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Marcus Matkins's avatar

Happy One Year writing dude! You would never be able to tell given how well you write.

I swear I had the same experience trying to look through a clearance rack at Macy's. It's chaotic and I feel they purposely make the bathrooms hard to find so you can see everything they have in the store. I'm never going there again unless there's a zombie apocalypse.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thanks Marcus I appreciate that!

Hahaha thats so true. Macys got a few votes from others. Same with grocery stores mixing up all the items so you never know where anything is. Its a nice trick but I see through their games.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

since I travel a lot for my speaking work, it’s not uncommon that I’ll be checking in to a hotel at midnight or even later having travelled all day and feeling very hungry. I have eaten at a lot of places I would much rather avoid over the years, but lately, I’d rather go hungry then visit an open McDonald’s, Jack-in-the-Box, Chick-fil-A, or the lake. There is one particular restaurant in the Seattle airport that served a chunk of broken glass in a Caesar salad that I had. Needless to say, that particular establishment is not one I’ll be revisiting.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

oh god that sounds like a crunchy salad...

we could all use a little more fasting in our diets so going hungry isnt a bad thing.

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Rachael Tiss's avatar

Congrats on 1 year of writing!

These questions are great. I hope I never have to shop at a Forever 21 again. It’s the epitome of my high school fashion choices lol

And I’ve successfully avoided dining at Applebee’s for the last 15ish years. I intend to keep it that way

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thank you! hahaha Applebee's got my fiance's vote too. Mine was KFC.

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randy's avatar

Happy belated writing birthday!

And if I never had to go into ANY store again, other than Best Buy and PetSmart, I'd be a happy man.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thanks Randy! Haha that would be ideal but if you could only choose one store and one restaurant to avoid what would they be?

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randy's avatar

Ok, I want to say any buffet-style restaurant, but since you're asking for specificity, I'll go with Golden Corral (I'm doing a good job of avoiding this. It's been at least 15 years since I've been in one.)

For the store, I'm going with the obvious - Walmart.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

haha golden corral and walmart have both gotten quite a few votes. i had to go to golden corral twice in two days because my basketball coach forced us and i havent been back since (10 years).

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

happy tuesday to you too! haha i forgot about payless, dont think ive been there in 20 years. mcdonalds is a good one to avoid at all costs.

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