In Milwaukee, the inherent tension of this Midwest Bagel Quest became clear to me. Can the daughter/granddaughter of small business owners comfortably judge bagels from small business bagel shops?
Definitely not. BUT, I do think it must be hard to give a thumbs down to a place especially when they have been nice to you. That would be hard for me.
As far as assholes go, check about this article about my brother and what happened when he thought Boichik bagels were too expensive. https://jweekly.com/2021/06/14/financial-advisers-joking-critique-of-boichik-bagels-lands-flat/
I think my brother got the asshole award there.
Ok. Case study #78 that you can’t be subtley funny on the internet bc people need the vocal and visual cues. Funny that this was written up
Definitely not. BUT, I do think it must be hard to give a thumbs down to a place especially when they have been nice to you. That would be hard for me.
My one category (which I’m still working on learning to apply without foreknowledge of said bagel): would Jen walk ½ a mile to eat this bagel?
I think it is a full proof category