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[edit] Services?
What are these services listed? I can't see how the things listed have anything to do with TGI Friday's. DallasRedhead (talk) 00:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- I removed them, it seems they were added again. Toni S. (talk) 06:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
As someone who currently works as a server for Friday's in Columbus, GA, yes, they do encourage flair. It's a red polo-esque shirt that we wear (for the time being; I've worked at several of these casual-dining establishments and they are constantly reverting back to what servers were wearing three uniforms ago) and we're encouraged to apply flair to ourselves. No, it's not required. It used to be, from what I understand, and the only waitress I know from that era (she used to work in Nashville for the company and yet is still only a plebe, good god) chooses not to wear flair now that she does not have to. But we can do anything we please to this poor little red shirt. There are people with more common buttons, then the less common ironed-on logos and sewn in lettering/ numbering. There's even a chick who had the back of her shirt grafitti-style airbrushed with her name. We can wear hats and ties and anything that isn't trashy or offensive, and are encouraged to do so provided no health codes are violated; servers do not have to cover up tattoos on their forearms or anywhere else visible. So yeah, flair is still alive and well, encouraged but no longer required, and referred to as "flair" and "pieces" thereof.-GES, St Patty's day 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.74.10 (talk) 07:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Flair"
In the TGI Friday's in Staten Island (New York), the staff doesn't wear anything I'd call "flair". Just a uniform shirt and pants. I only know about the one here, though.-Liz Mar. 4 2006
- Would anyone care to research the previous requirement of wait staff to wear "flair" on their uniforms? A former TGI Friday's waitress told me the management used to make a big deal about it (similar to the Chochkies scenes in the movie Office Space), but people kept quitting and they had trouble keeping enough staff. "Flair" (along with the walls of antiques) was one of the things that made TGI Friday's unique, but the wait staff got tired of management's obsession with it, so they eventually dropped the policy once they had made their splash in the public cognizance. If we can find evidence for this other than my one anecdote here, I think it would be something worth mentioning in the article. --Birdhombre 19:45, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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- From my visit to TGI Friday's recently I've noticed that the staff is no longer wearing flair. Not sure if this is universal or just localized. -Ichabod 08:50, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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- I'm going to the Aberdeen (Scotland) one later today, I'll let you know. But from memory of the last few years, the staff still wear "flair" over here in the British restaurants. Satan's Rubber Duck 12:58, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Yes, there is still flair, but not so much. Perhaps it was cause it was just the lunchtime staff, there was hardly anyone (staff or customers) there at all. Satan's Rubber Duck 18:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- I'm going to the Aberdeen (Scotland) one later today, I'll let you know. But from memory of the last few years, the staff still wear "flair" over here in the British restaurants. Satan's Rubber Duck 12:58, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
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Sometime in the last couple of years the chain has dialed way back on the duisplay clutter in the restaurants. I suspect a policy change re "flair" may have occurred about the same time. Personally, I kind of preferred the display clutter over the new decor, but I can certainly understand eliminating the "flair" policy. 24.178.126.182 18:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Also, the Atkins menu has gone by the way. Other chains, such as Ruby Tuesday have also done away with the Atkins-pandering. 24.178.126.182 18:36, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Greengrocer's apostrophe?
Does TGI Friday's belong to a TGI Friday or is it a case of an illiterate use of an apostrophe being used to create a plural?
- I believe it's the second. There's no real reason for that apostraphe to be there, but it is consistant throughout the chain. Satan's Rubber Duck 12:58, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- I always thought the apostrophe was used to suggest informality by way of the possessive case, rather like "Al's place of eatin" or something like that (if that makes any sense the way I wrote it). Kemet 11 March 2006.
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- I take it as an implied possessive, as commonly used in names of eating places, like "Joe's" or "Mom's", i.e., "Friday's Restaurant". --Michael K. Smith 22:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
-I agree with Mr. Smith; I work for them,and am pretty sure that they're going for the illusion that the actual restaurant belongs to the day Friday. Plus, back when I worked at Ruby Tuesday, the waitstaff actually said things like "Welcome to Ruby's." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.74.10 (talk) 07:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] No connection to "Waiting"...
TGI Friday's was not the inspiration for the 2005 movie "Waiting". That movie was in fact based around rival chain "Bennigan's". This is clearly evident not only in the naming of the fictional restaurant in the movie (Shenanigan's), but also the fact that the movie was filmed in a vacated Bennigan's Tavern location. -Ian 09/27/2006
[edit] Ballpark versions
There's a Friday's Resteraunt inside Chase Field and Miller Park. Do they count?--BigMac1212 20:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Any store owned byCarlson International--or franchised and using the same menu--counts. If they are kiosks, like something you'd get a hotdog off of, it doesn't really matter who it's owned by, it doesn't really count. This includes the airport Chili'ses where you can go through and order and yes, it's made to order and yes, there's a dude you can see in the kitchen in the back. Those are not really Chili'ses. Even if it says "Chili's" on the thing. If there are servers, if there is a menu one holds in his or her hand, and if the ordering process is the same as if one were actually in one of those sit-down places, then yeah, count it with the rest of 'em. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.74.10 (talk) 07:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Atkins's menu
I work at a TGI Friday's, and I know for a fact that the Atkins's menu was still used for part of 2006. It was not discontinued in May 2005 like the article says. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.241.23.154 (talk) 03:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC).
Yeah, I work there too. It's 2008 and we're down to two items, basically: the Low-Carb Key West Shrimp and the Sizzling Chicken and Broccoli. Last year we actually ditched the Sizzle with Broccoli. The item was brought back at the beginning of this year because most guests were not thrilled with the deletion of a favorite menu item, not realizing that the mashed potatoes could be subbed out for broccoli very easily, giving the guest exactly the same meal as had been taken off of the menu due to its very redundance. So we brought it back. But since two items do not a menu-section make, the two aforementioned meals are mixed in with the "Better For You" and "Right Portion, Right Price" menus.-g —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.74.10 (talk) 07:41, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Overseas versions
In May of '01 I went to one in London. It was, amusingly enough, an American-themed restaurant. I don't just mean it was similar to the ones stateside. I mean, it was very conciously American-themed, with old football helmets as decorations and servers wearing NFL pins and menus talking about various things Americans value and for what reasons (I only remember Lincoln from that list). I wonder if this is normal for overseas Friday's branches.... A2Kafir 19:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Too Many Pictures
There are too many pictures in this article. There are three pictures, only two of them are able to add anything to the article. I suggest keeping one of the pictures of the Fridays Restaurant as well as the chart for International Presence. My personal preference is the picture of the Minnesota one because the picture has a more professional feel to it as the colors are more vibrant and the picture more accurately depicts the restaurant as a whole instead of simply the sign. Cadwal 21:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- This article isn't part of Wikipedia's priority list; however, in my opinion there has been ample opportunity for this to be discussed and no one has responded. As such, I took liberty to remove the Pensacola Picture as it was located in the International Presence section and did not accurately portray the restaurant's franchise as a whole. If anyone would like to dispute the decision, I have provided the image in question here for future reference should it be deemed necessary to put into the article again.
- My suggestion is that a better picture be taken that incorporates the restaurant's actual building instead of simply the street sign. Cadwal 20:53, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm working at one now; it was built within the last two and a half years and has window-etching, etc as well as plenty of modern touches. I might sit down and write an actual article or take the picture, although, to the street sign picture's credit, at least it got the logo and aside from those, buildings are buildings.=g —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.74.10 (talk) 07:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
