http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/29/check-please-bay-area-season-2-episode-10-210/ regular people review Bay Area restaurants Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2007/03/29/check-please-bay-area-season-2-episode-10-210/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Tony Daysog Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:29:40 +0000 http://mail1.kqed.org/wpmu/food/2007/03/29/check-please-bay-area-season-2-episode-10-210/#comment-424 I don't like to watch your show because, invariably, one of the guests makes such a negative comment about another guest's restaurant and food choices in a way that seems excessive and personal. I find that kind of commentary very off-putting, especially because every one of your guests are amatures -- so there's no reason whatsoever for one guest to act so hoity-toity over another. Often times, it not "what" these negative guests say, but it's "how" they say it that, to me, is so off-putting. I think everybody goes into this show with the best of intentions -- to tell about their favorite restaurant. I think your guests should respect the choices and decisions of others, and where differences occur, work hard to do so ina way that seem professional and less judgemental of the other guest as a person. If you don't already, I really think you should require each of your guests to undergo some kind thirty minute or one hour primer on what constitutes good and proper communication before allowing anyoen one minute on the air via KQED. By the way, that negative exhange I am writing about occured this past week again, where the lady in black (Charlene) through language and intonation made the blonde lady (Alexandra) seem like a ditz for choosing her restaurant (Trattoria Siciliano). I dont know either person or have no connection with any restaurants -- I am just a TV viewer and, week in and week out, because she likes to watch "Check Please", I've been telling my girlfriend about what I've been noticing taking place on your show with respect to communication style, and how off-putting this is to me. Anyways . .. that's my two cents that I've been itching to relay to you guys. I don't like to watch your show because, invariably, one of the guests makes such a negative comment about another guest's restaurant and food choices in a way that seems excessive and personal. I find that kind of commentary very off-putting, especially because every one of your guests are amatures — so there's no reason whatsoever for one guest to act so hoity-toity over another. Often times, it not "what" these negative guests say, but it's "how" they say it that, to me, is so off-putting. I think everybody goes into this show with the best of intentions — to tell about their favorite restaurant. I think your guests should respect the choices and decisions of others, and where differences occur, work hard to do so ina way that seem professional and less judgemental of the other guest as a person. If you don't already, I really think you should require each of your guests to undergo some kind thirty minute or one hour primer on what constitutes good and proper communication before allowing anyoen one minute on the air via KQED. By the way, that negative exhange I am writing about occured this past week again, where the lady in black (Charlene) through language and intonation made the blonde lady (Alexandra) seem like a ditz for choosing her restaurant (Trattoria Siciliano). I dont know either person or have no connection with any restaurants — I am just a TV viewer and, week in and week out, because she likes to watch "Check Please", I've been telling my girlfriend about what I've been noticing taking place on your show with respect to communication style, and how off-putting this is to me. Anyways . .. that's my two cents that I've been itching to relay to you guys.

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