John R. wrote:Steve Magruder wrote:Cinco de Mayo -> food poisoning. Hehe, not exactly my intention for the topic, but hey, that's what makes life fun.
It was actually on how we say things rather than food poisoning. Had Robin said what he said in his last post, I had no argument. But he didn't, so I did. The first one being forums and subterfuge. The second one on how people describe restaurants as good, bad, wonderful, or awful. Though a great many will talk about their experience as great, wonderful yada, there are a few that will say a restaurant is bad. Just like a diagnosis, we are not competent enough to say whether or not a restaurant is wonderful or awful. Liking something is a cold hard fact. Robin's advice in his last post was solid and based on consequence but it wasn't really my argument. Now I wouldnt be surprised if Robin, based on my experience with him, to advise a person not to say a restaurant is BAD but rather their experience was bad. I know he doesn't advise caution when it's positive. That's a big fat duh, but it's something to think about. Probably not for this forum but eh.
Understood. There does seem to be a extra level of sensitivity in general here that I haven't personally experienced in other forums. I usually don't feel a need to watch so much what I say (I'm politically incorrect by nature), but due to some responses I've received, that's what I've had to do. You're right, when we're positive, no problem, but any hint at criticism doesn't seem to fly well. And I have no problem with you telling us about your experience at any restaurant, good or bad. I may ask questions in response, but I would never question one's ability to say what they feel.