Your Stupid Opinions - Giant Potato Disappointment, Skate For Your Life, At Home Pole

Episode Date: April 1, 2025

One star reviews from all over the internet! We find out about Idaho's potato museum, and why some are mad that their 9 foot long potato isn't real. A roller rink where your children may be p...ushed around, insulted, called out for pooping their pants, and have hoodies stolen off their bodies. A very personal item that will have you practicing your stripper pole moves, while keeping 911 ready to call, in case of a broken neck & much more!!Join comedians James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman as they explore the most opinionated part of the internet: The Reviews Section!Subscribe and we will see you every Monday with Your Stupid Opinions!!!Don't forget to rate & review!!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to your stupid opinions ad free right now join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple podcasts Hello everybody welcome back to Your Stupid Opinions. Hey! Hey, thank you so much for joining us. My name is James Petragallo, I'm here with my co-host. I'm Jimmy Wissman. We have more fun and complaints and grievances and we're going to have fun with people's bad times today.
Starting point is 00:00:40 As usual, we've got some fun stuff we'd like to say up front, as we always say, these are not our reviews. No. We didn't do this. No. But these are plenty of other people's complaints and grievances and sometimes compliments. And we'll find them all and we'll find some fun places
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Starting point is 00:01:17 Oh, I'm always hungry always hungry. Well, let us go to Idaho where we always go when we're hungry That's where I go. Damn it, why am I not in Idaho? My stomach is grumbling. We're going to the Idaho Potato Museum. Oh, the museum. And Potato Station Cafe. That's gotta be boring, right? I mean, the cafe sounds great.
Starting point is 00:01:37 I would hope they have some good french fries, maybe get a big potato there. Now this place is at 130 Northwest Main Street in Blackfoot, Idaho Okay, and it's described as exhibits on the history and cultivation of potatoes in a former train depot with a cafe and gift shop You've been here before It's got an enormous, like a... Yeah, a giant spud right out front. Eight foot long, fucking seven foot high potato out front of it, so you can't miss it really.
Starting point is 00:02:11 If you've driven by it, you've seen it. It's got four and a half stars on Google. People love the potato. Is that right? Yeah, 2350 reviews too. I mean this is... My God. People are going to the potato museum.
Starting point is 00:02:23 It closes... That's everybody in town. That town going to the potato museum. It closes. Everybody in town. That town's tiny. Yeah. It closes at 5 o'clock which is real early. I don't even get like, my interest in potatoes starts peaking around 7, 8. You know what I mean? It's really, it's not that early.
Starting point is 00:02:37 5 PM. We're done. 5 PM. Get the fuck out. Potatoes are over. So here we go. Five stars. This is from Walter. He's got
Starting point is 00:02:46 1,521 reviews on Google so this guy he's been to 1,521 places at least and this was a five-star this dude reviews everything he does he goes to McDonald's every time through the drive-thru It's a review like you can't review. I haven't been 1,500 places in the last 20 years Have you that That's crazy. I don't think so. Holy shit, that would be five places a day for a year. That's a lot, yeah. That's a lot, so.
Starting point is 00:03:13 Five stars, we enjoyed our visit and learnt, learnt, not learnt, learnt. That's Blackfoot. So much about the famous potato. The fully loaded baked potato served at the museum restaurant was a blast. I've never heard of a potato or any meal being described as a blast like the food itself. A potato especially. Wally. It had bacon bits on
Starting point is 00:03:40 it though Jimmy so it's really a blast. It's a blast then it gets crazy So fun imagine someone putting a potato in front of you and you're like fuck yeah Fucking devil horns. Yeah How deprived are you all you've been to 1500 places? I mean the blast where is he going? Byron that's one person. I'd like to explore their reviews and see what that's it. That's it. It was a blast Doesn't have time he's got a review he's got a review the eight other things he did today He doesn't have a lot of time thing better dance like the California raisins for a whole lot of stuff Are you telling you the sour cream moves around the bacon bits? Do a little fucking shuffle?
Starting point is 00:04:24 Byron five stars. Probably the best potato museum I've ever seen. I would hope so. We've seen more than one. It is Idaho. Do they have multiple potato museums? That's possible up there, honestly. That's what I mean.
Starting point is 00:04:39 They all have one. In fact, many people are saying it's the best food museum around. Oh. Food in general., I didn't general. I literally didn't know food museums existed until this cheeseburger potato music that I'll go to. I'll go to the cheeseburger museum. That sounds terrific. They even have a replica of the world's largest potato. I think it's I don't think it's a replica of the actual potato.
Starting point is 00:05:00 I think it's that out front. That's the largest. Now, I think it's just a giant potato they put out there. I don't think they're like this. We have the exact measurements of the world's largest fucking recorded potato when we made a copy of it outside. They even have a restaurant that features many different potatoes. I mean, French fries, baked and top notch potato soup. I was going to put in a potato pun, but I could not find a place to mash it in.
Starting point is 00:05:26 Oh, you son of a bitch. Byron, Byron, Byron, Byron. You did it anyway. Lousy son of a bitch. You can do the museum in about an hour. Great. In about as much time as it takes to bake a potato. Right.
Starting point is 00:05:42 So perfect. Marissa five stars. By the way, I love potatoes in all things potato. Potatoes are wonderful. It's the most versatile thing on the planet. I love it. I love a baked potato, I love a mashed potato, a roasted potato, crispy on the, ah!
Starting point is 00:05:55 They're amazing. Jesus Christ, french fries, give me those thick steaks. There's no bad way to do it. No, potatoes are wonderful. So for me to go here and to not love it, it would really have to suck. It would really have to be bad. You'd have to have no potatoes.
Starting point is 00:06:09 No potatoes. It's not even about potatoes. It's about turnips. Like your experience in North Carolina when you thought you had potatoes on your plate and they were not potatoes at all. Fascinating potatoes. That's because it's not a potato, Jimmy.
Starting point is 00:06:21 Oh, makes no sense. It was funny that I knew what you ordered, and I was like, you didn't look at your menu item that you ordered? And then you were like, have a bite, and it tasted like a wet mushroom. It was weird, it was not. This is bad.
Starting point is 00:06:36 It was bad. Marissa Five Stars, I went on a road trip and saw a bunch of things, including the Grand Canyon, and I can confidently say this was one of the best moments of my trip. Get out of here. I've seen the largest hole in the world but I saw also a giant potato. Blackfoot Idaho to the Grand Canyon is like a two day ride.
Starting point is 00:06:58 10 hours. Yeah it's so long. I could not stop talking about it to my family as I had such a great experience. These poor people All she keeps talking about is a giant potato out in front of the fucking place shut up Marissa shut up Jesus Christ. I was given pins and Instant mashed potatoes which instantly set the tone for the rest of the museum. Here's a pin Here's a box of fucking Idahoan.
Starting point is 00:07:25 Get in there and look around. Yeah, yeah. A little pouch of them. The history, VR experience, Mr. Potato Heads, videos, and massive baked potato statue outside were interactive and fun to do. My absolute favorite part was the cafe, and at, cafe at the end,
Starting point is 00:07:44 it really tied the whole experience together and I couldn't stop smiling imagine if you took her to like a Broadway show her head would explode it's like oh my god they're dancing and singing and acting and there's other people there wait till she goes to Disney after every ride they have all the toys for the theme there too. Oh my god. Right as you get out. And then a giant mouse talks to you, it's incredible.
Starting point is 00:08:09 It's so good. So she says, the staff was amazing and super sweet. 10 out of 10 experience. I've been recommending it to everyone, I bet you have. You've been annoying everyone you know about. And they're like, you know at her job, they're like, Jesus Christ, fucking Marissa and that goddamn tomato or potato museum, I can't take it anymore. It's too
Starting point is 00:08:28 much. She never shuts the fuck up about it. She's looking for it for sure. Uh, please never close and then prayer hands. Never close. How often do you want to go back here? Okay. So that's the good. I love, you know a place is gonna be funny when the good reviews are hilarious. That's when they're funny. Okay. How do you get mad at this? That's what I mean.
Starting point is 00:08:53 Well, some people do. Let's find out. Emerald, one star, super mad at it, and a lot of reviews for this person too. The museum side was cool, pretty annoyed because specifically picked this restaurant and forced the family to stop Just to get a baked potato and check out the place Went to order food after finishing the museum and they said they're out of potatoes for a minimum of 30 minutes
Starting point is 00:09:17 Okay potatoes take a while to bake if you want to bake potato There's no way to speed that up unless you want it in the microwave and being like, shit. Yeah. I want a decent potato. But this is- They came to a museum strictly for the cafe? To eat a baked potato, to pull off the road so they could eat a baked potato.
Starting point is 00:09:34 Go to Wendy's. Which is a really strange thing to do here. This is 100% what you are known for and what you do. How are you out? I'm highly disappointed. Went to find some other unique place to eat went to find some other weird Museum with the who are the facsimile of the food they serve in giant form right outside their door later I need to learn about my dinner before I have it and then
Starting point is 00:10:01 But I don't want a dinner either. I just want a side dish That's not even a dinner. No. It's just a potato. You go to the broccoli museum and just eat broccoli? Yeah, that's my dinner here. Highly dis- how are you out? They didn't say they were out. They said it would be 30 minutes. They're making more. You fucking jerk off. They're in the oven. Alright, here we go. Idaho Potato Museum and Potato Station Cafe owner has responded.
Starting point is 00:10:27 Oh really? Hi Emerald, I'm glad you found somewhere else to eat. I love how that has just enough snark in it. Glad you didn't starve to death because we were out of potatoes for 30 minutes. There are a lot of great local options in Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Fort Hall. No there's not. No there's not. of great local options in Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Fort Hall. If you're in a hurry and don't have the time to wait for a spud, you have the option
Starting point is 00:10:49 of calling in at this phone number to order your potato one to two hours out or purchase it online at IdahoPotatoMuseum.com. You can pre-order your potato. We make sure to have spuds for those orders, especially if you have an arrival time on your order. Okay, that sounds fair. Mads, one star, was absolutely dumb. Yeah, it's a potato museum.
Starting point is 00:11:16 It's just a fun, stupid thing. You're not going to go and go, Jesus, I'm not as informed about the potatoes as I want it to be. What do you want from these people? I want to know so much more about the russet Do not go waste of six dollars Sincerely a native Idahoan also the talking basement potatoes definitely got an illegal lobotomy. Please check on mrs. Potato What are we I couldn't dollars? It's six dollars to walk around in there. That's what this costs waste of six dollars
Starting point is 00:11:48 If you spent an hour six dollars is you did you got your money's worth even if it wasn't that fun Just six dollars is a that's a if you can waste an hour. That's fine And I don't know about you for six dollars Not a lot nothing you can't get a McDonald's extra value meal for six dollars So walk around and shut the fuck up Eric one star For a potato museum. They really didn't know anything about potatoes lol This person's quiz and people none of my answers were answered none of my answers were answered
Starting point is 00:12:22 This person just said maybe because you didn't know how to ask, you were answering instead of asking. You should have asked questions. That's your problem. Okay, here we go, here are his questions. Answer one, other than grocery stores, where can I buy a bag of potatoes? Okay, that's not an answer.
Starting point is 00:12:38 This person doesn't know the definition of the word answer and question. They had no clue. Yeah, I don't know, a farmer fuck. Are you talking about a farm? You know a guy on the corner with a second, but I don't care where you buy your fucking potatoes This isn't what we're about here answer to answer to where is the nearest potato farm? They didn't know on it motherfucker. They didn't know they told me to Google it They didn't know on it motherfucker. They didn't know they told me to Google it
Starting point is 00:13:11 Answer three who sells the biggest potatoes they didn't know No, no Answer four who tell who sells the most potatoes are you looking for a company a guy? What are you talking about surprisingly no one knows lol? Answer five where do you guys get the potatoes from a distributor? They don't know who? No, I mean, yeah, I don't know Idaho man. What do you think somewhere around? That's where they grow them. No one there really even knows anything about potatoes for a potato museum The price was six bucks too high and the to not to too high with no tour guide do you really need a tour guide to be told
Starting point is 00:13:51 about potatoes can you just walk around and read some shit and such a small space but the main reason I went there to buy potatoes this guy can't find potatoes anywhere else in Idaho he's like they must have them here He doesn't have those answers to his questions. That's why he's asking that me wants the biggest potatoes he can find And where can I get them? Yeah and hoping to eat the world's best potatoes Unfortunately, they only gave me six pieces of potato dollars six pieces of potato dollars lol I don't know what that means. And a small amount of fries. Save your money, your six dollars, which is what fries cost.
Starting point is 00:14:31 Just Google everything and go to the nearest restaurant to eat a potato. Those are all separate sentences, by the way. This guy's, the Idaho Museum has answered him. Don't you worry. It's ruined him, it broke him. They came back and they have answers for young Eric here. Hi Eric. I'm not sure who you spoke with but there's a good chance it was one
Starting point is 00:14:50 of our teenagers who work in the cafe and gift shop. I'm sorry you didn't get the answers you were looking for but there are not short answers to your questions. More than likely the teenager simply didn't know how to articulate what they've known since birth. Here are your answers. One, yes, you can purchase the potatoes directly from the growers or at You Pick Farms or even at farmers markets. There are even a few roadside booths where travelers can stop and purchase their spuds.
Starting point is 00:15:15 Some locals even glean potatoes at the end of a harvesting season. And then in parentheses, gleaning is picking up potatoes left in the fields after harvest. Yeah, there are some that are gonna fall off off the truck. Yeah, it's called stealing from farms. But for most people who live in our area, we just go to the grocery store because our stores carry potatoes that come from the local farms like Wada and non-periel. Where is the nearest
Starting point is 00:15:42 farm? The fields are all around us. Go in any direction and as soon as you are out of the city limits you can be near a potato field. There are a few fields inside the city limits too but they're smaller. The hardship in answering this question is that we can tell you where the farm is located but giving out directions is more difficult. We know where they are but don't know where the address is without looking it up and you can do that as just as easy as we can do it. We can tell you the water farms in Pingree, Liberty's gold offices are in Blackfoot and so are non-parrills. Idaho potato growers are in Shelley, but I can't tell you exactly where their fields are. Also, growers rotate their fields so we would not know what crop is in what field until their
Starting point is 00:16:23 plants start to grow. And frankly, we don't keep track. Because we don't give a shit, man. Because no one cares about this but you, Eric. You fucking weirdo. You fucking potato weirdo. You strange potato nerd. I don't like it.
Starting point is 00:16:39 Eric's just out here trying to debunk potato museums. Yeah, you fucking potato liars. Three, who sells the biggest potatoes? Potato growers do not deliberately grow big potatoes or harvest by a uniform size. As the harvest comes in, the growers sort potatoes as to size and they are sold according to size. Most consumers prefer to purchase smaller potatoes
Starting point is 00:17:01 because they take a lot less time to cook. Small potatoes. But larger potatoes are sold. The Idaho potato museum purchases 50 pound boxes of potatoes. These boxes are sold by potato size. We purchased sixties, which means it takes, this is really inside potato baseball here. Very inside potato jargon, which means it takes 60 potatoes to fill a 50 pound box. If you were to buy hundreds, that would mean a 50 pound box. If you were to buy hundreds, that would mean 100 smaller potatoes. If you were to purchase 40s, they would be
Starting point is 00:17:29 larger. Who sells the most potatoes? As you know, farms like all other businesses are private enterprises so their information is proprietary. So how the fuck do we know who sells the most potatoes? Five, where do you guys get the potatoes? Usually we purchase from non-perial, but we use other growers too, like Liberty Gold. However, we go through a small business
Starting point is 00:17:51 who picks up and delivers the potatoes for us called Spuds. There you go. So, I don't know. They say as to the- I wish they'd have ignored him. He doesn't deserve answers. Dude, this person, this is like, this took an hour to respond to this guy.
Starting point is 00:18:06 It's still a one-star review. They should have just said, go fuck yourself, Eric. That would have been way more efficient than this. Don't come back, Eric. Eat dicks, Eric. That's what you like, not potatoes. Fuck off. He said, as to the portions in the cafe,
Starting point is 00:18:19 a tater dollar is an entire 60-count spud. That potato is six inches long and weighs just short of a pound That is more than I can eat in one sitting the same with the fries the portion equals one Baker again I'm sorry. You did not enjoy your visit Jesus Christ Eric you suck Here is frog and toad one star 430 p.m. 430 p.m.
Starting point is 00:18:47 Drove in from Yellowstone after months of rave reviews from our co-workers friends and guests I'm sure they talked to Marissa before and she Filled this person all in yeah My friend was so excited for these potatoes and then Disaster struck what happened? They must have shown up and it's like in flames You know what I mean help most helpness with them french fries are exploding out of the top of it like it's a fireworks factory Disasterstruck closed half an hour early. Oh god you poor people you showed up to a museum Yeah, my friend was devastated we asked at the gift shop next door and learned that our worst fears had come to life. What there was a guy in a giant potato costume that was going to rape you now? What are you
Starting point is 00:19:29 talking about? What's your worst fear come to life? You couldn't look at potato exhibits? I'm going to go ahead and butter my potato here. We asked the gift shop. Holy shit. The gift shop lady was nice though. The potato station cafe was closed early and would not be open until the next day. Or would not be open the next day as it was Sunday and they don't serve potatoes on the Lord's Day. No. No, that's right in the Bible. I mean that's Old Testament there.
Starting point is 00:19:57 They tell you no. Chick-fil-A and potatoes. No. That's why Chick-fil-A closes, it's the waffle fries. Well they tell you no meat on Fridays, no potatoes on Sunday. I realize that's growing up That's what I always heard from Catholic Church there. She began to cry. Okay, who cried the friend who's so disappointed you are Too sensitive to do shit in the world. I would are you friends with toddlers lady?
Starting point is 00:20:21 I would advise you to seek therapy. Yeah, and if anyone is like in a relationship with this person, cut ties and abandon ship fucking immediately because she's going to be a goddamn nightmare or he's going to be a goddamn nightmare. This is a, she's going to burn your shit when you break up. This is, this is bad. Yeah. She's going to turn you into a country song. If this makes her cry. Yeah. Uh, we're devastated by the lack of potatoes to be had in Blackfoot, Idaho on a Saturday at 430 where we all know all the potatoes are always available. Yeah. Head over to Idaho Falls. I'm sure they have a regular ass Outback Steakhouse that
Starting point is 00:20:58 has plenty of fucking potatoes. Plenty of shitty potatoes for you. Garrett one star. I'm an avid potato fan. Big posters on the wall and shit. Which is why I was looking forward to this. All caps, disappointing. The museum was okay, but I was looking forward to the cafe. I was excited to see how people in Idaho's own potato museum would fare compared to my mom's recipe.
Starting point is 00:21:24 They're teenagers. They probably poorly. Your mom probably took care to make that shit. Answer. Horrible. Yeah, I sent back my potato three times. You what? OK, at that point, get the fuck out. Get out now. Post haste, get the fuck out
Starting point is 00:21:46 Yeah, we put a we put a special something special in there with the sour cream on this one. Yeah, don't worry about it. This is Each time it came back undercooked and hard. You got to cook a potato The thing about a potato is unless you you know make it into like a charcoal You can't really ruin a potato by overcooking it. You can only make it crispier on the outside and mash potato-y, lovely, pillow-iness on the inside. That's all you're doing. Let them go.
Starting point is 00:22:15 Well, olive oil on that on the grill and crisp up the spot that's, oh my God. I'm telling you, roasted potatoes, you want them to be done. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Give another half hour. Let them fucking go. You're gonna be so happy with it.
Starting point is 00:22:27 You can't ruin that. It's probably the only food you can't, right? No, it's impossible. They're just, they get better the longer you keep them in there. It's just for the flavor, fuck. Fuck yeah. When I finally accepted my fate,
Starting point is 00:22:39 accepted by the way, this is accepted my fate. E-X-C-E-P-T-E-D, acceptedTed accepted accepted my fate. I asked for more butter to mask it I was told that extra butter costs what that's like charging for ketchup No, it's not actually butter is a shitload more expensive than ketchup way different Yeah, I'll bet butter is more expensive than fucking avocados But I'm sure probably is yeah, I know butter is more expensive than fucking avocados. Probably is yeah I know it's more expensive than potatoes which they're giving you and they're cheap as shit. They gave you a 30 cent potato and you want a dollar fifty worth of butter for free that's the problem. So Aurora
Starting point is 00:23:19 one star the slogan is free taters for attestators. That's not bad, that's pretty good. That's pretty decent. I'm from Montana, thus out of state, and I got no potatoes. No potatoes. That's the whole review. They jacked her, man. They didn't live up to their, yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:38 That's called advertisement. They actually stole the bag of potatoes she had that she brought in from the outside, so it's really bad. Now we have Frankie with one star here, last one. World's biggest potato, spelled properly potato, was not even a real potato. He spells this one P-O-T-E-T-A-O. Petitow. E T A O. But that pet a towel, pet a towel. The world's biggest potato is not even a real pettitowl.
Starting point is 00:24:10 He spelled potato differently. They're four words apart. These two potatoes. You nailed it and then swung and missed and then this is an outrage. That's the whole review. It's an outrage. They respond to him.
Starting point is 00:24:23 The museum here. Hi, Frankie., sorry you were disappointed in the giant potato statue located at the front of the building. The Idaho Potato Museum doesn't claim to have the biggest potato. That goes to the Idaho Potato Commission. They have the largest one on their truck.
Starting point is 00:24:36 I'm not sure what the exact size of the giant potato located in the front of the Prince Edward Island Potato Museum is, but it's really big. The real world's largest potato was grown by Mr. Peter Glazebrook of Nottinghamshire, England. He grew the heaviest potato in 1994. It weighed eight pounds, four ounces. That's a big fucking potato.
Starting point is 00:24:57 That's big, but the one outside is eight feet long and seven feet high, and that's obviously not. It's more than eight pounds. That would be a fucking 700 pound potato. It is way not not what a real one is We do claim to have the world's largest potato crisp made by Pringles and it is real though 30 years old Don't eat that so I would say probably although it probably looks exactly the same. It's probably complete like Probably looks perfect. That said we're all full of potatoes now. It's a lot of carbs. We got we got to exercise off those potatoes. What do you say? Let's get out
Starting point is 00:25:33 and do some roller skating everybody. How about that? That's always a party. Let's go to skate away in Midlothian Virginia. Where's skate away like separate things with a dash. Midlothian, Virginia. Uh-huh. Where's that? Skate A Way. Like, separate things with a dash. Midlothian. M-I-D-L-O-T-H-I-A-N. Midlothian, I assume. I'm sure it's not pronounced like that, because that's how it looks.
Starting point is 00:25:58 This is at 3300 Speaks Drive in Midlothian, Virginia. And yeah, they're ready to go here. It has 3.8 stars on Google. Not great. Yeah. Let's find out the good here. Leslie, she loves it.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Five stars. Thanks to Skate Away for an awesome adult family birthday party. Adult slash family. Booking was easy thanks to Ashley. And the customer service, great at the event. Thanks to Adam. In the words of one of my adult children, quote, it was epic. Oh boy.
Starting point is 00:26:32 This guy needs to get out more. Roller skating is never epic, I don't think. Or he just overuses epic, like some people do. And dad just using kids' terms is no fun. No fun, as one of my adult children said. Yeah. One of those crazy TikTok words they're all using out there you know that goes fucking 70 year old man. Travis three stars this place is okay it looks a bit rundown but my child had fun. Yeah that's all you're there for. That's it right. I don't give a shit. Money well spent.
Starting point is 00:27:03 I've gotten to tons of places my kids loved. It was a nightmare for me at the end of the day. Success. That's why I took them there. My wallet was empty and they smiled. Good. They smiled. Great. That's the trade-off. Demetrius, three stars. Place is mostly clean but carpet could use a good steam clean once every few months. The food they sell is on the lower end of quality. I expect a five star meal from my local roller skating rink. Tell you. Where's the Michelin chef? Yeah, where? What's going on?
Starting point is 00:27:34 Sweaty used shoes with wheels on them. Do you have the eight course tasting menu tonight or are we doing a la carte? How does this work tonight? What are the flights tonight? What are the, yeah. Can I speak to the sommelier before we start? because I'd really like to match this up and pair it correctly. Jesus Christ. So yeah this guy is expecting he's expecting fucking Gordon Ramsey
Starting point is 00:27:57 to come out and tell him what's going on here. Then he goes on and say I'd rather they just sell four to five things They make fresh then heat up the frozen stuff No, it takes it takes skilled labor to do that. That's the thing You're in a fucking roller skating rink with fucking teenagers You're getting chicken fingers. Yeah happening here. You're getting shit that they either dunk in the deep fryer Yeah, we're putting that weird little oven thing. They have that's not even a real oven one of the two. Yeah, that's all you're getting shit that they either dunk in the deep fryer or put in that weird little oven thing they have that's not even a real oven. One of the two. That's all you're getting. But hey, if you're hungry, there's a dozen fast food within two minutes of here.
Starting point is 00:28:34 Okay, then what are you fucking complaining about? That's what you're getting here. Same thing. Skate floor is spacious and mostly undamaged, but for one spot where the wood seems to have split, seems like water damage, but it's not too where the wood seems to have split seems like water damage but it's not too bad crowd tends to be on the younger side at a roller skating rink really right yes really well the playground I was gonna say what about at a bouncy house place or one of those joints what about the
Starting point is 00:28:59 McDonald's ball pit younger crowd in there like 60% 6 to 12 30% 12 to 18 yeah that's about what I would expect that a place like that it's pretty much exactly what I would expect at a place like that on the other hand there are always a few skaters that seem to enjoy weaving within inches of people at higher speeds one of which ran into me yeah get out of the fucking way you're you're get right I think is the point they're trying to make. Overall, eh, it works. You can skate here, which is the point,
Starting point is 00:29:30 and the problems they have can be fixed if they choose to do so. Also, the speakers are either old or damaged, which makes the bass on the trap music they almost only play very unappealing. I'm sure. So I got some rattly bass. Okay, next up.
Starting point is 00:29:46 And you got music for young kids? Weird, they know their audience. Wow, it's strange. It's almost like it's four children and you're out of place. Weird, right? Almost like you look like a pervert showing up alone with no kids skating around in a fucking circle.
Starting point is 00:30:00 That's probably why people were bumping into you. They're like, out of the way, pedophile. Why else are you here? At home, old're man. Yeah get the fuck out of here If I go someplace alone, and it's filled with children. I'm leaving. I don't belong here This is weird the guy that ran into you was trying to send you a message to stop looking at his sister That's what I'm saying Look, I'm coming back with a nephew or something. Here you go. If I want to be there. Queen one star.
Starting point is 00:30:26 I'm giving them a star due to the fact that they lack of security inside. Okay, I'm giving them, I guess I'm giving them one star. This is not a public park. It's pay for admission for all except parents or guardians. Therefore, I expect my teens and their siblings to be safe inside from any type of attacks." I would hope, yeah. I wouldn't think so. But you got that one guy skating around, who
Starting point is 00:30:55 knows? Anything's possible here. Attacks. Attacks. Well, no. Some thieves or gang member wannabes assaulted my child by snatching a Nike Pro Hyperwarm hoodie off of his head while my son was waiting for his sisters to finish the sock race. Jesus Christ. Took the whole hoodie that he was just like resting the hood on his head and they just mugged it off. They just mugged him of his hoodie right there.
Starting point is 00:31:21 Holy shit. Unacceptable behavior. Then they ran outside and drove off. They have cars, okay, that's the saddest group of criminals ever. They stole a hoodie from a truck and then ran away and drove off like it was a Brinks heist. What the fuck are you doing?
Starting point is 00:31:41 Hope you got their plate number then. Wow, I guess so. If they had to be buzzed out as they were getting in, they would have been caught and would have had to return my son's item back to him. Because my son immediately went for help to go after them, but they got away, now I'm going to have to replace it. And mind you, it's not a cheap item.
Starting point is 00:32:01 No, hoodies are expensive. It's my opinion that people think twice before committing a crime when they know there's nowhere to run after the crime. So keeping all the doors locked at all times should be considered. What if there's a fire? Lock a fucking dozens of children in a building. I think that's called a fire hazard. I think I think that's specifically against the law here And the response from the owner is thank you for the suggestion We are sorry this type of activity exists We will check with the Chesterfield fire department concerning locking the exit doors in other words. Hey stupid
Starting point is 00:32:43 We're not all gonna burn to death in here to save a hoodie yeah now he's got a hoodie great it's on fire perfect now it's welded to him because of the flames yeah it's no melted onto him the nylon is melted to his skin Ashley one, no one can steal it now. Melted to his skin. Ashley, one star. I really wish I could give no stars. No, no, no, that's not it Ashley. You missed the phrase, but no.
Starting point is 00:33:18 One, this place gives racist. Okay, it's giving racist. They give you racist when you walk in. That's very funny. At least I understand that. You walk in and they immediately you're accompanied by like an old man who'll shout out racial slurs to you as the over the course of the afternoon. This is your racial guy. It feels racist. It's giving racist. It's giving racist in here. Old man comes up, calls you, whatever racial slur applies to you, it says, come on, I'll show you around.
Starting point is 00:33:50 So it goes, at least they discriminate for sure. The music choice is not diverse. Okay. Two, it's, yeah, I mean, it's loud shit that kids like, loud, they like loud, active shit. That's what they want. Keeps them going. Anything that is geared towards 14 year olds,
Starting point is 00:34:08 you're gonna get their music. That's it. That's all you're gonna get. Two, the manager is horrible and had an attitude from the door. Manager Ashley is horrible and rude in all caps. If you go toward the wrong door, she yells at you despite them having the door locked
Starting point is 00:34:24 and it being a long line while trying to get out of the way. I don't know what that means. Two, they don't have the assisting device for the kids to skate and told my guests, oh well you gotta go find one. Lady proceeds to bring one back and she yells, and I want my five dollars, despite the guest already trying to hand her the five dollars before being rude Then snatched the money out of her hand
Starting point is 00:34:49 Those are the little assists like the little Walker the little Walker things they give kids three Yeah, here's a PVC Walker. Yeah, it really is. I got that poor kid What got you kid? What was it? I just Osteoporosis, What are we talking about? What's the problem here? You got scoliosis, kid? You poor kid.
Starting point is 00:35:12 Three, you have to bring cash, or for every $10, they charge you $1. If you charge. Oh, for a card, yeah. For a card. That happens sometimes. It's cheesy, but whatever. Well sometimes it's cheesy but whatever well it's usually the smaller businesses that yeah they're not a big fucking chain
Starting point is 00:35:29 yeah they got up they can't just absorb that dollar somewhere they want they don't want to anyway no they might be able to but they're not willing to either one for they will run out of pizza and tell you they have parties tomorrow and need the pizza. No, we need this pizza. No, we're out. What are all those? Those are for the party tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:35:54 Yeah, we're all, those are special pizzas. We put those aside for people. Those aren't for you. Those are for the fun day. Today sucks. We don't want you here. No, it's Thursday today. No one wants that.
Starting point is 00:36:04 The pizza looked crazy though for $18. What does that mean? Crazy good or crazy bad. I've never seen a pizza and went, that pizza looks crazy. Have you? I mean, if it was a birthday cake and they called it pizza, that would be crazy.
Starting point is 00:36:19 Just a giant potato sitting in the middle of it. That would be weird, I guess. They didn't have many pretzels Many do they have enough for you to eat them the ones you wanted Did you have one or two and we're happy all they had was four dollar french fries Okay And it just turned 3 p.m.. I don't know what that means That almost is a positive for them because 3pm isn't a real meal time.
Starting point is 00:36:47 So they might have a lot around 12-1. They might have a lot after 5. Maybe from 2 to 5. Yeah, that's French fry time. Yeah, 2 to 5. They probably don't have a lot of pizzas ready. 5, now back to the manager, quote unquote. On website it says no outside food or drink but cake and ice cream allowed.
Starting point is 00:37:06 However it's for parties. Mind you I spent well over the amount for the party room, well I would have if they had pizzas. Long story short we asked the manager to clarify why several people not in a party room had cake, cupcakes, etc. Again a part of the party room room and she said oh they shouldn't She stated she would address it. However after we stepped around her Around for her to address it. She starts yelling talking unprofessional making threats
Starting point is 00:37:37 I stand there with the cake for her to go address the issue instead She harasses me called the police and Messed my baby birthday cake up Don't mess up her baby birthday cake boy. What did she do? Just put her hands in it and take that fuck your baby this feels like They rarely just like Okay, go handle why they don't have cupcakes or why they do have and then she threw the lady's cake and called the police I think I'm missing a lot of the story I pictured she said fuck you that I pictured a lady holding like a sheet cake in her hands
Starting point is 00:38:11 And then she kicked the bottom of the cake pow and then it flew up everywhere And take just when all this lady was wearing frosting. That's what I pictured then She said I'm calling the cops on you you frosting covered bitch, and then she made and did it. You made me kick a cake that's illegal. That's illegal. In Virginia that's a class C felony. That's a felony boy especially at my baby birthday cake. Yeah. An adult birthday cake that's a misdemeanor. It's a felony to kick a baby birthday cake. So this lasted 30 minutes or more and kids crying. Police always come here per officer. The cops didn't show up. Yeah they officer. They're here all the time. Dovecops didn't show up. Yeah, they showed up, they're here all the time, apparently.
Starting point is 00:38:47 Like, oh, back at the skating place again. All in all, she could have did what a real manager would do and address the situation fairly, as she was given time and spoken to nicely. I had no intentions of blatantly cutting cake. Blatantly cutting cake if she addresses the unfairness. What? Did I mention breaking bread same thing why?
Starting point is 00:39:10 Breaking bread is when you get along cutting cake is when you're mean to it's pissed off I'm a cut cake with that motherfucker right now. I say that shit all the time Yeah, I'm like oh me and you were gonna cut cake bitch, and you know That's if we if we come to an agreement. Did I mention I should press charges for her running to block me with her body? Y'all it was so so weird. Don't ever go! Three exclamation points.
Starting point is 00:39:40 Several of my guests were offended when they arrived prior to this incident. Five exclamation points wow and i asked for the corporate number prior to the real incident and it's an 804 number which i believe is a fake number if i would have paid attention to the room i never would have they're giving her fake numbers now by the way 804 you mean 800 no No, 804. Here's the birthday cake, which is fucked up. The top is broken. It looks like she kicked it. The plastic is broken and it looks like it was dumped upside down because it has the design of the top of the
Starting point is 00:40:13 cake all on the plastic. That was a kicked cake. She kicked that shit from underneath. She messed up her baby birthday cake. She did, man. That'll do it. And the response from the owner, let's see if it's salty here, it's not. Quote, we will try to do better. We've made some personnel adjustments and the changes will benefit all involved. We fired all our cake kickers and
Starting point is 00:40:37 now we're down to a good staff. Tanya one star, what a laughing joke this business is laughing Joe the best kind of joke It is filthy we arrived during the opened hours I would hope so arrive when they're closed That their official website had posted we were told that a private party was happening sure that's fine But how come no one posted a sign on the door or on the website? The portly short guy chewing on a straw while wearing a John Deere hat couldn't articulate the hours. Well that's because he's on ecstasy. He doesn't even know shit about tractors, he's just high. Was he also drinking orange juice? And sucking on a fucking pacifier. Was that in there at all? Waving around a glow stick.
Starting point is 00:41:27 That's a, you can tell a lot when that happens. They give a lot of tells those ecstasy users. He wouldn't let us skate even though we were there and ready. Had my skates on. We could not understand his, this is great, Duke's of Hazard accent. Oh my God, you are in Virginia. I was gonna say, it's Virginia. I can't understandkes of hazard accent. Oh my god. You are Virginia. It's gonna say it's Virginia I can't understand anybody's fucking accent. So if you can understand one accent, you can probably understand most of them
Starting point is 00:41:54 I'm gonna sign this Well, there's an ink pen. Pardon me an ink pen. What what's that now ink pen? I don't know what you're saying. Oh What's that now? Ink pin! I don't know what you're saying! Oh, ink pen! Oh forget it, just give me a gum band. Oh fuck. Gum band?
Starting point is 00:42:09 I guess it was that. Gum band. We went somewhere else where the rink was way more happening. Way more happening. Clean, very friendly, not rude and had a great Sunday. Avoid this trailer park of roller rink based on the management and clientele. Pay heed to the other reviews. Good grief, what an experience. A little kindness goes a long way. And the response from the owner, thank you for letting us know. We will try
Starting point is 00:42:34 to do better in the future. Okay. Better with what? I don't want to wear John Deere hats anymore. No more strost chewing at all while talking to customers. Samantha one star absolutely terrible double x everything is double exclamation point here by the way some guy named Anthony slash Andy yelled at my children for trying to stick up for someone. He pushed my child. I almost called the cops. Terrible. Don't go're just hanging out in the parking lot waiting for the next call anyway. Wouldn't have taken long. They're already there.
Starting point is 00:43:09 Oh my God. Response from the owner. We need to train and educate our staff to do a better job of interacting with our customers. Very sorry that you didn't have a better experience. So they're like, sorry our guy pushed your child. We know he does that. Yeah. We told him we're going to take his John Deere hat away if he kept doing it, but he doesn't listen
Starting point is 00:43:28 Little handsy Chanel one star very rude and unprofessional owner attempted to embarrass my daughter in front of her school How I guess the whole school is at the skating rink. She got a period today. There it is Look at her leaking out the back. Oh god. You shouldn't have worn white today. I guess I'm so up upset and my child is visibly shaken My daughter had an accident and my parents were attempting to clean the already dirty floors And she got on the speaker telling us to clean the floors She oh
Starting point is 00:44:01 Yeah, your kids got a shit trail behind them Someone want to clean up the shit trail around the left side of the thing. All the other kids looking. It's shit, because she said dirty, not wet. Yeah, no, exactly, and clean up is shit. You could just put some napkins down on pee. And how much pee, it's all gonna soak up
Starting point is 00:44:17 in the clothes for the most part. And did she do this while rollers on the rink? I think so, she got so so excited. Maybe I don't know Thankfully the other parents were extremely helpful and empathetic They made us feel a lot better about it and totally understood that accidents happen Thankful for parents there the employees also understood my stance and knew the owner was wrong would not recommend. Oh boy There's a lot on
Starting point is 00:44:42 Oh boy There's a lot on back Did she have diarrhea there that is not an accident how old is this child yeah over five Yeah, they really don't happen that often You don't touch anyone over under five to go roller skating I would hope not and if you do they may shit themselves It might happen. Holy shit. Wow. Then there's an edit.
Starting point is 00:45:09 Edit. The manager called to apologize. That's nice. I accept the apology for myself and my daughter and she prays she doesn't do anything again. Do this again to anyone else. She prays that she doesn't. Your daughter or the manager? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:45:23 There's a lot of she's, too many she's there. Still heartbreaking, but apology accepted. Well that's nice anyway. We will close out with this one and then we'll go to the personal item here. RM, one star, this place is so rundown. The owner's wife is very rude and disrespectful. She has nothing but horrible customer service and there
Starting point is 00:45:46 is a varying amount of exclamation points. Four on one sentence, three on another, one on one. She's literally a disgusting human being. Oh, literally. I want literally a disgusting human being. I wonder how she still has people working for her. If you were thinking about having a party here, don't. Save your money and look elsewhere. Like most places, they didn't have a party host. Okay, then what are you complaining about if most places don't have a, yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:15 They took forever to bring cups for the children and the pizzas weren't even ready for when it was time to get us to the party room. By the way, the food here is disgusting. Save your money. Again, if we could just get a Michelin star guy in here to work this all out. Everything's disgusting. All disgusting.
Starting point is 00:46:33 Also, when the owner's wife tells you she'll give you a discount for all their errors and you don't see it on the receipt, so you ask her for clarification, she threatens to call the cops. Oh. The cops are here a lot. It really... There's a lot of cop interaction. That's not a reason to call the cops.
Starting point is 00:46:52 So you did something else. What else? Did you call her a fat cunt? Is that what you did? What did you do? Did you shit on the floor? Did you tell your kid, go shit on the floor? You told me you had one locked and loaded. Go do it over there. You said turtle head, go let it loose.
Starting point is 00:47:07 Mm-hmm. I don't give a shit, do it. If your child really wants to have a party at a skating place, check out Ashland skating instead. Okay, oh, I gotta put this one in too. There's a couple more we have to do, sorry. Okay, gotta do this one just because it talks about the dress code, which I think is hilarious.
Starting point is 00:47:26 Say what? Yeah, dress code. Keely, one star, $40 for three people and one quad skate rental. Quads, I mean the quadriplegic skate rental? I don't know. Four skates you need for that? Or is that the, is that the?
Starting point is 00:47:40 Put them on their hands too? Or is that the little walker that they give out? I don't know. No rules enforced from what I can see the kids Sneezing on us on purpose because they've decided we were in their way and everyone's going in different directions That's impressive that they can sneeze on command I Can burp on command but sneezing is a little harder. You know just sneezing on On purpose, I don't know how you would sneeze on purpose unless you're in their way. Well you've recognized the problem now rectify it.
Starting point is 00:48:11 Get the fuck out of the way. Used to be a fun place, but I cannot say I will be returning anytime soon. Also, seriously, no crop tops or shorts. Are we in the 50s? Do better. I don't know. No shorts? Or shorts are we in the 50s do better? Yeah, I don't know shorts no sure it says that so you don't get like like Raspberries or like burns. I have no fucking idea what that's all like is that a safety Concern, I don't know. Um, alright, we'll do one last one Donna one star only because they start out hot when they start out right I can't help it but read it here if I could give it
Starting point is 00:48:45 No stars. I Would okay. No zero. Well, change was out thing. Yeah, fine. The owner is rude and very unprofessional We have a big family with many kids Jesus we spent a lot of money here and this is the second time we've had a huge birthday party and she has been rude to People we have invited. The only thing they did was ask her a question and she took it out of contact, out of content, not out of context, instead of trying to understand what her paying customers were asking. She started screaming, talking about the public need to stop trying to tell her what to do and she know what she's doing.
Starting point is 00:49:26 The public need to stop trying to tell her what to do and she know what she's doing. The question was, do you pay for the adults and children or do you just pay for the children at a birthday party? She couldn't seem to answer that without being rude and disrespectful. My God. I think the question that was probably followed up was, is the parent skating? Yeah, I don't know either way I'm gonna call the cops. Yeah, so There's another review here another one star that says the owner or maybe the rude woman is his wife
Starting point is 00:49:55 Very nasty attitude and a jaw moving 80 miles an hour So a coked out very nasty attitude and she's on meth her meth, perfect. Very meth-y person, yeah, yeah. Perfect, we got a meth-y jaw mover, excellent. Wow, that's amazing. She said she was rude to the kids, and all sorts of shit here. Then, the response from the owner here, rather than an apology, is quote, this is amazing.
Starting point is 00:50:20 The owner does not come into the facility. This is false information. Right. This is false information. This is just an employee who does horrible things, but it's not the owner. Don't worry about that. We need to drug test. No fucking shit, man. Holy shit. There's also people claiming they shoved their daughter outside. It's fucking why this place, I don't know what is it? We kind of have to read the yeah, Melissa one star I don't even give this place a star at all. You fucked it all up
Starting point is 00:50:51 No, you did don't go here my daughter who is underage under what age? I mean team 12. What are we talking about? If you're taking your adult daughter here, there's something weird happening in your family. We assume she's underage. Well, yeah, we took my daughter here. She's a little slow and, you know. It's 30 seconds, but you know. Yeah, I mean, yeah, she still watches like SpongeBob and shit, so it's really... She loves to roller skate, so where are you?
Starting point is 00:51:19 Don't go here. My daughter's underage. Went for a birthday party, and a lady that worked there was very rude with my daughter and putage, went for a birthday party, and a lady that worked there was very rude with my daughter and put her hands on her and shoved her outside by herself, all because she didn't have her skates on when she went to the restroom. What? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:51:37 Gross. I mean, yeah. I hope she has shoes on. I would hope so. I hope she's not in a public restroom with no footwear. That sounds horrifying. I'll push it. I'll push it. Ew, gross. Barefoot person. Get out, get out. That sounds horrifying. I'll push it. Ew, gross.
Starting point is 00:51:45 Barefoot person. Out, get out. I was gonna throw it outside too. Gross, gross, nasty. Then, lucky I don't sue her. Don't go here. They ready to call the cops over everything, all caps. No joke.
Starting point is 00:52:00 And they put five exclamation points, so they mean it. No joke. Read these people's reviews. I'm not the only one saying this wish I could have read them before letting my daughter go. Oh The poor daughter was just fucking Yeah Now she doesn't want to do anything and she's underaged. You know, so that's another thing here They also said quote. Here's another review. I'm gonna read gonna read just one part of it. It's a one-star obviously Additionally I witnessed multiple teens suggesting to do inappropriate things in the bathroom
Starting point is 00:52:34 What I don't know what that means fingering each other could be anything really As a teen, unapologetically knocking over others regardless of age, smoking inside, and continuously acting disorderly in large clusters. Out of many occasions, I saw staff speak to these teens a couple times, but they still misbehaved. Well, yeah, they're teenagers, that's what happens. And yeah, so they said their response is basically,
Starting point is 00:53:08 we have like little kid nights, you should go there. You should do that. It's probably not smoking, it's probably vaping, right? There's no way somebody was smoking a cigarette in there, right? That's probably a vape, yeah. That's what I mean. And then finally, India One Star, absolute joke of a place, got assaulted on the floor while roller skating twice
Starting point is 00:53:26 Including getting hit in the face and scratched Jesus Wow, it is like it's roller derby out there. You didn't know this is roller derby night. You're in the game now You didn't realize Yeah, you're you're you're on the Virginia rollers over here you're playing Rollers with smokers here we go. You're playing Greenville tonight and you guys are against each other. When I reported the incident the manager complained about the length of my shirt. That's fine. I got smacked and assaulted. I don't know maybe you wore a longer shirt and you're weird. I don't know. Maybe stop being such a fucking shirt slut. Maybe that's
Starting point is 00:54:02 what it is Look at that I can see your belly brought and I mean Jesus Christ It would be okay for me to just take you in the bathroom and assault you right now probably Yeah, what's wrong with you? Then she called the girl who assaulted me into the prize room and proceeded to corner me and demand I come in there because quote She's going to give me attitude and lie so I need you in there. What? I'm out of this at this point.
Starting point is 00:54:30 The manager ended up completely dismissing the event saying over and over she's not a good skater. She fell when the girl had looked directly at me and said, I do not care when I told her she hit me twice. Don't give a fuck. Oh my god. She doesn't care. her she hit me twice don't give a fuck doesn't care when I asked for a refund due to the way the manager handled the
Starting point is 00:54:54 situation she replied people complain all the time only wanting a refund I'm Fuck off. And then someone else. If I get you a refund, everybody's going to want a refund. No one's happy in there. Look at them all. Everyone's miserable. They all want a refund. I might have to give a refund to that chick that don't care. No. I'm going to give her one because she don't care. Finally, somebody else says, benches are biohazard, bathrooms are a disgrace, owner is rude, employees are rude and incompetent, stinks like a bad burrito
Starting point is 00:55:32 stuffed in a wet gym sock. Very specific. A real farts fart is what that was. Next up let's finish this off with the personal item of the week everybody. Here we go this is come on in I'm gonna show you the picture of it and see if you can figure out where what happens here. What is it? It's a it's a home stripper pole. Oh okay it's the schematics for it. Yeah it's all this is all that it comes with you got your bases your pole lengths even gloves. Yeah. So you don't get blisters, I guess, while you're screwing around. Is it spinnable?
Starting point is 00:56:08 I think so. This is the Serene Life Professional Spinning Dance Pole. 45 millimeter portable exercise pole for fitness. Yeah, that's what it's for. Durables. It's thick in your mouth. Yeah, it's thick in your ass.
Starting point is 00:56:24 Terrible steel build, anti-rust finish. Suitable for home club gym party pub. Home. Let's go with home. Don't just take that to the bar. No, I brought this. There's all different setups and they seem to vary from $136.49 all the way up to a hundred eighty eight dollars a hundred eighty nine dollars and eight and ninety nine cents and there's different colors and different shit like they get a black one a Gold one if you're a douchebag things like that Yeah It's probably adjustable depending on the height of your ceiling. I think it is from the seal
Starting point is 00:57:00 It's like a like a shower curtain goes Horizontally this just goes vertical yeah but they have like ceiling like things where they're mounts where it looks like it clicks in it looks like it's pretty sturdy I would I would hope anyway they call it a high quality chrome steel construction switch between static and spinning modes adjust the base not to easily transition the base nut okay so easily transition between static and spinning modes, perfect for beginners building strength or advanced users performing dynamic fluid movements.
Starting point is 00:57:33 Simple assembly and portability, no need for drilling. This pole assembles and disassembles easily, making it portable for use in various spaces. Adjustable height for versatile spaces. It adjusts from 82 inches to 108 inches, and it's ideal for fitness and dance enthusiasts. Right. Okay, now Jen, five stars, great exercise.
Starting point is 00:57:55 Yes, it is. Arriving with all the correct components, the DVD lacks audio, yet after viewing it a few times, it becomes genuinely straightforward. My flooring consists of carpet and popcorn ceilings and I can confirm that it's suitable, oh god, that's terrible, and we need to redo our house because it's from 1987.
Starting point is 00:58:13 Yeah, we've got work to do. That's after that, we're gonna rip this shit up. And I can confirm that it's suitable as there's no damage to the ceiling. How do you not damage a popcorn ceiling? You've got, yeah. If I, You crushed something. There's, I'm tall,
Starting point is 00:58:27 and I have ripped my hands apart on popcorn ceilings many times, like taking a shirt off, and tons of shit falls down on me too when I do that. That's just my hand, so. Yeah, I used to throw a basketball around inside. Ah, destroyed. It's in your eyes. I mean, I'm gonna die of asbestos poisoning, I'm sure.
Starting point is 00:58:43 It's fucking everywhere, it I mean, I'm gonna die of asbestos poisoning. I'm sure of it. It's fucking everywhere. It's all over the floor. Yeah. I promptly executed an inverted maneuver and it remains secure like a true champion. I would highly recommend enlisting the assistance of a second person to ensure it's properly aligned and holds a couple items.
Starting point is 00:58:58 I'm thoroughly enamored with it and I'm exceedingly satisfied. Due to having children, I prefer not to leave it up permanently. What's that, mom? Oh, that's mommy's exceedingly satisfied. Due to having children I prefer not to leave it up permanently. What's that mom? Oh that's mommy's horny pole don't worry about that. That gets daddy. Yeah that gets daddy's pole rigid too. But the Swift setup and disassembly made it very convenient. A small stepladder will come in handy.
Starting point is 00:59:25 Apart from that it functions well, although the rotation may initially feel a bit rigid and improve slightly once in motion. I genuinely rate it as 5 stars. Five stars from Peyton. Perfect for a college student. One that's on OnlyFans. Yeah I would say. Don't tell your dad that.
Starting point is 00:59:44 Wow. It's on only fans. Yeah, I would say Well, I was a bit skeptical at first because it's not necessarily Necessarily reputable like x-pole or loop it this person knows Fucking name brand ones those name brands of stripper poles. What the fuck is going on? But those were way outside my budget. Oh, of course, that's the the the x-pole That's the Rolls Royce of stripper poles. Everyone knows that. You can't afford that. Somebody with a full-time job.
Starting point is 01:00:07 You can't get that on a student salary. No, on a student? No, God, no, no. You gotta really be working outside the home. I ended up buying this and it came with all the parts. That's good, I guess. The box arrived in good condition and was discreet. That's nice.
Starting point is 01:00:22 I put a dish towel. Oh, I'm sorry, no, this thing is pretty sturdy and just make sure you're installing it under a ceiling joist. Knock on the ceiling and find a spot that does not sound hollow. Yeah, get a stud. Yeah, don't blast this fucking ceiling trywall. Jesus. I'm about a hundred pounds and my friend is about a hundred and fifty pounds.
Starting point is 01:00:43 We both spin on it pretty fast and I can hit inverted upside down skills without any fear. I did put a dish towel on the ceiling since the since we are renters. The instructions are a bit confusing but the important part is that the pole is that pole A attached to the top dome any extensions should be going at the base and not at the top or middle. The metal is thick, no rust, screws did not slip, and pieces come together with seams that don't disrupt your grip. Me and my friend have been using it for about an hour a day, mixed stationary and spin.
Starting point is 01:01:17 So far no bends, creaking or clicking. You were the pole, I guess. Jesus Christ. Alright, three stars. I have no idea is the title of this review. I'm so confused as to why I'm slipping on this poll no matter what I try. Is it just me? Yeah. Yeah. You have a lot of hands. Yeah. Your hand strength is bad. You're a clammy gal. Yeah. You're all clammed up, Jiggy. Three stars. Okay, but not stable unless you screw it in. Yeah, why, that's why there's screws. I stood the basketball pole up in my driveway. It just keeps falling over. It's just so weird. Yeah, I
Starting point is 01:01:55 can't get it. After having this pole for a year, I will say it's a good one for the price. If you, if I were you, I would just buy the expert pole. It's a good one for the price. If I were you I would just buy the expert pole. It's a lot safer. Unless you screw in this pole, no matter how much you tighten it, it still ends up falling over when trying to invert or even doing a simple climb. You also might be out of the weight. I also think you did not install this properly. Maybe hire someone from Angie's list. There you you go I have noticed it leaves dense in my ceiling if you so if you're renting keep that in mind The rubber on top or it's suctions to the ceiling is uneven and doesn't suction Well, you can't rely on a suction cup for no for your safety. You're gonna break your neck for your body weight
Starting point is 01:02:39 I've fallen pretty hard with this pole a few times to be yeah The hospital she's in a sling to counter this though I do tighten everything every day although sadly this pole is not stable enough to invert I recommend it to beginners who are just starting out I will say the pole is thinner than most and quite slippery compared to other traditional dancing poles Wow, okay three stars. It's okay Poles Wow, okay three stars. It's okay Just fine. I've had this pole for a few years. It's a decent cheap at-home pole. It does rust
Starting point is 01:03:12 I've had mine for a few years, and it was in a basement for a little while plus I have really acidic skin what the fuck is wrong with I? Am confused as fuck so you've stored it in the basement and your acidic skin did the rest of the work to take the Chrome off of it If your skin is so acidic that it takes chrome off a pole That is disturbing you should check your diet see a doctor. This is bad There's a screw that sits at the bottom of the pole to make the pole static or spinning after I cut my foot on it I just had to take it out. It's sturdy if you install it correctly
Starting point is 01:03:52 Fin three stars broke my toe in the hole which hole The pole works good for the most part But will slide off some ceiling so I put a drawer liner around the top but will slide off some ceiling, so I put a drawer liner around the top. My pinky toe got caught in one of the holes that the pole has while doing a trick and it broke my toe and ripped off my nail. I'm surprised it didn't take it clean off. Jesus, I mean I looked and I had nine toes. Fun to spin on though, spins great.
Starting point is 01:04:19 Here is Stay Away. Robert, Stay Away. Oh Robert, you got a drop, what'd you got a grub. What'd you do? Two stars. Do not waste the money. Put this up in the garage since the room we wanted it in had carpeting, and it cannot be used on carpet. Well, that's not what the other person said.
Starting point is 01:04:36 Still in the garage with a flat roof and floor has to be put in so tight that the bearings will not spin. Do not waste your buddy. I think he means money, but he says buddy. Avoid this product at all costs. He's like, I put the pole up in the garage for you, sweetie. She's like, I'm not stripping in the garage. What are you talking about?
Starting point is 01:04:56 You leave the door open so all the neighbors can come over and drink beer. You think I'm going to spin around in there? You can't pull a car in there anymore. No. Sky, two stars, almost died lol. Wow. Well I have popcorn ceilings and I'm not sure if that affects it in any way but I finally set it up and gave it a go. Pole fell over after being tightly adjusted onto the ceiling and took me with it. Ended up knocking down a base station and putting a hole in the wall.
Starting point is 01:05:38 Love the idea but ouch, not really sturdy. Again it might be a ceiling issue but but for the record, I left this review. For the record, you know, for the official record. For the Library of Congress, I wanted this to be available. Destiny, one star, or two stars, false advertising. I used my poll to exercise, the poll has fell, and now I'm scared to get back on it. Refund how? That's your poll.
Starting point is 01:06:04 Yeah. That is your stripper poll, darlin'. You put your junk on it. Refund how? That's your poll. That is your stripper poll, darlin'. You put your junk on it. Here we go. Shaquana, one star. Poll may lose grip over time. She says, just opened this poll. Was super excited to get started as I haven't poked in months. I think polled is what she's going for, butoked will that sounds funnier. I like that. I consider myself an intermediate dancer. I've had to tighten and retighten the pole. The instructions are hard to follow. It took me hours and a few YouTube to understand what to do. After I finally got the pole up and did a durability test I felt confident to pull. Is that what we're calling this, pulling? I guess it's an activity now, to pull. Yeah, did a few spin moves and that was okay.
Starting point is 01:06:49 Came back to try a basic routine and me and the pull went down. I weigh, I'm about 194 so I wouldn't say weight played a part. You wouldn't? You wouldn't? That's what I weigh. I wouldn't get on that fucking pole because I go I probably way too much for that. I am I'm shy of that, but I would never put my hats on a pole I put it in and I Big bolts
Starting point is 01:07:19 Into concrete, oh man, just like everything or everyone else something isn't right with the top part that suctions It's uneven and I I even made sure my ceiling wasn't possibly uneven. Nope. It's the pole It was partly scratched, but I paid that no mind overall Don't get this pole if you're serious about your hobby. I could have really hurt myself. Yeah One star from Bellina save your money in time Yeah. Uh, one star from Bellina, save your money and time. Almost all parts were missing and there were no tools or screws, instructions or instructions and the gloves were missing as well.
Starting point is 01:07:52 It came very dirty and gross and was completely covered in sticky residue. Oh man. Someone's snail trail and all up and down that pole, man. That's what that is. I Tried to get a replacement, but it wouldn't allow me. No. Yeah. That is your pussy juice now when darlin Yeah, exactly Kimberly one star does not hold my weight 200 pounds Yeah, I practiced pole fitness twice a week at a studio and thought building strength at home would be a nice way to compliment my practice. Despite the product being installed as instructed, background in carpentry and construction,
Starting point is 01:08:35 it does not sustain my weight in a fireman's spin. The pole toppled, slicing my wall, molding and door while injuring my back and knee. We were outside of the return window, so I contacted the manufacturer for assistance. That's not helping any. ARIE 1 Star. This poll will fall on you. That's not good. No.
Starting point is 01:08:55 I've had this poll for two years. It was good as a beginner but now that I can do a lot more this poll is simply not safe to use for more than 15 minutes. It's dangerous. I've had guests try it and fall. And I hate having it. It's not worth the hospital bills, home damage, etc. No!
Starting point is 01:09:12 It's not! I can't believe this. Holy fucking shit. And then Jordan one star. Dangerous. The top is not sturdy on the ceiling. Mine has fallen multiple times. Not sure if I put it up wrong or what, but I would work for a while and then out of nowhere come
Starting point is 01:09:28 crashing down I hurt myself multiple times on this thing I'm sending it back and getting one with a bigger top holy shit and then here is this one here we'll do last one Natalie one star broke before the month Before she even got her period it broke This woman put them almost a month's worth of work on it and it broke is oh, yeah I think over time as you use it the screws loosen. I think it's a problem. It's so yeah I think that's moving parts in this thing too because the yes It's a sleeve that goes around the, and that's got bearings in it. I don't trust that at all.
Starting point is 01:10:08 No, it seems- Why would you expect that to work in your home? Get the X pole, what's wrong with you people? Let's go work at a strip club and work on the good pole. Oh shit, you know what it does though? It really shows you how well constructed those stripper poles are at those strip clubs. That's how someone's done a very good job at installing it.
Starting point is 01:10:28 Spent a lot of time in those places. I've never seen one. I've seen Gals fault. They fault but it's not the poles fault. Not the fault. This review says, what can I say? Bought it with the most incredible enthusiasm and literally two days before the month was due, this piece of crap broke while I was
Starting point is 01:10:45 spinning and fell leaving me all bruised up and with a neck injury. Oh my god. Jesus, it's been a few days. Well if you're upside down and something falls, yeah. It's been a few days of pain now. The material's not the greatest either and there's a hole in the middle of the pole that scratches your hand when you spin and sometimes cuts. Definitely get another brand because this is just a disaster.
Starting point is 01:11:04 And this thing's shy of $200? I would never trust that ever to pull my body weight. Fuck no. No way. No way, bullshit. So there you go, everybody. There is your stupid opinions. Sorry you had to wait an extra like 12 hours for it.
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