Someone recently Yelped my church. We got three stars out of five. The review was so hostile that I'm surprised we got that many. He disliked the homily (which was excellent, I was at the same mass) and the music (also excellent, it's one of the main reasons people go there). The dude took exception to "Lots of long, pregnant pauses during the consecration," because the Transubstantiation is something best when it's rushed. ("Why on earth does the priest keep closing his eyes and folding his hands?") He rebuked the congregation for wearing jeans. Even Jesus Himself took a knock: "St. Clement's also uses soft, crumbly bread as the Host during communion."
I assume that when he actually likes the Host, he takes a picture of it and posts it on Facebook.
So I enjoyed this article in the Times yesterday by Jim Windolf about anonymous online reviewers. From the article:
"Who are these people? I’m not sure, but they are more exacting than professional critics.
Take “Lisa C.,” of Millbrae, Calif., posting as follows at Yelp after having visited a Starbucks with her boyfriend: “the barista ... looked at me confused when i said ‘grande hot apple chai’ as if he didn’t know what it was ... then he said ‘apple juice infused into chai tea?’ i responded, ‘yeah...’ my bf usually gets that ‘ice vanilla latte with restretto (sp?)’ and they stared at him too ... my drink didn’t taste that well ... something was off balance and i ended up tossing it...”
Yeah, something was definitely off balance.
I assume that when he actually likes the Host, he takes a picture of it and posts it on Facebook.
So I enjoyed this article in the Times yesterday by Jim Windolf about anonymous online reviewers. From the article:
"Who are these people? I’m not sure, but they are more exacting than professional critics.
Take “Lisa C.,” of Millbrae, Calif., posting as follows at Yelp after having visited a Starbucks with her boyfriend: “the barista ... looked at me confused when i said ‘grande hot apple chai’ as if he didn’t know what it was ... then he said ‘apple juice infused into chai tea?’ i responded, ‘yeah...’ my bf usually gets that ‘ice vanilla latte with restretto (sp?)’ and they stared at him too ... my drink didn’t taste that well ... something was off balance and i ended up tossing it...”
Yeah, something was definitely off balance.
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