What Really Grinds Your Gears?

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

My coworker keeps coming to work sick. I can hear him cough from several cubes away... And it's one of those coughs with mucus.

I really hope he's ok. But he needs to use his sick leave.

But it's only January What's he gonna do when he wants to take days off during the summer to have fun?

 

[QLR1]

But it's only January What's he gonna do when he wants to take days off during the summer to have fun?

He is rarely absent. I'm sure he has plenty of time for that.

 

[Duke Nivram]

Moving!!!

then your landlord who you thought was great becomes a jerk once he realizes he is not going to get more money from me

then having to accelerate my moving time line because of above

 

[QLR1]

Ugh moving. I hate it.

 

[kronin323]

My coworker keeps coming to work sick. I can hear him cough from several cubes away... And it's one of those coughs with mucus.

I really hope he's ok. But he needs to use his sick leave.

I hate that - people who come in to work sick may think they're putting on a good show "working hard under adversity", but really they're just risking getting the whole office sick which screws things up even worse. Just stay at home.

 

[QLR1]

I hate that - people who come in to work sick may think they're putting on a good show "working hard under adversity", but really they're just risking getting the whole office sick which screws things up even worse. Just stay at home.

And the workload is at its lowest, so it's not like he's missing anything.

 

[kronin323]

I need to stop reading the news. The headlines are always full of death; it's so depressing...

I'd like to read news stories about life. They're there, but my news portal doesn't have a "death" filter...

 

[QLR1]

Went to the grocery store on Saturday... Irked that they are stocking less hot salsa. Only comforting thing is that I got Chi Chis salsa for $1.45. Ugh.

 

[kronin323]

Only comforting thing is that I got Chi Chis salsa for $1.45. Ugh.

Is it any good? I hadn't heard of it and had to look up the brand. Ugh is right...
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Chi-Chi's is a Mexican restaurant chain in operation in China, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Indonesia. The chain also once operated in the United States and Canada but exited that business in 2004 in those territories. Currently Chi-Chi's is also a brand of Mexican themed grocery foods (later purchased by Hormel) with an emphasis on salsa.

Founding
Chi-Chi's was founded in 1975 in Richfield, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis by restaurateur Marno McDermott and former Green Bay Packers player Max McGee. MacDermott had previously founded the Zapata fast food Mexican chain, which later became Zantigo. From 1977 to 1986, the chain was run by former KFC executive Shelly Frank. When Frank came on, the chain moved their headquarters to Frank's hometown of Louisville. By March 1995, the chain had grown to 210 locations.

Chi-Chi's master franchise belongs now to a Swiss company which franchises Chi-Chi's in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa, the most representative country being Belgium with 15 units.

Bankruptcy, hepatitis A, and closure in United States
Chi-Chi's last owner while still in business in the U.S. was Prandium Inc., who had filed for bankruptcy several times, including in 1993 as Restaurant Enterprises Group Inc. and in 2002 as Prandium. On October 8, 2003, Chi-Chi's and Koo Koo Roo, another Prandium subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy themselves.

In November 2003, a month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chi-Chi's was hit with the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history, with at least four deaths and 660 other victims of illness in the Pittsburgh area, including high school students who caught the disease from the original victims. The hepatitis was traced back to green onions at the Chi-Chi's at Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. Chi-Chi's settled the hepatitis A lawsuits by July 2004. At the time the suits were settled, Chi-Chi's only had 65 restaurants, less than half of the number from only four years before.

In August 2004, Outback Steakhouse bid $42.5 million for the rights to buy their choice of Chi-Chi's 76 properties, but they did not purchase the Chi-Chi's name, operations or recipes. On the weekend of September 18, 2004, Chi-Chi's closed all 65 of their remaining restaurants. Outback had hoped to convert many of the properties to their own restaurants, but instead eventually sold the majority of the properties to Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust company in New Hyde Park, New York. The location where the hepatitis outbreak started in Monaca has been the home of several different Mexican-themed restaurants in the ensuing years, with parts of the location's site demolished to make room for ****'s Sporting Goods.

Grocery brand
Hormel Foods, who had bought the rights to use the Chi-Chi's brand on grocery items, continues to produce Chi-Chi's salsa and related products, and uses the chichis.com domain name to market them.

 

[QLR1]

Is it any good? I hadn't heard of it and had to look up the brand. Ugh is right...
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Chi-Chi's is a Mexican restaurant chain in operation in China, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Indonesia. The chain also once operated in the United States and Canada but exited that business in 2004 in those territories. Currently Chi-Chi's is also a brand of Mexican themed grocery foods (later purchased by Hormel) with an emphasis on salsa.

Founding
Chi-Chi's was founded in 1975 in Richfield, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis by restaurateur Marno McDermott and former Green Bay Packers player Max McGee. MacDermott had previously founded the Zapata fast food Mexican chain, which later became Zantigo. From 1977 to 1986, the chain was run by former KFC executive Shelly Frank. When Frank came on, the chain moved their headquarters to Frank's hometown of Louisville. By March 1995, the chain had grown to 210 locations.

Chi-Chi's master franchise belongs now to a Swiss company which franchises Chi-Chi's in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa, the most representative country being Belgium with 15 units.

Bankruptcy, hepatitis A, and closure in United States
Chi-Chi's last owner while still in business in the U.S. was Prandium Inc., who had filed for bankruptcy several times, including in 1993 as Restaurant Enterprises Group Inc. and in 2002 as Prandium. On October 8, 2003, Chi-Chi's and Koo Koo Roo, another Prandium subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy themselves.

In November 2003, a month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chi-Chi's was hit with the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history, with at least four deaths and 660 other victims of illness in the Pittsburgh area, including high school students who caught the disease from the original victims. The hepatitis was traced back to green onions at the Chi-Chi's at Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. Chi-Chi's settled the hepatitis A lawsuits by July 2004. At the time the suits were settled, Chi-Chi's only had 65 restaurants, less than half of the number from only four years before.

In August 2004, Outback Steakhouse bid $42.5 million for the rights to buy their choice of Chi-Chi's 76 properties, but they did not purchase the Chi-Chi's name, operations or recipes. On the weekend of September 18, 2004, Chi-Chi's closed all 65 of their remaining restaurants. Outback had hoped to convert many of the properties to their own restaurants, but instead eventually sold the majority of the properties to Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust company in New Hyde Park, New York. The location where the hepatitis outbreak started in Monaca has been the home of several different Mexican-themed restaurants in the ensuing years, with parts of the location's site demolished to make room for ****'s Sporting Goods.

Grocery brand
Hormel Foods, who had bought the rights to use the Chi-Chi's brand on grocery items, continues to produce Chi-Chi's salsa and related products, and uses the chichis.com domain name to market them.

Meh. I've had better. I buy the hot Chi Chi's salsa but the heat isn't there. I actually like Mrs. Renfroe's the best...but they are more expensive than the other jarred salsas ($3.29 without any sales most of the time)

Never heard of the restaurant.