Bad Boys, What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You?

Inner Circle Pizza is a chain of independently owned and operated bar-restaurants in the Youngstown, Ohio area. I have patronized some of the locations a few times over many years. I can fondly recall playing air hockey at one location until they got rid of the table, drinking pineapple juice after a couple of ultimate frisbee games at another, and going other times just to eat at a couple more.

I also remember the one time that I tried applying to one of the location I was not allowed to take the application outside of the building. Either a manager or someone that wanted to be in management gave me attitude for walking towards the door. I got the message that at least one guy did not want to hire me. Given the choice between not getting the job if I provided incomplete information on the application or losing self-respect if I let this guy talk to me like that, I decided to give attitude right back and never patronize that particular Inner Circle again.

On A Chicken Wing And A Prayer

Among the food that I have consumed at an Inner Circle have been the chicken wings that are proclaimed to be hot by the design. I would state that my memory is that that their wings can taste hot, and that even the mild wings do taste fresh from the kitchen. To be fair, it has been years since I last ate Inner Circle wings. The hottest wings that are sold in the same market, however, are no doubt sold by Quaker Steak and Lube ⇒.

It might seem odd that a pizza place would be promoting their wings. This is one of those cases where a local business finds an additional niche after the business is named.

Pizza is part of the name of the business. The pizza is OK.

Armpit Stain

Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this shirt are the confusing dark grey and red stains that only appear at both armpits. These stains have stubbornly resisted efforts towards removal. I have no idea what the grey stains are from. As far as I know, people do not sweat in grey colored sweat. The red stains might be blood, but might also not be.

Donor, Receiver, & Proofreader Dale* directly addressed the stains upon donation with the same confusion with which I now communicate. It must be noted that Dale’s other donations and other clothing do not have these stains. Though he also does not know the context nor constitution of the stains, he does know the owner previous to him of this shirt. We both consider that two previous owners is either responsible or knows the story. That person, however, is not spilling the beans on this issue.

Do not get any ideas. My preference is against stains. Nonetheless, I accepted this donation because the location of these particular stains minimize their exposure. Considering that I have already accepted a shirt with weird stains, there would be nothing conceptually interesting with receiving another stained shirt.