Meatheads is Messing with Me!
Have you ever heard of the saying, “Kill them with kindness?” Well, Tom Jednorowicz from Meatheads Restuarant has and he is using it on me.
After posting a sassy little blog entry about one of his restaurants, I got one of the most gracious and practical responses I could have imagined. It's killing me.
Perhaps the real note is in a trash bucket on his computer or in tatters in some landfill. I'm certain there is a cleansing letter his mother taught him to write, then destroy. In it he calls me a bored, spoiled, under-engaged, over-functioning, chubby, suburban white-bread, old navy wearin’, credit card wieldin’, mini-van driven, antiquated, thinks-you-know-everything-because-you-toiled-away-in-advertising-designing-billboards-and-jingles-before-Al-Gore-invented-the-internet, chick-a-dee.
I haven’t had the guts to show my face at Meatheads Restaurant again although it is located right next to my regular pit stops at the busy corner of Route 59 and 75th Street in Naperville: Costco, Starbucks, Home Depot, Whole Foods, Chase Bank, Noodles and Nordstrom Rack. Every time I cruise by I try to see what is happening inside. Are there customers? Are those two guys still playing office in the dining area?
The lights are still on. There are cars in the parking lot. There are customers with winter coats stacked in chairs next to them, but no guys in shirt sleeves with laptops and cell phones.
Of course everyone in my family knows that I have a complimentary $50 Meatheads gift card burning a hole in my penny pinching pocket. I originally joked that I was going to give it to our 18 year old son, Jonathan, and a bunch of his obnoxious friends. (I mean that with love, guys.) But that didn’t seem meaningful enough and it seemed unnecessarily cruel to the crew at Meatheads. (Ooops. There I go again, slandering my teenager. Sorry, again J-Bear and buddies.)
Instead, this is what I have decided to do. I am going to use this gift card to feed another suburban family (up to six people) at Meatheads. The catch is that you have to eat with me and my family!
Just send me a quick email at deniseburks@successinthesuburbs.com by March 1 with the word MEATHEADS in the subject line and I’ll pick a winner and be in touch, soon.
I can’t wait to here from y’all!
6 comments:
LOL! I sure wish I lived close enough to go! Maybe you could have one of the boys wear a baseball caps with the hidden cam! Live streaming video! yeah! heehee!
Cheers!
Tina
That sounds awesome but unfortunately I live in Minnesota and I'm assuming hotel and gas aren't included in the deal? You'll have to keep us updated and fill us in on all the details! How thoughtful and fun!!!
Linda in Minnesota
I'm in NY or I'd totally ask you to pick us!!
:)
Fun thing you are doing!
What a great idea! I don't suppose you could fly me out from CA to eat with you? Could you ask Meatheads about that possibility?
Too bad I'm stuck here on the Ponderosa I'd sure take ya'll up on it. I will be lookin' forward to the family ya'll take with ya and the story you'll have to tell.
Have a gloriously blessed day!!!
I wonder what air fare would be for me to come to your suburb to lunch with you? I'm thinking it would be great fun. Maybe I could drive.....maybe I could stop by in August on my way to DC.....probably not, so I am hoping you find someone from a suburb near you to take you up on this fantastic offer:)
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