End of the road for "Little Chef"
Feb 28th 2005, 4:34 am
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by psb182
we call them "little theif"......just went home for a couple weeks and went in one.......breakkie for 2 and 2 coffies almost 16 quid :scared:
Pat
Feb 28th 2005, 1:17 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Ah, that does bring back memories! Many (many) years ago when we lived in Brussels and would make the annual pilgrimage back to the West Highlands, we'd drive to Calais, take the ferry, drive to Earls Court and onto the MotoRail train, get off in the morning in Sterling and head north to Oban ... and the first stop was always the Little Chef! This was a nice clean one run by cheerful people, and there was nothing like the smell of that fry-up in the mountain air.
I wonder if it's still there ... I'll have to ask my sister.
I wonder if it's still there ... I'll have to ask my sister.
Feb 28th 2005, 8:48 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
It makes me laugh that your food always comes out looking exactly like it does in the picture, right down to the last baked bean!
Mar 4th 2005, 10:58 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
As a HGV driver I hated Little Chef. I would be starving flippin' hungry and come up to a Little Chef on a major trunk road, then see that sign outside "NO H.G.V's". That used to irritate the living crap out of me.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
Mar 5th 2005, 2:41 am
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Few things got my Dad as fired up as a Little Chef meal. Now that I'm older, can't say I blame him.
Mar 5th 2005, 2:01 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by rushman
As a HGV driver I hated Little Chef. I would be starving flippin' hungry and come up to a Little Chef on a major trunk road, then see that sign outside "NO H.G.V's". That used to irritate the living crap out of me.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
so did you like it or not?
Mar 5th 2005, 5:56 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by psb182
so did you like it or not?
Mar 5th 2005, 11:01 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Does anyone remember the 'Happy Eater' symbol?
It looked like a smiley face side on, with a hand pointing to its open mouth.
I remember reading that they changed the symbol by removing the hand because people said it looked like the guy was trying to make himself be sick.Lol,,,,,
It looked like a smiley face side on, with a hand pointing to its open mouth.
I remember reading that they changed the symbol by removing the hand because people said it looked like the guy was trying to make himself be sick.Lol,,,,,
Mar 5th 2005, 11:03 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by rushman
As a HGV driver I hated Little Chef. I would be starving flippin' hungry and come up to a Little Chef on a major trunk road, then see that sign outside "NO H.G.V's". That used to irritate the living crap out of me.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
More often than not the only time the car parks were full was on bank holiday weekends when the gullible British public would commence their bi annual caravan exodus to rain sodden campsites and wind lashed seafronts. All stopping at Little Chef for a cremated breakfast that looked like it had already been eaten. Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
How can anyone honestly fondly enjoy remembering the first degree burns that were inflicted by the incompetant design of those individual stainless steel tea pots, yes, the one's that poured the scalding hot tea all over your lap as you tried to fill a cup. Nip in for a quick cuppa and come out 5 minutes later singing soprano and looking like you just wet yourself.
I am only suprised that it took so long for the public to actually realise what a shower of shite Little Chef actually was.
GUFFAW!!!!
Mar 5th 2005, 11:14 pm
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by Suffolk Bumpkin
Does anyone remember the 'Happy Eater' symbol?
It looked like a smiley face side on, with a hand pointing to its open mouth.
I remember reading that they changed the symbol by removing the hand because people said it looked like the guy was trying to make himself be sick.Lol,,,,,
It looked like a smiley face side on, with a hand pointing to its open mouth.
I remember reading that they changed the symbol by removing the hand because people said it looked like the guy was trying to make himself be sick.Lol,,,,,
Happy Eater? Happy Eater? Don't even get me started on Happy ****** Eater!!!!!!
Happy Eater made Little Chef look like The Savoy Grill!!!!!
Mar 11th 2005, 12:36 am
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
My husband worked at a Little CHef as a teen and after being told to put the toilet scrubber in the same dish washer with the dishes, that was the end of Little Chef for everyone he knew (and liked).
Mar 11th 2005, 2:04 am
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by rushman
Sloppily served by some spotty slip of a kid with a face full of dripping acne, the waitressing skills of a arthritic chimpanzee and the speed of a snail carrying a bag of very heavy shopping.
Err, Flyergirl - any comment?
Mar 11th 2005, 3:01 am
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Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"
Originally Posted by dbj1000
How odd. I remember Little Chef as being over-priced, stinking of stale fags and cold grease, and serving all-day-breakfasts that had sat under a heat lamp until the grease-slick chips and egg had welded to the dirty plate!
...but I didn't go that often, as you can imagine. Perhaps it was an acquired taste.
I won't be mourning their loss.
...but I didn't go that often, as you can imagine. Perhaps it was an acquired taste.
I won't be mourning their loss.
very reassuring ...
