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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Famine on November 6, 2005, 08:58 AM
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I guess since I'm insured, and have the rights to the place, I can let the cat out of the bag!
I'm opening my own buisness, a sub shop, right in town here, all on my own. It's going to be called Kevvo's and it's going to have a large variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads. Were also looking into what kind of fryer we can have in the place, so I can do wing specials, and other deep fried goods.
I'll be open 6 days a week, Tuesday through Sunday!
I'm very excited as this is my first buisness venture, save my charity haunted houses I do each year!
Just yesterday I opened my checking account, got the place insured, and rented it out. Then I went and looked at what appliances I'll need, and ordered in a refridgerator with a large freezer for the place.
Monday I'll be scurrying around the county obtaining my permits and what have you.
Well, I thought I'd pass on the good news to all my friends here!
Eat at Kevvo's! ;)
Kevin
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Kevin -- that's quite a venture at your age -- hell -- at any age! Best of luck -- I'm sure everything will go great for you. It's been quite a busy couple of weeks for you -- first Noderator, now business man! Let us know how everything goes. Where is Kevvo's in case we're ever in that part of the country?
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Good luck with it! If I ever find my way up in Albany, I'll stop in for lunch.
Just what will the JD discount be? ;D
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Best of luck with the business Kevin, quite the venture to take on.
So like whats the Noderator special going to be? :D
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Awesome Kev! I've always secretly dreamed of having my own business. Here's to years of business!!
I think you should make a sandwich called the Noderator. ;D
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Kevvo's is located on Route 9W in Ravena NY, next to NAPA!
Thanks for the well wishes guys!
I'll look into a Noderator special! ;D
Kevin
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Move over Subway, there's a new Jared in town, and he owns his own restaurant! :D
Best of luck to you, Kev. Hope you make lots of money!
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Congrats Kevin!!! That's wonderful! I hope you'll still have time to visit us here on the boards!
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Does this mean you're giving up your dental practice?
???
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Does this mean you're giving up your dental practice?
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Thats Senior, not Junior. ;)
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congrats too bad i'm not planning a trip to the states, i'd have come and seen you
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Hey, congrats, Kevin. That's certainly something to be proud of.
But one question:
Was "Kevbo's" taken?
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You should call it Dex's Diner.
All kidding aside, this is a huge move for you. You've got more guts than I would have, starting your own business has to be a ton of work that most people don't understand.
Wow, I'm really proud of you Kevin. If I ever make it up that way, I will do everything to find my way to your restaurant. :)
:P
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Was "Kevbo's" taken?
Yes. Yes it was.
Kevin
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I'll supply you with limitless varities of meat for those sandwiches, Kev ;)
Goodluck with your business. And do get a deep fryer, I am the king of eating the deep fried yummies, and when I can't have them, I get angry. :p
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Wow, what an undertaking! Very impressive. Congrats and best of luck to you sir! :)
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You already know my sentiments on all of this, but best of luck! Next time I'm in NY, I'll have to stop by...oh, or you could open a sister store in Candler! That'd be pretty boss.
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You already know my sentiments on all of this, but best of luck! Next time I'm in NY, I'll have to stop by...oh, or you could open a sister store in Candler! That'd be pretty boss.
The commute would be killer on the car though. :o
Kevin
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Any plans for a drive-thru?
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Any plans for a drive-thru?
Not likley. The property location basicly forbids that sort of thing. :)
Kevin
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Any chance for a "Morgbug" sandwich?
- It'd have to use day-old bread and be filled with some stinky cheese and canadian bacon!
Or what about the "JediMAC" sandwich?
- It'd be filled with those classic california ingredients and a little hot sauce for flaming those trolls!
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JediDefender.combo!
Morgbug Roll with a Side of Colman and Turkey and Gravy Soda, all for only $8.99!
Kevin
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That is pretty awesome, congratulations!
I grew up in the restaurant business, so I know it's tough...but it's also very fun. Plus, you can always make yourself a sandwich to save on those grocery bills.
Good luck!
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Pretty cool, Kevin. I give you credit for taking an opportunity and jumping in. I can't wait until the day comes that I'm eating in one of your 100 restaurants. ;)
Morgbug Roll with a Side of Colman and Turkey and Gravy Soda, all for only $8.99!
Kevin
No one would pay more than 50 cents for that combo. :P
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Grand Opening is this weekend. I've passed every inspection with flying colors. :)
Kevin
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You'd better have deep-fried Twinkies. ;)
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Take some PIX!!!
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You'd better have deep-fried Twinkies. ;)
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Good lord no. No no no.
I'll have a graphic of the advertisment Brad did sometime.
Kevin
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Grand Opening is this weekend. I've passed every inspection with flying colors. :)
Kevin
That's great news Kevin, pictures of opening day will be awesome. Will you have online ordering? ;)
Best of luck to ya. :)
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Online ordering would entail that I have internet access at work, which unfortunatley I do not.
Opening day was a great sucess, save two power failures, but thats a whole different topic.
I served at least 18 orders. I fed the entire florist shop and several families. It was quite an exciting day for me. :)
Pics coming soon...
Kevin
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It's kind of ironic that your username is Famine. :P
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;D
Sign/building front:
(http://kevvo.250free.com/Kevvos.jpg)
Please note my horrible car.
(http://kevvo.250free.com/kevvos5.JPG)
Please note my wonderful girlfriend/cashire, Martha. She's wonderful. I couldn't have done any of it without her!
Cheers!
Kevin
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You dumped the hooker!? :'(
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Fire your proofreader.
Sign/building front:
(http://kevvo.250free.com/Kevvos.jpg)
I'd hate to think about what your menus look like.
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Fire your proofreader.
Sign/building front:
(http://kevvo.250free.com/Kevvos.jpg)
I'd hate to think about what your menus look like.
Wich one?
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Sandwhiches! :o OMG! That sucks!
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Hey at least the sign looks nice, and is balanced!! You should run with it, like you did with Noderator!! ;D
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I have replacment lettering. He's going to repair that for me and knock off some of the cost of the origional sign.
I figured this was the right crowd to share it with.
For a while I was worried I would have to come up with some BS story and name a sub the "which" or somthing.
Kevin
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Kevin -- congratulations on the business and the g/f. Glad to hear things are going great for you!
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I apreciate the kind remarks! :)
Kevin
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Your own business! Too cool. Congrats on it all coming together. 8)
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What an adorable couple :) Congrats Kev!
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I'd hate to think about what your menus look like.
:-[
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Wow! I can't believe you actually did this! That is so great. I remember that after I went to London I really wanted to open a cafe somewhere in the city, but that was years ago when I was 11, I think. I'm glad you're making it happen, unlike the friends I've got around your age.
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So Kev,
You've been open a little while now....how's business going so far?
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I bet it's awhesome. ;) :D
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Stop pickhing on him!!! >:(
;)
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I know I'm whay late, but congratulations Kev! (Whoops sorry, the joke is dead, isn't it. :-\) Again, kudos to you for getting it all together and starting your own business!
How long until you open a franchise in MN? ;)
(http://cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/nahrung/a015.gif)
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How long until you open a franchise in MN? ;)
(http://cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/nahrung/a015.gif)
Or in VA?
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>:(
Why whont you stop picking on me?
Kevin
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Stop pickhing on him!!! >:(
;)
But Tracy....it's what we do!
or should I say "Iht's What whe dho." ;D
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Nho it's not.
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"Eat at Kevvo's"
I read that title, and was quite compelled to do so. "Eat" I love that word. haha.
I live in NJ about two hours from Ravena, so a friend and I decided to take a drive up there. Go check out the new Sandwich shop and hang out with Kevin.
I was there long enough to have two excellent sandwiches prepared by the master chef himself. But I also got more than I bargained for. I think it all happened becuase I asked a question.
"Why do you have that? the movie above spiderman 2, why do you have it"
"Oh, Power Rangers the Movie? it's great lets watch it"
Ivan Ooze? good god Kevin, that stuff hurt my brain cells. haha
*sigh* and yes, the white ranger is a bad ass...
In Any case we had a lot of fun and took some pictures too. Sadly no Hooters girls this time ::)
I'll be posting those up here very soon. I have to filter through them and get rid of the ones where I look like a Star Wars geek. hahaha.
So yeah, you guys have to quit making tiepos and go to NY and Eat at Kevvo's
Good Times for All!
- Andy
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uit looks like a nice place to work and an even nicer place to eat at (though i won't probably
and btw i love your sihgn
Julien
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How's the biz going? Have you turned a profit yet?
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bump? :-\
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Oh, right, answer the question.
Anyway, last month I broke even on the numbers, but I had a small handful of expences no one anticipated, and this month doesn't look too dim.
We'll see soon enough I guess. :)
Kevin
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Time to create a chain!
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A chain would be great, hehe. something good to destroy the evil that is Subway...
And here is a picture of Kevin and I when I went up there. Sorry it's late dude.
I'm on the Left, Kev on the Right. And for anyone who might ask, Yes, I am wearing a Jagermeister Hat. :)
(http://x5a.xanga.com/dac88b4b53c3028521658/w20015067.jpg)
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Nice sign. :P
Kev, I think if you put on some orange dolphin shorts and a tight white tank top, you may turn that profit a little bitter sooner. Just something to think about...
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Kevin, I've been
praying wondering, do you thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water and/or (hopefully) put on latex gloves before preparing people's food?
(http://www.reelradio.com/rj/mmq/a_reni.jpg)
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New York state requires that I wash my hands before food preperation (and when soiled), and they also require I wear gloves when handeling food that won't be heated over a certain temperature.
Rest assured, I take pride in my work, and follow the rules and regulations of the buisness.
Today I started accepting Visa and Mastercard at Kevvo's.
Exciting.
Kevin
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New York state requires that I wash my hands before food preperation (and when soiled), and they also require I wear gloves when handeling food that won't be heated over a certain temperature.
Rest assured, I take pride in my work, and follow the rules and regulations of the buisness.
Do you soil your hands often? Wouldn't it be less expensive / look better to stock toilet paper in the bathroom? Or are you soiling your hands making sandwhiches because the lunch rush keeps you at the counter?
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New York state requires that I wash my hands before food preperation (and when soiled), and they also require I wear gloves when handeling food that won't be heated over a certain temperature.
Rest assured, I take pride in my work, and follow the rules and regulations of the buisness.
Do you soil your hands often? Wouldn't it be less expensive / look better to stock toilet paper in the bathroom? Or are you soiling your hands making sandwhiches because the lunch rush keeps you at the counter?
You get toilet paper? :o
We have leaves we stock up on here, in autumn. It sure does stink when you run out. :-\
Kevin
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You get toilet paper? :o
We have leaves we stock up on here, in autumn. It sure does stink when you run out. :-\
Kevin
Yeah, and btw, those leaves itch.
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You get toilet paper? :o
Kevin
Three words:
Kevvo's Secrhet Sauce
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Sandwhiches.
Whip them out. All of them.
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I think Kevin should ban any postal workers from eating at Kevvo's, since they refused to mail me the Bly and Gree Kev got for me. >:(
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It took them 2 weeks to set up my mailbox at Kevvo's, so I kept getting calls from the Electric Company and Phone company. ::) Postal workers eat our mail, thats what they do.
Kevin
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Maybe they were looking for Kevho's.................. :-X
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Hehe. The typo that keeps on giving..... ;D
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Hehe. The typo that keeps on giving..... ;D
You mean gihving?
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Dead horse.
Kevin
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You mean
Dhead Hhorse?
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You mean
Dhead Hhorse?
Hey pumpkin muncher, your avatar is busted. Buster.
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Thhanks, jherk.
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I first want to thank every one here for the kind words, good luck wishes, and advice I received. It's been a very fun 7 month ride, but alas, now it must come to an end. Several factors come into play here, and I'll try and explain them to the best of my ability.
First up was the postal system here. As several of you know, my post office here is ****. Some days I'll get mail, and all of the sudden I got no mail for about a week, and then I got a pile of mail all at once with different post marks. So certain bills came well past due, and really ****** with my credit.
Second is the price of things these days. Rent coupled with electic and phone prices was really killing me based on the small amount of buisness I was doing. I had maybe 100-150 people over the course of my first month stop in and wish me luck. Then they would go buy some food elseware, or tell me how good other places are. That doesn't pay the bills, unfortunatley.
The true final straw though was my dealings with Formisano bakery. Good rolls, ******** and dickheads for employees. I should fill you in on their policy's and the way things are run before I tell the rest of the story: All orders must be in before 2:00pm EST so the order can be delivered overnight. You are to leave your name and adress, and they deliver your bread inside to you, if they have a key.
Formisano bakery had a key to my building thanks to the previous owner, so when I started an account with them, they could come in and drop off the rolls over night. The rolls were good, but the problem initially started when they delivered my rolls inside a cardboard box with no bag inside. The rolls on the top would go stale before I got in each morning. So usually 4 or 5 rolls of the two dozen or so a week I bought were garbage before I even got to try and make money back.
The second part of the whole problem came when I called one day at around 1:45 PM EST to order some rolls, because I was nearly out. (I had 3 rolls left I think.) I left my order, and that was that. I came in the next day to open up, and there was no such bread. Then the bill collector (A guy named Herb White) came in with a bill, expecting me to pay for bread that wouldn't be there till the next day on their mistake. I decided to be fair, so I paid them, not quite expecting the situation to escalate. Boy was I wrong.
Fast forward 1 month. I called in an order at around 10:50 AM EST to order a new box of bread, after asking Herb time and time again to tell the deliveryman to put my bread in a bag so I didn't have to throw some out each time. (This comes into play a bit later.)
The next day I came inside my store to find no rolls. Immediatley 3 people came inside and asked for footlong subs. I had the meat, lettuce, tomato, onion, and condiments, but no sub rolls, so I had to turn them away. That cost me about 13-14 dollars there, because their service is unreliable, and therefor, those 3 people thing that I am unreliable to have my product in.
I called up Herb White and he said he would be on it. A whole day passed with no rolls. (I did go to the store and buy some lame replacment rolls for that day.) I was very irritated over the whole ordeal. The next day, still no rolls. Now I was flat out pissed. I called up again, and went through automated hell, never once speaking with a human being. Herb had his private cell phone to which I was able to reach him before, but now he was absent from the phone.
On the third day I came into work, finding the rolls, and the box saying "Free" on the side. I figured it was a reasonable gesture by them. I let my irritation slide, and went about my buisness. That was untill last monday.
Last monday the bill collector Herb came around with a bill. I explained the situation to Herb, and he basicly told me I wrote "Free" on the side of my box and that I was trying to rip them off. He told me there was a woman answering the phone now, and that I could call and try and straighten it out before thursday when he came around again.
Thursday rolled around (I'm quite busy) so I gave the place a call, and a woman answered the phone, and the following conversation took place:
"Hi, this is Kevin at Kevvo's, customer number 572, and I'm calling to ask if I can speak some one in billing?"
-"Just a moment."
*mubles and muffled convorsation*
-"Hello?"
"Hi this is Kevin at Kevvo's, customer number 572 and I'm calling because last week my delivery was 3 days late, and this is the second time this happened. I was hoping we could work somthing out. I spoke with Herb White on monday, and he suggested I call to settle this before he came around today. Also, the side of my box said "Free" on the side."
-"We don't give free bread away."
"Ok, well, because you guys were 3 days late, on the first day, I had to turn 3 customers away immediatley because I didn't have any rolls. That cost me more than your rolls would have."
-"Well if your only turning away 3 people you can't be doing very much buisness at all."
". . ."
-"Well, I'm looking at your record here, and if we were getting more than 9 bucks a week out of you, and you were a priority customer, we might handel the situation differently."
"Do you treat all your customers this way, or is this reserved for the new buisness owners aroud here?"
-"So your not going to pay for the bread?"
"I'm not going to pay you for a service I didn't recieve when I asked for it. I'm trying to work somthing out here, because my customers enjoy your bread."
"So your not going to pay?"
-"I gather that's what your deciding."
"Well then, when the guy comes to collect, don't pay him and you can go **** yourself."
Yes. I can go **** myself.
So then in comes Herb White. I tell him the situation in front of a room full of customers. He turns around and tells me I'm lying, and that no one said that, and that didn't sound like anyone he worked with. Told me I was a liar, and left.
So my next step was to get my key back, so I called back, spoke with the woman on the phone, and asked for my key back, told them where to deposit it, and I'm still waiting for it.
Various other smaller things built it up too, but that whole situation became the straw that broke the camels back.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them.
It was a fun ride.
Kevin
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Sorry to hear all that Kevin.
The one question that jumps into my mind though - is, were there any other places you could have been getting your bread from? Threatening to take your business elsewhere is generally a good first step when they're giving you the run-around.
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Sorry to hear all that Kevin.
The one question that jumps into my mind though - is, were there any other places you could have been getting your bread from? Threatening to take your business elsewhere is generally a good first step when they're giving you the run-around.
I agree that would be a good course of action, at that point i wouldn't even threaten though, probably just act as it seems their service sucks majorly. Good luck with getting going or closing down. Either way sorry to hear of your troubles
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You need to watch The Godfather Part II. Seriously.
Sorry to hear about Kevvo's...I was really proud of you when you announced opening, and now, well, things like this happen.
Just Change your name to Don ______ and call them back. Try it. At least you'll get your key. :)
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Sorry to hear that. But could you try another bread supplier before hanging it all up?
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Thanks guys.
As I said, this bread ordeal was just the straw that broke the camels back. $10,000k in the hole now, and it doesn't look like it's getting any better. And Formisano was the SECOND baker I went through. I did tell them I would take my buisness elseware (I left it from my transcription last night because I'm exhausted; packing and so forth).
The first baker people (people reads as customers) didn't like because their sub rolls were too "bready". What ever in the heck that means, though they were quite fluffy. That prompted the switch to Formisano.
But all is good. I have a job offering up a couple of positions for me right now, both of which are good for what I need, and I can start paying off some of my equiptment and what have you. Plus they are treating me with alot more respect there now that I have owned my own resturaunt as it were, since I now know the ins and outs of the buisness.
It is sad to see a childhood dream go down the tube, but it's equal in releif, because now I know what it's all about, and know that it's the right decision to make for me right now. I'm only 20 years old (In May) so I've got a good long while ahead of me to figure it out, and maybe do it again sometime.
Kevin
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Sorry to hear about your recent roubles Kevin. I'[m sure you'll bounce back from this and eventually get another business going, and next time it will work much better since you have this one as a learning experience.
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Can whe still misspell words, though? ;D
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Sorry it came to this THIS time, Kev... I'm sure you will have another chance...
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One word - alcohol.
Next time you start a business, incorporate alcohol.
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One word - alcohol.
Next time you start a business, incorporate alcohol.
This is true. I worked in 3 restaurants while I was in college, one was a tex-mex BBQ/sandwich joint. It had an eat-in and take-out section. In the take out section, when people came to pick up their orders, we had a 16 foot refrigerator section with 6 packs of all kinds of beer, hard lemonade type drinks and wine coolers in it. Sold lots. Good idea.
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Sorry to hear that, man. Those kind of people really piss me off and I think you have more patience than I have.
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One word - alcohol.
Next time you start a business, incorporate alcohol.
This is true. I worked in 3 restaurants while I was in college, one was a tex-mex BBQ/sandwich joint. It had an eat-in and take-out section. In the take out section, when people came to pick up their orders, we had a 16 foot refrigerator section with 6 packs of all kinds of beer, hard lemonade type drinks and wine coolers in it. Sold lots. Good idea.
Sounds like a great idea! Though it would be pretty tough for him to sell it until he was old enough to buy it ;)
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Sorry to hear that Kev. Hopefully you'll open up another place soon.
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I had maybe 100-150 people over the course of my first month stop in and wish me luck. Then they would go buy some food elseware, or tell me how good other places are. That doesn't pay the bills, unfortunatley.
I think this would piss me off more than those bakery ********. Why the **** would you go wish someone good luck with a new business and not at least try the food? Sorry to hear about all this Kev. We were all hoping you'd do well. I for one was looking forward to trying one of your sandwiches.
Hopefully down the road you'll get to try again.
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As I said the other night, sorry to hear about this Kevvo. You didn't inform me of the bakery billygunning their part of the deal. Hopefully in a few years you'll be able to start up another business.
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Sorry to hear that things didn't work out for you Kevin.
Need help burning down that bakery? ;)
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If only you knew how ironic that statment was right now:
One of the bakerys I was setting up to try just burned down not 3-4 weeks ago.
Kevin
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I'll be "in town" in 2 months. I'll bring my spiked bat. We'll set things straight.
With love,
Brad
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That sucks Kev, sorry to hear that. Hopefully somewhere down the road you can get Kevvo's 2 up and running. Good luck with what you are going through.
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Sorry to hear about the closing Kevin, best of luck in your future endeavors. :)
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Bummer to hear about it. But I still give you major props for attempting this type of undertaking at your (our) age. Good luck on Round 2 somewhere down the line. :)
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sorry to hear about that kev, i hope u'll find a cool job or found another business !
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Update: I still have no such key in my favor.
I'm going to call the police.
Kevin
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Sweet make sure they use tear gas if it escalates ;)
Then while the cops are sorting it out steal some bread to get revenge ;)
Smarty.
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Sweet make sure they use tear gas if it escalates ;)
Then while the cops are sorting it out steal some bread to get revenge ;)
Yes, for that is the mature thing to do.
Kevin
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Well revenge is sweet no matter how immature( just as bad as Angry Ewok bringing a spiked bat), You know I was Joking right, I would never steal anything ::)
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Well revenge is sweet no matter how immature( just as bad as Angry Ewok bringing a spiked bat), You know I was Joking right, I would never steal anything ::)
The difference is: Brad is serious.
Kevin
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:o ok.....backing away slowly. ;)