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Denny's #1593 Norfolk, Virginia 26-Jul-96, 8:00pm EDT 930 N.Military Highway at Military Circle Mall (804) 461-8470

• Attendees: P7A77, Seth "GothGrrl" Bartles, Conrad "He" Chuang, Corpse, Roger "Nim" Everett, Sven "Condor" Geier, Malcolm "Peri" Gin-Hopwood-y-Silva, Roger "Trism" Giner, Barbara "Eclipse" Reece, TWIST
• Wait-person(s): Lisa and Diana
• What we ate: P7A77 - Grand Slam, Eggs Scrambled, Coffee; GothGrrl - Fries, Coffee; He - Vegetable and Cheese Omelet, Fries, Rye Toast, Sweet Tea; Nim - Roast Turkey with Stuffing, Sweet Tea; Condor - Scram Slam, Coffee; Peri - Chicken Fried Steak, Fries, Root Beer Float; Trism - Charleston Chicken Dinner, Fries, Fruit, Large Tomato Juice with Lemon; Eclipse - French Slam, Eggs Scrambled, Meat on Side, Hash Browns, Coffee; TWIST - Chicken Fried Steak, Garden Salad with Ranch, Lemonade
• I was going to Virginia Beach for a little summer vacation, so I thought I'd be hitting up a lot of Denny's. Nope. This is the first Denny's I saw after driving over a thousand miles in the bus from Dayton, Ohio, to Norfolk, Virginia. I-64 is a vicious and unforgiving stretch of highway.
  Anyway, there was a party of sorts happening at Virginia Beach so I took some folks along with me to Denny's. (Don't worry.. I knew all these people before the trip.) We had a bitch of a time finding the place. According to my Denny's guide, it's located at the intersection of Rt. 13 and Rt. 58. What the guide fails to mention is that in the area there is also a Business Rt. 13. We stopped a few times for directions, but none of the locals seemed to know where it was either. Finally we saw a stretch of road with a Perkin's, a Big Boy, and an IHOP, so we figured that Denny's must not be much further. Thankfully, we were right.
  There were too many of us for one table so we had to split up. The waitress for my table, Lisa, had only been working for five days. Either I have an amazing ability to always talk with green workers or Denny's has a high turnover rate. I suspect the latter.
  A few quotes from the evening... "The fries are greasy.. they shine." -GothGrrl; "Bland." -Eclipse; "A bit too conventional; unsurprising." -Corpse
  Overall, though, it was a pretty good evening, though the service was a bit slow. So friendly and energetic were we that a couple sitting at the next table got up and left. I tried to get Lisa to give me a food tray, but she didn't seem terribly pleased with that idea. Fortunately for myself, the manager gave me one of the glasses that come with the root beer floats. Diana (the other waitress) was kind enough to look the other way while the other table took an orange juice carafe (which was later converted to a bong by TWIST the paraphernalia craftsman).
• WAY: Undetermined
• Free Stuff: OJ Carafe, RB Float Glass

Denny's #6404 Withamsville, Ohio 14-Aug-96, 7:40pm EDT 595 Ohio Pike (513) 753-8587

• Attendees: P7A77
• Wait-person(s): Kim and Allen
• What we ate: Grand Slam, Eggs Scrambled, Coffee
• Since I had no luck on the way to Virginia Beach, I took a slightly different route on the way home so that I would hit a couple that I knew about. It was still quite a long drive between Denny's, though. They were all nice and friendly and wondered a bit about the bus. Kim answered my questions and Allen, the manager, waited on me. Allen seemed a bit overly concerned with the coffee. Actually, he kept trying to sell me on Perkin's coffee. I think he may have had a bit too much his own self. The pancakes were a bit undercooked and chewy, but I didn't mind too much since Grand Slams are only $1.99 during the day. Boy was I surprised when I got to the register and found that this Denny's charges full price for them after 4pm. Most places change the price at 10pm. Stinking bastards.
• WAY: Used to
• Free Stuff: "D-Ring" (cook's tie clip)

Denny's #1256 Fairfield, Ohio 14-Aug-96, 9:05pm EDT 5590 Dixie Highway, 3 Miles North of Forest Fair Mall (513) 874-5030

• Attendees: P7A77
• Wait-person(s): Tim (manager)
• What we ate: Nothing
• I tried to get Tim to give me some free hologram baseball cards. He gave me a table display advertizing them. Works for me.
• WAY: No
• Free Stuff: Hologram Baseball Card Display

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