Current Events > Applebee's Declares Bankruptcy After Offering Free Alcohol For Veterans Day

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smoliske
11/11/17 5:23:53 PM
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KANSAS CITY, MO The president of Applebees International, Inc. announced Tuesday that the family restaurant chain would be declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy next week, after offering military service members and veterans free alcohol for Veterans Day.

The promotion resulted in a massive single day loss of nearly $6 billion.

I just wanted to do something for the troops, said Michael Archer, Applebees president, in a press conference. I figured they would come in, be respectful, and have a drink or two. Its not like people go to Applebees to drink.

Soon after the deal was announced, word of free alcohol spread across social media.

I knew this might be a problem right after the east coast locations opened, Archer said.I got a call from the Norfolk VA regional manager who said all our restaurants were packed to capacity with lines out the door.

One Applebees in the Norfolk region reported the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) brought his entire crew to the restaurant, with 3000 sailors fighting for just 100 seats.

The bartenders and servers fled the premises, leaving the sailors free reign over the bar, said Archer. The restaurant was on fire five minutes later.

Any location near military bases suffered a similar fate. Security footage of a Jacksonville, North Carolina Applebees showed hundreds of Marines drinking, head-butting walls, and holding one-armed pushup contests. Marines later spray painted USMC and Wagner loves cock over the walls.

Three guys came in and sat down at the bar, said Michelle Baxter, a bartender at an Applebees in Butte, Montana. They ordered three kegs and finished them in half an hour. One of them died for a moment. Actually died. He fell to the floor and wasnt breathing. The two others did CPR on him while shouting Wake up pussy, theres beer left!

He got back up and started drinking again. He wouldnt go to the hospital unless he could bring his keg, she added.

Although going out of business, Archer says he has no regrets. I wanted to thank our veterans. They really are our nations finest men and women. They proved it yesterday.
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Anteaterking
11/11/17 5:24:38 PM
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Zikten
11/11/17 5:25:47 PM
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navy and marines ruining it for the army. notice the army is not mentioned in these shenanigans. they were respectful and polite. unlike the marines and sailors
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Smashingpmkns
11/11/17 5:25:50 PM
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Written news satire is pretty much the bottom of the barrel when it comes to comedy.
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Teen Girl Squad
11/11/17 5:30:14 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Written news satire is pretty much the bottom of the barrel when it comes to comedy.


The Onion does it very well but there is a higher degree of difficulty for sure. This definately does not make the mark.
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lilORANG
11/11/17 5:32:43 PM
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smoliske posted...
nearly $6 billion.

oh c'mon at least try to make it believable if you're gonna troll.
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bover_87
11/11/17 5:35:19 PM
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Nice source.
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Going_Deep_08
11/11/17 5:37:53 PM
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Fake news.
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N3xtG3nGam3r
11/11/17 5:40:10 PM
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Dude...what. the. fuck.

Is this real life right now? You're telling me that the people that join these armed forces and are trained to be highly respectful, law abiding, upstanding citizens, did the shit they mentioned in the article?

Complete fucking disgrace. They should be discharging individuals dishonorably for their actions, and the Navy AND the Marines should cut a check to each and every location that conflict arose in to help recoup the losses.

Seriously, i cant stress how fucking disgraceful this is. I never in my life would have thought our armed forces--especially the Marines--would do some shit like this.

Disciplinary action should be non negotiable in these circumstances.

They fucking caught one of the restaurants on fire for fucks sake, and just started helping themselves to the fucking bar/restaraunt when some of the employees bailed over the craziness.

Just...fucking disgraceful man. Jesus fucking Christ.
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N3xtG3nGam3r
11/11/17 5:41:14 PM
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..also...

/s
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CiIantro
11/11/17 5:43:20 PM
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Fake news, TC should be modded. So sick of people spreading BS.
https://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/applebees.asp
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Butterfiles
11/11/17 5:43:27 PM
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Zikten posted...
navy and marines ruining it for the army. notice the army is not mentioned in these shenanigans. they were respectful and polite. unlike the marines and sailors

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? Ill have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and Ive been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and Im the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. Youre fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and thats just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little clever comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldnt, you didnt, and now youre paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. Youre fucking dead, kiddo.
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smoliske
11/11/17 5:43:43 PM
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lilORANG posted...
smoliske posted...
nearly $6 billion.

oh c'mon at least try to make it believable if you're gonna troll.


not unrealistic

up to $2.9 million per location
7am-2am hours today
100+ seats
Averaging the cost of beer, wine, and mixed drinks

simple math
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darkprince45
11/11/17 5:47:05 PM
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It is crazy how much military people drink tho for real

https://imgur.com/a/Uhsuf

This photo was taken the first 2 months of our deployment lol

That's just liquor too
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smoliske
11/11/17 5:50:09 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
It is crazy how much military people drink tho for real

https://imgur.com/a/Uhsuf

This photo was taken the first 2 months of our deployment lol

That's just liquor too


this. my base has it's own bar
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eston
11/11/17 5:52:31 PM
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UT1999
11/11/17 5:54:58 PM
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CiIantro posted...
Fake news, TC should be modded. So sick of people spreading BS.
https://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/applebees.asp

yeah it was fake news, why isn't this moddable? seems like everything else is. Love that consistency
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Drpooplol
11/11/17 5:56:06 PM
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Where's the source. I searched this and didn't find anything.

Tc's probably a faking bitch
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CiIantro
11/11/17 5:56:46 PM
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UT1999 posted...
CiIantro posted...
Fake news, TC should be modded. So sick of people spreading BS.
https://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/applebees.asp

yeah it was fake news, why isn't this moddable? seems like everything else is. Love that consistency

@Error1355 Fix this.
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glitteringfairy
11/11/17 5:57:12 PM
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Three guys came in and sat down at the bar, said Michelle Baxter, a bartender at an Applebees in Butte, Montana. They ordered three kegs and finished them in half an hour. One of them died for a moment. Actually died. He fell to the floor and wasnt breathing. The two others did CPR on him while shouting Wake up pussy, theres beer left!

Is thus real. Lol god damn
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Axiom
11/11/17 5:59:06 PM
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CiIantro posted...
UT1999 posted...
CiIantro posted...
Fake news, TC should be modded. So sick of people spreading BS.
https://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/applebees.asp

yeah it was fake news, why isn't this moddable? seems like everything else is. Love that consistency

Error1355 Fix this.

Fake news is moddable if people actually mark it as trolling. I've seen it happen first hand
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Tropicalwood
11/11/17 6:00:15 PM
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lol at thinking Error isn't drunk off his ass right now.
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IfGodCouldDie
11/11/17 6:00:56 PM
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smoliske posted...
The bartenders and servers fled the premises, leaving the sailors free reign over the bar, said Archer. The restaurant was on fire five minutes later.

This made me laugh really hard.
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smoliske
11/11/17 6:03:03 PM
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Tropicalwood posted...
lol at thinking Error isn't drunk off his ass right now.


is error a veteran?
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Kaname_Madoka
11/11/17 6:51:38 PM
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Zikten posted...
navy and marines ruining it for the army. notice the army is not mentioned in these shenanigans. they were respectful and polite. unlike the marines and sailors

Lol
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Schwarber
11/11/17 7:13:27 PM
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Zikten posted...
navy and marines ruining it for the army. notice the army is not mentioned in these shenanigans. they were respectful and polite. unlike the marines and sailors


lol
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Back_Stabbath
11/11/17 7:17:39 PM
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Zikten posted...
navy and marines ruining it for the army. notice the army is not mentioned in these shenanigans. they were respectful and polite. unlike the marines and sailors


lol
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UT1999
11/11/17 7:19:00 PM
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tc why did you post this fake news story?
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AlephZero
11/11/17 7:21:57 PM
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Teen Girl Squad posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
Written news satire is pretty much the bottom of the barrel when it comes to comedy.


The Onion does it very well but there is a higher degree of difficulty for sure. This definately does not make the mark.

Everyone thinks they can do satire until they actually try.
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UT1999
11/11/17 7:24:04 PM
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do you think tc should be modded for this?
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coolpal23
11/11/17 7:28:11 PM
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UT1999 posted...
do you think tc should be modded for this?

Lets see what people think
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smoliske
11/11/17 7:29:54 PM
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coolpal23 posted...
UT1999 posted...
do you think tc should be modded for this?

Lets see what people think


but is she hot
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RaptorLC
11/11/17 7:54:45 PM
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It's like people have never heard of Duffel Blog.
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UnholyMudcrab
11/11/17 7:55:51 PM
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Muffinz0rz
11/11/17 7:59:42 PM
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Wagner loves cock
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armandro
11/11/17 8:16:09 PM
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leverageblargh posted...
UT1999 posted...
tc why did you post this fake news story?


Probably to watch the clownpuppets dance

He likes to talk to underage girls on the internet.
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IslamMD
11/11/17 8:20:21 PM
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I knew something was up when TC didn't post link to article.
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smoliske
11/11/17 8:46:54 PM
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IslamMD posted...
I knew something was up when TC didn't post link to article.


clipboard must have been corrupted
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Hexenherz
11/11/17 8:52:21 PM
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I really hate that Duffel Blog is so inconsistent. They have some really high shelf gems buried underneath all the shit :\
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CarlGrimes
11/11/17 8:55:47 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
It is crazy how much military people drink tho for real

https://imgur.com/a/Uhsuf

This photo was taken the first 2 months of our deployment lol

That's just liquor too

That's it? Were you Air Force or something?
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Antifar
11/11/17 8:57:07 PM
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Isn't satire supposed to be funny?
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SlashmanSG
11/11/17 9:23:33 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
It is crazy how much military people drink tho for real

https://imgur.com/a/Uhsuf

This photo was taken the first 2 months of our deployment lol

That's just liquor too

How many men?
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