Ratings, recommendations and regrets.

So….. it sounded good. The reviews on line were great. Grandmas chicken recipe, fried chicken and duck tenders; what could be better? Well, most anything would have been better. Somewhere we missed the no air conditioner, must spend $6 per person, $3 extra for sharing a meal, and food not served at the same time. Jim’s fries were fried hard and cold, chicken had no taste, my baked potato and green beans were good but $8 was a bit spendy…they had very little food that wasn’t fried. I don’t do greasy fried foods much of at all. There were 14 of us and 11 of us would give it a thumbs down… haven’t talked to the other 3 since then…

So who do we believe? When something is rated highly, well recommended and you are up for an adventure sometimes you have those times where you slightly regret what you chose. However on the bright side, we laughed a lot, had a great tome as sweat was running down every part of our body. You can always find something to redeem the moment. If you look you can spot a ray of sun on. Rainy day, even if it means the rain will stop tomorrow.

And that brings up our responsibility as one who recommends and rates something highly. Do we really recommend the experience to someone else or are we just being nice? I wouldn’t eat there again and if someone in Peoria ask me for a cool place to eat, it would not be that place… would one truthful? Would I be kind and truthful? Would I be objective and not worry about people liking me or not liking me based on my experience and recommendation? Would I go on the web site and write a negative post to counter the raving reviews which weren’t really accurate in our circumstances?

There is a time to speak the truth and then there are times to just walk away. Don’t rant and rave over something that doesn’t deserve the accolades and don’t trash something just because your experience wasn’t like another’s. We just all went away saying, well we had a lot of fun. Army men fights, spilled water and laughter…. sometimes that’s the nicest review to give.