Growl

[lapsedmodernist]

I am not allowed "the interweb" until I catch up on at least 50% of the shit that I have to do. So this is just to say that I hate gratuitous use of Flash. Last night I was hungry for the first time in almost a month (now, before you get all interventionist on me, I eat, I'm just never hungry), it was 2 AM, so of course I was, like, Anytime! I haven't had an occasion to order from Anytime since I moved out of the apartment you may remember from my Slumlord Chronicles, and I certainly no longer had the menu. No problem, I thought, I have the interweb at my disposal, and sure enough, two clicks of Google later, there it is, Anytime Cafe. The problem? The fucking menu is in Flash and I can't read it because my computer just, like, doesn't want to install a Flash Player. Believe me, I've tried. There isn't a text-only version. I try to trick the Flash by clicked cached on google, but no. The menu manifests itself on my laptop screen as a close relative of Malevich's "The Black Square," The Black Rectangle. Now, why does Anytime Cafe need flash? I mean, really? "Oh, we are sooo cool, we only deliver to hipsters who have OS10 and thus can run Firefox. OS9 people, you can eat your cuticles." I actually managed to order food from them by way of enlisting pnts, a.k.a. remsaverem, who is located in Colorado, to walk me through the menu, the price minimum, and to give me their phone number via AIM. . That is not acceptable.

Comments

the best part is

[circekills.livejournal.com]

the tater tots. sure, i can make 'em myself in my apartment but the idea of a little brown box of hot potato nuggety goodness being delivered to my door is just too delightful.

Re: the best part is

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

you know, every time I've ordered tater tots from them (which, to be fair, hasn't happened that often), they always arrived soggy and lukewarm. Their pierogies, on the other hand, are quite good. Same goes for the potato & leak soup. The sandwiches are subpar, but the chocolate mousse is excellent. Not that you need an entire Anytime menu review from me...