not selling me

[mamajoan]

This morning as I walked through Harvard Square, I was given a free copy of today's Boston Globe. It was part of a promotion to let people know that there's a new Qdoba restaurant in the Square, which opened today. I don't know much about Qdoba except that they make Mexican food and sandykidd is apparently a big fan.

Anyway, so they had taken today's Globe and folded an extra sheet of paper over it, mocked up to look like the front page of the Globe, but instead of actual news stories it had a press release/advertisement for the new Qdoba. And just skimming over it in the last two minutes of my walk to the office, I found at least six errors. :P Some of them were basic, stupid typos of the "should have run a spellcheck" variety ("coummunity", "suport") whereas others were more subtle grammar/punctuation issues (like a quotation without a close-quote at the end). Lame.

Yeesh, if they were going to spend all that money on getting the Globes, putting together this faux front page, hiring people to hand them out, etc., why not spend the extra $30 for an hour of a copyeditor's time? Come on, people.

Also, below the fold there are a couple of other "articles" about Qdoba's activities in the community -- and those are even worse. I couldn't even get beyond the first paragraph of any of them. I think Qdoba owes me a free burrito or something, for the pain they've caused me. ;)

Oh, speaking of which, after I managed to wrench my bleeding eyes past the text, I found a coupon at the bottom of the page -- buy one entree, get one free. Awesome. I sense a burrito in my future. And I don't even like burritos! :)

Comments

[sandykidd.livejournal.com]

I don't even like burritos!

You had to know that'd get a comment from me. Burritos are the world's easiest health food! Wrap almost any hot foot in a tortilla and you have a burrito. They freeze well, they're very portable, the vegetarian versions are even easier to make and keep than the meativore kind, and they're oh-so-cheap (homemade, not so much the restaurant/fast food sort)... How can you not love burritos? Sheesh. ;) Still don't like burritos? Fine. Wrap a cold food entree in a tortilla and you have a fancy-schmancy 'Wrap'(tm) a la Subway/S&S/etc. C'mon! *pressures* Everybody's doin' it. ;P

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

LOL!! Well, I was sort of under the impression that beans, salsa, and tomatoes were required in order for something to qualify as a burrito. So if that's not true, well then, maybe I like burritos after all. LOL. Anyway, I did say I was going to go and try one, didn't I?

Heck, if that's all it takes to make a burrito, then I've been having them for lunch several times a week! :)

[sandykidd.livejournal.com]

Okay, so a traditional burrito should have beans, yes. At least. But the thing is, if you ate burritos every day (and I did, for years), you'd start messing with the recipe. As I happen to like beans and salsa, they are definitely at the top of my burritos' ingredients lists (yes, pl), but I've gone so far from the norm as to include ramen noodles in my burritos. SO there. :)

[ajmcoqui.livejournal.com]

Beware Qdoba! A good friend of mine went to the one near Symphony a little while ago, and he ended up with raw chicken in his burrito. Seriously. I saw it myself. It was chicken tartar, which you do NOT want under any circumstances, let alone while still breast feeding. If you go there, you might want to stick with veggies only.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I'm vegetarian, so that oughta be easy. :) But thanks for the heads-up. Did he say anything to the staff or etc.?

[ajmcoqui.livejournal.com]

Ah, of course, I think I knew you were vegetarian, sorry. But I think I'd second-guess everything about that organization based on the Raw Chicken Episode. My friend did, indeed, say something to the staff, but the manager only offered him free Qdoba coupons, to which Greg replied, "why on Earth would I want MORE raw chicken?" He let it drop, but that place sure lost his business and mine.