place odds on who was giving an accurate account of what happened, I would place zero on the Maggot, and 100% on the employees.

[madville]

23. The news at the time reported that

One employee threatened to punch him in the head hard enough to knock the hat off and another stood behind the victim punching a balled fist into his own hand. Multiple witnesses and a video supposedly confirmed it happened. It was also claimed and corroborated by multiple witnesses that the N-word was used by the employees towards the hat wearer, who is Black.

I don't really care either way but if they fired them then there was probably some merit to the accusations.

[DFW]

25. That is NOTHING like the Cheesecake Factory staff I ever met

Where was this, anyway?

[madville]

27. Miami

I don't personally know any Cheesecake Factory staff so I can't speak to that lol.

[DFW]

28. I just go by the experiences I've had there

That is only Dallas and Tyson's Corner, VA (DC area). Miami might as well be Tibet for all I know about it. I haven't even set foot in the place in over 30 years.

[intrepidity]

8. I'm a fan

Have loved that place since forever.

Didn't know there was any political ideology involved.

[jimfields33]

22. There isn't.

Two guys went in with MAGA hats on and servers were meanies to them. Poor babies.

[marie999]

26. Employees have no business bad mouthing customers.

Without customers, they don't have a job. If a person can't be courteous they should get a job where they don't interact with the customers.

[LiberatedUSA]

35. Would you be saying poor babies...

…if the hat wearer, in fear their life from the threat of a beating, pulled out a gun and stopped the threat? The servers were threatening a beating. That isn’t being a big meanie. That is a threat over political clothes.

Going around threatening to assault people over their clothes is a bad idea. Going around assaulting people in general is a bad idea. If they get shot, tough shit. The assaulters are the criminals, not the ones wearing the stupid red hats.

It isn’t legal to assault someone for wearing a MAGA hat. It is legal for the one getting assaulted or about to get assaulted to take care of the criminal permanently so as the victim is not killed or seriously injured from the criminal who wishes to do them harm over their clothes.

If we make a habit of attacking people for wearing stupid red hats, then they will start carrying a gun and just wait for someone dumb enough to throw a punch. A trap. The hat is the hook, the criminal’s hatred for the hat is the line, and the stand your ground is the sinker.

Hook, line and sinker. Forcing those that want to punch a MAGA to ask, “is this the one that pulls out a gun for me attacking them because I am a terrorist that attacks people for political clothes I don’t like?”

[jimfields33]

36. I gave my overview.

You added details. Both of ours works out perfectly.

[Polybius]

38. This is not a situation to say "poor babies"

As pointed out about, I was a server in 2004. I saw Bush shirts and pins. I didn't say "Your candidate is a war criminal." But when I saw Kerry shirts, I said "Great shirt." That's different, because it's not causing any potential argument.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. You weren't expecting Cracker Barrell, we're you?

[NameAlreadyTaken]

12. The serving sizes are enormous.

If they're going to choose a hill to die on, they want to make sure they can stuff their faces.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

14. They'll give you cheesecake samples

Over the course of 2 visits to the baltimore cheesecake factory I got to try every one of thier cheesecake flavors.

And omg they were all delicious.

[Torchlight]

16. Some friends took me to one a few years back for the first time.

I (surprisingly) had the best spaghetti dinner I've ever had (but I won't ever tell mom a chain makes it better than her or I'd never have her cooking again - ssshhhhh).

Now I'm there about twice a year and order that same plate every time.

[Klaralven]

15. The Cheesecake Factory Kalua Pork Nachos Nutrition Facts

There are 2880 calories in Kalua Pork Nachos from The Cheesecake Factory. Most of those calories come from fat (64%).

https://fastfoodnutrition.org/cheesecake-factory/factory-nachos/kalua-pork

[Elessar Zappa]

17. Sounds like something I'd eat lol.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

19. I know nothing about that but now I want an order of avocado eggrolls...

[DFW]

20. I've been to a couple of those in the USA

They list the calories on each meal. There are quite a few dishes I WOULD have liked to try, but got scared off by the calorie count. Their low-cal menu (skinny-licious) is already massive.

The few dishes I've had have been actually decent for a chain with a menu that big. Their Miso Salmon is good enough for me to have tried it more than once. The hot freshly baked black bread they put at your table is dangerous. It is so good, if they don't take your order quickly, you won't be hungry any more by the time you are asked to place it.

I've never once experienced any conflict between customers and staff. They were working their asses off every time I've been to one of those places (admittedly, a year can go by before I'm even in the neighborhood). I rather doubt that twelve of them had the time to go talk to any one customer except when they gather to wish one a happy birthday. The staff was universally friendly every time I have been to one, whether in Dallas or Washington. To piss them off, the Maggot would have to have started out being an asshole on his own first--something I am given to understand is not an unusual occurrence, no matter where you go in the USA, these days.

[Deuxcents]

31. When we go to the one in Hollywood (Fl)

My niece or my sister n I always get something we like and split it. The servings are very generous. We’ve celebrated many birthdays there n keep going back if it’s just Tuesday..

[marble falls]

24. Cheesecake's business has fallen off enough they can finally get reservations?

[RobinA]

39. Not at The One

near me that's been there for decades. I keep waiting...

[lame54]

29. Because if they can halt the...

Worlds production of cheesecake
They'll have us on our knees

[pecosbob]

30. Liberals using the n word to demean someone wearing a trump hat?

Sounds made up to me.

[Dorian Gray]

33. They were at the Queens Center Mall

It's the biggest restaurant there

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. The right to infect patrons of a Cheesecake Factory' in the Constitution. Quote Tweet PatriotTakes F

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