**🚨 COMMON SENSE ALERT: RED LOBSTER in TALLAHASSEE CLOSES – AND I for ONE AM NOT SURPRISED 🚨**

🚨 COMMON SENSE ALERT: RED LOBSTER IN TALLAHASSEE CLOSES – AND I FOR ONE AM NOT SURPRISED 🚨

Just saw the sign on the door of our North Monroe location. “Temporarily closed.” Yeah, right. Another one bites the dust. And before everyone starts crying “oh no, the economy” – let’s use some common sense for a change.

I went there two weeks ago. Waited 45 minutes for a table (because apparently no one in this town has a working stove). Ordered the “Ultimate Feast” – you know, the one that used to be worth writing home about? Got a plate of lukewarm, rubbery shrimp and a baked potato that tasted like it was cooked last Tuesday. For $28.99. Meanwhile, I can get a fresh catch at the Shell Oyster Bar for half that and actually taste the Gulf.

And let’s talk about that “Endless Shrimp” deal they ran last month. $20 for unlimited shrimp? Come on. You can’t run a business on that. It was a gimmick to get people in the door, and it worked – until the food quality went down the drain. I saw people walking out with bags of cheddar bay biscuits like it was a bank heist. That’s not a restaurant, that’s a soup kitchen with a nautical theme.

Now the building’s empty, the parking lot’s a ghost town, and they’re blaming “inflation” or “corporate decisions.” No. It’s called mismanagement. You treat your customers like ATMs, serve them garbage, and wonder why they stop coming. Common sense: you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, and you can’t squeeze loyalty from a tourist trap.

But hey, at least we still have the Olive Garden over on Apalachee. For now.

Thoughts? Or are we all